Letter Writing

November 26, 2020

Dear Mrs Davan, 

Thank you for supporting Te Kauru at the tuia Matauranga roadshow. My favourite part was finding all the information to write on the sheet of paper. I had an amazing time thanks to you.

Thanks again,

Ruby 

Letter Writing

                                                                                November 26, 2020

Dear Mrs Windleborn,   

Thank you for helping supervise Te Kauru at the

Tuia Matauranga roadshow. My favourite part was

finding all the information to write on the sheet of paper.

I had an amazing time thanks to you.

Thanks again,

Ruby

CHARACTER WEB

WALT: We are learning to scan a text to find key information

Character web.

Title:TOHES JOURNEY

Author:Florence Keene

Character:Tohe

Time in story: Beginning to the end.

The Emperor - Sentence Challenge

  

The Emperor

Sentence Challenge

Which two of these sentences are statements? Which are questions? Which are commands?

The penguin has black fur.

Look at his beak!

Where do penguins live?

The emperor penguin lives in Antarctica.

What do penguins eat?

Listening to the land

 Shared Reading Activity

                Listening to the land pg: 25 - 18/8/20

Code Breaker - 

• Choose a passage from the article - Name of passage.

• Choose interest 5 words from the passage. You will use these words for each of the 2 tasks from the Code Breaker activities list. [You can find this in your Reading folder in your Drive - Yellow border].

• Choose 2 tasks from the Code Breaker activities list.

• Answer each task using your 5 interest words from the passage.

What words have unusual spelling?

• Mosquitoes

• Technology

• Communities

What words are tricky to pronounce?

• Indigenous

• Similarities

WALT - We are learning to write cue cards for our speeches

 2020 Speech Cue Cards

1. Starter -                                                               (1 min) My name is… Opinion - I believe that amazing books help me learn better Facts, reasons and questions

2. Attention grabber - Question                               (1min) Books or Movies? Listen to my speech Change your mind

2. Introduction - State your opinion                          (1 min) Uninteresting books Books help me learn  Expand vocab, help others Leave out details, didn't know

3. Body - Reason - Explain/Evidence                        (2 min) The Harry Potter order of the phoenix book Character voices use imagination character looks Read any book anywhere In a bed, on a toilet, top Mt. Everest

4. Conclusion - Final point - summarise opinion       (1 min) Opinion - I believe that amazing books help me learn better Love books so much Improve vocab and read better

5. Ending I just wanted to… Hope you enjoyed as I did Hope I convinced you

How Earthquakes Happen

Reflection: The hard part was inserting the pictures.
Question: Do you know how Earthquakes happen.