How Our Ideas Changed About Space

 

 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.

Click Here For My Slide Show

Self assessment

I have an introductory sentence for each paragraph:    

I have at least three sentences giving supporting detail:

I have a concluding sentence:

Yr Six Cooking

Today the year sixes made vegetable soup & scones. My group was Me, Tyler, Nathanael & Rhys. Me and Tyler were making the scones & Nathanael & Rhys were making the vegetable soup. I found making the dough hard because we needed more milk and when I put milk in there was too much milk.

Planet Chrome

Learning Intentions

I am learning to use language featu

res 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 proof-read (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.

My Writing

Planet Chrome

Planet Chrome is a planet in a ikarangi (galaxy) called Google. In Google there is a solar system called Gobnob in which Chrome is located.

In Gobnob there are not many planets. The planets are Chrome, Safari, Explorer, Drive, Kahoot and Yahoo.

On Chrome there are people called Chromainians.

Chromainians look like humans but they have 4 arms.

The Chromainians have high tech ships, cars, boats and drill machines and that is the way they get around. The Chromainians live in massive holes underground and most Chromainians live in groups.

75% of the Chromainians live in a big city called Chromainia.

Chromainia is exactly 7.76548921 miles long . In Chromainia there are about 260 skyscrapers.

To travel to planet Chrome you must freeze yourself in a meroririki (small) chamber and then you get moved into a waka (ship) that travels at the speed of light. The distance to Gobnob from Earth is nine hundred and eighty two billion two hundred and forty five thousand nine hundred and twenty one miles. By Nathan.  

Making Pizza

Today we made pizza for our yr 6 tech challenge

I found it fun cutting up the toppings for my groups pizza.

The people in my group were Korban, Nathanael, Warini and Nevey.