Writing to Inform: Explanation Writing Signal Word Activities Year 4-6 (Phase 2)
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Description
Elevate your Phase 2 (Year 4-6) writing instruction with our comprehensive Writing to Inform: Explanation Writing Signal Word Activities.
This writing resource is designed to support teachers to teach Writing to Inform: Explanations, from Phase 2 (Years 4, 5 and 6) of Te Mātaiaho: English in the New Zealand curriculum.
This Writing to Inform: Explanation Writing Signal Word Activities Year 4-6 (Phase 2) includes:
- Two in-depth writing and reading supports to help students identify explanation writing signal words (16 pages)
- Signal Words for Explanation Text Structures: Sequence activities
- Signal Words for Explanation Text Structures: Cause and Effect activities
- I Do, We Do, You Do activities (Gradual Release of Responsibility)
- I Do (Modelling): The teacher demonstrates a new skill or concept, often thinking aloud to make the cognitive processes explicit. This is also referred to as direct instruction.
- Making a Mud Cake
- How Spaghetti Noodles are Formed
- We Do (Guided Practice/Scaffolding): The teacher and students work together on the skill or concept. The teacher provides support, prompts, and cues as students begin to apply their understanding. This phase can involve collaborative work and is a key part of scaffolding learning.
- How to Ice a Birthday Cake
- Flipping a Pancake
- Tornadoes
- You Do (Independent Practice): Students apply the skill or concept independently, demonstrating their mastery.
- The History of Soccer
- How do Butterflies Emerge
- Earthquakes
- Animal Camouflage
- Climate Change
These activities align directly with the Teaching Considerations on page 107 of Te Mātaiaho: English in the New Zealand curriculum, which states that students should be made aware of text structures and recognise them as they read to support their reading comprehension and writing composition
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