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Here is our learning for today. Please read the story below and complete the learning linked to this text.
Text: White Sunday in Samoa (Turquoise L18)
Reading Task: White Sunday in Samoa
WALT: Find the meaning of new words
Can you find the meaning of the following words from the text?
| Word | Meaning | Did I use? | |||
| Read around | Pictures | Ask a buddy | Glossary | ||
| verse | yes/no | yes/no | yes/no | yes/no | |
| lavalava | yes/no | yes/no | yes/no | yes/no | |
| umu | yes/no | yes/no | yes/no | yes/no | |
| pale | yes/no | yes/no | yes/no | yes/no | |
| fale | yes/no | yes/no | yes/no | yes/no | |
Maths Task: White Sunday in Samoa
WALT: Solve multiplication problems
Samoan Tapa cloth is made up of repeating patterns. Each box is made up of 4 leaves that go from the center to the 4 edges of the square:
If a Tapa cloth is made up of 5 squares sideways and 4 squares downwards:
How many squares will the cloth be made of in total? __________________________
How many leave patterns will there be in total? ________________________________
Writing Task: White Sunday in Samoa
WALT: Add detail to my writing
- Write all the precise words that you can find from the text first and use 3 of them in a sentence.
- Remember precise words are nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives that give us detail.