1 of 9

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday - Oral, Written, and Visual Language

Read whole book, then Discuss...

- who were the characters?

- What was the problem?

- How do we know…?

- What do you think…?

Get the children asking the questions. Have some pretend to be a character and have other children ask them questions.

Re-read the story.

Focus on repetitive text and have children join in with the repetition.

Vocabulary - Choose words from the text and match them to the Te Reo Maori word.

Draw a picture to match.

Look at PUNCTUATION

Capitals, full stops, sentences, question mark, comma, speech marks, exclamation marks,bold font, picture font, etc.

Point these out and ask – what’s this? When you see this, what do you do?

Read the entire text and change voice where appropriate.

Re-read entire text together with expression.

After the reading take one spread. Use this to reinforce letter names/sounds/word families/phonemes/rhyming words

Use the text as a springboard for: retelling the story using drama, creative clusters (put children in groups and get them to retell the story in own words – make up new problems/solutions etc. Use a ‘clap’ or sound to stop one child talking and let the next one start.

Use the story to stimulate a written and visual response.

Collate the response to either a book or wall display.

LI: Identify how authors use language features in books.

Focus on the text as we are doing this story for our school production. Concentrating on the message in the story as a key point.

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The Little Kiwi’s Matariki by Nikki Slade Robinson

2 of 9

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday - Oral, Written, and Visual Language

Read whole book, then Discuss...

- who were the characters?

- What was the problem?

- How do we know…?

- What do you think…?

Get the children asking the questions. Have some pretend to be a character and have other children ask them questions.

Re-read the story.

Focus on repetitive text and have children join in with the repetition.

Vocabulary - Choose words from the text and match them to the Te Reo Maori word.

Draw a picture to match.

Look at PUNCTUATION

Capitals, full stops, sentences, question mark, comma, speech marks, exclamation marks,bold font, picture font, etc.

Point these out and ask – what’s this? When you see this, what do you do?

Read the entire text and change voice where appropriate.

Re-read entire text together with expression.

After the reading take one spread. Use this to reinforce letter names/sounds/word families/phonemes/rhyming words

Use the text as a springboard for: retelling the story using drama, creative clusters (put children in groups and get them to retell the story in own words – make up new problems/solutions etc. Use a ‘clap’ or sound to stop one child talking and let the next one start.

Use the story to stimulate a written and visual response.

Collate the response to either a book or wall display.

LI: Identify how authors use language features in books.

Focus on the text as we are doing this story for our school production. Concentrating on the message in the story as a key point.

Books: Tasks / Poem / Links

Explain Everything: In Team Drive

Books

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A Splish-Splash Day

3 of 9

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday - Oral, Written, and Visual Language

Read whole book, then Discuss...

- who were the characters?

- What was the problem?

- How do we know…?

- What do you think…?

Get the children asking the questions. Have some pretend to be a character and have other children ask them questions.

Re-read the story.

Focus on repetitive text and have children join in with the repetition.

Vocabulary - Choose words from the text and match them to the Te Reo Maori word.

Draw a picture to match.

Look at PUNCTUATION

Capitals, full stops, sentences, question mark, comma, speech marks, exclamation marks,bold font, picture font, etc.

Point these out and ask – what’s this? When you see this, what do you do?

Read the entire text and change voice where appropriate.

Re-read entire text together with expression.

After the reading take one spread. Use this to reinforce letter names/sounds/word families/phonemes/rhyming words

Use the text as a springboard for: retelling the story using drama, creative clusters (put children in groups and get them to retell the story in own words – make up new problems/solutions etc. Use a ‘clap’ or sound to stop one child talking and let the next one start.

Use the story to stimulate a written and visual response.

Collate the response to either a book or wall display.

LI: Identify how authors use language features in books.

Focus on the text as we are doing this story for our school production. Concentrating on the message in the story as a key point.

Books: Tasks / Poem / Links

Explain Everything: In Team Drive

Books

Share EE to blog.

A Splish-Splash Day

4 of 9

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday - Oral, Written, and Visual Language

Read whole book, then Discuss...

