Term One Week Seven

Kia mau ki te tokanga nui a noho. 

There is no place like home. 

Kia ora. I hope you all had a wonderful time at camp.  You were lucky with the weather - I look forward to hearing about the activities you enjoyed (and the meals you shared).  This week, we are going to continue working on our research skills and will be researching the food item we have identified.  I will also share the assessment task with you in our second session this week.

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• Research the history  and traditions of my identified food
• Make dot/jot notes to record my research
• Use a planning tool to plan my writing
• Draft a factual description

1. Do now:  Subject/Verb Agreement (Google Classroom)
2. Research skills - KWL Chart
3. Research Skills - Key Word Identification
4. Research Skills - Dot-Jot notes
5. Draft factual description

FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

• We are FOCUSING on Research Skills as we select a traditional food item
• We are FOCUSING on choosing a writing frame to help us describe our traditional food
• We are FOCUSING on our technical accuracy in our writing