Huia+2011

We are learning to

In Iran families eat together, play together and live together (close to each other). Family is important in Iran and so is religon. Most boys are allowed to bike around to the bakery to get bread but Ali isn't. All the boys and girls go to separate schools even the primary school children.

WALT:combine the clues and evidence and link them to our Pk to determine the main idea. [|Reread this article.]

WALT: use our prior knowledge and evidence from the text to make predictions.


 * Predictions || Evidence ||
 * **There will be a murder.**


 * It's about detectives.**

The blurred man is a murderer.

Nick will solve the case.

They will both solve the case.

The man behind the desk has something to do with the murder as well. He may be in a disguise. || The gun on the cover.

It has a shield on the cover that says " Diamond brothers detective agency"

The photo is blurred.

He always solves the case.

They are both detectives.

The desk was old and wooden he as wearing an old suit and glasses. He sort of looks like a bad guy. ||

We are learning to recognise when meaning can and cannot be found from context.

Leprechaun Icecream "Akito" by Georgia Whitta

What do we think stricken means before reading?
 * Something to do with strictly.
 * Getting a shock
 * Something bad that gets better.

What does the dictionary tell us? Overcome strongly, affected by something.

Does the context help us understand what "stricken" means?

We are learning to make connections between this text and another text we have read.

School Journal, Part 3, No 2, 2010 "Drought" by Adrienne Fraser


 * Text || Connections ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Catch of the day ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Drought ||  ||

<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%;">"Catch of the day" by Kathy Taylor

<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%;">Why do you think Sundays used to be boys day out?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Polly didn't go, she was too small. You wouldn't take a baby on a boys day out.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Maybe they liked it to just be boys, and Polly probably asked.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The parents are separated we know this because they have next weekend with Mum, so Polly has to go to spend time with Dad.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Why is he being so rude to his sister?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">He used to like the days with just him and his dad.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Brothers and sisters don't always get along.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">He might be frustrated because he hasn't caught anything, although he hasn't actually answered.

<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%;">Children can do anything Dad even just talk.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Hanging out with Dad is important and special.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">We need to make the most of it.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">It's nice to have time with Dad to yourself and with your siblings.

<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%;">"Bean Rock" by Phillipa Werry <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">School journal, Part 3, No 3, 2009

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">What did we already know light houses?

<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%;">Some have solar panels.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">You don't need a keeper.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The used to be very vital.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">They come in all different shapes and sizes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">They have changed over the years.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The first lighthouse was built 1859 in New Zealand.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Many keepers didn't like living at Bean Rock but Hugh Brown must have because he stayed there for 19 years.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Lighthouses haven't always used light bulbs they used burn kerosine.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Usually Lighthouses had cottages nearby, Bean rock couldn't because it had sea all around it.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The keeper had to chip the rust off the feet.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The keeper at Bean rock used to keep fit by running 35 steps around the veranda.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">There was an automatic light put in in 1912 at Bean rock and the keeper was no longer needed.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Bean rock was the first lighthouse in the country automated, this means it lights up automatically by computer.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">On the 24th of July 1871 Bean Rock was first lit.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">In 1985 the cottage was lifted off Bean rock and renovated on shore and replaced onto new legs and foundations.