T3 W2 Monday

Learning content: We use different comprehension strategies to improve our understanding of texts we read

What symbols/images remind you of what Christians believe in?

Do you know the names of any other different religions that people believe in? Can you think of any symbols that remind you of those religions?

Are there any problems here in Australia for people who are Christians and want to go to church? Do people have to be afraid to go to church in Australia?

You will now read the book Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue.

Learning content: Learn the meaning of new words, which improves our understanding of texts and so that we can eventually use these words in our own writing.

Timid means shy

Familiar means something that you recognise and have seen before

Intention means something you plan to do

Pleaded a word similar to pleaded is begged or kept on asking

Learning content: uses effective and accurate sentence structure

The wind was blowing so hard that Emanuel had to grab onto a rope in order to stay aboard.

Highlight the different parts of speech in this sentence, and notice anything that makes this a really good sentence. Then think about how you write a sentence using a similar pattern to use in your writing.

Learning content: uses effective and accurate sentence structure and grammatical features

We have lots of different kinds of sentences.

Simple sentence - one simple idea in a sentence.

Compound sentence - when we join together two simple sentences with two simple ideas. We usually join the two ideas with the word 'and', 'but', 'for', 'so', 'nor' or 'or' (these small words are called conjunctions.)

Brainstorm two simple sentences about a cat. Then join them together with one the words above.

Cut out the two envelopes below and glue them into your grammar books. Then cut out all the sentences, and decide which envelope they belong in. You could instead complete the activity in Seesaw by sliding the sentences to the correct envelope.

Complete an Editing Skills task from workbook.

Learning objective: to explore forming letters in such as way as to prepare for cursive/running writing

Gain more practice with entry rises by completing page 38 and catching up on pages in your Handwriting Conventions book.

ACTIVITY:

Talk to a partner about what you will find in Information Texts.

Then:

• Look at a variety of information texts from the class library to identify different sections in them.

• Make a list of features that make non-fiction texts different from fictional texts

• Discuss the features of an information report – titles, headings, diagrams, tables, labels, photographs, etc.

Task Two

Have a go at the task below.

Task Three

Learning content: represents, models and compares commonly used fractions

Can you count using fractions? Discuss.

Could you count by halves for example? Work with a partner or with your class.

Could you count by fourths?

Whenever we have a number line and divide up the space between whole numbers, we are dividing the space into parts of a whole. Each space is part of the whole number, so we can count using fractions.

Look carefully at the line below.

The space between 0 and 1 has been divided into two equal parts, so we can count the first space as being half, and the second space is another half. But you all know that two halves make a whole 1.

So we could count 0, 1/2, 1, 1 1/2, 2. See if you can keep counting by halves up to 10.

So we can count this one as follows: 0, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 1, 1 1/4, 1 2/4, 1 3/4, 2. Try to continue this counting pattern up to 6.

Activity 5

Cut out the fractions at the bottom of this sheet and glue them into the correct places on the three number lines.

Capture the flag:

- Split students into 2 teams. Each team should hide a flag at the end of their half of the field (eg in the box made by the 4 cones).

- Students must try and take the flag and return it to their half of the field without being caught in the opponents' half.

- If a student is tagged, they get taken to gaol (a line at the end of the field). Students can only be freed by a member of their team.

EQUIPMENT - Flag, (eg soccer ball) cones (4 per team) to make a 3m square to surround the flag.