Tui Explanation

WALT: Write effective explanations

Success Criteria:

• Use a plan with a description, information, and summary
• Not use the first person
• Add detail to support our ideas
• Use specific scientific words
• Use the present tense
• Make our sentences make sense

Blog Writing

What is this poor animal thinking????

Explanation Report

WALT: plan and write an explanation
Criteria:
1. Title
2. Identifying statement
3. Explanation sequence
4. Summary

Anthony wrote this explanation of a hose.
What do you think he did well?
What could he work on next time?

Some of our maths

We have been working on subtraction at the moment in maths. Here's what Liam and Paige are working on...

What strategies do you use to subtract numbers???

Our Wonderings continued!

We have been thinking really hard about what to investigate this term these are some of our ideas. What questions do you have about these topics that will help us research?

River Pollution
Ozone Layer
Oil Spills
Mining in NZ
Trees being cut down (forestry)
Rubbish
Global Warming
Animal Habitats
Why plants are the way they are (evolution)

The Substitute

WALT: Identify and use a range of oral language features to convey meaning and engage listener interest including: volume, pace, mood and tone.

We have been studying poetry in reading check out what Abi, Maddi, Emily, and Brianna read today. How do you think they did?

Wonderings

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We are wondering about our world and it being beautiful

"What keeps our world beautiful?"

We are trying to think of things to research and investigate
during our inquiry.

What questions do you think we could research to explore our beautiful world?

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