Our Play Summery

Play Summary - Term 3 Weeks 1-2

For the next two weeks you are working in groups
to practice and perform a
play. This is using our oral language and
reading skills in literacy. Our key
competency focus is participating and contributing.

For writing your task is to summarise the main events in
your play in three paragraphs. You must plan your writing first
but it is up to you how you do your planning.  You must also write
a fourth paragraph about your experience of practising and performing
your play.

Yr 6

I am learning to organise my text into paragraphs which begin with a main idea and
contain supporting information/detail.

I am learning to make links across paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately.

I am learning to use dialogue punctuation accurately.

Yr 7

I am learning to use a range of different planning styles.

I am learning to plan my writing to suit the purpose of my writing.

I am learning to organise my ideas into paragraphs where
the ideas are clearly related and where there
are links within and between paragraphs.

I am learning to use basic punctuation accurately in my writing.

I am learning to use complex punctuation to enhance my
writing e.g. colons : and semi-colons ; , and parentheses ().

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can/have

-summarised the play in three paragraphs

-made links across my paragraphs

-used some basic and complex punctuation correctly (speech marks).

Once you have finished your writing highlight these success criteria green if you have met
them and can
show them in your work. Highlight green in your work where you have met these success criteria.

Maui wants to go fishing with his brothers but his brothers refuse. They think he is too much trouble and is too young. He sits down and makes a plan. He started weaving flax together to make a fishing rod. He gets his magical hook that his grandmother gave him and ties it to the end.

 The next morning Maui  got up before his brothers and snuck in the waka and  hid. The four brothers didn't see him. When the brothers got up they moved the waka into the water, “It’s heavier than usual,’’ they said to each other. They then got over it and got into the waka.    Then they paddle out to sea.

A while later Maui jumped up from the waka and he surprised his brothers and shouted, “I’m Here .“ He lowered his rod and made a chant with it and brought up a giant ika. Then Maui went to go get his hook from the head of the giant ika and he told his four brothers not to cut the fish. The four brothers cut up the fish anyway. They cut pieces of the fish for their whanau and themselves. Because Maui's brothers chopped the fish up that's what created the hills in the North Island. The giant ika became the the North island of Aotearoa.

   

About our Play

In our play I think that our team did ok but I think that the play didn't really involve much actions and some of us didn't get much to say. But I did enjoy it. It was fun getting to act and work in a team. We contributed by bringing props from our houses.

Next time we need to do more actions.

How Our Ideas About Space Have Changed

Weeks 8-10 Space Literacy  Tasks

Term 2 Weeks 9-10

Purpose of these reading activities is to: increase our knowledge of space
exploration and understand how our knowledge and ideas about space
have changed over time (science).
We are also learning to read non-fiction texts and use our writing skills to share
our understanding of this topic and our ideas (literacy).
Throughout this task we will need to use the skills of ‘Thinking’ and using
‘Language, Symbols and Text.’

Learning Intentions

I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.

I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.

I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.

(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)

I am learning to write well structured paragraphs.

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

-I have put my answers in chronological order.

-I have written two well structured paragraphs explaining how some of our ideas about space have
changed over time (introductory sentence, supporting detail, concluding sentence).

Read the three paper based reading activities given to you about Stephen Hawking,  Galileo Galilei and
The Telescope. You will be put with a buddy to do this work. We will mark and discuss our answers
together as a class.

Link to Galileo reading.                Link to Stephen Hawking reading.

  

Link to The Telescope reading.

To add to our learning we will watch/ read and discuss these following videos or articles.

Stephen Hawking Big Ideas Made Simple

NASA Video Explaining Black Holes For Kids.

What is the Big Bang Theory (Science Learning Hub).

Video about Galileo Galilei

Science Learning Hub Article: Light and Telescopes

Science Learning Hub Article: Our Solar System - Revolutionary Ideas.

After we have completed these reading activities and viewing and discussing the above materials
your task is to write at least two well structured paragraphs explaining how our ideas about space have
changed over time.

Example of a good paragraph.

Write your paragraphs here.

Ideas About Space Have Changed
With Stephen Hawkings.

Stephen Hawkings was a well known Cosmologist

And he improved our knowledge about space.

Firstly, Stephen was interested and liked learning about black
holes. He was curious about what came  out of them. He knew
that not even light could escape but he had amazing skills and
thinking and he actually found out that radiation came out of
black holes. People used to think if light could not escape then
nothing could but he proved them wrong.  This is an example
of how Stephen Hawking changed our thinking.

Stephen Hawking also developed a theory about how the
universe started his  theory is called the big bang theory.
All scientists have theories and Stephen had theories around
the big bang. His theory was that a black hole exploded then
the universe slowly began to grow bigger and bigger as it
formed the planets. We do not know if this is true or not but it
doesn't sound impossible. As you can see Stephen Hawking
has changed our ideas about space aka black holes and the
beginning of our universe.

Without his amazing thinking we would practically know
nothing about black holes until an another amazing scientist
came along.

Self assessment

I have an introductory sentence for each paragraph: YES

I have at least three sentences giving supporting detail:  YES

I have a concluding sentence: YES

Apple crumble and pear madness

This time in room seven we have been cooking and baking. We got to choose our teams and choose what we wanted to make. Billie, Summer and I made apple and pear crumble. We organized what we each brought. I brought flour and baking powder. The apple and pear crumble was delicious!

Taonga Puoro reading task

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Space Timeline Reading Task

Term 2 Weeks 5-6

Purpose of this reading activity is to: increase our knowledge of
space exploration
and understand
how our knowledge
and ideas about space have changed over time (science). We are also
learning to read non-fiction texts
and use our writing skills to
share our understanding of this topic and our ideas (literacy).
Throughout this task we will need to use the skills of ‘Thinking’ and
using ‘Language,
Symbols and Text.’

