Matangi+M7

Concept – Conservation Principles - Learning to Learn, Future Focus (Sustainability) Values - Ecological Sustainability, Inquiry and Curiosity Key Competency - Thinking (Asking questions) Junior Theme Plan - Is this a Plant? Identify – parts of a plant Describe plants Compare / Contrast Classify plants Observe – experiments Predict - outcomes of experiments Justify choices || Thinking Hats Bubble maps Double bubble maps PMI KWL || Books Internet School playground Bush area Posters Photos People ||
 * Achievement Objectives ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Knowledge || Skills - WALT || Strategies || Resources ||
 * Plants – Essential for Life || Identify - living and non living

WALT – identify the difference between living an non living. What do living things need? WALT – Classify leaves according to the features we can see eg long, short, skinny, fat, smooth, serrated Draw a plant (prior assessment) KWL – Plants What I know Classify – plant or animal Experiments – what do plants need to grow? KWL – What have I learnt? Redraw plants || Assessment - Self / Peer I know what plants needs to grow || I know why we need plants ||
 * Learning Sequence ||
 * WALT - ask questions
 * Prestructural || Unistructural || Multistructural || Relational || Extended Abstract ||
 * I need help || I know 1 fact about plants || I know many facts about plants || I know why the parts of a plant are important
 * Prestructural || Unistructural || Multistructural || Relational || Extended Abstract ||
 * I need help to ask a question || I can ask a simple questions that needs a yes / no answer || I can ask a questions that begins with who, what, when, where, why, how, which. || I can ask a question that requires research / in depth knowledge and makes links to other knowledge. || I can ask a question that requires me to find knowledge, make decisions and justify my opinions. ||

Our writing and rubric for self assessment
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 * Writing from a bubble map || Students self assessing their writing ||

Year 5 and 6 [|Learnz Field Trip] - Northland Wet Feet See rubric above

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