Wednesday
Week F – Stage 1
Welcome to Wednesday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
pencils
a bucket or small container
paper
0-9 spinner and doubles spinner
(PDF file, 139 KB)
(PDF file, 321 KB)
2 paperclips
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
You will need:
Be kind bucket
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
paper or sticky notes
bucket or small container.
Be kind bucket
Duration: 1:46
English
You will need:
Vocabulary – word chain
Let's have a go at using word chains.
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Look at the image of the beach.
Complete a word chain for ‘beach’.
Look at the image of a farm.
Complete a word chain for ‘farm’.
Word chain
Duration: 4:45
Is this too hard?
Draw the words in the word chain.
Is this too easy?
Complete a word chain for a different setting.
Writing together
Let's do some writing together.
Listen to 'Alexander’s Outing' by Pamela Allen.
Complete the writing activities with the teacher in the video.
Alexander's Outing
Duration: 14:46
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:
1 piece of paper.
Brain break
Duration: 1:14
Check-in survey – Brain break
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Sight words
You will need:
Focus word: use
We are learning to read and write words quickly. Let's practise some more!
Today, we will learn the word:
use.
You will need:
coloured pencils
paper.
High frequency sight word instruction
Duration: 6:39
Education Live
Animals of the week
Today we will meet and learn about the black rhinoceros and Galapagos tortoise at Taronga Western Plains Zoo!
Mathematics
You will need:
Balancing numbers 2 – part 1
Yesterday we looked at balancing numbers and today we are going to look at some more. There are four parts to this activity so let's start with part 1!
Watch the video.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
Balancing numbers 2 – part 1
Duration: 0:46
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
Balancing numbers 2 – part 2
Let's look at part 2 of this activity!
Watch the next video.
Balancing numbers 2 – part 2
Duration: 1:12
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
What would you do to solve this problem?
Share your thinking with a fellow mathematician or write down your ideas.
Revise your estimate: How many paddle pop sticks are needed to balance the mass of The Hulk?
Balancing numbers 2 – part 3
Let's look at part 3 of this activity!
Watch the next video.
Balancing numbers 2 – part 3
Duration: 2:50
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
What do you think will happen to the balance scale?
Draw a picture to communicate (show) your thinking.
Balancing numbers 2 – part 4
Let's look at part 4 of this activity!
Watch the final video.
Balancing numbers – part 4
Duration: 0:47
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
What can we say about the mass of The Hulk, the collection of bears and the collection of paddle pop sticks?
Record your thinking in your workbook
Share your work with your teacher.
Doubles fill
Let's play a game you might remember playing a couple of weeks ago. It's called 'Doubles fill'.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
0-9 spinner and doubles spinner
(PDF file, 139 KB)a game board
(PDF file, 321 KB)pencils
2 paper clips.
Doubles fill
Duration: 8:03
Share your work with your teacher.
For those who like a challenge!
Change the spinner to include repeated doubling.
Octoblock to the rescue
Let's explore the number 8!
Watch the video.
Numberblocks – Octoblock to the rescue
Duration: 5:00
PDHPE
You will need:
Different places to be active
Let's learn about being safe and active!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
Optional: iPad, computer.
Where can we be active?
Duration: 5:55
What does the word active mean?
Being active means moving your body.
Some examples include:
jumping
kicking
riding a bike
running
wheelchair basketball
playing tag.
There are lots of different ways to move your body.
Where can we be active?
At home in the living room
at school in the playground
in the community at the park
at the oval
at the courts
swimming in a pool
at the field
at the beach
in the gym
backyard.
Where is your favourite place to be active?
You might choose one of the places in the brainstorm or another one that you have thought of.
Tell a friend about the different ways they could be active at the place you have chosen. You could do this by:
designing a poster
creating a video
writing a letter.
Maybe you could be active at home once you have finished the task.
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Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.