Students from Arataki School describe how they are getting to know their pen pals by exchanging letters.

This pack contains wide range of response activities including:

• A guided reading plan exploring key literacy elements including inference and deduction, language use, making connection and text organisation, along with key questioning to promote emotional intelligence, metacognition and compassionate inquiry. 
• An independent learning contract complete with explainer videos for activity clarity
  
• A wide range of response activities to support developing and embedding key literacy skills including sentence and word work, spelling, and cloze activities. 

Themes explored include: friends, hopscotch, housie, indoor bowls, inkwells, letters, mobility scooter, movies, pen pals, retirement home, changes over time, recreation, school, word meanings, retirement home