Week 9/10 - Rugby

WALT: making sure that the words I am reading fit with the story and what is happening.


Instructions

  1. Read the text with your teacher.
  2. Re-read the text on your own.
  3. Complete the follow up activities or readings below.
  4. Share them on your blog.

Readings:

  • The Big Game (P3, N1, 2007)
  • As Fast as the Wind (P2, N2, 2001)

Teacher Notes

Task:

My Duffy Book

Readings:

The Big Game

Task:

Vocabulary

Task:

Rereading both stories

Week 8 - Traditional Stories

WALT: making sure that the words I am reading fit with the story and what is happening.


Instructions

  1. Read the text with your teacher.
  2. Re-read the text on your own.
  3. Complete the follow up activities or readings below.
  4. Share them on your blog.

Reading:

Kōpūwai and the Clever Girl

Task:

New Words

Reading:

The Three Kete

Task:

Vocabulary

Week 7 - Storms

WALT: making sure that the words I am reading fit with the story and what is happening.


Instructions

  1. Read the text with your teacher.
  2. Re-read the text on your own.
  3. Complete the follow up activities or readings below.
  4. Share them on your blog.

Reading:

After the Storm

Task:

Vocabulary

Reading:

Lucky - or Unlucky?

Task:

Extra Reading

Week 6 - Camp!

WALT: make connections with our own experience as we read the text.


Instructions

  1. Read the text with your teacher.
  2. Re-read the text on your own.
  3. Complete the follow up activities or readings below.
  4. Share them on your blog.

Reading:

Camp: According to the Kids

Task:

Connections

Task:

Advice Blog

Reading:

Danger man

Week 5 - Camp


Instructions

  1. See you all at camp
  2. Don't forget to bring your big bag to the hall
  3. Pack your lunch and togs in your day bag
  4. "Wooooooo"

Week 4 - Testing


Instructions

  1. Make sure you are going to be early at night.
  2. Have a big healthy breakfast each morning.
  3. Read the questions carefully.
  4. Use all the time provided.
  5. Kia kaha

Week 3 - Cultural Foods

WALT: use things I already know to help me understand a new reading.


Instructions

  1. Read the text with your teacher.
  2. Re-read the text on your own.
  3. Complete the follow up activities or readings below.
  4. Share them on your blog.

Reading:

Loofahs to Sell

Resource:

Discussion Board

Reading:

What a Feast!

Task:

Cultural Foods

Week 2 - Tsunamis

WALT: use my prior knowledge to help me understand a new text.


Instructions

  1. Read the text with your teacher.
  2. Re-read the text on your own.
  3. Complete the follow up activities or readings below.
  4. Share them on your blog.

Teacher Notes

Readings:

1. The Hungry Wave School Journal February 2012


2. The Big One Part 3, Number 2, 1991 Independent

Resource:

Discussion Board

Task:

The Hungry Wave

Task:

The Big One

Week 1 - What is a Brontosaurus?

WALT: know what the expectations and routines are for reading time.


Instructions

  1. Read the text with your teacher.
  2. Re-read the text on your own.
  3. Complete the follow up activities or readings below.
  4. Share them on your blog.

Reading:

Bird Land

Resource:

Padlet Discussion

Reading:

What is a Brontosaurus?

Task:

Fact Sheet