Wednesday
Week F – Stage 2
Welcome to Wednesday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
pencils
a bucket or small container
paper
(PDF file, 44 KB)
0-9 spinner and doubles spinner
(PDF file, 139 KB)
1 paperclip
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.
In the video, look at the image of the beach.
Complete a word chain for ‘beach’.
In the video, look at the image of a ‘farm’.
Complete a word chain for ‘farm’.
Complete a new word chain for a setting of your choice.
Word chain
Duration: 5:47
Is this too hard?
Make a word chain for another noun.
Is this too easy?
Complete word chains for more nouns.
Reading and viewing – Characters and setting
Let's explore a text from 'The School Magazine'.
Read or listen to 'Mr Kessel’s Bush Tucker Garden'.
As you are listening, think about all the places (settings) that are mentioned in the story.
Mr Kessel's Bush Tucker Garden
Audio duration: 17:31
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Draw a setting map, as demonstrated in the video.
Setting Map
Duration: 2:25
Writing – Description of setting
Let's do some writing together.
Watch the video and join in the activities.
In the video, look at the image of the beach.
Complete a setting graphic organiser based on this image.
Think about the:
sights
sounds
tastes
smells
feels
weather.
Write a description of this setting using your organiser as a planning tool.
Setting graphic organiser
Duration: 4:26
Is this too hard?
Complete a setting graphic organiser for a setting in a familiar text.
Is this too easy?
Create a setting map for a different text that you are familiar with.
Share your work with your teacher.
Brain break
You will need:
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.
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.
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:
Let's investigate 2
Let's investigate some strategies you might use to solve number problems!
Watch the video.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
Let's investigate 2
Duration: 3:58
Use diagrams, drawings and/or materials to represent how you might use these strategies to think about 6 nines (6×9).
Record your thinking in your student workbook.
Multiplication toss
Let's play a game called 'Multiplication toss'!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
different coloured pencils
paper clip for spinner.
Hint! The instructions are also included below in case you need to refer to them.
Multiplication toss
Duration: 5:32
(From Dianne Siemon, RMIT University)
Instructions
Players take turns to spin the spinners. If a 3 and 6 are spun, players can enclose either a block out of 3 rows of 6 (3 sixes) or 6 rows of 3 (6 threes).
The game continues with no overlapping areas.
The winner is the player with the largest area blocked out after 10 spins.
Eventually the space on the grid paper gets really small so you have to think about different strategies you can use to help fit blocks onto your game board. For example:
What if 3 sixes won’t fit as 3 sixes or as 6 threes?
Players can partition to help them! For example, they can rename 3 sixes as 2 sixes and 1 six.
PDHPE
You will need:
Being active at home
Let's learn about being active at home!
Watch the video to learn about today's activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
Optional: iPad, computer.
How can we be active at home?
Duration: 5:49
What does the word active mean?
Being active means moving your body. This includes:
playing with your family and friends
playing sport
other exercise.
Some examples are:
jumping
kicking
riding a bike
running
wheelchair basketball
playing tag.
There are lots of different ways to move your body.
What are different ways to be active at home?
You can be active both inside and outside of your home.
Let's create an active alphabet!
List the letters A-Z down your page.
Write a way to be active at home next to each letter.
For example:
a way to be active starting with A is aerobics
a way to be active starting with B could be bowling.
Example of A-Z different ways to be active at home.
Active alphabet work sample, C Kobi Atkins, communicated with permission
Activity course for home
Let's design an activity course to be more active at home!
We are going to design an activity course that your class could use to be more active at home.
Step 1: Create activity cards
Start by planning the different activities for your course.
Hint! You could use some ideas from your active alphabet list.
Example activity card 1
Example activity card 2
Activity card work samples, C Kobi Atkins, communicated with permission
Step 2: Design an activity course
Plan a course using your activity cards.
Your course could be designed for inside or outside of your home.
Plan and create each activity.
It might include a drawing or picture, any equipment needed and how many times the activity should be performed.
Step 3: Give it a try!
You could complete the course each day and ask someone in your family to do it with you.
Example of a course design
Course design work sample, C Kobi Atkins, communicated with permission
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.