Monday
Week L – Stage 3
Happy Monday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
paper
some toothpicks, straws or paper strips
array bingo cards
(PDF file, 604 KB)
a device that plays music
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Cloud meditation
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Cloud meditation
Duration: 0:44
English
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Books are better than TV
Do you agree that reading books is better than watching TV?
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Reading books is better than watching TV.
Record 3-5 reasons to support this argument.
Books are better than TV
Duration: 1:23
Share your work with your teacher.
Positives and negatives for insects
Let's explore a text from The School Magazine!
Read the article 'Yum Yum!' by Susan Letts from The School Magazine.
'Yum Yum!' by Susan Letts – The School Magazine
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
The article outlines several positive arguments for eating insects.
Record these positive arguments.
Can you think of any negative arguments to eating insects?
Record these arguments.
Has the article persuaded you to try insects?
Positives and negatives for insects
Duration: 2:22
Share your work with your teacher.
Persuade a family member – letter
Let's practise our persuasive writing skills!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Imagine you love eating insects and enjoy the benefits as stated in the article 'Yum Yum'.
You now need to persuade a family member to try insects also.
Write a letter to a family member of your choice, trying to convince them to try insects as part of their diet.
What arguments will you use?
Persuade a family member – letter
Duration: 2:02
Brain break
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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:
1 piece of paper.
Brain break
Duration: 1:14
Virtual excursion
The Royal Botanic Garden
Are you ready to go on a virtual excursion? This week we are visiting the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney!
Let's explore the Royal Botanic Gardens! We will start at the entry.
Hint! You can click and drag (or use your finger, if you're using a touch screen) to look around.
Select the arrows to travel through the garden.
Select the 'play' buttons to watch a video.
Select the 'i' buttons for more information.
Welcome to the Royal Botanic Gardens
Immersive virtual tours from The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney compatible with Google Chrome and Safari
Mathematics
You will need:
Max's toothpick problem
Let's explore some different strategies for solving a problem.
Watch the video to learn about the activity.
You will need:
some toothpicks, straws or paper strips
a pencil
your workbook.
Max's toothpick problem
Duration: 4:09
Adapted from Professor Dianne Siemon
Without counting, work out how many toothpicks are needed to make 10 squares.
Do each of these strategies work?
Explain each person's thinking.
Use each strategy we explored today to work out how many toothpicks are needed to make 23 squares.
Partially covered array bingo
Let's play a game of bingo!
Watch the video to learn how to play.
You will need:
partially covered array bingo cards
(PDF file, 604 KB)someone to play with.
Array bingo – partially covered arrays
Duration: 11:16
Get ready:
Each player creates a gameboard using 6 product cards.
Place the array cards in a pile, face down.
Start playing:
Turn over an array card.
If a player has the matching product card on their gameboard, they may turn the product card over.
If both players have the matching product card, they can both turn over their matching cards.
If neither player has the matching product card, turn over the next array card in the pile.
How to win:
The winner is the first player to turn over all their product cards and say ‘bingo!’
Other ways to play:
Swap how the piles of cards are used in the game.
Make a gameboard from the array cards and turn over the product cards.
Reflect:
What strategies did you use to determine how many dots there are in the partially covered arrays?
Were there any arrays which were known facts for you? Which ones?
What strategies did you use for the arrays that weren’t known facts for you?
For those who like a challenge!
Extend the number range by adding in the array bingo expansion pack (PDF file, 474 KB).
Replace the product cards with 2 x 9-sided dice.
Get active!
You will need:
Cricket at home
Let's move!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a small ball (e.g. a tennis ball)
a hat (or a cone) for catching.
Cone catching – take wickets
Duration: 0:48
Creative Arts
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The Good Times
Get ready to dance along to 'The Good Times'!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a device to play music through
a clear space for dancing.
Hint! Lyrics to the song and videos about locomotor and non-locomotor movements are below.
The Good Times
Duration: 5:40
'The Good Times' – movement
Let's move!
Find a clear space to move in.
Walk (or move) freely around in that space, swinging your arms gently to warm up your body. Try going in different directions.
Think of some different action verbs to create new movements, such as skipping, leaping, marching, rolling or crawling.
Listen to ‘The Good Times’.
Repeat some of these movements while you listen to the music.
'The Good Times'
Duration: 3:33
The-Good-Times-complete.mp3'The Good Times' – non-locomotor and locomotor movements
Let's improvise!
Listen to ‘The Good Times’ again, and this time improvise or let the body move freely ‘on the spot’ (non-locomotor).
When the music stops at the end, make a frozen shape. This is similar to a game of musical statues. Focus on using:
low shapes (crouched down)
medium shapes (slightly bent over in the middle)
high shapes (up tall).
Hint! Watch the videos below to help you with these non-locomotor movements.
Repeat the song again, but this time focus on ‘travelling’ (locomotor) movements. Again, focus on using low, medium or high shapes.
Hint! Watch the videos below to help you with improvising locomotor movements.
Musical statues travelling around freely (locomotor)
Duration: 1:58
Musical statues on the spot (non-locomotor)
Duration: 2:04
'The Good Times' – music
Let's sing!
Listen to ‘The Good Times’ track and learn to sing the song.
Hint! The lyrics are below in case you need them.
What do you think this song is about?
How does the music tell you this?
What are some good times that you remember and how do they make you feel?
Think of another song that you might know about being happy or that reminds you of a good time you have had (e.g. ‘If you’re happy and you know it’).
Sing that song and keep the beat.
Think of ways you can use the sound of your voice and use movement to show how you feel when you’re happy.
'The Good Times' lyrics
Verse 1
Sometimes I gotta wake up,
Sometimes I wanna walk out,
Sometimes I wanna do something different with my day.
Sometimes I wanna reach up,
Sometimes I wanna call out,
Sometimes life is directing me...another way.
Pre-chorus
A road can lead you far from home,
Who knows what you’ll find.
Follow the signs and take a new way,
Chorus
Life can be upside down,
Inside out and outside in.
Life can be back to front,
Front to back and round and round.
Life can be on your head,
Out of bed, that’s what I said.
That’s why you gotta make the most of ...The Good Times.
It’s better than just sitting back and waiting in line.
Verse 2
Sometimes I gotta work hard,
Sometimes I wanna do right,
Sometimes I gotta be smart and think of others too.
Sometimes I need to think straight,
Sometimes I need to shape up,
Sometimes life is directing me...another way.
Pre chorus
Dance all night and follow your dreams,
Travel the earth and keep it green.
Follow the signs and take a new way,
Well it’s better than just sitting back and just waiting in line.
Chorus x 2
Life can be upside down,
Inside out and outside in.
Life can be back to front,
Front to back, round and round.
Life can be on your head,
Out of bed, that’s what I said.
That’s why you gotta make the most of...The Good Times.
For those who like a challenge!
Recall and draw as many dynamic words as you can think of. For example, draw some sharp or gentle lines or shapes.
Keep the beat and play along with the music with an instrument or found sounds such as a box or bucket.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.