INQUIRY GROUPS – THE THREE LITTLE PIGS

This week in our Structures Inquiry we will be looking at building materials. After listening to Story Nory’s “The Three Little Pigs”, watch these two videos. Compare two versions of this story using your Venn Diagram.

STORY NORY – LISTEN TO THE STORY BEING READ TO YOU (this is the original fairytale)

Silly Symphony – The Three Little Pigs’ Story  (A Walt Disney Musical)

Kermit and The Three Little Pigs     (A News Report on Television)

Later, we will be writing your own ending to the original story of the three little pigs.  You can be as creative as you like, but it must still be written in a way that shows it belongs to the story.  But TODAY you need to do the PMI using the information below.  🙂

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BUILDING MATERIALS

Builders use different building materials because of their different properties.  Some of these properties are:

  • STRENGTH   – some materials are stronger than others

  • INSULATION – some materials keep out the heat in summer and keep you warm in winter

  • APPEARANCE – some materials look better to the eye  (colour, shiny, glossy, smooth…)

  •  EASY TO USE – some materials can be cut, bent or shaped more easily than others

  • COST – some materials are cheaper or better value while others are very expensive

  • FIRE RATING – some materials are not as flammable as other materials

So, today the question is:

Why did the Three Little Pigs choose such different materials to build their houses? 

You will be using a P.M.I. (Plus, Minus and Interesting or Ideas) Chart to organise your ideas.  Have fun thinking today!  😎

When you have finished your P.M.I. you have an opportunity to choose crazy, humorous adjectives (describing words) to write your own version of the story called “The Microscopic Pigs”. 😆

How Healthy is our Margaret River?

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Tracey Muir works for the Cape to Cape Catchment Group.  (We are working out what ‘catchments’ are.)

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When Tracey Muir visited our class she talked about the things that make a river  ‘catchment’ healthy or unhealthy.  She showed us just how many things can end up in the river – making it sick or unhealthy for all the fish and creatures who live in it.

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We saw just how important it is to do things like

  • wash the car on grass so the detergent is absorbed into the ground, not into the stormwater drain

  • put rubbish into the bin so it doesn’t wash down the drains and into the river

  • use less fertiliser on the garden (chemicals) so it doesn’t get into the river water

  • appreciate and enjoy the beautiful river we have in Margaret River so that we can keep it that way!

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Thanks, Tracey!  🙂