CHECK that the students understand the problem caused by the Have the students think, pair, and share their understandings of beech mast. Create a flow diagram of the process or get them to the meanings of and in the is “native” “endangered” sentence “It do this in pairs or small groups. also home to many native and endangered birds (page 17). …” Have them use the glossary and a dictionary to check that their Have the students return to their graphic organisers about the definitions are correct. DISCUSS examples of native and problem in Fiordland and amend them if necessary. Then have endangered birds they know about in the local environment. them add more information, in phrases or sentences, summarising what they have learned. DISCUSS the Restore the Have the name “Kids Kepler”. students investigate the meaning of the prefix ASK if they “re-”. Dealing with unfamiliar vocabulary can infer a connection to the title. (They will discover that “re” can or and connect to the definition of Have the students think, pair, and share their understanding of mean “back” “backward”, as the then use the glossary to check that they are “restore” “give back”.) word “predator”, correct. DISCUSS examples of predators they know about in the local environment.
CHECK that the students understand the problem caused by the beech mast. Create a flow diagram of the process or get them to do this in pairs or small groups. Have the students return to their graphic organisers about the problem in Fiordland and amend them if necessary. Then have them add more information, in phrases or sentences, summarising what they have learned. Dealing with unfamiliar vocabulary Have the students think, pair, and share their understanding of the word “predator”, then use the glossary to check that they are correct. DISCUSS examples of predators they know about in the local environment. Have the students think, pair, and share their understandings of the meanings of “native” and “endangered” in the sentence “It is also home to many native and endangered birds …” (page 17). Have them use the glossary and a dictionary to check that their definitions are correct. DISCUSS examples of native and endangered birds they know about in the local environment. DISCUSS the name “Kids Restore the Kepler”. Have the students investigate the meaning of the prefix “re-”. ASK if they can infer a connection to the title. (They will discover that “re” can mean “back” or “backward”, and connect to the definition of “restore” as “give back”.)
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