Connections DLO

L.I: To make connections with prior knowledge, L.I: to gather information across texts to form an opinion. This week's task was a very simple. This week we talked about making connections about the 4 aviators we learnt about this term and a new one we picked. The aviator I chose was Amy Johnson. She had a lot of connections with all the aviators, but mostly with Jean Batten. I enjoyed learning about a new aviator. Our Must Do was to create a DLO presenting basic information about the aviator we chose and the connections with the aviators we knew about.

Fokker D. XXI - Summary

This week for Reading, we had to choose a plane and research about the plane. We then had to use the 5 ws and the h to answer questions about our specific plane. I chose the Fokker D. XXI that was used during world war 2 and created about Anthony Fokker. I enjoyed working and learning about the Fokker D. XXI.

Amelia Earhart, Jean Batten - Timeline

Today for my other I did another timeline for Amelia Earhart and Jean Batten. This task was easy because I learnt many facts about these 2 aviators from the past couple weeks. I worked with Koloa and Ofa to do this task. My group enjoyed learning more facts about Earhart and Batten.

Richard Pearse & Wright Brothers - Timeline

Today for Reading Mr Wong's groups had to do a timeline on Richard Pearse & The Wright Brothers. We could work in groups, independently or in pairs. I decided to work with Ofa. We needed to use the Pioneering Aviators provided by Mr Wong to research about the two aviators. We needed to prove who flew the plane first. By the time we were finished we would have an answer. I enjoyed learning about Richard Pearse's and The Wright Brother's timeline.

Jean Batten & Amelia Earhart Biography

This week for Reading Mr Wong's groups were divided into 4 groups. Each group was named after a famous aviator, Jean Batten, Amelia Earhart, Richard Pearse and the Wright brothers. In our session we competed against the other groups to define some keywords about flight. This task helped us with our Inquiry task. Our must do was to make a biography about Jean Batten and Amelia Earhart 2 famous aviatrixes that made amazing achievements. I found impressive facts about Jean Batten and Amelia Earhart. I enjoyed learning about these aviators. 

General Knowledge - Angari

W.A.L.T: find information about the world around us. Today for our Reading Can dos, we had to do a General Knowledge task. For this task I studied Tonga, a country in the south pacific. I learnt a lot of different interesting facts about this country. I think I found the language very interesting. For this task I worked with Tiava. I enjoyed learning about the 'Friendly Islands'. I hope a learn more countries like this one. 

Key Word Summary - High Flyers

L.I: to summarise the main idea from the text. Today for Reading, Mr Wong's groups worked on Summarising. First we started by revising what a summary would need. Then we read a section from the text High Flyers, and used Keywords to answer the 5 ws and the h. We then used those points to make a summary about the first section of the text. Our Must Do was to make a summary about the whole text in 25 words or less. This task was hard not to include too much detail, but I got there. I enjoyed revising on Summaries and writing them.

Inferring - First Flying Machine

L.I: to infer information using clues and prior knowledge. This term Mr Wong's groups are focusing on inferring. This week we read the text first flying machine by Read works. In our session last week we inferred on a fiction text. This week we are focusing on inferring a non - fiction text. For our Must do we had to record our inferences we made about the text First Flying Machine. We had to work as a group. I enjoyed working with Tongariro on this group slide. 

Emoticon Story - Maria

L.I: to infer information about characters in a text. This week for Reading, Mr Wong's groups worked on the story, The Wonders of Flight. In our group we had to track down the feelings, of a character in the story. Then we went off and tracked down the feelings of another character in the text. In our Must Do we had to choose a character and use our prior knowledge and clues from the text to figure out the feelings of that specific character. 

Inferring - Mixed Questions

This week for Reading Mr Wong's groups were focusing on Inferring. We had to do a worksheet to practice our skills. I learnt that you had to use our prior knowledge and clues to figure out a new idea in the text. The screenshots below tell you about my practice worksheet for our class tests coming up in week 3 and 4. This worksheet was recommended by my reading teacher, Mr Wong. For this activity we had to use the phrase "I already know that" and "My clue from the text is.." for our answers. This activity had some hard bits, but also some manageable. I hope that this will help with my Reading tests. 

