Cataracts

Lake of the dead book reveiw

I am a mean cat!

Learning Intention: We are learning to think critically about the text that I have read.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record a profile of Fleabus using Screencastify.

Did you know that a concrete boat could float?

Learning intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of different weird water sports.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain and illustrate each weird water sports using screencastify.

The cat is mean but the parrot is kind!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop thinking, organisation and learning skills through Bloom's Taxonomy.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use the information from the story 'Astropup - part two' to answer knowledge and comprehension questions correctly.

The cat is smarter than the dog but the dog has more leadership skills than the cat!

Intention: We are learning to develop thinking, organisation and learning skills through Bloom's Taxonomy. Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use the information from the text 'Astropup - part one' to answer knowledge and comprehension questions correctly.

Wow! There are more dinosaurs than we think!

We are using De Bono’s six thinking hats to help us develop our critical thinking skills.

What suggestions and ideas do we have?	What are the key facts?
You can compare the bones to other dinosaurs to see if they are related to each other.	They have found a rare dinosaur bone in Africa.
What are the good things about it?	How do we feel about it?
There are more dinosaurs than we think there are.	I feel surprised that it hasn't been discovered until now.
What things will we need to think about?	What problems might we have?
How long it has been there?	Locating the other dinosaur fossils.

Learning Intention: We are using De Bono six thinking hats to develop our critical thinking skills.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer De Bono's six thinking hat questions about the article 'Rare African dinosaur bone found'.

I wonder what they are going to do with the dragon skin!

We are using De Bono’s six thinking hats to help us develop our critical thinking skills.

What suggestions and ideas do we have?	What are the key facts?
It might also happen in other cold places.	They have found a particular ice called "dragon skin" which is when the wind blows the ice while it is forming. It hasn't been seen since 2007.
What are the good things about it?	How do we feel about it?
It could be searched on.	I feel amazed for what nature can do.
What things will we need to think about?	What problems might we have?
How many times a year will it occur.	If someone goes to investigate the Dragon skin they would have to be careful because it is in antarctica. (which is really cold.)

Learning Intention: We are using De Bono six thinking to help us develop our critical thinking skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer De Bono six thinking hat questions about the article 'Dragon skin found in Antarctica'.

Wow! That is a big dinosaur!

Learning Intention: We are learning to identify key information.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer comprehension questions correctly using the information from the article "Rare African dinosaur bone found".

I wonder if the underwater volcano will cause Tonga to sink!

Learning Intention: We are learning to identify key information and develop our critical thinking skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer comprehension and critical thinking questions correctly using information from the article 'Underwater volcano near Tonga'.

Pluto was demoted and it is no longer a planet!

Learning Intention: We are learning to identify key information from an article.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer comprehension questions correctly using the information. 

This is such an interesting story!

Learning Intention: We are learning about descriptive language.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I find as many descriptive language int the story and list it on a google drawing.

Suzanne Aubert is New Zealand's first saint!

Learning Intention: We are learning to identify key information.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I research and find six facts about Mother Aubert.'

No wonder vanilla ice creams are so tasty!

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a procedure.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I list the ingredients and the steps for making vanilla extract.

'I didn't do that!' lied Jesse.

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand descriptive language.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write ten talking verbs.

Don't be mean to people!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use the ideas from the story:The witch's daughter to write five critical thinking questions about it.

You don't want to run into Tyronne!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain and ask five questions about Tyronne the horrible using the ideas from the story.

Elly is really good at hide and seek!

Learning intention:  We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I ask five critical thinking questions about the story Elly and Aargh.

The banana is a fruit!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that classifying adjectives are adjectives that are used to classify and it describes the type of noun in the sentence.

'Some' is an adjective that describes quantity!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success criteria:  I know I can do this when I explain that adjectives used to describe quantity tells how much or how many there are of something.