Monday

You will need: 

• a pen or pencil 

• your workbook  

• timer.

1. Watch the video.

2. Wait to hear ‘Ready Set Go’ in the video.

3. Start your timer or check the time on the clock.

4. Scroll down to the next section to see the next steps.

5. Look at the categories that match the letter and challenge yourself to write down your responses as quickly as you can.

6. Press your timer or check how much time has passed on the clock once you have recorded a response for each letter. 

We will be doing a category challenge each day this week so you can see if you get a faster time tomorrow.

You will need: 

• a pen or pencil 

• your workbook  

• a dictionary.  

Is there a word on the list that you have not heard before or you are unsure of what it means?   

• Look up the meaning of the word in a dictionary. 

• Complete the word map.    

Watch the video and join in the activities. You can do the activities in your workbook if you don't have the activity sheets.

Exploring similes activity sheets.

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1. Complete these similes: 

   • As slow as a ...

   • As fast as a ...

   • She ran like ...

   • The kite flew as if ...

2. Complete the final activity in the video with the instructor. 

Listen to the poem ‘Gold as honey’ from The School Magazine. 

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Similes are used to compare the colour, softness and warmth of the cat. For example:

• paws are white as milk

• gold as honey

• warm as sunlight

• soft as silk. 

Rewrite the poem using different similes.  

Watch the video and join in the activity.

You will need:

• paper

• pencils, crayons or textas.

Today we are joined by Professor Veena Sahajwalla who shares some excellent tips for recycling and reusing items around the house.

Watch the video and join in the activity.

You will need:

• a pencil

• your workbook.

What’s a different way you could have imagined the fractional slices of lemon moving?  

Draw pictures in your student workbook to capture your thinking.

Watch the video and join in the activity. 

You will need:

• pencils

• your workbook

• sticky notes or blank number cards

• 4 x 0-9 dice, playing cards, spinner or numeral cards.

• Is it possible to order these numbers from smallest to largest in less than 5 moves?

• Record how many moves it takes to order them. Remember you are aiming to use the fewest moves possible! 

Watch the video and join in.

You will need:

• 5 soft items (e.g. socks, soft toys).

Watch the video.

Let's have a closer look at Australian artist, Lesley Dumbrell. She loves to combine patterns with lines, shapes and repetition in a style called ‘optical art’. 

Part 1: Create an artwork

You will need:

• chalk

(option 1 below)

or

• string, wool, balls or counters

(option 2 below).

You can choose which way you would like to create your artwork.

Part 2: Create movements

Look at your map and decide on some movements you could use to represent your line, dot and dash map. 

Think about using different:

• levels (up high or down low) 

• movement dynamics (such as light or heavy steps). 

Combine these movements to organise a short sequence.

Option 1

You will need:

• paint 

• a paint brush (optional)  

• paper  

• cardboard, toothpicks or other stiff recycled materials, such as scraps of plastic.

1. Make a background. You can paint the whole page or just leave it white. 

2. Once your background is dry, create a ‘stencil’ line-marker using your materials, such as cardboard scraps.

As you create your op art, think about:

• Where is the focus (focal point)?

• Which directions will the lines go?

• How will the patterns work together? 

Option 2

You will need:

• paint and a paint brush

• blank paper  

• textas, crayons, coloured pencils or a marker pen.

1. Make a background. You can paint the whole page one particular colour or just leave it white. 

2. Once your background is dry, use a permanent marker, textas, crayons or paints to create patterns of lines, dots and dashes. 

As you create your op art, think about:

• Where is the focus (focal point)?

• Which directions will the lines go?

• How will the patterns work together? 

Watch the video.

Watch the video and join in the activity.

You will need:

• a pen or pencil

• your workbook.

1. Draw a Know, Wonder and Learn (KWL) chart in your workbook.

2. In the 'K' column write down some of the features and characteristics of where you live (e.g. natural and built features, local issues, who manages these areas).

3. Brainstorm and write a list of questions that you would like to answer about your local area. Write these in the W column. Here are some examples:

• What are some of the natural and built features?

• Who are is responsible for looking after my local place?

• How do people look after the area?