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Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022.

PDFs of all the texts in this issue of the Junior Journal are available online as well as teacher support materials (TSM) and audio for the following:

    TSM Audio
Articles What is a Tree?
Tree Facts
Trees and Us
Story The Sticky, Sticky Pine  ✔
Artwork The Golden Bearing    
Activity Leaf Art    

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Series: Junior Journal & CHAPTERS

Publication date: November 2022

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What is a Tree?

What is a Tree?

by Sophie Fern

A tree is a type of plant. Grass is also a plant. So are vegetables. What makes a tree different from these other plants?

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Series: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Learning area: English, Science

Colour wheel level: Gold

Curriculum level: 2

Reading year level: 3

Topics: annual, bark, biennial, branches, carbon dioxide, deciduous, endemic, environment, evergreen, flowers, habitat, introduced, leaves, native, nutrients, oxygen, perennial, photosynthesis, plants, roots, Tāne Mahuta, tree, trunk, twigs

In: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Publication date: November 2022

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Tree Facts.

Tree Facts

by Sophie Fern

Information about some endemic and native trees in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Series: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Learning area: English, Science

Colour wheel level: Gold

Curriculum level: 2

Reading year level: 3

Topics: bark, branches, comparison, endemic, environment, flowers, habitat, leaves, native, quiz, table, tree

In: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Publication date: November 2022

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Trees and Us.

Trees and Us

by Philip Simpson

There are many kinds of trees in Aotearoa New Zealand, and every kind of tree is different. Each one has a different kind of leaf, bark, flower, and seed. Every tree is special.

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Series: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Learning area: English, Science, Social Sciences, Technology

Colour wheel level: Purple

Curriculum level: 2

Reading year level: 3

Topics: atua, carbon dioxide, disease, endangered, environment, forest, global warming, habitat, kaitiakitanga, kauri, kauri dieback, medicine, oxygen, pests, protection, resources, rongoā Māori, Tāne, tōtara, tree, whakairo, wood

In: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Publication date: November 2022

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The Sticky, Sticky Pine.

The Sticky, Sticky Pine

A traditional story from Japan, retold and illustrated by Jem Yoshioka

Long, long ago in Japan, deep in the forest, there lived a woodcutter. He was kind to the trees and only collected branches that had been blown down in the wind. That way, he didn’t hurt the trees. The kind woodcutter knew that trees were alive, so he looked after them.

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Series: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Learning area: English, Social Sciences

Colour wheel level: Purple

Curriculum level: 2

Reading year level: 3

Topics: environment, evil, firewood, forest, goodness, Japan, justice, kaitiakitanga, kindness, moral, narrative, protection, reward, traditional story, trees, woodcutter

In: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Publication date: November 2022

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The Golden Bearing.

The Golden Bearing

by Reuben Paterson 

This beautiful, life-sized golden tree was created by Aotearoa New Zealand artist Reuben Paterson (Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūhourangi, Scottish).

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Series: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Learning area: English, The Arts

Curriculum level: 2

Reading year level: 3

Topics: art, artwork, environment, gold, Golden Bearing, image, metaphor, mixed media, Reuben Paterson, symbol, tree

In: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Publication date: November 2022

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Leaf Art.

Leaf Art

by Sophie Fern

When you put paper over a leaf and rub it with crayon, all the details of the leaf will show up on the paper. You can use leaf rubbings to create beautiful pictures.

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Series: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Learning area: English, The Arts, Science

Curriculum level: 2

Reading year level: 3

Topics: art, artwork, crayon, environment, instructions, leaf rubbing, leaves, mid-ribs, nature, patterns, pictures, procedural text, tree, veins

In: Junior Journal 64, Level 2, 2022

Publication date: November 2022

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