can+do's

Can Do's

If you finish your work early here is a list of other activities that you can choose from:

Touch Typing

Activity 1: WALT - Touch type

Activity: [|Touch Typing!]
Activity 2: Test yourself! WALT - Touch Type Activity: [|Cup Stacking]

Research Tasks:


 * Activity 1:Current Events (work with a buddy) **
 * WALT - Apply your knowledge and research skills to complete a digital research project. **

Choose one of the following topics below, or surf one of the sites below to find a current event of your choice. Then follow the criteria to complete your digital research project:

1. A recent scientific advancement 2. A current conflict 3. A current sporting event 4. A current political issue 5. A recent disaster or threat 6. A recent advance in technology

Useful Sites: [|Stuff NZ news] [|BBC World news]

Criteria: 1. Decide how you want to present your project : Key note animation, published A4 page or something else? 2. All your writing must be drafted in your draft writing books first. 3. Make sure you choose a writing structure that suits the purpose of this project, which is to inform. 4. Ensure that you find who, what, when, where, why and how 5. Use pictures or links to clips to support your project 6. Pick one of the questions from the "Blooms Questions" below to add another layer of quality thinking to your project 7. Publish and upload to the Completed research activities 8.Share with the class

Blooms Questions: 1. What other outcomes do you see as being possible? 2. Make a flow chart to show the critical stages 3.Construct a graph to illustrate the relevent information 1. Is there a better solution? 2. What is your opinion on the issue? List your reasons. 3. Conduct a debate about an issue and record both points of view. 1. Use this information to predict what will happen next and why. 2. Use images or links to clips to demonstrate a particular point. 3. Draw a diagram to show how something works.
 * Analysing: Comparing, attributing, organising and deconstructing.**
 * Evaluating **: **Checking, critiquing, judging and hypothesising.**
 * Applying: Implement, carry out and use.**


 * Activity 2: Write an article and publish it online! **
 * WALT: Choose the appropriate features to write and publish an article online. **

Kiwi Kids Online - is a website where kids send articles that they have written, from current events that they have read about from the newspaper or online.

Use the links below to find an article: [|Stuff NZ news] [|BBC World news]

1. Write your article - remember to answer the WHO, WHAT, WHERE and WHEN in the first 2 sentences. Write your draft into your reading book and proof-read thoroughly, as thousands of kids read these articles every week.

2. Go to these links below if you would like to read some examples that others have done. [|Kid written articles]

3. Remember to paragraph your work and choose an appropriate structure.

4. When your article is complete go to the link below and follow the instructions. [|Now send your article to Kiwi KIds News!]

= Writing =


 * Activity 1: **
 * WALT: Write for fun! **

Choose a fun writing activity from [] Complete in your draft writing book and share with a buddy!