New Zealand Insects Reference – Te Ara
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 What do I already know about this topic? Vocabulary Text type What do I expect from this text?
Activating prior knowledge: Questions What do I already know about this topic? What have I read that seems similar to this? What is the genre? What do I expect?
New vocabulary generalisation feathery Lepidoptera antennae larvae Pupae encased emerge cocoon Useful strategy Find the base word Look at the suffixes Useful strategy Find the base word Look at the suffixes
Day 2
We are learning to: Activate our prior knowledge Identify key points in reading Make connections (later in the week)
Finding key points Read the paragraph Think about the important ideas (use a highlighter) Summarise the main ideas in your own words
New vocabulary generalisation feathery Lepidoptera antennae larvae Pupae encased emerge cocoon Useful strategy Find the base word Look at the suffixes Useful strategy Find the base word Look at the suffixes
Key point: butterflies and moths are everywhere in NZ 2000 types of natives 90% not found out of NZ Highest population of unique butterflies and moths in the world 68 introduced Think – peer – share Can you and you partner list three generalisations and the differences between butterflies and moths Reference: Te Ara
ButterfliesMoths Generalisations about main differences
Day 3
We are learning to: Activate our prior knowledge Identify key points in reading Make connections (later in the week) Can you give examples from reading this week?
New vocabulary generalisation feathery Lepidoptera antennae larvae Pupae encased emerge cocoon Useful strategy Find the base word Look at the suffixes Useful strategy Find the base word Look at the suffixes
Can you summarise the cycle with only the key points? Can you identify the key points from this section?
Day 4
We are learning to: Make connections when we are reading In the text Personal experiences Other things I know
I made a connection to my knowledge of monarch butterflies
Reviewing our learning Activating prior knowledge Identifying key points Making connections Explain each learning intention Give an example from the text List the strategies we use with each learning intention (SC)