A Moment In Time

A Moment In Time

I was in the golden sand.
My eyes squinting from the shining sun.

I could see the blue waves crashing down on the water. It sounded like rocks

smashing together. A sea salty smell filled the air as I ran towards the water

I could feel my feet sinking into the sand. I keeped running, I could feel

my fingertips slicing through the water. Now I am walking through the water.
I wait and wait until suddenly I see a wave then I get ready to jump into the wave.
Then I start to body surf on the wave. Oh no I see a huge wave coming my way.
CRASH!!

We have been learning to write a moment in time and

not turn it into a story.

Welcome

Where to next ?

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative
of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world to
• and help look after our environment.  
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own
• lives to help our environment.
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some ways
• in which we can help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.

Reading Learning Goals

-I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me
make inferences so I get more information from the text.

-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gather
and check the accuracy of information.

-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers)
 to gather and check information on a topic.

-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.

-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific
vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following
activities.

1. Why is recycling a good idea?

Recycling is a good idea because it gets reused and we do not have to throw it out.

2. How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year?
3. New Zealanders send 2.5 million tons of rubbish to landfills every year.

3. When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce?
4.  What environmental problem does this contribute to? It produces C02. It contributes to global warming.

4. Complete this sentence:  Everything we use is made from
5.  Earths__________ Natural_________     Resources__________

5. Explain where these resources come from;

Wood: wood comes from trees or plants.

Metal: Metal comes to rocks that have been mined underground.

Plastic: Plastic comes from oil.

6) How does oil form? Oil comes from plants and animals that lived
millions of years ago.

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into? More bottles,
Windows, Vases, Glasses

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into? Books
, paper and more cardboard.

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into?
CDs, Carpet and containers

10)  Attach a google drawing here that explains how number
1 plastics can be turned into clothing.

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them? They
are poisoning our underwater sea life and wrecking the food chain. Explain
what microfibres are. They are tiny fibres from our clothing.

12) What is Earth Overshoot day? Earth overshoot day is when we reach
the limit of resources we should have used over that year.

  

Glossary - Write what these words mean

Atoms: Are the smallest particle of a substance that can exist by itself.

Carded: Aligned in the same direction

Global Warming: Global warming is when the planet gets to hot and
ice melts and we get more water.

Malt: Malt is a grain you can use for brewing beer.

Natural resources: Materials that can be found in nature

Synthetic: Something that is made by people

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish
and what we can do to help reduce this problem.  

Video Links

NZ Recycling Crises

Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic

The Pacific Garbage Patch

How Our Ideas About Space Have Changed

Weeks 8-10 Space Literacy  Tasks

Term 2 Weeks 9-10

Purpose of these reading activities is to: increase our knowledge
of space exploration and understand how our knowledge and ideas
about space have changed over time (science). We are also learning
to read non-fiction texts and use our writing skills to share our understanding
of this topic and our ideas (literacy). Throughout this task we will need to\
use the skills of ‘Thinking’ and using ‘Language, Symbols and Text.’

Learning Intentions

I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.

I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.

I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.

(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)

I am learning to write well structured paragraphs.

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

-I have put my answers in chronological order.

-I have written two well structured paragraphs explaining how some of our ideas about
space have changed over time (introductory sentence, supporting detail, concluding sentence).

Read the three paper based reading activities given to you about Stephen Hawking,
 Galileo Galilei and The Telescope. You will be put with a buddy to do this work.
We will mark and discuss our answers together as a class.

Link to Galileo reading.                Link to Stephen Hawking reading.

  

Link to The Telescope reading.

To add to our learning we will watch/ read and discuss these following videos or articles.

Stephen Hawking Big Ideas Made Simple

NASA Video Explaining Black Holes For Kids.

What is the Big Bang Theory (Science Learning Hub).

Video about Galileo Galilei

Science Learning Hub Article: Light and Telescopes

After we have completed these reading activities and viewing and discussing the
above materials your task is to write at least two well structured paragraphs explaining
how our ideas about space have changed over time.

Example of a good paragraph.

Write your paragraphs here.

How Ideas About Space Have Changed.

Over time scientists like Galileo Galilei have changed our thinking
about space. Firstly, Galileo was a an astronomer and a scientist and
he was a frequent inventor, making telescopes, thermometers and a new
kind of compass. He had some ideas that made him unpopular because
they were different to what other people believed. He argued that the Earth
went around the Sun instead of the Sun going around the Earth, but most
people did not believe him. He also made the second telescope and
announced that he saw four objects orbiting the planet Jupiter.
He announced that they were moons. The local church put him under
house arrest for what he believed.  Galileo Galilei was in front of his time
and helped us expand our knowledge of space.

Stephen Hawking was an English scientist, cosmologist, teacher and an
author who helped us by changing our ideas about the universe. He is best
known for discovering how the universe was formed and predicting what
might happen to it in the future. Stephen studied black holes. At the time,
people thought that black holes were places in space where gravity pulls so
much that even light can not get out. Yet, Stephen discovered that one thing
could escape from a black hole: radiation. Stephen Hawking helped us by
exploring space and learning more about black holes.

Self assessment

I have an introductory sentence for each paragraph:Yes

I have at least three sentences giving supporting detail: Yes

I have a concluding sentence: Yes