We are learning to:
• Activate our prior knowledge • Identify key points in reading • Make connections (later in the week)
Activating prior knowledge: Questions
• What do I already know about this topic?
• What have I read that seems similar to this?
• when I hear the word WETA it makes me think about.......
New vocabulary – Topic words
• locusts• katydids• hind• species• regions• communicate• chirping• centimetres
Useful strategy Find the base word Look at the suffixes
Break the word into chunks
We are learning to:
• Activate our prior knowledge • Identify key points in reading • Make connections (later in the week)
Think – peer – share Explain the first two learning intentions
New vocabulary
• predators• introduced• burrows• antennae• impressive• opponents
Useful strategy Find the base word Look at the suffixes
Break the word into chunks
The key point in this paragraph is:Weta are large, spiny insects that are
found in dark, damp paces in gardens and bush
I don’t think the point about your gumboots is a key idea
The key point in this paragraph is:
Weta are related to insects like crickets and grasshoppers.
They have powerful hind legsThink – peer – share Identify the key point
Identify the key points – think peer , share -
We are learning to:
• Activate our prior knowledge • Identify key points in reading • Make connections (later in the week)
Think – peer – share Explain the first two learning intentions
We are learning to:
Make connections when we are reading
In the textPersonal experiences
Other things I know