Floating and Sinking

 

Listen to Reading

Who Sank The Boat?

Listen to the story ‘Who Sank the Boat?’ Choose one of the activities below:

Rewrite a creative ending to the story. what happens next? 

Add in a new character to the story. How would this change the problem?

Write a news report of this incident as if you were watching it happen.

Mr Gumpy's Outing

Watch the clip Mr Grumpy’s Outing. In a group of three, re-create the whole or your favourite part of the story. You will need to make clay characters, the scenery (river, river bank, or house, etc) and/or a boat. Assign this to each member of your team to compete. Create your stop motion animation movie. Share it on Dojo...

Word Work

Sinking!

Read one of these articles about sinking on Wonderopolis. Move your mouse over the wonder words that are highlighted to find out what they mean and expand your vocabulary. Take the wonder word challenge! When you are ready: take the quiz to check for understanding.

Boats!

Read one of these articles about boats on Wonderopolis. Move your mouse over the wonder words that are highlighted to find out what they mean and expand your vocabulary. Take the wonder word challenge!

Work on Writing

Story Starter: It was spring 2020 when I first realised I could breathe underwater….

Story Starter: Keeping watch at the side of the ship, George was tiring; his eyes weary from constantly searching the horizon, were they also playing tricks on him?  What was that waving from the rocks?

Welcome to the Air Hotel! The latest and great luxury floating accommodation. The owners would like you to write an article for Stuff.co.nz advertising the hotel to new guests. You might like to mention: Activities, Room types, Destinations

The Floating Citadel How big do you think the citadel is? Who lives inside? Where do you think the palace will land? What does ‘banished’ mean? Why have they been ‘banished’ do you think? How do you think the people inside the palace feel?  Can you design your own floating palace? Draw and describe your creation.

Story Starter: The Cave!

The only sound the diver could hear was his own breathing. It was a strangely relaxing sound; one of the reasons Mike enjoyed being underwater so much. Mike knew, however, that he mustn't let his senses switch off; it could be incredibly dangerous diving at this depth if you stopped concentrating even for one minute.

Despite enjoying himself, Mike concentrated on the mission he’d be tasked with. He shone his spotlight down towards the murky depths below, and with a powerful push of his flippers he began the descent…

What is the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite?

What is the mission that Mike has been tasked with?

What is it that Mike enjoys about diving do you think?

What is causing the strange white lines in the picture?

How do you think Mike is feeling?

Where does the cave lead?

How did he get to the cave in the first place?

Is he alone?

What is the story of this abandoned boat? What can you see? How did it sink? What was it used for? When did it sink? What are the divers looking for?