Tuesday
Week K – Stage 3
Hi there!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
You will need:
Colour challenge
Let's get started!
Colour challenge
Duration: 2:41
English
You will need:
Listening to Mem Fox – part 2
Yesterday we listened to Mem Fox talk about being a writer, the books she loves and the joy of reading. Today, let's listen to the remainder of the interview.
Watch the video to learn about the activity.
Listening to Mem Fox – part 2
Duration: 1:06
Watch the video and complete the activities.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
Record three things you have learnt about Mem Fox. This could be about her childhood or books she has written.
Using your new knowledge, prepare a short presentation about Mem Fox.
Mem Fox interview – part 2
Duration: 10:46
Share your work with your teacher.
Visualise the poem
Yesterday we read the poem 'When'. Let's explore this poem some more!
Read the poem 'When' from The School Magazine.
When reading, think about your:
expression
pitch
pauses.
'When' by Kristin Martin – The School Magazine
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Visualise what each verse 'looks like'. What does light peeping through blinds and dancing on the bed look like?
Draw the image you have of each verse.
Visualise the poem
Duration: 3:20
Personification
Yesterday we explored personification. Let's learn how some authors use it to allow a reader to visualise and become part of a description.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Match the human characteristics with the correct noun.
Create a visual for several of the match ups.
Personification
Duration: 6:00
Brain break
You will need:
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.
You will need:
a shoelace or string.
Shoelace knot
Duration: 1:30
Virtual excursion
NSW National Parks
Are you ready to go on a virtual excursion? This week we are visiting National Parks from across NSW!
Watch the video to experience the sounds of Yarrangobilly Caves.
Hint! This is an interactive video. Use your mouse (or finger if you are using a touch screen) to look around!
360 Aboriginal Storytelling – Kosciuszko National Park
Duration: 4:25
Mathematics
You will need:
Number warm up
Let's do a number warm up!
How many ways can you solve 23-19?
Hint! You can use the hundred chart or number line to help you.
Hundreds chart
Number line
Hint! Make your starting number 0 (zero) and your ending number 20.
Number talk
Let's think about some different ways to solve a problem!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Let's talk – part 1
Duration: 15.54
What are 5 ways you can solve the problem?
Remember you can use the blue (Strongman), green (Robot) or purple (Flamingo) strategies, but you also need to think of 2 more.
How could you use the strategies shared by the blue team‘s thinking (Strongman), green team‘s thinking (Robot) and purple team’s thinking (Flamingo) to solve your problem (2.3 - 1.9)?
Record your thinking in your student workbook.
For those who like a challenge!
Watch this video and join in the activity.
Let's talk – part 2
Duration: 6:08
We found 3 different strategies we could use to solve the same problem. Can you think of another 2 strategies to solve the problem 15 nines (15×9)?
Record your thinking in your workbook.
How could you use any of the strategies shared in the video to solve 16 x 25 nines (16 twenty-fives)?
Record your thinking in your workbook.
Geography
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Factors that shape places – infrastructure
Last week we explored Western Sydney Airport (Nancy Bird Walton International Airport). Today, let's continue learning about this as we investigate how people change the natural environment and manage these places and spaces.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Factors that shape places
Duration: 12:06
Infrastructure development
Let's explore more about the location and infrastructure of airports!
Look at the map and answer the questions below.
Why does Sydney need a second airport?
Where is the existing passenger and cargo/freight International Airport?
Hint! It is named Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport.
What could be some of the issues and problems with the location of the existing airport?
Why was Badgerys Creek chosen as the site to build the second international airport?
Where is the new airport is going to be built?
Why was this location chosen?
We have two smaller existing airports. Why were these not expanded and considered as our second international airport? Look carefully at their location on the map.
Location of Sydney Airport sites
Images courtesy of Western Sydney Airport © 2018
Interactive map of Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport and surrounds
Infrastructure and facilities
Now, let's think about the infrastructure and facilities of these airports!
Look at the two images.
What infrastructure do you think is needed in the construction of an airport?
What do you think you would find in a passenger terminal?
Visualisation of Western Sydney Airport in the 2050s
Visualisation of Western Sydney Airport in the 2050s. Source: Western Sydney Airport. Images courtesy of Western Sydney Airport © 2018.
Western Sydney Airport site layout
Source: Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, 2016, Western Sydney Airport Portal, v2.communityanalytics.com.au/dird/wsa# © Commonwealth of Australia, 2016.
Share your work with your teacher.
For those who like a challenge!
Questions to think about as a geographer:
Western Sydney Airport will serve domestic and international passengers, as well as freight services. What does freight services mean?
Check-in survey – Geography
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.