Self-Monitoring

L.I To understand a meaning of a text by ourselves. 

Today I made a poster about Self-Monitoring showing what it is, why we use it, and how we use it. We had to first read a book called water worries. We had to buddy up to read this book so we can both use Self-Monitoring and if our buddy was struggling we could ask our buddy if they needed help. Self-Monitoring is when we are stuck on a word or sentence and we want to figure it out, we can figure it out by using our prior knowledge. That's Monitoring, the self means you do it by yourself.

I learned by first reading the actual book with a buddy and then talking about what Self-Monitoring is. Then making a poster about it. 

Predictions

L.I To predict what will happen next in the book by looking at title and images from the front cover. 

Today I made a prediction for the book called "Picking Up Puha". (Puha is a vegetable that are mostly used in soups and are popular in some countries). We needed to make a prediction by looking at the title and the pictures that are shown in the front cover. We had to fill out the reading work that was set up for us which had questions that are saying like what our predictions are and what we think it is.

I learned by filling out the work that was setup for us, I also learned that predicting is very fun to do. I also learned that predicting is a reading strategy that I mostly use for some books that I read. I also learned that you are using your prior knowledge while predicting. 

Making Predictions

Text title: Picking Up Puha.

Basic predictions

Prediction: : I think it is about a family picking up a puha from the farm but they have a few problems on the way.	Correct / incorrect
I think this is a narrative/ recount/ information report/ procedure/ explanation/ persuasion (highlight) because … I think that this is a narrative of the family’s point of view of picking up the Puha from the farm but they have some problems on the way.	Incorrect
I think the text is about… The family picking the puha up but their car breaks down of something bad happens. because … They run out of gas or they drive into a muddy pile.	Incorrect
One sentence I might see in the text is: Ew! Something smells. I hate picking puha! It's so boring!	Correct

Other predictions

Prediction: Another prediction is that the family gets slowed down by a heavy storm.	Correct / incorrect
Prediction: The family might be in a bad weather and by the time they pick up the puha it starts smelling bad.	Correct
Prediction: The puha is getting washed away by the river.	Incorrect
Prediction: The puha might be all squashed up and soggy in a bad weather.	Incorrect

Prior Knowledge

L.I To activate prior knowledge about a topic before reading what is a census? 

Today I did my reading which was to understand what prior knowledge means and what it is. Prior knowledge means using the knowledge about what we already know about to learn about something you want to learn about. We had to gather up the knowledge we already know and put it into something that we wanted to know about, that is the census. The census is a online or paper survey that people do if their house is damp or they want to fix something up in their house. The census also is a thing where they keep track of how many New Zealanders there are and how many new ones there are. It is also illegal to not do the census, if you don't then you will get fined for about 50$ or 500$.

I learned by making a google draw then explaining what prior knowledge is and what the census is.

QAR Questions

L.I To check what the understanding of a text by using QAR.

Today I did my reading work which was to write four questions about niuean sports day. We first had to read a book called niuean sports day, we had to read the whole book about then make a summary about what we read. We then had to answer four questions about the book and what question types they are. The questions types are: Right There, Think and Search, On My Own, and Arthur and Me. We used QAR to see if we have the understanding of a text. 

I learned by reading the book niuean sports day and then having a discussion with my group. Then creating a google doc to put on the four questions show the four question types: Right There, Think and Search, On My Own, and Arthur and Me. 

Niuean Sports Day

How long is the skiing track for grass skiing sport?

What is the tika made out of?

Do you think the tug of war is fun?

How old do you have to be to play tug of war?

Raz Kids

LI: To read all the books on raz kids and get to higher levels.

Raz Kids is a awesome reading game. Raz kidz is a game where you can read a lot of books to level up. Raz kidz can also encourage you to read bigger books like chapter books in real life. In raz kidz you also get stars from reading books. You get 50 stars from reading a book. There are also questions you can answer after the book. If you get all those questions correct on the first try you get 150 stars. Second try then you get 50 stars. You can use the stars to customize your robot and put accessories on it. 

I learned by reading books and getting stars to give my robot awesome clothes. Along with trying to get to a higher level.

3 Point Summary

L.I To make a 3 point summary explaining the who, the what, and the when, about niuean sports day.


Today I did a 3 point summary explaining the niuean sports day. I had to explain the who, the what, and the when. The niuean sports day is a national and special day for the niuean people. 

I learnt by making a google doc, then making a one by one table. Then by writing down the who, the what, and the when. 

When: After Christmas in Summer. What: The niuean sports day is a special day for the niuean people to participate in. Who: The Auckland Community

Raz-Kidz

LI: To read all the books on raz kids and get to higher levels.

Raz Kids is a awesome reading game. Raz kidz is a game where you can read a lot of books to level up. Raz kidz can also encourage you to read bigger books like chapter books in real life. In raz kidz you also get stars from reading books. You get 50 stars from reading a book. There are also questions you can answer after the book. If you get all those questions correct on the first try you get 150 stars. Second try then you get 50 stars. You can use the stars to customize your robot and put accessories on it. 

I learned by reading books and getting stars to give my robot awesome clothes. Along with trying to get to a higher level.

News Broadcast

LI: To use a range of comprehension strategies to go deeper into a text. 

Today for my reading me and my group made a news broadcast. We did this by first getting into a group of six then making a google slide. Once we did we had to choose a category out of: National, International, Sports, Weather, Business, and Entertainment. I did entertainment, Giovanni did weather, Lukah did international, Jonathan did sports, and Peter did national. 

