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Week 10: Pencils and Pens

LI: use the text to find proof

Does the author agree/ disagree?

p.2-3 Explain what slate is/ Why do you think they used slate before they were given a pencil?

p.4-5 What’s a dip pen? What was one thing wrong with dip pens? What is a good thing about dip pens?

p.6-7 Explain how a fountain pen works/ Why do you think ballpoint pens were made?

p.8 What would you rather write with?

Week 9: Catching Mustelids/ At the game

LI: make inferences

p.26-27 Name the two teams playing rugby? Who were Brady and his family supporting?

What tells you that Brady was angry at Sarah?

p.28-29 Why did dad want to hand the wallet in? Why did Brady want to hand it in later?

Explain how Brady is feeling and why

p.30-31 What did Brady do to try and hurry dad?

Explain why the family who lost the wallet looked miserable

Who is this man?

p.32 Why was handing in the wallet the right thing to do?

Learning Contracts from Resource Cupboard for followup

WEEK 5:

LI: Order the story

p.2 which hen is Speckle, Dora and Aunty Fluff?

p.3 How did they come up with the idea of Chicken Olympics?

p.4 Which hen won the speed picking game?

p.5 What is head perching? Who won and how?

p.6 What is the next game that Ruby has come up with?

p.7 What do you think this game is? What did Aunty Fluff seem to say to others?

p.8 How did she win it?

p.9 What did they do with their medals?

WEEK 4: Dancing Bees

LI: find proof in the text

p.12-13 poem, Why do bees dance?

p.14-15 When a bee finds nectar, what does she do to tell others about her nectar?

Why does a bee do a ‘round dance?’

p.16-17 What does a ‘waggle dance’ tell other bees? What does a ‘shake dance’ tell other bees?

p.18-19 What does a ‘tremble dance’ tell other bees? What if we were like bees?

Followup