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T 3 Reading

1 Read your story- put title and author in your Literacy Book and list down the page any words you do not know. 2 When you have read the story go back and use a dictionary to see how many words you can find the meaning of- record meaning beside word. 3 Do a Roll and Retell- see previous post. Learning Goal - making inferences How do you make an inference? Clues We Use to Infer Meaning From the world around us:  • Facial expressions • Body language • Tone of voice • Spoken words/conversations • Sounds • Smells From text:  • Titles and headings • Pictures • Dialog • Descriptions of how characters react to one another • Reading “between the lines” to find implied information (clues) that lead us to reach a specific conclusion or make a prediction MAHY Spirit of the Bird You will need to read this story more than once to understand it more. What does the girl think of the moa?  Give evidence from the text. Can you find any examples of where you ha...

Roll & Retell

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Taewa

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Read all about it here. Complete a 321 when you have read article. Can you answer your question?

Flax

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Flax article Read the above article and do a 3,2,1 on the article. Then answer the question ----------- how is flax important to Maori now and in the past?

Describe It!

Descriptive Writing

Myths and Legends

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Choose and read some myths and legends here. What makes a myth and myth?   Is a legend different to a myth?