Teachers, save “Guided Reading - Gold (Level 21) Wheke” to assign it to your class.

Read this book at least three days in a row. You can read half on the first day, and the rest on the second day. By the third or fourth day, you should be very accurate and sound very fluent (reading smoothly, like talking). Click on the picture of the title page to begin to read the book. Read each page to your parent, babysitter, or an older sibling - if you get stuck on a word, try to make the sounds in the word - if you can’t work it out, your helper can tell you the word after you’ve had a try at it. After you read each page, your helper can ask you the questions at the bottom of each page and talk about those with you. When you have read the story two or three times, do the activity template (with a recording ) so I can hear how you sound as you read! OPTIONAL: follow-up task: Look up some information about octopuses OR about the colossal squid at Te Papa and then on paper or in your writing book, make a facts poster. Be sure to check your spelling and punctuation. Add some illustrations too. You can then share this with me by pushing the new post button and taking a photo or making a video recording in which you can tell me what you have learnt.