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Weeks 1 and 2

Wal how texts are created for different purposes and audiences

Reinforce expectations for what independent learning looks like and sounds like: prepared for guided reading; focus on follow-up learning tasks until published to individual blogs.
Hook learners into reading through video text and group discussion by making connections to learners’ own prior knowledge about stories and narrative writing.
Students to read texts independently and within guided reading: focus - narrative structure and variety of sentences to engage reader. Group to discuss texts with teacher to make connections between the texts and narrative writing. Clarify any unfamiliar vocabulary. Unpack follow-up task. Students to complete written task independently and with teacher support as appropriate. Share to blog.

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Weeks 3 and 4

Wal how texts are created for different purposes and audiences

Introduce reading for whole class for the week by deliberately linking reading to inquiry, Guardians of the Galaxy. What kind of texts did we read last week? This week’s focus is non-fiction texts. Hook learners into reading for the week through NASA video seeking Planetary Protection Officer (Guardian of the Galaxy).
Within groups, discuss features of non-fiction texts on ongoing basis: real, photos, headings, sub-headings, technical vocab, purpose.
Unpack pre-reading vocabulary activity which students are to complete before reading text.
Students to read texts independently before reading with teacher at guided reading. Group to discuss texts with teacher to unpack vocabulary and conceptual understandings, making connections to inquiry. What makes earth habitable? Unpack follow-up task. Students to complete task independently and with teacher support as appropriate. Share to blog.
Students to read individually graded Sunshine Online books independently to increase reading mileage.

Week 5: Beyond Earth

Walt scan a text to find information; and

Walt explore the size of our solar system.

Integration of reading, writing, inquiry and maths to support conceptual understandings. Key aspect of this learning is the text/activity, Shrinking the Solar System, from Connected 3 2003.
Within groups, discuss features of non-fiction texts on ongoing basis: real, photos, headings, sub-headings, technical vocab, purpose.
Prior to reading, ask students to predict what they think each text will be about. Discuss as a group.
Then, what does “scanning” mean when we are reading? Fast reading when looking for specific information. Don’t read every word or every sentence. Use clues. Use header words. Focus on: who, what, when, where. Think aloud modelling. Then, question students about content of texts within guided reading to explicitly support this comprehension strategy.
Group to discuss texts with teacher to unpack vocabulary and conceptual understandings, making connections to inquiry. Unpack follow-up task. Students to complete task independently and, where instructed, with a buddy. Teacher support to scaffold task completion based on individual learner needs. Learners to share follow-up task to blog.
Students to read individually graded Sunshine Online books independently to increase reading mileage.

Integration of reading, writing, inquiry and maths to support conceptual understandings. Key aspect of this learning is the text/activity, Shrinking the Solar System, from Connected 3 2003 - continued into Week 6.
Prior to reading, ask students to predict what they think each text will be about. Discuss as a group.
Then, what does “scanning” mean when we are reading? Fast reading when looking for specific information. Don’t read every word or every sentence. Use clues. Use header words. Focus on: who, what, when, where. Think aloud modelling. Then, question students about content of texts within guided reading to explicitly support this comprehension strategy.
Group to discuss texts with teacher to unpack vocabulary and conceptual understandings, making connections to inquiry. Unpack follow-up task. Students to complete task independently. Learners to share follow-up task to blog.
Students to read individually graded Sunshine Online books independently to increase reading mileage.

Week 6: What’s out there?

Walt scan a text to find information.

Week 7: Exploring all that space

Walt find the main ideas in a text.

Integration of reading, writing, inquiry and maths to support conceptual understandings. Key aspect of this learning is the text/activity, Shrinking the Solar System, from Connected 3 2003 - continued into Week 7.
Prior to reading, ask students to predict what they think each text will be about. Discuss as a group.
How to we find the main/big ideas? Explore structure of non-fiction text: headings, sub-headings, labelled diagrams; structure of paragraphs; introduction; conclusion. Which parts of text help us find big ideas?
Group to discuss texts with teacher to unpack vocabulary and conceptual understandings, making connections to inquiry. Unpack follow-up task. Students to complete task independently. Learners to share follow-up task to blog.
Students to read individually graded Sunshine Online books independently to increase reading mileage.

Week 8: How do we explore all that space?

Walt find the main ideas in a text.

Before launching into new texts with a new focus, Monday of Week 8 will be dedicated to supporting learners to complete follow-up tasks from Week 7 and reading/unpacking Twinkle Twinkle Star Colours.
Students to read individually graded Sunshine Online books independently to increase reading mileage: Remind learners to complete written and thinking tasks for each text to show their understanding, including screenshot of task and book cover on individual blogs.

Following visit to Stardome, slight chance in focus for inquiry over the next two weeks: space exploration to Mars - searching for a habitable environment for humans. Where are we at? What has NASA discovered?
Students to read with teacher for guided reading at least twice during week. Independent reading and creating of learning focus during remainder reading time. Ongoing unpacking of non-fiction texts and paragraphs during guided reading, as well as focus on inquiry content and vocabulary.
As students have created rockets in Maker Space, to promote thinking, the reading follow-up task asks them to compare how the rocket made in Blast off! Is different to the rockets they have made at Maker Space.
Students to read individually graded Sunshine Online books independently to increase reading mileage: Remind learners to complete any unfinished written and thinking tasks for each Sunshine text to show their understanding, including screenshot of task and book cover on individual blogs.

Weeks 9 and 10: Mission Impossible?

Walt scan a text to find information.