Wednesday
Week C – Stage 3
Welcome to Wednesday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
pencils
sticky notes
0-9 cards, dice or spinner
bucket or basket
soft objects that are safe to throw (e.g. socks or soft toys)
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Taking your worry for a walk
Let's get started!
Listen to the clip and join in the activity.
Taking your worry for a walk
Duration: 1:59
Taking-Your-Worry-For-a-Walk.mp3English
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Narrative
This week we are learning about narratives. Let's learn some more!
Listen to the instructions.
Mr Fox - Setting
Duration: 1:56
Now it's your turn!
Where do you think Mr Fox lives? Use adjectives to describe the setting.
Mr Fox
It's storytime!
Read or listen to 'The Most Boring Street in the World'.
'The Most Boring Street in the World'
Duration: 8:47
Let's do an activity!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
After watching the video:
Imagine you are Austin. Write a letter to your friend from your old street describing what this new house and street is like.
Write a letter
Duration: 2:47
Let's work on our dinosaur narrative!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
After watching the video:
Use your planning sheet (who, what, when, where, why, how) from yesterday to write the beginning (orientation) of your story about the dinosaur party.
Dinosaur party story - orientation
Duration: 3:39
Share your work with your teacher.
Brain break
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.
Brain break
Duration: 1:13
Education Live
Animals of the week
Today we meet a pygmy marmoset and a yellow-bellied glider as we go behind the scenes of Taronga Zoo in Sydney!
Mathematics
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Exploring numbers
Let's practice our number skills!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
Which one doesn't belong?
Duration: 5:26
After watching the video:
Which one doesn't belong?
What's your initial thinking?
Can you think of a reason why each one doesn't belong?
Let's explore some more!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
sticky notes or blank number cards
pencils
4 x 0-9 dice, spinners or playing cards.
Order! Order! 2
Duration: 6:20
After watching the video:
Order these numbers from largest to smallest in less than five moves.
Record how many moves it takes to order them. Remember you are aiming to use the fewest moves possible.
For those who like a challenge!
Make bigger or much smaller numbers (e.g. decimals and fractions).
Use only a few playing cards to form numbers. For example, use A-4 only. Does that increase the challenge of working out the order?
PDHPE
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Water
The past couple of weeks we have been learning about healthy foods. Today, let's learn about water!
Watch the video and answer these questions while you are listening:
Can you find the tap on the poster?
Why is the tap turned on?
Why do you think there is a tap and full glass of water on the poster?
You can use the poster below to help you.
Why is water important?
Duration: 9:04
Now it's your turn!
Divide your page into three columns.
Write one heading in each column:
Why do our bodies need water?
Where can we get water from?
When can I drink water?
Use your knowledge of water to add important facts and information under each heading. You might like to do some of your own research on water and add some more interesting information to your columns.
Work sample
Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
Share your work with your teacher.
PE Challenge
You will need:
Obstacle golf - Intro
Let's practise our throwing skills!
Watch the video.
Throwing challenge
Duration: 9:24
It's your turn!
You will need:
soft objects that are safe to throw (e.g. socks or soft toys)
a pencil
your workbook.
Examples of items to throw.
Examples of items to use as a target.
To set up your space:
Find several soft objects that are safe to throw (e.g. socks or soft toys).
Create 3 targets that you can safely throw a soft object towards, such as a basket or bucket.
Choose a 'starting point' where you will throw the objects from. Place each target at different distances from the 'starting point'.
Before having a go, record your predictions in your workbook:
Which throwing style do you think will be the most effective? Why? Example throwing styles include overarm, underarm, two-hand overhead, two-hand underhand, shoulder throw, your own throwing style.
Will you change your throwing style for each target? If yes, which type of throw do you plan to use for each target? Why?
To play:
Throw the object towards the target. You should aim to hit the target.
Pick up the object from where it landed and throw the object again until the target has been hit.
Repeat the game for each of the three targets.
In your workbook:
Record how many throws it took to hit each target.
Explain how you refined your throwing during the game to effectively throw your object at the target.
For those who like a challenge!
Complete the challenge 3 times for each throwing style:
Underarm throw
Overarm throw
Hand overhand throw
Hand underhand throw
Your own throwing style.
Check-in survey – PDHPE
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Environmental Education
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Frogs: Lifecycles
Thank you to the staff at Gibberagong Environmental Education Centre for creating and sharing these activities.
Let's explore how to identify frogs and explain the differences between them!
Watch the video.
All about frogs
Duration: 1:31
Watch the video.
Using a key to identify animals
Duration: 1:53
After watching the video:
Use the key to identify the six unknown species of frogs.
Record your answers in the online form below or in your workbook.
Adapted from Australian Museum Frog ID site https://www.frogid.net.au/schools
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.