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Term 1, Week 7-Term 2, Week 3

READING

WALT make deep level connections to what we read

WALT understand new vocabulary

WALT ask critical questions about something we don't understand from a text

SC I can look for clues to help me find the meaning of unknown words

I can retell the story in my own words

Week 7 on wards - For reading activities - see Inquiry page.

Term 1, Week 6

READING

WALT make deep level connections to what we read

WALT understand new vocabulary

WALT ask critical questions about something we don't understand from a text

SC I can look for clues to help me find the meaning of unknown words

I can retell the story in my own words

Reading 'Captain Cook' from School Journal Level 4 May 2016. Shared reading activities.

Term 1 Week 5

WALT make deep connections within, between and to texts.

SC I can talk about a story I have read in my own words.

READING/INQUIRY

Maui and the kite - Google Drawing #1

Sina and the eel - Google Drawing #2

Term 1, Week 4

WALT make deep connections within, between and to texts.

SC I can talk about a story I have read in my own words.

School Journal Level 3 September 2011

Kaūaka: The Marathon Bird

Page 8 - Monday

• What does Kūaka mean in English?
• How far does it fly?
• What possible paths could they take?

Create task: Using Google Drawings and a picture of New Zealand, show the path the Kuaka flies (there might be more than one). Make sure your map is labeled with cities, mountains etc. Consider that the bird might need to fly around mountains?

Page 9 - Tuesday

• What does ‘flying south’ mean? (discuss cardinal rose).
• What is a better word for ‘every year’ (think back to Waitangi story - look at word wall)
• What might the little star mean next to the word migrate? Why is it there? What does that tell you about assumptions made by the author?
• What/where is Alaska and why might the birds travel to/from there? (get the globe out the cupboard).
• What helps the birds not get tired, and be able to fly such a long distance?
• What kinds of weather does Alaska have (discuss the geological reasons behind why Alaska has fierce winter winds)

Lou - Please ensure you have discussed vocab

• The phrase 85,000 “to over” 100,000
• Migrate
• Where/what Alaska is
• Kilometers
• “Hitch a ride”
• Fierce
• Regularly

Create task: Find out more about Alaska. What kinds of weather do they have? Are there other animals that migrate there? Why do these animals/birds do that? Does Alaska have any special mountains, rivers or lakes that make it unique? Etc. Share on your blog.

Page 10 - Wednesday

• How do you think humans recorded how fast the birds fly?
• “Strong tailwinds”
• “Open road”
• Marathon
• Exhausted
• Estuaries
• Wading

Create task - go back to your map you made on Monday - make a copy of it. Now add in markings of the places where the birds stay while in New Zealand and name them. On the side of your map, write 2-5 sentences about why the birds choose these places to live in.

Page 11 - Thursday

• How could they ‘sense that summer is coming’?
• What other animals store fat to give them energy?
• “Digest their food”
• Discuss map.
• What is “their breeding grounds”

Create task - Make a third map explaining with your own words where the birds go and what they do in each place. 5 sentences about each stop AT LEAST. Use pictures to help support what you say.

Page 12 and 13 - Friday

• Vocab - Settlers, Mystery
• Why did Maori only hunt them at the end of summer?
• Why did Maori use that saying?
• Why are they called waka kūaka?
• What do Maori believe about the spirits of the dead?