FRIDAY
10.10- Snack break- teacher read
10.20-11.10- Big books- continue with your draft working through your chapters
11.10-11.30- Morning break
11.30-12.30- Rocket- Design thinking- draw design with your group of your rocket- see design template below, when ready start to create your rocket- class must be tidy before lunch time please
12.30-1.10- Lunch Break time
1.10-1.30- Eating time in class/ teacher read to students
1.30-1.50- SSR- epic reading Rocket texts
1.50-2.20- Follow up reading task- see below. Worksheet already in books. Just complete the first worksheet with definitions
2.20- class tidy up and game if work from the day has all been completed
Please collect a worksheet from the teacher and complete. Please join teacher time if you need support with this mahi. Answers below.
MAKE SURE IT IS MARKED AND GLUED INTO YOUR BOOK PLEASE!!!
Extension- please collect worksheet from teacher. Work with a partner and solve. Please sow working and glue into your book
Authorship- Big Books
A big All-About title
A How-To page
Chapters or sections
Heading
Table of contents
Text Type- Big Book
Focus- plan our subtopics (or chapters)
Success Criteria
- Select best G.O to plan your page
- Include key word, phrase
- Will I be teaching people how to do something?’” (gesture towards How-To paper).
- Will I be teaching readers that there are different kinds of a thing? (different-kinds-of-something paper)
'Parts of a thing' page template | Types of a thing page template... | How-To Paper template |
Inquiry- Environmental Science
Monday Reading- The power of rivers and streams
Parts of rivers and streams:
One of the reasons why rivers and streams are powerful is because they help a lot of plants to grow and provide food for fish and other animals. Alongside Waitawa Stream you will find different plant species, including harakeke (flax), that can improve the quality of the water. Harakeke, for example, provides a natural fence for the stream and helps to filter out harmful substances from entering the water, such as rubbish and pesticides from nearby homes. This helps to provide clean water so that freshwater species can thrive. Two important, native species that have been found in the stream are Koura and Kokopu.
The second reason they are powerful is because they can be dangerous. You have to be very careful when near a river or even a stream. If you fall in, you can be carried away downstream by a strong current. Sometimes a river or stream can look harmless when it is actually very powerful. If in doubt, stay out! New Zealand has some dangerous rivers, including the Kaituna River in the Bay of Plenty and the Waikato River - both of which have claimed the lives of people who have swum there.
One of the ways we can measure how powerful a stream or river is by measuring the flow rate. The flow rate is the amount of water (volume) that passes between two points in a given amount of time. This is usually measured in litres per second. To measure the flow rate in Waitawa Stream, the depth, width and length of part of the stream needs to be worked out. We also need your help to work out how long it takes an object to float between two points.
Questions
Recall
- What is a stream?
- What are the bottom and sides of a stream called?
- What are the two reasons given for why streams are powerful?
- What is flow rate?
Think
- What equipment do you think we need to measure how long it takes for an object to float between two points in Waitawa Stream?
- What part of a stream or river do you think has the most power (the strongest flow rate)? What has the least power? Give reasons for your answers. Use the diagram below to support you.
- What do you think is the most powerful river (by flow rate) in:
- Rotorua
- New Zealand
- The world
Research
- Find out what the three most powerful rivers in the world are (by flow rate).
- Write down the two most interesting facts about rivers or streams that you found.
Fair test-
In your own words write down what is a fair test? | |
Tuesday/ Wednesday Reading
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Maths- week 7
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Epic reading
Designing your rocket
You’ve asked, now it’s time to imagine. I wonder what I can use to solve my problem?
What could be improved to make your rocket fly higher?