Inferring Worksheet

L.I: to learn what inferring is

For our Must Do we had to complete the worksheet given. For our worksheet we had to infer about who the character might be, what kind of person the character is, how the character is feeling at the moment and where and when the situation is. There were 3 stories on the sheet. I had to use the clues and prior knowledge to get my answers. It was fun learning about inferring. 

Independent Reading Tasks - Breathless

This week for Reading we had to choose a text and do the Independent Reading Tasks for that text. We had to do tasks like the Summary Challenge, Making Predictions, and the Text type. I noticed that all these tasks were what we learnt in our sessions this term. I liked doing the Independent Reading tasks because it made me revise of what I learnt this term. 

Studyladder - I Love Animals

This week for Can Dos I did Studyladder. I finished all my Reading Comprehension tasks finishing with the text I Love Animals. I had to answer all 10 questions from the text given. This very easy because the text was too easy. 

Robber's Mask - Reading DLO

L.I: to find the most important (main idea in a text). This week for Reading, Group Ngauruhoe read Robber's Mask. First we predicted about what the story would be about by looking at the title. Then I buddy read with Sky to answer questions about the pages read. After reading we make a summary about the main ideas in these pages. 

The Robber's Mask - Word Webs

This week for Reading, Mr Wong's groups read The Robber's mask. To make the session more fun we played a game. Our group was split into 2 teams. As a group we had to skim and scan for words through the text and list them. Then we had about 5 minutes to find a definition for every word. This was kind of easy for our group because everyone had a computer and we had dictionary and thesaurus sites provided to help us. Then we played our game. Each group had turns naming a word they listed and giving the definition. If the judge, Mr Wong allowed it you would get a trade for an iceblock stick. The point of the game is to get 6 iceblock sticks of the same color. If the opponent adds to the definition they would also get a trade. We had lots of fun getting competitive and finding new words we didn't know before. In the end, our group got 6 Red iceblock sticks for our team. We used great sportsmanship during that game. For our must do, we had to list down every definition, synonym and antonym for each word in 1 group slide.  

Find Draw Animate Act: Comets

This week for Reading, Mr Wong's groups read the text Comets. We had to scan the text for words we didn't know then record them on our group slide. We then split into groups of 2 and took 3 words each from our list. We had to use Find, Draw, Animate Act for each of our words. In Find, Draw, Animate Act, you take a word and choose to either Find a picture showing the meaning of your word, to Draw a picture to show the meaning, An animation to show your meaning or you could make a skit to show the meaning of your word and record it. My partner Sky and I did the words Evaporate, Prior and Curiosity.

How to make a non-polluting car - Reading DLO

This week for Reading, Mr Wong's groups read How to make a Non-polluting car. For our reading session we answered a few questions before, during and after reading the text. For our Must Do task we did a Reading DLO. We had to do a Reading DLO for the text How to make a Non-polluting car. 

Word Webs: How to make a non-polluting car

L.I: To find related words. This week for Reading Mr Wong;s groups read a new piece of text called 'How to make a Non-polluting car'. We first read through the whole text, then listed words they wanted to find the meaning of. We then worked out the meanings as a whole group. Our must do task was to make a word web for the words we listed during our reading session. A word web is where you find either synonyms or antonyms of a word you didn't know the meaning of from your reading session.We did words like vigorously, elastic, suitable and more. Here is an example: Vigorously means 'In a way that involves being energetic and fierce'. Here is another example of how it could be used in a sentence. The boy ran vigorously around he classroom. 

Word Webs

This week for Reading Mr Wong's groups learnt how to understand new words so that we could understand the text we're reading.  We read the text then listed the words that we couldn't understand on paper. As a group, we discussed what words could relate to them and what they could mean. For our task, we had to make 7 word webs using the words recorded on paper. We had to find 8 synonyms/antonyms for each word. 

Mother's Day: Retelling

Today for Reading we practiced our retelling. We read two studyladder pieces of texts, Mother's Day and Fruits & Vegetables. We paired up and took turns retelling our story. Then we would be tested by Mr Wong, whether it was Mother's Day or Fruits & Vegetables.