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MATHS
MATHS
WEEK: 1
WEEK: 1
Big Lens: Responsibility – How can our choices affect te moana?
Big Lens: Responsibility – How can our choices affect te moana?
HANDWRITING
HANDWRITING
use efficient keyboarding to develop speed and accuracy
Spacing between each new word
This week we will be focusing on keyboarding skills - using the home keys (a,s,d,f space bar j,k,l, and the semi-colon) spacing, font and paragraphs, we call this typeset skills
SPELLING
SPELLING
Spelling activities will be done each day. You will work on sounds and words with specific learned sounds within them.
You will not always do the activities on Spelling Shed, but you will do the majority of them on this app.
Year 6 - Lists 1 - 4 Year 5 - Lists 1 - 3
Year 4 - Lists 1 - 2
READING
READING
Week One
Lesson 1 - 5
Whole Class: The Chicken- Leg Effect
Small Group: The Chicken- Leg Effect
Wednesday & Thursday
THe Probllem with Pluto
Celebrity Star Profiles -
We will revisit our daily QAR cards and power point lessons, then we will learn about root words.
WRITING
WRITING
Using the Narrative Organiser on the right, we will continue to write, about our favourite people (Amorangi and Millie) who are on a very big journey, and are travelling back in time to find their mum. At this point, we need to be finishing off writing the characteristics of the characters in the story, and begin to add details about the setting.
Don't forget to add the appealing vocabulary you have been learning about to your writing to capture the attention of our readers. We also need to be checking our spelling and capital letters.
narrative
narrative
Learning Intention:
I can get my cool ideas ready and write an awesome start to my writing!
Success Criteria:
I can use a plan (like a mind map or list) to get all my ideas down.
I can write a first sentence that makes people want to read more (a hook!).
I can tell everyone what my writing is about in my first part.
I can use great words to make my start sound interesting.
My Awesome Story Start Checklist!
Characters!
Did I tell you who my story is about? (Are they cool?)
Setting!
Did I tell you where my story happens? (Is it a neat place?)
Place and Time!
Did I tell you when my story happens? (Is it a long time ago, or right now?)
Hook!
Did I write a first sentence that makes you want to keep reading? (Is it exciting?)
Brainstorming = Lots of ideas!
Essentially, brainstorming is the "idea-gathering" stage,
Click on the Narrative Writing Story Maps Google Slide to find a plan that will support your writing.
Planning = How to use those ideas!
Planning is the "idea-organising" stage.
CAN DO!
CAN DO!
KIWI KIDS NEWS REPORTS
KIWI KIDS NEWS REPORTS
Use the Kiwi Kids Google Slide deck to record the information about the article that you have chosen.
think about the article you have chosen. Is the article a report that is to persuade your thinking to agree with the author's ideas? Is the article a report that is about something that has happened?
What tense is the article written in? Is it written in past tense or present tense?
What sort of punctuation is included in the article? Do you see any speechmarks? Are there any commas? What other punctuation do you notice?
INquiry
INquiry
Seabirds
Seabirds
The New Zealand seagull, commonly known as the red-billed gull (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus), is one of Aotearoa’s most familiar coastal birds. Easily recognised by its bright red bill, legs, and eye ring, this medium-sized gull is often seen around beaches, wharves, and even inland parks scavenging for food.
Although they are widespread across New Zealand, red-billed gulls are native and protected, meaning they are part of our natural environment rather than introduced. They play an important ecological role as coastal cleaners, feeding on small fish, shellfish, insects, and human leftovers.
These gulls nest in colonies, usually on rocky islands or coastal cliffs, where both parents help incubate the eggs and care for their chicks. Interestingly, while they appear abundant in cities and coastal areas, their overall population has declined in some regions due to habitat loss, pollution, and changes in food availability.
Smart, noisy, and adaptable, the New Zealand seagull is an iconic symbol of life by the sea — a true survivor of our ever-changing coastal environment.
Making a seagull
Making a seagull
You will need:
a glue stick
some colouring in tools - use the colours of a seagull (grey, black, white), orange or black for the beak
a pair of scissors
some string or fishing line to hang your seagull
Blackbacked Seagull
Blackbacked Seagull
Native
Redbilled Gull
Redbilled Gull
Native
Blackbilled Gull
Blackbilled Gull
Endemic
smart footprint
smart footprint
Because we do a lot of our mahi on the Chromebooks, it is important to know that every website that we look at, everything that we click on, leaves a footprint.
Do you know the correct way to hold your Chromebook?
Are we aloud to eat and drink around our Chromebooks?
Let's get to work by clicking on the Google Slide on the left;
Make a copy of the slide
Initial the slide with the first letter of your first name and the last letter of your last name
Save the slide in your Cybersmart folder.
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