2015 Term 2 Discovery the Red Planet

In Week 5 of Term 2 our class focussed on how to write great information reports.

We wrote about the planet Mars as we are in the middle of learning about Planet Earth and Beyond. Learning how to write a geat information report will help us with our self-guided topics in a few weeks time.

Here is my writing, after I have self-assessed and peer-assessed my work.

                  Discovering the Red Planet

Introduction:

Mars is a red planet that is named after the Roman God of war. Even though Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, it is still freezing cold. Have you ever wondered what is on Mars and what is it made out of? Well read along and you will get those answers.

Surface Features:

Mars  has a special mineral on it’s surface that causes this colour, red. Also, it has a rocky dusty surface and a thin atmosphere, which means that humans do not have enough air to breathe. Mars is covered with volcanoes, rocky canyons and also has its own solid crust. The largest volcano in our solar system is on Mars.

Mars’ Orbit:

Even though Mars is our neighbour it orbits around differently. Mars is 227.9 million km’s away from the sun. It turns on its axis for 24 hours and 37 minute. Mars is half a size of earth and its weight is 639e21 kg. Mars planet is different from our planets, it orbits around differently from our planet.

Conclusion:

I hope this information report gives you more information about Mars and guaranteed you to write your own information report. Here is a website if you want to learn more facts about Mars.

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/planets/mars.html

My Information Report Success Criteria:	Self	Peer
My heading:
is an interesting title (I might have phrased the title as a question.)	yes	yes
My opening paragraph:
says what my report is about in a clear way	yes	yes
gives a general “classification” – and maybe a technical classification	yes	yes
outlines the main features of the subject	yes	yes
My main paragraphs:
have sub-headings where helpful	yes	yes
have clear topic sentences  (topic and main point)	yes	yes
are organised so that each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject	yes	yes
give detailed information (factual descriptions)	yes	yes
include specific, technical vocabulary	yes	yes
are generally balanced (have a similar amount of detail about the different aspects I write about)	yes	yes
may have helpful: tables, pictures and/or diagrams to add information	yes	yes
My end paragraph:
draws the report together/sums up my main points	yes	yes
may give a personal opinion; ask the reader a question and/or tell the reader where further information may be found	yes	yes

Eye Spy by David Hill Planning Document and PK task

Hi everyone this is my planning doc that I have done so far. I am nearly finished with this but there is a few more to go. Also there is more to it but I haven't done that part. When I finish this I will post the finish product. 

LEARN:

Prior Knowledge Task: Word Study

	What I think it means	What I know it means	I can use it in a sentence
telescope	I think what telescope means like a sought of mirror that's inside and you can see far distance.	Telescope means when you look throw it and you can see far distance. Lots of people use it for looking up at the sky when it's night time.	Me and my family drive up the mountain with our telescope and looks for shooting stars sometimes we try to make shapes and cartoon charters with the stars.
earthshine	I think what earthshine means like the earth shining from the sun.	Earthshine is a light reflection from the earth	Me and my friend was reading a book about space and we went across a word that was called earthshine.
binoculars	I think what binoculars means like the same thing as telescope but it is a little bit smaller and it has two sides.	Binoculars is a object that you used to look closer.	My friend likes to look in the binoculars when she wants to see something from far distance.
exposed	I think what exposed like you told someone something top secret and it is spreading around the world.	Exposed means like when you are put in public and everyone knows how you are.	We went shopping and this man came and exposed himself to the police because he know that the police would be using dogs to found him and he was scared of dogs.
celestial	I think what celestial means like a sout of steel that is really hard and thick.	Celestial means positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy.	Scientist said that they have found a celestial body in space. They have took lots of DNA samples to identify][p how that person was and what had killed it.

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Comprehension: Did I understand?

1. What/Who are most Moon craters named after?

            It is named after the surface on the moon.
           Give 3 examples (you’ll need to research this):

           Book, Internet, Pictures around the classroom and information if you did any work about the planets.

2. List the planets, in order from the Sun:  Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
   Hi guys this is my planning and PK task for the book that we are reading Eye Spy David Hill. This is what I did so far. I will post the finishing product when I am done.
3. When can we see the planet Mercury in the sky?

           Occasionally at dawn or dusk.

4. What is a constellation? A constellation is a group of stars.
5. What are some of the important constellations in New Zealand’s night sky?

          The constellation for New Zealand is  Rigel, Orion Nebula and  Betelgeuse.

Poppies for every

ANZAC stand for Australian New Zealand army crops. Last week we were learning about ANZAC so our teachers told us to put all of the information that we know about ANZAC on thinklink and share with everyone.