Monday
Week A – Stage 3
Happy Monday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
pencils
ball
a basket, bucket or container
socks
a skipping rope (or similar)
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Stretching out!
Let's stretch out those bodies!
As a warm-up today, stretch like a cat.
Get on all fours.
Stretch out your arms and then stretch your legs.
Push back onto your legs.
Arch your back for a big long stretch.
English
You will need:
Characters
A person in a play, song, book, musical or movie is called a character.
Let's watch the clip on character.
Next:
read a book of your choice. It might be the next section or chapter of a book you have already started.
Predict what will happen next to the main character in the book you are reading.
Character
Duration: 2:30
Venn diagram
We're going to use a Venn diagram to compare two characters.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
your workbook
pencils.
Venn diagram
Duration: 2:10
What are the similarities and differences between the two characters?
Write some describing words (adjectives) from the beginning of the text that describes the character.
Write some adjectives that describe the character at the end of the book.
Did the character change in the book? How do you know?
Share your work with your teacher.
Brain break
You will need:
Let's recharge!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a small bouncy ball (like a ping pong ball, a handball or a tennis ball)
a plastic cup, bucket or container.
Brain break
Duration: 0:52
Education Live
Food experiments
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we join Fast Ed as he does some fun and fascinating experiments with food.
Watch the video to see how they go!
Mathematics
You will need:
Maths warm up
Let's start with a maths warm up!
Watch the video to review data and column graphs.
Column graphs using tally marks
Duration: 6:08
Use the data in the table to create a column graph in your workbook.
Don't forget to include:
A graph title
2 axis titles
Equal intervals.
Can you see how the numbers are going up by fives and are equal distance apart?
Hint: always use a ruler or graph paper to make sure your graph is accurate!
Copy this table into your workbook
An example to get you started
Basketball toss
Are you ready for this fun game?
Watch the video to learn how to play.
You will need:
a basket, bucket or container
a rolled up pair of socks
paper and a pencil.
Hint! The instructions are also below in case you need them.
Basketball toss
Duration:1:49
Instructions
Mark a clear ‘starting line’ for your basketball toss.
Take 3 big steps from your starting line and place a basket, bucket or container at the end.
Stand at your starting line and throw your socks with your right hand.
Throw your socks, aiming for the basket, 10 times with your right hand.
Do the same thing 10 times with your left hand.
Try throwing backwards and with your eyes closed.
Keep a record of your baskets and graph your results in your workbook.
Here's another clip to show you how to set up.
Remember to keep a record of your baskets and graph your results in your workbook.
Setting up for the basketball toss challenge
Duration:0:19
Once you have finished:
What happened to your score when you used your left hand compared to your right hand?
What about when you closed your eyes?
Do you think this would change with practice?
Represent the data you collected in 2 different ways.
Write 3 questions you could ask someone about your graphs.
Share your work with your teacher.
For those who like a challenge!
Have a go at creating a digital graph to represent your basketball toss challenge data. Learn how to do this by watching the video.
Basketball toss – digital graph challenge
Duration: 7:13
GetActive@Home
You will need:
Skipping
Are you ready to move?
Watch the video and join in.
You will need:
a skipping rope (or similar, such as a dressing gown belt).
Skipping
Duration: 20:21
Creative Arts
Musical concepts
We are going to learn about some words to describe music and musical concepts.
St 2 Music MondaySome examples of musical concepts are:
pitch (high and low sounds)
dynamics (volume of sound)
tone colour (quality of the sound produced such as gentle or harsh)
structure (how a piece of music is constructed such as verse or chorus).
Characters in songs
Let's listen closely to a piece of music.
Think of your favourite song from the radio, a movie or musical.
Sing along with a recording of the song.
Listen to the lyrics (words) of the song and answer the questions below.
Characters in songs
Duration: 0:59
Who are the characters in the song?
What is happening to the characters?
How does the music influence the way we understand them?
Thinking about your favourite song
Duration: 1:05
For those who like a challenge!
How did the performers use musical concepts to help us to understand the characters in song?
Use the musical concepts and experiment with the song. You could sing and change the vocal tone colour or add instruments.
As an extra challenge, try adding a movement sequence or dance.
How can you change your favourite song?
Duration: 1:14
Check-in survey – Creative Arts
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Student voice
How do you feel about today's learning?