I learned by getting into a group of six then we went on and made a google slide about the news broadcast. 

P.B.S News

LI: To use a range of comprehension strategies to go deeper into a text. 

This week on Thursday I have been working on my reading for the Must Do Task List. People were split up into four different groups and had to create a newspaper article on a topic out of business, entertainment, sports, international news and national news. I worked on entertainment with Sakina. Jayden did business, Chris and Joseph did sports, Aden did international and Peter did national news. We had to search for websites that had relevant information to our choice of topic, would be interesting to read and the date for the article that we rewrote was between a certain time.

I learned by getting into a group. Then making a google slide about the topics: Business, Entertainment, Sports, International News, and National News.

Royal Family DLO

Today LS2 have been working together with LS1 to create a DLO about the Royal Family. The royal family is part of the people in England. Our group had 6 people and we had to do one of them. I decided to do Queen Elizabeth since she is the queen of England. She is married to prince Phillip who is known as Duke of Edinburgh. The most difficult part about this challenge activity was researching facts about them.

Modeling Book

LI: To use a range of comprehension strategies to go deeper into a text.

Today for my reading I had to choose one of Sheena Cameron's strategies that was on our classes wall. I chose my topic as skimming and scanning. I had to make a modeling book explaining what skimming and scanning is. 

I learned by making a google slide and explaining along with making a modeling book about skimming and scanning. 

Skimming and Scanning

LI: To use a range of comprehension strategies to go deeper into a text.

Today for my reading work I chose a topic. The topic was skimming and scanning. I had to make a google slide explaining what skimming and scanning means. I first went and said what skimming means. Then scanning. Then I explained what skimming and scanning is together.

I learned by making a google slide and choosing a topic which was skimming and scanning. Then explaining what it is.

Raz Kidz

LI: To read all the books on raz kids and get to higher levels.

Raz Kids is a awesome reading game. Raz kidz is a game where you can read a lot of books to level up. Raz kidz can also encourage you to read bigger books like chapter books in real life. In raz kidz you also get stars from reading books. You get 50 stars from reading a book. There are also questions you can answer after the book. If you get all those questions correct on the first try you get 150 stars. Second try then you get 50 stars. You can use the stars to customize your robot and put accessories on it. 

I learned by reading books and getting stars to give my robot awesome clothes. Along with trying to get to a higher level.

Summarising

LI: To use a range of comprehension strategies to go deeper into a text.

Today for my reading I chose the topic "Summarising." For this I created a google slide and made slides of "What Is Summarsing?" "Junior School Summarising" "Middle School Summarising" and "Senior School Summarising." 

I learned by creating a google slide and explaining what summarising is and for all "Junior School Summarising" "Middle School Summarising" "Senior School Summarising." 

Resilience

LI: To use a range of comprehension strategies to go deeper into a text. 

Today for my reading I did resilience on a google slide. I had to get the information from the article about resilience to get the answers to the following things. For the main ideas it was three vital ideas, four very important ideas, and important ideas. For the summarising it was writing down twenty important words from the text and then choose the six most important words, then finally using the six words to sum up a text. For evaluating it was what was the text about, what are the facts I learnt, and what questions did I have after reading it. 

I learned by reading the article and getting information to put on the slides.  

Raz Kidz

LI: To read all the books on raz kids and get to higher levels.

Raz Kids is a awesome reading game. Raz kidz is a game where you can read a lot of books to level up. Raz kidz can also encourage you to read bigger books like chapter books in real life. In raz kidz you also get stars from reading books. You get 50 stars from reading a book. There are also questions you can answer after the book. If you get all those questions correct on the first try you get 150 stars. Second try then you get 50 stars. You can use the stars to customize your robot and put accessories on it. 

I learned by reading books and getting stars to give my robot awesome clothes. Along with trying to get to a higher level.

Leadership

LI: To use a range of comprehension strategies to go deeper into a  text.

Today for my reading I did a QAR work sheet for leadership. I did this work with a partner so we can get it done a bit faster. This work was really fun to do although it was sort of difficult. 

I learned by first reading the leadership article to get my QAR done. Also working with my partner like a team. 

Raz Kidz

LI: To read all the books on raz kids and get to higher levels.

Raz Kids is a awesome reading game. Raz kidz is a game where you can read a lot of books to level up. Raz kidz can also encourage you to read bigger books like chapter books in real life. In raz kidz you also get stars from reading books. You get 50 stars from reading a book. There are also questions you can answer after the book. If you get all those questions correct on the first try you get 150 stars. Second try then you get 50 stars. You can use the stars to customize your robot and put accessories on it. 

I learned by reading books and getting stars to give my robot awesome clothes. Along with trying to get to a higher level.

Leadership

LI: To use a range of comprehension strategies to go deeper in a text.

Today for my reading I did work on a google slide. I had three slides to do in total. One with the main ideas second with the summarising and third with the evaluating. I did this with a buddy and it was really fun to do it together.

I learned by reading the leadership article before doing the work, I also thought about the questions  before writing them down. Just incase I don't get it right.

Raz Kidz

LI: To stay focused and try to to read all the books on raz kidz to lever up.

I learned that raz kidz is an awesome reading game that can really encourage you to read bigger books like chapter books. It can also help you with words you don’t know and you want to know the meaning of.

I learned by reading all the books on raz kidz and then moving up to higher leveled books which is bigger with more words.