This fortnight we are learning to determine the most important details and events in the texts that we read. DETERMINING IMPORTANCE is also referred to as FINDING THE MAIN IDEA. Click here to practice this skill! Still have time? Here’s something that explains it – especially for Factual Texts. Thanks Tim and Moby!…
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Learning Intention: We are learning to Make Inferences so we figure out exactly what the author is trying to say. Today you need to log in to the student’s area of this site. The password is on the board. You need to drag the magnifying glass into the book. Complete the following 3 tasks: A)…
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This week our focus strategy is on MAKING INFERENCES. Firstly, CLICK HERE to read what making inferences means and test out your skills. Read the story about Pete and Patti and then click the flower (you’ll know what I mean when you visit this site). Next, you need to visit THIS SITE to play an…
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We have been reading about Australia’s Gold Rush in the last 2 weeks. Many of the texts we have been reading are historical recounts. Historical recounts retell an event from History. We know they are recounts when they have: Facts presented in chronological order Dates, years, months and people and place names Time connectives to…
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This week you read with Miss B about the Australian Gold Rush. The strategy that we are focusing on this week is ‘Asking Questions’. Today you will read a text on your studyladder account. It is a set task for you. Each page has a paragraph about The Gold Rush. Words that may…
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This week’s comprehension strategy is Synthesising. Can you be a synthesising hero? SCHEMA is a fancy word for background knowledge. When we read, we constantly refer to our background knowledge and add new information. Before we read something we know a little, then as we read we add on to our knowledge…
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Being able to determine what is important means you are good at summarising the main information. Today’s activities are about summarising. You will also see the American spelling: summarizing. We will be summarising our information when we write our report on a significant world site. Click here for your first activity! Click here for your…
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This week we are focusing on Determining Importance. Good readers are able to identify the parts of a text that are the most important. This can change depending on the type of text you are reading. To practice this skill we are going to visit the ‘Into the Book’ website. You will need the code…
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Can you fill up your bingo card? Visit the link below to see many online factual texts. Choose one at a time. Record the site on your bingo sheet. Read the article. Colour in any features on your bingo card! Can you fill up the whole card? What about a whole row or column? Then…
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For the next fortnight we are learning about Text Conventions. This includes recognising the type of text you are reading, its features and the author’s intended audience. Texts are either described as being Fiction or Non Fiction. Let’s revise about fiction and non fiction texts by clicking this link and viewing all the pages. When…
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Last week and this week we have been focusing on the Fix Up Strategies. Here is the poster in case you have forgotten: There are many way we use fix up strategies, some are: reread, read ahead and go back, skip it, sound it out, look for chunks, ask for help, make connections, …
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Currently, we are learning to MAKE INFERENCES. Here is a great video to watch! Bosco especially likes Peresozo the sloth, another class mascot! Now here are some activities so you can practise the skill yourself. Visit this site first. And here and here if you have time.
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There has been so many new posts on the blog in the last week, along with an updated page – Posts by Students. This week’s task is to read all the blog posts carefully, and write some comments. You may log in to edublogs to use your avatar when commenting. REMEMBER- your post must have…
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LEARNING INTENTION: To use literary devices so our narratives and poems are more entertaining. We all love narratives. And what makes a good narrative? LITERARY DEVICES. What? What are they? You already know many. Things like similes, personification, metaphor, alliteration and onomatopoeia. If you are not sure what they are (or have forgotten) click the…
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Firstly, read the Previous Post: Earth Shattering Earthquakes and view the slide show of pictures! Next, you need to vote in our poll! Then come back here for the next instructions… Thirdly – today you are going write a script for a TV show on earthquakes. Now that we know so much about them, it…
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