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Reading Planning

Term 3 2019

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Text: Ask Eddie (L2 School Journal April 2013)		Date: Week 1, Term 3	Text Level: Year 4
Purpose: Walt:	uses a large and increasing bank of high-frequency, topic-specific, and personal-content words to make meaning Use what I already know to help me understand and learn new words that I come across when reading.	Group Level: 9-9.5 years.	Curriculum Level: Level 2
Resources needed:	Journal for each student Images of a wharenui and waharoa.
Introduction of text:	Have you ever been to a marae before? Have a discussion around what they are like and what are some of the customs and traditions that go along with visiting a marae. Talk about feeling nervous as school and sharing ideas and wanting to go under the radar and how we can find the courage to be brave and share ideas.
Discussion - prompts and questions:	Page 2: Next month, we’ll be visiting the kura on the other side of town. The room fills with noise and chatter. Powhiri I’m from Samoa and I haven't even done the sasa!�Why does Manase say this to Eddie? Page 3; The next day, Miss Marshall gets us to brainstorm what we know about a powhiri and what happens during one. Why does Eddie keep his mouth shut? How do you think Eddie is feeling? What information can we use from what we have read to help us understand how he is feeling? Page 4: We’ll have our kaumatua with us. He has a wise face, wrinkled like a brown leaf. Talk about this type of language. I can see his guitar beside him. Well, there are some important customs, or special ways of doing things.	Page 5: Koro Tu picks up his guitar and strums quietly, then starts to sing. Koha Who do we think that Koro might pick? Page 6: Wharenui and waharoa. Why do you think that Eddie is so nervous to talk about his painting? Page 7: I try to smile but my face is frozen again. Why is Eddie glad that he wasn’t picked? Page 8: “Oh no,” I think to myself - why does the author tell us this? Ka mau te wehi - awesome! Fantastic! Talk about the glossary. I know that this is the moment to gather up my courage to speak. Why do you think that Eddie offers his painting as a koha? Page 9: Paepae Whaikorero Use the glossary as a place to show the students where we can find the translation for words but also give them a chance to work it out.

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Text: Jay’s Treasure (Part 2, Number 1, 2008)		Date: Week 2, Term 3	Text Level: Year 4
Purpose: Walt:	uses a large and increasing bank of high-frequency, topic-specific, and personal-content words to make meaning Use what I already know to help me understand and learn new words that I come across when reading.	Group Level: 9-9.5 years.	Curriculum Level: Level 2
Resources needed:	Journal for each student Video about what kina are.
Introduction of text:	What do we already know about kina? Where do kina live? Where can we find kina? This week we are going to be looking at what kina are and some other sea food found in the ocean. Before we start reading we are going to brainstorm all of the things we already know about kina to help us understand new vocabulary.
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Text: Tiakina a Tangaroa - Protect Our Seas (Level 2, October 2011)		Date: Week 5, Term 3	Text Level: Year 4
Purpose: Walt:	State the main ideas about what I have just read.	Group Level: 9-9.5 years.	Curriculum Level: Level 2
Resources needed:	Journal for each student
Introduction of text:
Discussion - prompts and questions:	Page 2 What is snorkeling? What do you need to go snorkeling? What is a marine reserve? Foreshore and seabed - what is this? Page 3 How are they going to find out the difference between the two? What does comparing mean? What is unprotected mean? Why do you think they needed to learn about what to do in an emergency? Why do they practice at the pool first? Page 4 Kia moana what is it? Why do they need to check the gear first? Why would they put up the flags?	Page 4 Why did they need to walk backwards with their flippers on? Page 5 What was the bodyboard being used for? Page 6 The water was quite murky what does this look like? Talk about each of the creatures on this page and look at them in the images Scuttled into crevices when they saw us Page 7 How can we describe this unprotected place? Why do we think it is like this? Page 8 What is the difference with this protected area? What did they notice straight away? Why do you think this is? Talk about each of the creatures and the images to show what they are.

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Text: What a Disaster		Date: Week 6, Term 3	Text Level: Year 4
Purpose: Walt:		Group Level: 9-9.5 years	Curriculum Level: Level 2
Resources needed:
Introduction of text:
Discussion - prompts and questions:	Where did this disaster occur? Although it’s not plastic and rubbish in the ocean what effect does this have on the ocean? Do you think the clean up will get it all? Are there going to be bigger implications of the oil spill later on down the track? What can we do to help change this kind of thing happening again? What happened with the containers falling off too?

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Text:		Date: Week , Term 3	Text Level: Year 4
Purpose: Walt:		Group Level: 9-9.5 years	Curriculum Level: Level 2
Resources needed:
Introduction of text:
Discussion - prompts and questions: