Wednesday
Week F – Stage 3
Welcome to Wednesday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
pencils
1 piece of paper
(PDF file, 44 KB)
0-9 spinner and doubles spinner
(PDF file, 199 KB)
1 paperclip
recording device (e.g. camera, iPad)
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Grounding
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Grounding
Duration: 2:18
English
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Vocabulary – Word chain
Let's have a go at using word chains.
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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 other nouns.
Reading and viewing – Characters and setting
The past couple of days we have been exploring a text from 'The School Magazine'. Let's look at it again, this time focusing on the characters and setting.
Read or listen to 'Mr Kessel’s Bush Tucker Garden'.
As you are reading or 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
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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
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Let's investigate 2
Let's investigate some strategies you might use to solve number problems!
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You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
Let's investigate 2
Duration: 9:33
Have a go at adjusting both numbers so we keep a constant difference.
How could you use this strategy to solve 7 and 3-tenths - 2 and 9-tenths (for example)?
What about with 3-tenths - 12-hundredths (0.3 - 0.12)?
Record your thinking in your workbook.
Multiplication toss
Let's play a game called 'Multiplication toss'!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
1cm square grid paper (PDF file, 44 KB)
different coloured pencils
two 0-9 spinners (PDF file, 199 KB)
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
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Being active at home
Let's learn about being active at home!
Watch the video to learn about today's activities.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
recording device e.g. camera, iPad
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.
Record whether the activity is an inside activity or an outside activity.
For example, dancing and yoga could be both an inside and outside activity.
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 video
Let's create a video!
Create a 2 minute activity video that your class could use to be more active at home.
Plan the different activities you will have in your video. You could use some ideas from the A-Z active alphabet.
Record or list how many times to perform each activity. The video needs to go for 2 minutes.
You could present your task by recording a video of yourself performing the activities or by creating slides with images of the activities and recording your voice giving instructions.
You could complete the activities each day and ask someone in your family to do it with you.
Image from Max Pixel
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.