Reading

=Reading Games= Check out some of the fun links below. These are all games that will help you with your reading
 * [[image:love2learnnz/its_fun.PNG width="153" height="21" align="center" link="http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/index/play.htm?f"]] || [[image:love2learnnz/Im_reading.PNG width="125" height="23" align="center"]] || [[image:love2learnnz/starship.PNG width="144" height="19" align="center"]] || [[image:love2learnnz/coconut_vowels.PNG width="185" height="19" align="center"]] || [[image:love2learnnz/pinky_dinky.PNG width="146" height="28" align="center" link="http://www.pinkydinkydoo.com/storybox.html"]] || [[image:turtle.PNG width="171" height="73" align="center" link="http://www.abcya.com/turtle_dash_vowels.htm"]] ||
 * [[image:word_bingo.PNG width="132" height="91" align="center" link="http://www.abcya.com/dolch_sight_word_bingo.htm"]] || [[image:word_invasion.PNG width="165" height="71" align="center" link="http://www.abcya.com/parts_of_speech.htm"]] || [[image:love2learnnz/sandcastle.PNG align="center"]] || [[image:postcard.PNG align="center"]] || [[image:magicpencil.PNG align="center"]] || [[image:love2learnnz/ice_cream.PNG width="138" height="52" align="center" link="http://www.abcya.com/nouns_and_verbs.htm"]] ||
 * || [[image:wordworld.PNG width="169" height="40" link="http://pbskids.org/wordworld/index_flash.html"]] || [[image:into_the_book.PNG width="189" height="34" link="http://reading.ecb.org/student/entry.html?login=room1600005"]] ||  ||   ||   ||

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Ben has created a wiki page for his reading group. Click on the link to find out what the Kereru group have been reading and doing.

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Here are some websites with tools and tips for writing poems.

=Reading Strategies=

We will add games to each strategy as we learn about them in class ||=  || [|Digger the Dog] ||= [|Questioning] || [|Into the book - visualising part] or [] ||= ** Inferring ** [|Into the book - inferring part] ||= [|Summarising] this link goes to read write think and a whole range of interactive graphic organisers for summarising. Select 1-3 that would be useful with your age group. || [] or [|http://www.kerpoof.com/#/activity/storybook] ||= ** [|Skimming] ** ||= ** [|Scanning] ** ||= Building Vocabulary knowledge [] ||
 * = ** [|Activating prior knowledge] ** ||= ** Self-monitoring ** ||= ** [|Predicting] **
 * = ** [|Making connections] ** ||= ** Visualising **
 * = ** Synthesising **