Kiwi+2011

We are learning to compare and contrast information given to us in texts.

WALT: retell the main idea in our own words.

Key words... Rarerst dogs (dying breed) Almost extinct Shipped to America Purple/ blue tongue Lived in China for 2000 years Ancient breed Warrior dog Skin Saved

The Shar Pei dogs were nearly extinct, in China the leader Mao Tse Tung ordered all dogs should be killed. Some dogs were shipped to America where they were saved by breeding.

We are learning to find clues and evidence to help determine the main idea. [|Try skimming this article.]

WALT: predict and read on to check our predictions.

Our predictions...
 * Those are her old pink slippers, the dog likes them and then the lawn mower starts smoking.
 * The dog has had the slippers outside and left them there and the dog saves them from the lawn mower.
 * They may be grandpa's slippers, because of the books.
 * ** Heather will give Mum the pink fluffy slippers, but she doesn't like them so she will try to run them over with the lawn mower. **
 * **Her brother may get jealous** and he might try and hide them or put them in front of the lawn mower. **Heather gets jealous because Peter had got her a present.**
 * **Peter's present is**... a pair of pink slippers, **things or boxes glued together,** something that he wanted.
 * ** Mum will like Peter's present more than Heather's. **
 * Mum is a mechanic she might want something to keep her feet warm.
 * ** It's a good time for Heather to go out without Mum noticing. **
 * ** Heather will sneak off. **
 * **Her Mum likes motorbikes** and going fast.
 * Heather will sell the things that are in her money box.
 * She may take the money from Mum's wallet.
 * ** She will ask her Dad. **
 * She might do some chores for her neighbours.
 * Peter is getting rid of the slippers.
 * Mum is getting rid of the slippers.


 * Predictions || Evidence ||
 * Peter is getting rid of the slippers.

Mum is getting rid of the slippers. || He is jealous of the slippers, because he thought his present was better.

Peter was with Heather on the way to the shop, and he didn't say anything so it must have been Mum. Look at the wardrobe and the shelves, the dog and Peter wouldn't be able reach. ||

We are learning to __read between the lines__ to understand what is happening in the story, even though the author doesn't tell us. "Sports Day" by Sue Wootton School Journal, Part 2, No 3, 2009

She hopes sports day is canceled.
 * ** Inference ** || ** Evidence ** ||
 * She doesn't like sports day.

Grandad has died.

The ball is flying towards Grace.

Grandad was obviously a bee keeper.

Grace likes bees. || She was hoping it would rain.

The last of his honey was being eaten and her mother was upset. She heard Grandad's voice in her head.

"Grace wake up" when she was sitting on the field picking daisies.

Her grandad told her about bees.

She looks at them and picks daisies for them. ||

"Blackbird" by Jenny Powell-Chalmers School Journal, Part 2, No 3, 2009.

Use clues to figure out what is happening.


 * Inference || Evidence ||
 * The Black bird is dead . || * It's not moving or doing anything.
 * Illustrations.
 * It's not active.
 * "Blackbird vocals silenced" ||

We are learning to link our prior knowledge to vocabulary that we think may be found within the text. //Connected 1 2007 // //"Counting Koura" by Brian Gore. //

What words do we expect to see?  **Words or synonyms that were in the text.** sea shore **water- fresh water** sand //Waiora - New Zealand // //Mahinerangi dam- New Zealand // <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%; text-decoration: line-through;">beach <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%; text-decoration: line-through;">rocky shore
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Koura **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">counting **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">animals **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">fish- counts as an animal **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">rivers **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">under rocks **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">creeks **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">lakes **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">New Zealand **

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">What words did we find that we didn't think of? __ Swims backwards Crayfish Leaves Food Fan shaped tail Pincers to stuff food Dead things measure delicious maori look after scientist Mr Willie Emery Shallow waters muddy traps age Tau koura woven flax eggs tail surface information America

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">We are learning to make connections between this text and another text we have read. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">School Journal, Part 2, No 4, 2009 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">"Sky Waka" by Greg O'Connell


 * Text || Connections ||
 * Broken Moon ||  ||
 * Sky Waka ||  ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">We are learning to find ideas and info in the text that we already know and use these to help us to understand new ideas.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">School Journal, Part 1, No 3, 2010 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">"Broken moon" by Alan Bagnall


 * <span style="background-color: #bf72f8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">What do we already know? || <span style="background-color: #ff6d00; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">What are the new ideas that we need to understand? ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">When the moon is not full.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> Often you can see the moon at daytime.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> The moon is less bright in the daytime and harder to see.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> It's not very effective.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> The Earth sometimes has a shadow on the moon.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> The moon sometimes looks like bright and yellow.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> It's not a full moon. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Broken moon.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> Midday sky.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> Rather faint and rather shy.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> Disappointing.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> Dragon

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> Custard pie

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;"> Took a bite ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">We are learning to identify what we already know about a topic and compare this to what we know after reading.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">"Crocodile Creche" by Babara Dobson <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">What do we already know?



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">What do we know now?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">It's amazing how if the eggs are warmer they turn into males.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">If the weather is cooler most of them become females.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The crocodiles lay eggs from about 5-8cm.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Crocodile mothers are ready to attack at any time.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Even when the mother goes away she is still watching.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The babies call to their mother to scrap the sticks and leaves out of their nest so they can get out.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">They can live in their egg and the mother doesn't have to get them out.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">After 90 days the babies are ready to hatch.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">They begin to call with a little chirp.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The crocodile carefully carries the babies in her mouth to the waters edge, and then goes back for the others. (transport)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The babies can catch frogs and insects.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">They learn to swim a soon after they are born.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The babies are about 25cm long.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Most crocodiles don't survive the first few months.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">They leave their nest and establish their own nest close to where they were born when they are a few months old.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">They get their own food.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Salt water crocodiles live at the top of Australia not all of Australia.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">They live all the way up in Indonesia.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">We are learning to identify what we already know about a topic and compare this to what we know after reading. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">"The Cat's whiskers" by Janet Pates

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">What do we already know about cat's whiskers...


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">When they are feeling different emotions, their whiskers point in different directions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Some are lon g and some are prickly.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">They have about 12 whiskers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Some cats have stiff whiskers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">You can tell if they have been burnt because they curl.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">When cats go into old age their whiskers curl.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">What we know now...
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The whiskers are like an extra sense working similarly to human eyesight.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">A cat uses it's whiskers to measure.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">A cat usually has 12 whiskers on each side of it's nose.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The whiskers pick up movement.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The cat can sneak up to a mouse in the dark without crashing into anything.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">If the whiskers stick forward it means they see something yummy.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Their whiskers go back if they are scared.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">When their whiskers go back it makes their face look smaller and less threatening.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">When th ey are happy their whiskers stick straight out.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">They have whiskers on top of their head.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Cats also have front leg whiskers.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The use their front leg whiskers to sense what the mouse or rat is doing when they have caught it.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Cats don't like their whiskers touching the side of their dish.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">A cat looks beautiful with it's whiskers.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">A cat will be lost without it's whiskers.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Cats don't like us to play with their whiskers.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">When the cat takes their food out of the food bowl, they aren't being annoying they need a shallower dish.