Monday
Week N – Stage 2
Happy Monday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
a small ball (e.g. a tennis ball) or a rolled up pair of socks
a box
a ruler
a device to record audio or video
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Would you rather?
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Would you rather?
Duration: 2:09
English
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Describe your favourite room
It's time to describe your favourite room!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Describe your favourite room in your house.
Use your senses to describe the room.
Describe how the room:
looks
feels
smells
sounds.
How do you feel when you are in this room?
Describe your favourite room
Duration: 1:43
Share your work with your teacher.
What's the big idea?
Let's explore a text from The School Magazine!
Read the story 'April Fool' by Katherine Battersby from The School Magazine.
'April Fool' by Katherine Battersby – The School Magazine
Audio duration: 3:01
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Create a copy of the table that is shown in the video.
Complete the table for the text 'April Fool'.
Summarise the text in 25 words.
What's the big idea?
Duration: 3:53
Share your work with your teacher.
Where would you hide?
Let's explore hiding spots!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Imagine you could hide in any location.
Brainstorm what you would:
hear
see
smell
taste
feel.
What would be the positives and negatives of hiding in this place?
Where would you hide?
Duration: 3:38
Brain break
Let's recharge!
It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!
Use 'The Workout Alphabet' to:
spell the word Monday
spell your name.
Hint! If your name is Kim, then for today's brain break you will complete:
M = 15 second warrior pose
O = 15 high knees
N = 10 jumping jacks
D = 5 V sits
A = 5 push ups
Y = 15 high knees.
K = 15 second high plank
I = 10 jumping jacks
M = 15 sec warrior pose.
The Workout Alphabet
A = 5 push ups
B = 5 pilates roll ups
C = 5 tricep dips
D = 5 V sits
E = 6 squats
F = 7 mountain climbers
G = 7 lunges
H = 8 lateral jumps
I = 10 jumping jacks
J = 15 high knees
K = 15 second high plank
L = 10 second superman
M = 15 second warrior pose
N = 10 jumping jacks
O = 15 high knees
P = 5 push ups
Q = 5 pilates roll ups
R = 5 tricep dips
S = 5 V sits
T = 6 squats
U = 7 mountain climbers
V = 7 lunges
W = 8 lateral jumps
X = 10 jumping jacks
Y = 15 high knees
Z = 15 second high plank
Virtual excursion
NSW Parliament House
Are you ready to go on a virtual excursion? This week we are visiting the NSW Parliament House!
Meet your tour guides before exploring the legislative assembly chamber.
Welcome
Duration: 1:19
Legislative Assembly Chamber 1
Duration: 2:33
Legislative Assembly Chamber 2
Duration: 3:08
Mathematics
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Ecomaths – recycling
Let's explore how 2D shapes and 3D objects are used to sort and re-use rubbish!
Watch the video.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Explore three-dimensional (3D) objects you can find around your house.
List and draw them.
Hint! You might like to draw a table to organise your findings.
Example of how to set out your work
Think of ways that you can use recycled materials to make something useful.
Hint! You might make a cloche (seed cover), a bird feeder or a soil scoop. What other ideas do you have?
Partitioning numbers – place value parts
Let's think about numbers in terms of their place value parts!
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Look at the picture.
Think about which one doesn't belong.
Record your thoughts about which 2-digit number from the picture doesn’t belong.
Hint! There is more than one possible answer.
Which one doesn't belong?
Watch the video to see the answer to the above question and to learn more about partitioning numbers.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Partitioning numbers – using place value parts
Duration: 10:37
In the video, Mrs Kirzman uses different counting strategies to prove that 3 collections are equivalent.
Use a table to record all the different ways that 142 can be partitioned in standard and non-standard ways, similar to how Ms Kirzman did for the number 42.
Hint! You might like to use the example in the picture to help you get started. Remember, the example shows what Mrs Kirzman did for the number 42. Your task is to follow the same process for 142.
Ms Kirzman's table: partitioning 42
Share your work with your teacher.
Get active!
You will need:
Bowl at home
Let's practise our bowling skills!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a small ball (e.g. a tennis ball) or a rolled up pair of socks.
Bowl at home
Duration: 3:53
Creative Arts
You will need:
Music says it all!
Let's explore different ways of telling a story through music!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a pencil
a box
a ruler
a device to record audio and/or video.
Music says it all!
Duration: 6:24
Find a special place and close your eyes. Don’t make a noise, only to listen to the sounds around you.
Think about what you hear and what those sounds represent. Are they normally there or are they something unusual?
If you can, record some of these sounds on a device. These may just be single sounds or they may be a collection.
If you are using multiple sounds, consider how they could be arranged or organised to tell a story (e.g. "I recorded the sound of the trees blowing in the wind and then the sound of a person walking because children at our place like playing around in the trees. The children's voices are loud and high pitched because they were shouting at each other.")
Improvising
Let's experiment with improvising (making up) some rhythmic compositions!
Start with a steady beat and see if you can make a rhythm to go with it.
Keep the beat (steady and stays the same) on one leg and improvise the rhythm on the other (changes like the words of a song).
Once you have a steady beat there are lots of different ways to explore rhythms, including:
repeating a rhythm over and over
repeating the rhythm and adding a new part each time so it gets longer and longer
doing it forwards and backwards
using the rhythm of some words to guide you.
Use different objects to make your sounds (e.g. a ruler, pens or boxes).
Record your sounds using a recording device.
Share your work with your teacher.
For those who like a challenge!
Think of all the places that you hear a steady beat and try to improvise some rhythms to play along with that beat (e.g. the indicator in a car, the ticking of a clock).
Graphically notate your favourite rhythm so that you can remember it later or share it with others.
You may also like to listen to some other samples of program music that tells a story, such as ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ by Grieg, ‘Night on Bald Mountain’ by Mussorgsky or ‘Peter and the Wolf’ by Prokofiev.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.