Summer Reading Challenge

Mrs Storey our librarian thought you might be interested in this Summer Reading Challenge.

Guy Fawkes reading information

Use this Guy Fawkes information to help you with your Literacy learning experiences today.

News article for today's shared reading

$2m helps put babies into pods

We are learning to recall main facts in our own words.

Buddy reading with Year One

We loved sharing the pictures book we made with our Year One friends. The little girls loved our stories!


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Persuasive writing sentence starters

Use these sentence starters to help you write your letters to Mrs Brewin or Ms McRae

Persuasive Writing

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Exciting sentence starters from our holiday stories

Due to the better weather, during the second week of the holiday it was a fine day to go on a bush walk. (Aimee)

On my birthday the 26th of July, my Mum and I went skiing together. (Georgia)

Suddenly, crash the aeroplane landed in Melbourne. (Sophia)

In order to go in and see the cars, we had to pay $40. (Lauren)

In addition to time, we had to set off to the airport quickly because of our flight time, even though when we got there it was delayed. (Eleanor)

Well done Kiwis!

We are so proud of the sportspeople representing New Zealand at the 2014 Commonwealth Games being held in Glasgow.

How many different sports are there at the Commonwealth games?

Which country is on top of the medal tally?

What is the mascot for these games?

What other interesting facts can you find out about the games?

Responses to our Novel Study

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Rosa Parks Equality Song

Quick Write: I saw... I heard... I felt... I wondered...

Kakapo! Kakapo!

Stuff Article 'Kakapo features high on world rare bird list'

Read all about Kakapos from Easy Science for Kids

Meet Sirocco the friendly Kakapo

Have fun inquiring into the Kakapo with your reading group.

Threatened Bats found on farms

Here is the link to the news article we discussed in Oral Language this morning.

We are so glad they found the bats before the built the bridge.

Kiwi Conservation Club

Check out the lastest news from KCC about the first Kakapo chick to hatch since 2011!

There are also games and quizzes to test your knowledge.

Tiritiri Matangi Open Sanctuary

On Thursday we are visiting Tiritiri Matangi Open Sanctuary.

See if you can answer some of your inquiry wonderings after visiting their website.

Our Animal Reports

We have been learning to write reports about animals to inform people about endangered animals around the world.

Emma's Report about Snow Leopards

Have you heard of Ella's Dugongs???

Cathy reporting on Elephants

Have you seen a Maui Dolphin???

Dyna wants to save the Panda

Come and see the rest of our Animal Reports in 4LOJ. 

Do you know of any organisations that help these animals? Please let us know.

New Zealand Herald articles

There has been so many articles in the New Zealand Herald in the last fortnight relating to our current inquiry.

Rare native parakeets relocated to island sanctuary

Highly endangered Kakapo chick hatches in the wild

Critically endangered seabirds have record breeding season

Discuss with a buddy:

Factors that have contributed to these animals becoming endangered.

The role of humans towards extinction.

SEE IF YOU CAN FIND MORE ARTICLES TO SHARE WITH THE CLASS ON THE 
NZ HERALD WEBSITE

Our Bear

We have been using similes to describe this 'Bear'

Similes are comparing two different things and we need to use the words 'like' and 'as'

"Fluffy's fur is like creamy milk" (Sophia)

"Paddington has soft golden feet like smooth cooking dough" (Ella)

"Snow's bow is brown like chocolate" (Khushman)

"Frosty is as white as whipped cream" (Bella-Rose)

"Big Ted's eyes are as green as peas" (Eleanor)

Samples of our Weekend News

We used the Lifecard app to publish a special part of our weekend news.

We had to make sure we answered the 5Ws (Who? Where? Why? What? When?)

Vishakha's is excited about getting a new cousin!

Lauren felt sad :(

Anabel was a risk taker

Visit our class to read more!!!

Dear Future

As part of our current inquiry into 'How the World Works' the Winnies reading group have been reading a story titled, 'Dear Future' by Meredith Costain.

This story was about a new school project- a time capsule!

We decided to write letters to future generations of Dio girls and hide them in our own time capsule.

Unfortunately we cannot tell you where this secret spot is, Mischa hopes that it will be found in 100 years time.

Our class with Property Team Leader Mr Hughes

Mr Hughes digging the hole

Sahaana and Hannah putting the time capsule in

The time capsule is about to be covered up!

Endangered Animal Poems

We have been writing some amazing poems about endangered animals that we have been exploring. We decided to publish our poems using the Lifecards app.