Wednesday
Week M – Stage 2
Welcome to Wednesday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
a recording device
paper
2 coins
a bottle cap
2 dice
a soccer ball, netball or similar sized ball
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Duration: 3:26
English
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Interview a character
Let's interview a character!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a recording device.
Interview a character from a familiar text.
Hint! You could choose a character from 'The Rainy Season'.
What questions will you ask this character? What would you like to know?
Hint! Think about some questions relating to after the story has finished.
Record your questions.
Interview a character
Duration: 1:40
Share your work with your teacher.
The reef
Let's read 'The Rainy Season' again, this time focusing on the reef in the story!
Read the story 'The Rainy Season' by Sue Gibbison from The School Magazine.
'The Rainy Season' by Sue Gibbison – The School Magazine
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Explore the passage from the text, 'The Rainy Season' with the teacher in the video.
What is the reef compared to? Do you think this is a good way to describe a coral reef?
Draw an illustration of Samoa from the air using this description from the story.
The reef
Duration: 1:58
Share your work with your teacher.
Word study
Word study focus: morphology – television
Let's learn about morphology and why and how we use it!
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Word study focus: morphology – television
Duration: 8:00
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:
paper
a pencil
2 coins
a bottle cap
someone to play with.
Australia's Coin Sports – Volleyball
Duration: 1:02
Virtual excursion
The Royal Australian Mint
Are you ready to go on a virtual excursion? This week we are visiting the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra!
Today, we are going to learn about currency during the Australian gold rush. We will also look at pounds, shillings and pence!
Image by hddigital/Shutterstock.com
The gold rush
Duration: 3:15
Pounds, shillings and pence
Duration: 2:33
Mathematics
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Shoes, shoes, shoes!
Let's explore how we can represent the same set of data in different ways!
A graph showed that among a class of students, the most worn shoes in a week were sneakers. The next were sandals. The next were thongs and the least worn were slippers.
Your task:
What might the graph look like? Draw this graph.
Draw another possibility of what the graph could look like.
It's your turn to investigate!
Collect data on the shoe types and how often they are used in a week from your family members.
Note: You may have some different categories to the ones above.Create a graph to show your data.
Reflect:
Which graphs best represented the data? Why?
Was the data similar for the students and your family? Why do you think this is?
Share your work with your teacher.
Pig – dice game
Let's play a dice game!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
2 dice
a pencil
your workbook.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Pig – the dice game
Duration: 11:32
Instructions:
Set a target number (e.g. 100).
Hint! As the object of the game is to reach this number, make it large (e.g. 100) so you can play more rounds.Players take turns rolling the two dice as many times as they want within each round.
Keep adding up what you've rolled. Keep a running total until you decide to stop.
When a player decides to stop, they bank their total by recording their score.
But be careful:
if you roll a 1, your turn ends and you get zero for that round.
if you roll a double 1 (this is called 'snake eyes'), your turn ends and your entire banked score goes back to zero.
Players take turns swapping rolls after each round and keeping track of how much they've banked. The aim is to be the first person to reach your chosen target number.
Reflect:
Do you think it's certain that a player will roll a snake eyes and lose everything that they’ve banked?
How likely is it to roll a 1 on your turn?
What are some strategies that you used to help you keep your running (or cumulative) total?
Did you know when you could win on your next turn? How likely did you think it would be?
If you were to play this game again tomorrow, what would you do differently?
PDHPE
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Playground rules and keeping others safe in the playground
Let's explore how we can stay safe when we are active in the playground!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
What is safety?
What makes a playground safe?
What are rules and why are they important?
How can we stay safe in the playground?
How can we keep others safe in the playground?
Hint! There are some examples and more information in the drop downs below.
Playground rules and keeping others safe in the playground
Duration: 4:11
What is safety?
Safety means to be protected from injury, illness, or danger.
What makes a playground safe?
There are many things that can help to make a playground safe.
For example:
soft grass
line markings on stairs or out of bounds areas
soft fall under the playground equipment
teachers on duty
playground rules.
What are rules and why are they important?
What are rules?
Rules are instructions we need to follow.
For example, walking when on the concrete area or sitting down while eating.
What do rules do?
Rules keep people safe and can protect people.
For example, the rule 'walking when on concrete' protects you from slipping and falling over on the hard surface.
Why are rules important?
Without rules people would get hurt.
How can we stay safe in the playground?
We can stay safe in the playground by following the rules.
Some playground rules may include:
walking on the concrete area
taking turns on the play equipment
sitting down while eating
no hat – no play.
Your school might also have PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) rules. These could be:
Be safe
Be respectful
Be a learner.
Your task:
Draw a map of your playground or a specific area within your playground (e.g. the play equipment) depending on the size of the playground.
Along with the map, you need to record the rules for your chosen area that will help keep everyone safe.
Your map could be displayed in the playground for all students to see.
PE Challenge
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Foot skills and dribbling
Let's practise our foot skills and dribbling!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a soccer ball, netball or similar sized ball.
Foot skills and dribbling
Duration: 27:31
Check-in survey – PDHPE
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Environmental Education
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Haiku poems about observations
Let's create some haiku poems about observations!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook
a space indoors.
Observe features in different places and turn these into haiku poems.
Haiku poems about observations
Duration: 5:07
Share your work with your teacher.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.