Learning Intentions

I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.

I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.

I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.

(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

-I have put my answers in chronological order.

Focus

We are looking at using non-fiction text to increase our knowledge in our science topic; SPACE.

Your aim is to read and understand the timeline reading and use this knowledge to complete
the reading activity below.

First, Read the timeline cards. Click here for the space timeline pdf

Second, We will discuss what you have read. This will be a good time to ask questions
about anything you are unsure of.

Third, do your reading tasks.

Fourth, complete your reading activity. Remember to proofread, check spelling and punctuation.
Then do a self assessment and a peer assessment. Check it with a teacher.

Reading Activity

View and read the space timeline on the classroom walls.
Think about how how our theories/ideas and understandings
about the universe
and Earth’s
place in it has changed over time.

Answer the following questions.

Your answers need to be full sentences.

After you have answered all the questions please put them in
chronological
order (time order, oldest first)

5) What are two things that Galileo discovered?

1610 Galileo Galilei made the first

telescopic observation of the

night sky, discovering Jupiter’s

moons, lunar craters and the

diferent phases of Venus.

9) Who discovered the first asteroid?1801 The first asteroid, Ceres, was

discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.

3) In what year was NASA founded? And what does NASA mean? 1958,
National astronauts in space administration.

2) What was Sputnik 1? 1957 Sputnik was a satellite that sent signals.

3) In what year was NASA founded? And what does NASA mean?
1958, National astronauts in space administration .

6) Who was the first woman in space? And where was she from?

1963 Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin

became the first man in space.

Gagarin travelled in a spacecraft

called Vostok 1 and managed to

complete one orbit of Earth, landing

about 2 hours after the launch.

7) In what year did Apollo 11 land on the moon? 1965

8) What happened that led to all space shuttles being grounded for 3 years?

Space shuttle Challenger

exploded after launch, killing the

seven astronauts on board. This

led to all shuttles being

grounded for 3 years.

10) What country launched Voyager probes 1 and 2 into deep space?

1977 America Launched Voyager 1 and 2

1)How long did it take for the Cassini probe to arrive at

Saturn?2004  Cassini probe took four years to reach saturn

11) When was the international space station completed?

1986 the final part was finished in 2010

1986 the final part was finished in 2010

12) What was interesting about New Horizon’s information about Pluto?
2015 NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft

arrived at Pluto after travelling for

nine years and a total distance of

4.6 billion miles. Data sent to the

Earth showed that Pluto is fifty

miles larger than was first thought.

1)How long did it take for the Cassini probe to arrive at Saturn?2004   Cassini probe took four years
to reach saturn

YOUR OPINION

After reading this information...

1. Who do you think made the biggest contribution to our
2. understanding of space?
3. Why? (summarising key ideas)

I think it is Galileo Galilei  because he made the first telescope
observation.                 

    2) What do you think was the most important machine or  invention in
helping us investigate space? Why?

(summarising key ideas) I think it is the V2 rocket because it  became the

rocket to reach 100km above the

Earth’s surface. A later version of

this sent the frst pictures of Earth

from 105 km above the surface.

My Planit writing Ing Ang Ooo

Create and Describe Your Own Planet - Description writing task

Term 2 Weeks 5-6

Purpose of this piece of writing is to:

Learning Intentions

I am learning to use language features
to make my writing interesting and engaging for the reader.

I am learning to use topic-specific vocabulary.

I am learning to include Te Reo Māori words in my writing.

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have used some language features to make my
writing interesting and engaging (simile, metaphor,
alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme)

-I have carefully chosen some topic specific words
to include in my writing.

-I have used some Te Reo Māori

Focus

We are continuing to look at descriptive writing. This week you are writing a descriptive piece
of writing to promote your imaginary planet. You aim is to convince people to move to your planet.
You want your writing to allow the reader to be able to imagine what it is like on your planet.

First, we will look at an excerpt of a video describing the moon from the Avatar movie.
Click here to get to video= Pandora.

Second, we will discuss together what you will need in your work to make it successful
and look at how to plan our work. Then you will plan your work and check with a teacher
before you start writing.

Third, do your piece of writing.

Fourth, complete you piece of writing. Remember to proofread
(check spelling and punctuation) and edit (does it make sense? do you need to change any sentences?)
yourself and with a buddy and fill in your self and peer-assessment.
Check it with a teacher.

Then share your work on your blog.

My writing

Ing Ang Ooo is a planet far away from Earth. It is located
out between the Kuiper Belt and the Oort cloud.
You can get there by a rocket ship. It is made up of oxygen,
little bits of rock ,

water ,dry sand and grass it takes months  to get there.
The creatures on the planet they are friendly and harmless.
They are blue with big eyes and a big smiley mouths also they
have red round spikes on their head.
They live in the gravitational seas area.
In this planet there are four parts, the desert side,
the snow that falls from rain, gravitational seas and trees
that rain grass. Ing Ang Ooo planet is actually upside down
but when your in their it doesn't feel upside down.

What is inside the planet? Well inside Ing Ang Ooo there are clouds.
 The snow that falls their turns into clouds that you can sit on.
Because the planet Ing Ang Ooo is so big you can use the clouds to
sit on to get to place to place like a car. Just lean
which way you want to go. When you get to the gravitational
seas you will find the friendly creatures hiding in their waterproof mushrooms.
They speak a different language so you can't communicate with them!
If you are lucky you might find the famous glitter gem rock.
Scientists have been wanting to find these for years.
They mostly float around.

As you can see Ing Ang Ooo land is amazing. Who wouldn’t
want to go! By Nevey.