TERM TWO
Week One
Text: Harry’s War.
Read the text together as a group.
Define the following vocabulary words:
Give a quick summary of the story.
Follow Up
Complete an acrostic Poem about war/ANZAC Day
Week Six
Learning Question: How can we determine the main idea of the text?
Success Criteria:
Text: Tupaia Master Navigator (from school journal August 2019 L3)
Read the passages labeled “The Endeavour’ and ‘Adventure”. What is the main idea of these paragraphs, what detail does the author provide to support the main idea. Together we will fill out the main idea ‘table’ graphic organiser.
Follow Up
Read the passages ‘Aotearoa’ and “The diplomat’. Use the Taco graphic organiser to show you were able to identify the main idea and the supporting details.
Week Eight
Learning Question: How can we identify important information in the text that will help us answer questions?
Text: The Kites of Matariki
Together we are going to read through the text and highlight information we think is important as we read.
We are then going to use the information we have highlighted to answer some questions around Matariki and kites, we might also need to go back through and highlight information we missed the first time.
Follow Up
Use google drawing to create an infographic about the connection between kites and Matariki (using our highlighted information would be helpful). Make sure to include:
Then you are going to decorate a kite (get these from Miss Kynoch)
TERM ONE
Week 4
Read pages 2-5 of the text Home, listen along as you are reading.
In your online Reading Book find and record the definition for the following words:
- Ferry
- University
- Violence
- Racism
- Opportunities
- Environment
- Refugee
- Native Language
- Resettlement
- Adjust
- Similarities
- Adopt
- Influenced
Week 5
Read pages 2-5 of the text Home, listen along as you are reading.
Construct a whare out of hot glue and popsicle sticks. It needs to be 3D - have four walls, a floor and a roof.
Week 6
Before Group Session
Watch this short video on Te Whare Tapa Wha. At our first group session we are going to finish reading the text and discuss ways in which we can make sure our life and well-being is balanced - so come prepared with some ideas.
Brainstorm ways in which we can make sure our whare, our wellbeing, is balanced. How can we make sure we are keeping all four walls of our whare strong?
Make connections with the text. How did the 4 students make sure they looked after their wellbeing when they moved to New Zealand.
Follow Up
On your whare: label each wall, write a short description of what what each section is describing it as if we don’t know, add as many ways as you can think that you personally could keep that wall of your whare strong (you might want to check back with our group brainstorm for ideas).
Week 9
Together read the text Hine-o-te-Rangi. Discuss facts and opinions within the text, what is a fact and what is an opinion.
Follow Up
Create an information poster about Jean Batten on google drawing. Make sure your canvas size is 210 x 297 mm. Here are some examples:
Week 10
Together read the text Alvin and Me. Discuss the idea of home, what does this mean, where is it, is it always a place?
Follow Up
Answer the following questions about the text:
You need to write a six word memoir. This means a sentence or 2 contain exactly six words that tells the story of who you are, or a key lesson you have learnt. Here are some examples: