Description

We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the Connected Level 2 2017: Taking Action. This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. The Connected series promotes content-based literacy. Students are exposed to scientific, technological, and mathematical vocabulary and contexts, and broaden their knowledge and understanding of these areas.

When you purchase this resource, you receive:

1. Four x Lesson plans

A lesson plan is provided for each story or article covered in this resource

2. Four x Follow Up Activity Sheets

A one-page activity sheet is provided for each article covered in this resource.

Each activity sheet contains a range of reading comprehension strategies including:

Use prior knowledge
Find information
Use vocabulary
Make connections
Sequence
Compare and contrast
Make predictions

Apply Your Knowledge links

QR code links provide further activities and ideas to help students explore the topic of the story or article further. QR codes and web links are provided so students can visit websites, and watch video clips.

Creative activities

Each follow-up activity worksheet features a creative activity. These activities challenge students to use higher-order thinking to synthesise their knowledge and create and design something new.

Each design activity features an addition planning worksheet.

4. A FULL SET of Digital Activities are included. These work brilliantly with Google Classroom and Microsoft One Drive.

The NZ Connected Level 2 2017: Taking Action text contains activities for the following texts:

Space Food (Nature of science, Material world, Technological knowledge)
Gardening in the Living Room (Nature of science, Living world, Nature of technology)
Down the Drain (Nature of science, Planet Earth and beyond, Nature of technology)
Bringing Back the Birdsong (Nature of science, Living world)