Wow! That car is so fast!

We are learning to understand onomatopoeia.

I know I can do this when I choose appropriate nouns to match the onomatopoeias that I find from the poem.

Wait, is that a lizard up that tree?

We are learning to develop understanding of the text that I read.
I know I can do this when I make a glossary for 10 new vocabulary and write the definitions for them.

Please stop hunting for elephants' tusks!

                Wild Orphans - Facts

1. When their mother dies, the baby stays where the mother died.
2. When they are found in the area, they are named after that area.
3. When they are found, they are transport by a plane to safety.
4. The rescuers feed them with milk so they grow bigger.
5. They get fed until around two years old.
6. They need to be looked after for a very long time.
7. Young elephants are called calves.
8. When they are found they are taken to a park with a big clear area.
9. Hunters kill their mothers for their tusks.
10. They are always found in the bush.

Learning intention: We are learning to understand what I read using De Bono's white thinking hat.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write 10 facts about Wild Orphans.

I want to be a code master, do you?

The story is about a group of people that wanted to be code breakers. The first thing that they had to do was to give each other a code and when they break the code, they become a code master. Spencer passed and in his last sesseion, he had to tie a rope in a tricky way and he did it! Then he became an Expert Code Breaker.

My favourite part of the story was when Spencer solved the code.

WALT Develop my understanding about the text that I read.
I know I can do this when I summarise the story that I have read.

How many ways can you describe a robot?

WALT understand and use descriptive language.
I know I can do this when I list 10 adjectives to describe the nouns.

Can you save someone's life?

WALT develop critical thinking skills using De Bono's thinking hats. 
I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe emotions and feeling from the story.

Ahh, a wave is chasing me!

WALT to use and understand De Bono's white thinking hat.
I know I can do this when I list 8 facts about waves from the reading card that I have read.

Has your dog ever hidden your soccer boots before? It is so annoying!

WALT understand and use information from the story we read.

I know I can do this when I answer questions correctly using facts from the story.

Do you think the Lake Monster is real?

WALT describe our feeling about the story using the red thinking hat.
I know I can do this when I list 4 feelings about the story that I read.

Does your family drink water?

WALT understand and use information from the book.
I know this when I complete a character profile of Water from the story.

Have you heard the story of a life in a boat?

WALT understand and use information from the article.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I complete a character profile of Nah.