Kate Sheppard

Hedgehogs in your Garden

LI: use the text to support my answers

p.16-17 Infer why hedgehogs are good for your garden

In what ways could you encourage a hedgehog to live in your garden? Infer why eating flies eggs is not good for hedgehogs

p.18 Why aren’t our gardens always a safe place for hedgehogs? 2 ideas

p.19 Why do we need to encourage hedgehogs to stay in our backyards? 2 ideas

p.20 Hedgehog fact file. List one interesting fact about hedgehogs

Using Google Draw, create a fact file about Hedgehogs. Include: habitat (where it lives), diet (what it eats), appearance (what it looks like) and interesting facts

Marama's Dog

LI: make inferences

p.2 What things did kuri and Marama do together?

p.3 Why did the children say kuri wasn’t a proper dog? Define mongrel

p.4 What tricks could the other dogs do? Why did Jessica roll her eyes at Marama?

p.5 How did Marama feel about what the other children had said about her dog? Predict what might happen next

p.6 What did kuri do to help Marama? What might have happened if kuri didn’t?

p.7 How do you think the other children felt when Marama told them what kuri did? Explain your answers

BOOK

Sea Science

LI: find proof/ does the author agree or disagree?

p.17 Aotea Great Barrier Island

p.18 What is Marine Debris?

How do scientists predict how much plastic is in the ocean?

What is the Great Pacific Garden Patch?

p.19 List the dangers of debris (4 ideas)

What happens to marine animals that accidentally eat these plastics?

p.20 What did the students from Te Kura o Okiwi and Mulberry Grove School investigate?

p.21 What did the children do once they collected the debris along the beaches and bays?

Why did they use compasses?

p.22 What are 3 interesting facts you found out about the results? Three different schools? Which school found the most and where?

p.23 What did the students do once they finished their investigation?

p.24 Communication to action

Down the Drain

LI: use the text to support my answers

p.2-3 What is stormwater and where does it go?

What’s the difference between stormwater and wastewater?

p.4 Where did they place the littatraps? Was this a good idea? Explain your answer

p.5 Explain the process of what they did once they emptied the traps

Why do you think they did this for 12 weeks?

p.6 Why was everyone a bit shocked by the amount of stuff they collected?

Infer why there was more rubbish from the drain outside the cafes than there was outside the houses

Suggest what could be done to stop this from happening

p.7 Were the Drains to Sea plaques a good idea? Explain why or why not

p.8 What is one way to stop sending rubbish to our rivers and oceans?

One school has a garden on its roof, Explain pros and cons