New Zealand Insects

We are learning to:

• Activate our prior knowledge • Identify key points in reading • Make connections (later in the week)

Activating Prior Knowledge

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

Day 2

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

Finding key points

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 -

Review

• Share with your partner how we find the ‘key points’ in a paragraph

Day 3

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

Finding key points

What are the key points we learned about weta yesterday?

Weta Tree weta

Giant weta

Tusked Weta Tree Weta

Giant Weta Ground Weta

Can you remember 2 key points about each type of weta?

Follow-up activity Tree weta Tusked weta Ground weta Giant weta

Day 4

We are learning to:

Make connections when we are reading

In the textPersonal experiences

Other things I know

That would be a damp, dark place

L know that

crickets do the

same

Giant weta

That is a lot bigger than the

tree weta

Think peer share – can you make a

connection?

Reviewing our learning

Activating prior knowledgeIdentifying key points Making connections Explain each learning

intentionGive an example from

the text List the strategies we

use with each learning intention (SC)