Rā - Term 4

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Term 4

WALT find and retrieve information to suit our purpose.

Instructions

I wonder if you notice birds while you were at camp? Or even walking to school?

What can you recall about the birds we saw?

We will be learning about some of New Zealand's native birds and the challenges they face. We will talk about this as a group.

Complete all activity task. Post your presentation to your blog. Ensure it has the correct title and labels include MrsSio.

Share this on your blog. Label: MrsSio, Room6. Teacher Notes

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TASK 2

Walt: make connections across texts

Instructions

Welcome back from Year 6 camp - look forward to reading a lot of recounts this week. Watch the youtube clip before you read your text:

Complete all activity task. Post your presentation to your blog. Ensure it has the correct title and labels include MrsSio.

Share this on your blog. Label: MrsSio, Room6. Teacher Notes

Walt: Self Questioning - I ask questions before and during reading to focus my understanding.

INDEPENDENT WORK:

Complete all activity task. Post your presentation to your blog. Ensure it has the correct title and labels include MrsSio.
Make sure you enter the URL from your blog post into the BLOG LOG.

Teacher Notes

Instructions

Last week, we've had a full on week with Manaiakalani Film Festival and athletics. It was amazing! This week, we've got a short week due to teacher strike. Watch the youtube clip before you read your text:

Tue & Wed (TASK 1):

RA 1: "Feels right, smells right" by John Bonallack (SJ Part 1, No 5 2000)

RA 2: "The Terrible Techno Turn -off" by Mandy Hager. (SJ, Part 3. No 2, 2004)

Thursday (TASK 2):

RA 1: "When Mum says" by Margaret Schroder (SJ Part 1, No 5 2000)

RA 2: "Pumpkin competition" by Jenny Powell-Chalrmers (SJ, Part 3. No 2, 2004)

RA 1: Feels right

RA 1: When mum says

RA 2: Terrible techno

RA 2: Pumpkin competition

WALT: Analysing - I can identify and describe what the author wanted me to feel, think about or see

INDEPENDENT WORK:

Complete all activity task. Post your presentation to your blog. Ensure it has the correct title and labels include MrsSio.
Make sure you enter the URL from your blog post into the BLOG LOG.

Teacher Notes

Instructions

Our theme for this term is "Te Wa Toi" - reading through our text for this week, I wonder what other aspects of art we can discover. Watch the video first before reading the text.

Monday & Tuesday (TASK 1):

RA 1: "Wild and Wacky: The art of Fraser Williamson" by John Parker

RA 2: "Earth paints" by Jill MacGregor

Wednesday & Thursday (TASK 2):

RA 1: "That's why" by Pauline Cartwright

RA 2: "Surprise" by Sharon Stratford

RA 1: Art of Fraser

RA 1: That's why

RA 2: Earth Paints

RA 1: Surprise

WALT: Inferring - I can connect my prior knowledge to help me make meaning when I infer

INDEPENDENT WORK:

Welcome back to Term 4! Let's get back into it.
Complete all activity task. Post your presentation to your blog. Ensure it has the correct title and labels include MrsSio.
Make sure you enter the URL from your blog post into the BLOG LOG.

Teacher Notes

Focus Questions

What is Te Wa Toi? What is are we going to be learning this term?

Instructions

This term our topic is called Te Wa Toi. We are going to be discussing different types of art and different artists this term. This week we are just going to have a look at the topic as a whole and where to start.

Watch the video first before reading the text.

Monday & Tuesday (TASK 1):

RA 1: "Chunky Chalks" by Jill MacGregor

RA 2: "Artists at Work" by Lee Wadds

Wednesday & Thursday (TASK 2):

RA 1: "On the TV News" by Alan Bagnall

RA 2: "Radio Waves" by Alan Bagnall

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Ra 1 T4W1b

Ra 2 T4W1

Ra 2 T4W1b

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