Prior knowledge activity
WALT: Use visual cues and text to help us understand what the book might be about
Success criteria:
I can use a picture or the title of the book to help me understand what the book might be about
Prior knowledge activity - Read the questions carefully before you answer them:
1 - What do you think the book is going to be about? Explain why?
2 - What clues have you used to help you think about the answer to your first question?
3 - Write a list of things you already know about an Orca?
4 - What do you think
Dictionary Hunt: Find the meaning of those words and then make sentences using the words.
Monitor:
Habitat:
Prey:
Stranded:
Catalogue:
Orca:
Comprehension activity: Click link below to read the book - Orce - Text
How many orcas live in the New Zealand coastline?
Another name for an Orca is:
What do Orcas eat?
Fill in the blank: Sometimes an orca will use its to hit the shark to stun it and slow it down
Make a list of the other types of dolphins:
What can we do to keep our ocean clean?
Write a new fact you have learnt about Orcas - Draw a picture that will best describe your fact: Remember to use colours and be creative!
See Miss. I for worksheet.