- who were the characters?

- What was the problem?

- How do we know…?

- What do you think…?

Get the children asking the questions. Have some pretend to be a character and have other children ask them questions.

Re-read the story.

Focus on repetitive text and have children join in with the repetition.

Vocabulary - Choose words from the text and match them to the Te Reo Maori word.

Draw a picture to match.

Look at PUNCTUATION

Capitals, full stops, sentences, question mark, comma, speech marks, exclamation marks,bold font, picture font, etc.

Point these out and ask – what’s this? When you see this, what do you do?

Read the entire text and change voice where appropriate.

Re-read entire text together with expression.

After the reading take one spread. Use this to reinforce letter names/sounds/word families/phonemes/rhyming words

Use the text as a springboard for: retelling the story using drama, creative clusters (put children in groups and get them to retell the story in own words – make up new problems/solutions etc. Use a ‘clap’ or sound to stop one child talking and let the next one start.

Use the story to stimulate a written and visual response.

Collate the response to either a book or wall display.

LI: Identify how authors use language features in books.

Focus on the text as we are doing this story for our school production. Concentrating on the message in the story as a key point.

Books: Tasks / Poem / Links

Explain Everything: In Team Drive

Books

Share EE to blog.

A Splish-Splash Day

5 of 9

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday - Oral, Written, and Visual Language

Read whole book, then Discuss...

- who were the characters?

- What was the problem?

- How do we know…?

- What do you think…?

Get the children asking the questions. Have some pretend to be a character and have other children ask them questions.

Re-read the story.

Focus on repetitive text and have children join in with the repetition.

Vocabulary - Choose words from the text and match them to the Te Reo Maori word.

Draw a picture to match.

Look at PUNCTUATION

Capitals, full stops, sentences, question mark, comma, speech marks, exclamation marks,bold font, picture font, etc.

Point these out and ask – what’s this? When you see this, what do you do?

Read the entire text and change voice where appropriate.

Re-read entire text together with expression.

After the reading take one spread. Use this to reinforce letter names/sounds/word families/phonemes/rhyming words

Use the text as a springboard for: retelling the story using drama, creative clusters (put children in groups and get them to retell the story in own words – make up new problems/solutions etc. Use a ‘clap’ or sound to stop one child talking and let the next one start.

Use the story to stimulate a written and visual response.

Collate the response to either a book or wall display.

LI: Identify how authors use language features in books.

Focus on the text as we are doing this story for our school production. Concentrating on the message in the story as a key point.

Books: Tasks / Poem / Links

Explain Everything: In Team Drive

Books

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How Maui found his Father and the Magic Jawbone

6 of 9

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday - Oral, Written, and Visual Language

Read whole book, then Discuss...

- who were the characters?

- What was the problem?

- How do we know…?

- What do you think…?

Get the children asking the questions. Have some pretend to be a character and have other children ask them questions.

Re-read the story.

Focus on repetitive text and have children join in with the repetition.

Vocabulary - Choose words from the text and match them to the Te Reo Maori word.

Draw a picture to match.

Look at PUNCTUATION

Capitals, full stops, sentences, question mark, comma, speech marks, exclamation marks,bold font, picture font, etc.

Point these out and ask – what’s this? When you see this, what do you do?

Read the entire text and change voice where appropriate.

Re-read entire text together with expression.

After the reading take one spread. Use this to reinforce letter names/sounds/word families/phonemes/rhyming words

Use the text as a springboard for: retelling the story using drama, creative clusters (put children in groups and get them to retell the story in own words – make up new problems/solutions etc. Use a ‘clap’ or sound to stop one child talking and let the next one start.

Use the story to stimulate a written and visual response.

Collate the response to either a book or wall display.

LI: Identify how authors use language features in books.

Focus on the text as we are doing this story for our school production. Concentrating on the message in the story as a key point.

Books: Tasks / Poem / Links

Explain Everything: In Team Drive

Books

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Autumn Leaves - Shared Poem

7 of 9

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday - Oral, Written, and Visual Language

Read whole book, then Discuss...

