Accelerated teaching and learning of reading is Room 12's passion. We are a dedicated group of Year 5 and 6 students who try hard to increase our reading levels.
We know that decoding and comprehension are the key focus areas and work hard to improve these by using reciprocal teaching of reading, reading mileage rotation stations and reading tutors within our daily routines.
This term we have created a reading blog which will be integrated into our literacy programme.
Usually February is a very short month, with only 28 days. But every four years, in what's known as a leap year, it has an extra one - giving it 29. Why is there one extra day? According to the calendar, there are 365 days in a year. But it actually takes the Earth almost 365 days and six hours to revolve all the way around the Sun. So every four years, about an extra 24 hours have added up, so one extra day is added to the year to keep the calendar in tune with the Sun. What happens if you are born on 29 February ? A person who was born on 29 February is sometimes called a leapling. And although their birthday only actually happens once every four years, they don't go without presents! In normal years leaplings celebrate their birthday on 28 February or 1 March instead. When does a leap year happen? A year that can by divided evenly by four is usually a leap year. February 29 is the 60th day in a leap year of the Gregorian calendar, which is the most widely used calendar in the world today and the one used in the NZ. What strange things happen during a leap year? Usually, it's seen as the man's job to ask a woman to marry him. During a leap year, some people say a woman can propose to the man instead. And others say this is only allowed on 29 February - and not on any other day of the leap year.
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With your group answer the following questions...
The big Idea
Read the article and record the key words or phrases that answer the following questions.
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
Now as a group summarise the article in 25 words.
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