T3 W7 Monday

Learning objectives:  use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts

 justify interpretations of a text, including responses to characters, information and ideas

Have a look at the pictures of two outback farms.  If you look around the farms, there is nothing else to see for many kilometres all around - no close neighbours or towns or shops.  Then keep these pictures in mind as we read our book Radio Rescue today.

Have you ever used secret codes?  What about BFF, LOL or IDK?  They are a kind of code.

BFF = Best Friends Forever

LOL = Laughing Out Loud

IDK = I don't know

Morse code is a bit like this, but just using Dots and Dashes.  It is sometimes sent by radio using dots and dashes as sounds, the way it was described in Radio Rescue.  It is sometimes send using a flashlight, with a short flash to represent the dots, and a long flash to represent the dashes.

SOS is the most famous example of Morse code - we all know that it means Save Our Souls, but it was invented from Morse code

...    _ _ _   ...      = S O S

Have a look at the Morse code alphabet below and see if you can write some words on paper to a partner using just dots and dashes.  Remember to leave space between each "letter" so you don't get confused!

Maybe later on today or later this week you could try writing some of your spelling words in Morse code!!

Learning content:  extend your vocabulary, by practising when you can use it to help you understand texts better, and to make your own writing more interesting

Relief When you feel happy that something unpleasant has not happened, or has stopped happening.

Anxious Another word for worried, frightened, scared or nervous.

Anticipated When you anticipate something you are really looking forward to it and expecting it to happen.

Isolated When you are isolated you are far away from other people, like the family in Radio Rescue who lived in the outback and didn't have any neighbours nearby OR when we had to stay home because of Covid-19 and stay away from other people.

Now complete the worksheet to show you understand how and when to use these words.

Learning content:  uses effective and accurate sentence structure

Half an hour later a tiny speck, like a gilded eagle, sparkled in the blue.

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

Backtouch joins - pp 44-45 Handwriting Conventions book.

Read the book “Homeplace”.  Discuss what might be a special place for you.

1. Read examples of "My Special Place”.  Discuss what the best descriptions were and why.

2. Look at the page “Description Improved”.  Discuss how it was improved, how does it “paint” a better picture in your mind?

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Activity 2

Colour in a row of 5 squares from white grid paper.  This rectangle takes up the space of 5 centimetre squares.  The maths way of explaining this is 5 square centimetres.  A short cut way of writing this is  5cm2

Now make as many different shapes on grid paper as you can using 5 squares where the squares are all touching on at least one flat side.   (You should be able to make 10-12 different shapes!) 

Although the shapes all look different, they all take up the same amount of space - they all have an area of 5cm2 .

NEW BASKETBALL DRILL

Throwing skills - Students line up in 2 opposing lines and begin closely throwing the ball to opposing partner, increasing distance gradually to a large gap.

GAME - dribble relay. Set 4 equal groups with half the group at one end of the field and half at the other. Have the first person dribble to the other end and then back and forth until finished. The first team all done, is the winner!

EQUIPMENT - 4 basketballs, 4 cones per line (16 total)