- who were the characters?

- What was the problem?

- How do we know…?

- What do you think…?

Get the children asking the questions. Have some pretend to be a character and have other children ask them questions.

Re-read the story.

Focus on repetitive text and have children join in with the repetition.

Vocabulary - Choose words from the text and match them to the Te Reo Maori word.

Draw a picture to match.

Look at PUNCTUATION

Capitals, full stops, sentences, question mark, comma, speech marks, exclamation marks,bold font, picture font, etc.

Point these out and ask – what’s this? When you see this, what do you do?

Read the entire text and change voice where appropriate.

Re-read entire text together with expression.

After the reading take one spread. Use this to reinforce letter names/sounds/word families/phonemes/rhyming words

Use the text as a springboard for: retelling the story using drama, creative clusters (put children in groups and get them to retell the story in own words – make up new problems/solutions etc. Use a ‘clap’ or sound to stop one child talking and let the next one start.

Use the story to stimulate a written and visual response.

Collate the response to either a book or wall display.

LI: Identify how authors use language features in books.

Focus on the text as we are doing this story for our school production. Concentrating on the message in the story as a key point.

Books: Tasks / Poem / Links

Explain Everything: In Team Drive

Books

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The Fish of Maui By Peter Gossage

8 of 9

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday - Oral, Written, and Visual Language

Read whole book, then Discuss...

- who were the characters?

- What was the problem?

- How do we know…?

- What do you think…?

Get the children asking the questions. Have some pretend to be a character and have other children ask them questions.

Re-read the story.

Focus on repetitive text and have children join in with the repetition.

Vocabulary - Choose words from the text and match them to the Te Reo Maori word.

Draw a picture to match.

Look at PUNCTUATION

Capitals, full stops, sentences, question mark, comma, speech marks, exclamation marks,bold font, picture font, etc.

Point these out and ask – what’s this? When you see this, what do you do?

Read the entire text and change voice where appropriate.

Re-read entire text together with expression.

After the reading take one spread. Use this to reinforce letter names/sounds/word families/phonemes/rhyming words

Use the text as a springboard for: retelling the story using drama, creative clusters (put children in groups and get them to retell the story in own words – make up new problems/solutions etc. Use a ‘clap’ or sound to stop one child talking and let the next one start.

Use the story to stimulate a written and visual response.

Collate the response to either a book or wall display.

LI: Identify how authors use language features in books.

Focus on the text as we are doing this story for our school production. Concentrating on the message in the story as a key point.

Books: Tasks / Poem / Links

Explain Everything: In Team Drive

Books

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How Maui Slowed the Sun By Peter Gossage

9 of 9

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday - Oral, Written, and Visual Language

Read whole book, then Discuss...

- who were the characters?

- What was the problem?

- How do we know…?

- What do you think…?

Get the children asking the questions. Have some pretend to be a character and have other children ask them questions.

Re-read the story.

Focus on repetitive text and have children join in with the repetition.

Vocabulary - Choose words from the text and match them to the Te Reo Maori word.

Draw a picture to match.

Look at PUNCTUATION

Capitals, full stops, sentences, question mark, comma, speech marks, exclamation marks,bold font, picture font, etc.

Point these out and ask – what’s this? When you see this, what do you do?

Read the entire text and change voice where appropriate.

Re-read entire text together with expression.

After the reading take one spread. Use this to reinforce letter names/sounds/word families/phonemes/rhyming words

Use the text as a springboard for: retelling the story using drama, creative clusters (put children in groups and get them to retell the story in own words – make up new problems/solutions etc. Use a ‘clap’ or sound to stop one child talking and let the next one start.

Use the story to stimulate a written and visual response.

Collate the response to either a book or wall display.

LI: Identify how authors use language features in books.

Focus on the text as we are doing this story for our school production. Concentrating on the message in the story as a key point.

Books: Tasks / Poem / Links

Explain Everything: In Team Drive

Books

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Nanny - a poem by Heiwari Johnson