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MATHS
MATHS
TERM: 4 Weeks One - Ten
TERM: 4 Weeks One - Ten
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
Narrative Writing:
Open up a Google Doc
Write a narrative story about you and your mates going to the beach. You could be going to the tide to get Paua or Kina for your whānau OR you could simply be going to the beach/seaside for a swim or for a surf- the reason is up to you.
Use the Narrative Organiser to help you to remember the way we structure a Narrative.
Something really strange happens - we will discuss this during class time! 🏄
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
Te Moana Title Page
Te Moana Title Page
Your goal:
Create a colourful, detailed, and creative title page to introduce our new topic — Te Moana! 🌊🐚🐠
📝 What to Include:
📝 What to Include:
Title:
Write “Te Moana” in large, bold letters in the centre or top of your page.
(Optional: add the English translation underneath — “The Ocean”)Your Name:
Write your full name neatly at the bottom right corner.Key Words or Phrases:
Include 3–5 important kupu (words) related to Te Moana, such as:Tangaroa (god of the sea)
Kaimoana (seafood)
Moana (ocean)
Awa (river)
Ika (fish)
Art / Images:
Add drawings, colouring, or collage that represent Te Moana. You might include:
🐟 Fish, kina, starfish, dolphins, seals
🌊 Waves or water patterns
🐚 Shells or coral
🚣♀️ Waka or boats
🐬 Awhi the ocean and show how we can care for it (kaitiakitanga)
You could include a border design using patterns inspired by the ocean, Māori motifs, or waves.
🎨 Success Criteria:
🎨 Success Criteria:
✅ Title: “Te Moana” is clear and bold
✅ Page is colourful, tidy, and shows effort
✅ Includes ocean-related words and drawings
✅ Reflects the theme of caring for Te Moana (kaitiakitanga)
Silhouette art
Silhouette art
You will need:
a silhouette of a sea animal
a sheet of white card
a black sharpie pen
soft pastel chalks
a fine eye and a good hand for blending the pastel together to create smooth transitions between the colours.
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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