Putting all our rubbish in the correct containers
Not bringing any food in plastic to school
Putting clean paper and cardboard into the green bin in class for recycling
Not littering around the school grounds
Picking up rubbish in the school and beyond
Putting all our food waste into the scrap bucket
Eating all the food we are given and being thankful for it
Talking to our whānau about buying things with less plastic at home
Our school will be rubbish free!
We won’t have a full rubbish bin in our classroom as we will recycle everything we can
We won’t have any plastic in our school bags from home
We will have less plastic at home
Our awa and moana and the animals they contain will be happy with our choices
We will feel happy and proud of ourselves and our efforts at keeping Papatūānuku safe and OURSELVES and OUR FUTURE safe
Identify the key points in non-fiction articles
Summarise the key points in our own words in the correct order
Locate and summarise ideas by skimming or scanning, by identifying key words, topic sentences and key questions, or by using subheadings
Identify parts of a newspaper article (like headline, byline)
Pick the correct day and go into the slide deck
Choose your article - what type? It is is in the name of the link :-)
Write up your key points and summarise
Who is your audience? Remember, they have not read this article and need to know all the key points about what happened.
If you need a reminder as to how to make a link for your headline, watch the video to the left.
1. Read through someone else's Kiwi Kids News (NOT the same article), and the article they read.
2. Do you agree with them? Talk to them about it.
We are looking at evaluation. That's a big word for making a judgement about something and explaining why you think that way. You do it all day every day, but did you know it is a great strategy to use when you are reading?
Watch the video about evaluation. It is 11 minutes long. Take your time, don't skip bits. You need to listen carefully.
In your reading book, take notes of the important points in the video. These will need to be handed in to show me you KNOW what evaluating means.
Here's the VIDEO.
Choose a book that you are going to read from start to finish - each and every page. Not just look at the pictures!
Keep the book in your tote tray until you have finished.
Each time you read that book fill in this form recording what you have read:
We are learning to... solve word problems!
Word problems are hard to solve but only because the equations you have to do to solve them (which you KNOW how to do) aren't simply written in front of you. You have to figure out what numbers are important, what you have to do, write the equations and solve it. PHEW!
Get a buddy and try all the printed out word problems there are! You can work together, or by yourself. Try and figure it out. Only ask for help if you can't work out the next step.
Learning to Type
Using our chromebooks, we need to practice our typing. Whaene Vicki can type WITHOUT looking! This is called touch typing. You have to practice a lot to get to that stage, but you can get better and USE MORE THAN ONE FINGER if you practice just a little bit!
Click HERE for the Typing Club!
Your username is your first name and 22. For example: vicki22
Your password is: waitaraeast