Salesi Week 8 1 - 2016 RTermeading Activities for Reporters

Week 7 Term 1 -  2016     Connected Level 3 - You Can Count on It by Ian Stevens

WALT: We are learning to predict what the text is about by reading the title of the text. SUCCESS CRITERIA: I am able to confirm my prediction by reading the text.

Read the text and then do the following Activities.

Response Activity
Activity 1 - Predict Read the title of the article and then predict what the article is about. Create a table and write your prediction down. Name My Prediction( You may begin like this: I guess that this article is about……... Salesi I predict this article is about a girl and her mum. Salesi Mum works as a meteorologist. Salesi It takes place at the girl’s school, in the classroom. Salesi Mum’s in class to see what her                               daughter has been learning.   Salesi The daughter is learning about Solving a maths problem.because there are numbers written on a piece of paper.MN Activity  2. Read the text with your group and identify the key ideas in the text to help you clarify your predictions.	Key ideas   Mum was a meteorologist Mum and daughter Mum talked to the class about her job How to predict the weather How to sort and display data
Activity 3 - Clarify. Make a list of any tricky or new words, phrases or ideas.Clarify the meaning of all these  tricky words, phrases and ideas.	Meteorologist:A weather scientist Predict:Say what might happen before it happens
Activity 4 - Questioning and Discussion - What did you learn from this text? What else are you wondering about?	I wonder how to become a weather Scientist
Activity 5 - Share your findings on the text by creating a summary of what you have found out.	A meteorologist is a person that can predict weather patterns using data
Activity 6 - Share your work on your individual blog.