Where To Next?

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us
and the negative of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and
• around the world to try and help look after our environment.  
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our
• own lives to help our environment.
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify
• some ways in which we can help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.

Reading Learning Goals

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

-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to
\ help me make inferences so I get more information from the text.

-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to
gather and check the accuracy of information.

-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites,
newspapers)  to gather and check information on a topic.

-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.

-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and
topic-specific vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following activities.

1. Why is recycling a good idea?

Recycling is good because it reduces pollution and can be made into new things.✔️

2. How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year?

New Zealand sends away 2.5 million tons of rubbish to different countries.✔️

3. When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce?
4.  What environmental problem does this contribute to?

When rubbish breaks down it releases toxic gases including co2 and methane gas.

The gases release co2 into the atmosphere and contributes to global warming.

✔️

4. Complete this sentence:  Everything we use is made from
5.  Earth’s       Natural Resources

✔️

5. Explain where these resources come from;

Wood: Wood comes from trees or plants. Some
woods like wood from pine trees, are considered
renewable because they can grow back.✔️

Metal: Metal comes from rocks that are mined from the ground. It’s
nonrenewable because there is a limited amount available on Earth.✔️

Plastic: Plastic is a little more complicated. There are many different
kind of plastics, but most of  are all made of the same natural resource- oil.✔️

6) How does oil form?

Oil forms from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
The plants and animals were covered by mud and sand. Over millions of years,
the mud and sand built up into layers and turned into rock. The heat and pressure
from the rock turned the plant  and animal matter into oil and gas.✔️

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into?

Glass can be turned into countertops, flooring, tile landscaping stones and bricks.✔️

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into?

cardboard is used to make chipboard like cereal boxes, paperboard, paper towels,
tissues and printing or writing paper.✔️

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into?

Plastic #1 is recycled into soda and water bottles.✔️

10)  Attach a google drawing here that explains how number 1 plastics can be turned into clothing.

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them?

Microfibers are tiny fibers from our  clothes there problem is that they kill our underwater life.✔️

12) What is Earth Overshoot day?

Earth overshoot day is a concept created by the global footprint network.It marks
 the date each year when people have used all the resources that planet can
regenerate in that year

✔️

Glossary - Write what these words mean

Atoms:The smallest particle of a substance that can exist by itself  or be
combined with other atoms to form a molecule.✔️

Carded:(relating to fibres) aligned in the same direction.✔️

Global Warming:A gradual increase in Earth’s average temperature due to increased
levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.✔️

Malt:Barley or other grain that has been  used for brewing beer✔️

Natural resources:Materials found in nature that can be used by people,
such as air, water, plants, animals and rocks✔️

Synthetic:Something that is made by people and is the result of combining
different chemicals.✔️]

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around
rubbish and what we can do to help reduce this problem.  

Video Links

NZ Recycling Crises

Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic

The Pacific Garbage Patch

Infographic - Reducing Waste In Our Lunch Boxes

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around
us and the negative of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in
• our own lives to help our environment.

Literacy

Task: Create an infographic showing people how
they can reduce their waste in their lunchbox.   

Our co-constructed success criteria:

-Have a strong title/hook

-Use convincing language and images

-Have simple things people can do

-Use images (free to use)

-Use bullet points/ short sharp information

-Use correct punctuation and spelling.

Jack And The Bean Stalk

Play Summary - Term 3 Weeks 1-2

For the next two weeks you are working in groups
to practise 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 ().

Jack And The Beanstalk

In the beginning Jack and his mother were very poor.
One day Jack’s Mother told him to sell their cow. Jack
said, “We are sorry to have to sell you, Daisy.” Jack
stops and points he said, “who’s that coming towards
us? He’s dressed in very fine clothes. I don’t think
I’ve ever seen this man around here before!”

In the second part of the story, the man dressed
in fine clothes was a magic beans trader.
The magic beans trader said to Jack,
“Good day young man. Are you
Taking your cow to the market?”
Jack said, “Yes” The magic beans
trader said, “Wow! It must be my
lucky day.” Jack says, “What will
you give me for her?”
The magic beans trader said,
“Something even better than money
… magic beans plant them tonight and all your dreams will come true”

Jacks says, “Wow thank you please take care of her”

At the end of the story, Jack’s mum wakes
him up in the morning to show that there
was a giant beanstalk outside. Jack ran
outside to climb it. His mother told him
not to but he climbed it anyway.
He climbed higher and higher.

When Jack got to the top he saw a huge castle.
Jack says, “Wow everything is massive up here
I wonder who lives here.” Then Jack heard a
noise and went to hide. The giant shouts,
“Fee, fi, fo, fum, I smell the blood of and
englishman!” The giant repeats,
“Fee, fi, fo, fum, I smell the blood of
and english man!” The giant says,
“Sing” and the golden harp  began
to play music and the giant fell asleep.
Jack steals the golden harp and the
hen that lays golden eggs. As Jack
runs away the giant wakes up and
starts to chase him.  Jacks mum
chopped down the beanstalk and
Jack jumped down and landed in the
soft hay. And the giant was never seen again and
Jack and his mother are now rich.

I think that our group did alright with teamwork
because it took us at least 30 minutes to start
rehearsing and they broke some of the props
because they were being silly. I think my team
did good in participation when we started
rehearsing they were doing good voices that suited the characters.

Keeping Ourselves Safe

At school we have been learning how to keep ourselves safe. Constable Jos and Terri have been helping us with this learning. Here are some of the things I have learnt.

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.

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Self assessment

I have an introductory sentence for each paragraph:    

I have at least three sentences giving supporting detail:

I have a concluding sentence: