Thursday
Week G – Stage 3
Good morning!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
textas or pencils
(PDF, 137KB)
0-9 dice or playing cards A-9 or numeral cards.
1 large ball (e.g. a netball) and 1 small squishy ball or a pair of socks
paper and cardboard
string or wool
ruler
scissors
something round (e.g. a saucepan lid or container)
blu tack
calculator
compass (geometry) (optional)
sticky tape
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Stretches to start the day
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Stretches to start the day
Duration: 3:44
English
You will need:
Personification
Enjoy a story and listen out for examples of personification.
Watch the video to listen to an extract from the novel 'Blueback', by Tim Winton.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Think about the techniques the author uses to make the writing more engaging and interesting.
Identify examples of personification.
Extract from 'Blueback' by Tim Winton
Duration: 2:33
Personification in narrative texts
Let's learn some more about personificatio!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Personification in narratives
Duration: 4:15
Watch the video and join in the activity. If you don't have a copy of the activity sheet, you can complete the task in your workbook.
Highlight the noun being personified.
Highlight in a different colour the human characteristics the author uses.
Why do you think the author might have used personification in this storyY?
Personification in texts
Duration: 2:36
Share your work with your teacher.
Brain break
Let's recharge!
It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Brain break
Duration: 2:07
Education Live
Behind the Archibald Prize
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by Leeane Carr from the Art Gallery of NSW.
Leeane is going to take us behind the scenes of the 2021 Archibald Prize exhibition!
After watching:
create a portrait
Hint! You can make a self-portrait, or create a portrait of a family member or friend.use your choice of art supplies (such as pencils, pastels or paint).
Mathematics
You will need:
Empty number chart
Let's play with a puzzle!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
maze (PDF, 137KB).
Hint! The instructions for this activity are also included below in case you need to refer to them.
Empty number chart
Duration: 6:40
From Teaching Mathematics by Siemon, Warren, Beswick, Faragher, Miller, Horne, Jazby, Breed, Clarke and Brady, 2020
How to play:
You can complete these mazes on your own or work with someone else.
Your challenge is to determine the number sequence through the maze.
Use what you know to decide what numbers are missing and to justify the number you placed.
You do not need to follow the maze in sequential steps if you know the value of a place on the maze. For example, on a standard hundreds-chart, I know the number 2 boxes directly above 147 is 127.
What helped you to determine the numbers on the maze?
How would your numbers change if it was a bottom-up hundreds chart?
Record how you used your knowledge of the hundreds-chart to complete the maze.
How did you use your knowledge of patterns on the number charts to know where to place numbers?
Other ways to play:
Change the value of the end square.
Change the counting sequence you are using. In the video, we explored counting by ones but you could make a maze that counts in tens, hundreds, tenths, twos, etc.
Hit it!
Let's play a number game!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
2 pencils
your workbook
0-9 dice or playing cards A-9 or numeral cards.
Hint! The instructions for this activity are also included below in case you need to refer to them.
Hit it!
Duration: 9:04
From Mike Askew, A practical guide to transforming primary mathematics, 2016
How to play:
Draw up your game board. In this game, we were working with 3-digit numbers but you can use larger or smaller numbers if you like.
Select a multiple of a hundred between 100 and 900 to be your target number.
The person with the most letters in their surname goes first.
Take it in turns to roll the dice and use the digit somewhere in your number.
Once the digits are full, players read their number and determine how far they are away from the target number. The player who is closest to the target number wins a point.
The person with the most points after 3 rounds is declared the winner.
Check-in survey – Mathematics
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
GetActive@Home
You will need:
Advanced throwing
Are you ready to move?
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
1 large ball (like a netball)
1 small, squishy ball or a pair of socks.
Advanced throwing
Duration: 23:28
Science and Technology
You will need:
The solar system
Let’s explore the solar system and how to represent the size of the planets!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
paper
pencils
string
ruler
scissors
something round (e.g. a saucepan lid or container)
blu tack
calculator
compass (optional).
Creating the solar system
Duration: 9:40
Step 1:
Listen to Mrs Carmeli explain how to create your planet representations.
Collect your materials.
Hint! You may need to join 4 pieces of paper to
represent the larger planets.
Use the scale that Mrs Carmeli used in the video, or use the numbers provided in the table.
Diameter of planets (Let 1cm = 1000km).
Source: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov
Step 2:
Once you have created the planet representations:
Arrange the planets so you can see all of them at once.
Think of every day objects that are similar in size to your representations. For example:
What type of fruit would fill each circle?
Hint! Could you represent Earth with an orange?
What fruit would you use to represent Jupiter?
What type of ball would fill each circle?
Hint! Could you use a tennis ball or cricket ball to represent Earth? What type of ball would you use to represent Saturn?
For those who like a challenge!
Research the gravity for each planet.
Is there a connection (relationship) between the size of the planet and its gravity?
How heavy would you feel if you lived on a different planet?
Planets and string
Let’s represent the distance between the sun and the planets!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
6 metres of string
ruler or tape measure
sticky tape.
Planets and string
Duration: 9:52
We will convert the real distances into distances that can fit onto a piece of string or along the hallway at home.
The table shows:
each planet’s average distance
converted distances for us to use on the string.
Choose one option, depending on how much space you have to make the string model.
Average distance from the sun
Build:
Collect your materials.
Use option 1 if you are using 6 metres of string.
Use option 2 if you have less room for your model.
Use sticky tape or tie a knot along the string where each planet will be represented.
Label the markers with the name of the planet.
When you have made the model:
Fix the sun end to the ground. Hold the Neptune marker and travel the full orbit of your ‘sun’.
At the same speed, hold the Earth marker and travel a full orbit.
Think:
Which orbit took longer?
Which planet do you think would have the shortest orbit?
Do you think all planets travel at the same speed?
Did this help to explain why some planets take many Earth years to orbit the sun?
Alternative:
If you have limited space or limited string, use option 2 to create the same model, but just half as big. Lay out the string along the hallway and mark the planets with some sticky tape.
For those who like a challenge!
Research the orbit (time to travel around the sun) of each planet and explain this to a nearby adult.
Which planet has the longest orbit?
Which planet has the shortest orbit?
Describe the shape of each planet’s orbit.
Check-in survey – Science and Technology
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.