Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Turtle pack!

To complete today's activities, you will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

10 small paper squares or sticky notes

paper

a fallen leaf

During today's activities, you might see the icons below:

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Acknowledgement of Country

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Watch and listen to the Acknowledgement of Country.


We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Land and pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging. We would also like to extend that respect to other Aboriginal people.

Acknowledgement of Country Elizabeth Macarthur High School

Duration: 1:33

English

Verbs – The Paper Dolls

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

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Watch and listen to the video.

Verbs – The Paper Dolls

Duration: 2:36

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Watch and listen to the video.

'The Paper Dolls' by Julia Donaldson

Duration: 4:39

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Look at the flip cards.

  • Think of a more interesting verb for each of the words on the front of the cards.

  • Flip the cards for ideas.

  • Use each word in a sentence.

Phonics – ow, ow, ou

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

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Watch the video and complete the activity.

ow, ow, ou – Lesson 4

Duration: 9:41

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Let's play 'memory'!

Select two cards and try to match the words to the pictures.


Hint! Try to find all of the matching pairs in the least number of card turns. The number of card turns is shown below the cards.

Mini break

Exploring our world – George the Farmer

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Watch and listen to the video.

Melons

Duration: 6:44

Mathematics

Place value – Skip counting

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Watch and listen to the video.

Skip counting

Duration: 2:38

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Use the interactive board to practise skip counting by:

  • 10s

  • 2s

  • 5s


Hint! Use the paint bucket icon to mark the numbers on the board as you say them.


Challenge: Try skip counting backwards too!

Place value – Smallest and largest

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

10 small paper squares or sticky notes

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Watch the video and then have a go.


Hint! The instructions and interactive Base 10 blocks are below if you need them.

Smallest and largest number

Duration: 3:18

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Instructions:

  • Copy the table into your workbook.

  • Write the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 on the square pieces of paper.

  • Pick up 3 of the squares.

  • Use the 3 digits to make the smallest number you can. Write this in your book.

  • Use the 3 digits to make the largest number you can. Write this in your book.

Example table to copy into your workbook or on paper

A table with 3 columns: hundreds, tens and ones.
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  • Use the interactive Base 10 blocks below to help you work out the smallest and largest number.

Hint! Remember to look carefully at the place value of each digit.

Base 10 blocks

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Challenge!

  • What is the largest number you can make using the digits 8, 7, 0, 1?

  • What is the second largest number you can make using these same digits?

  • What is the smallest number you can make using these digits?

Hint! Check your answers using the interactive Base 10 blocks.

Mini break

Active break – Dance

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Watch the video and join in.

Latin Fusion

Duration: 2:52

Design challenge

STEAM - science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics

Invent a new toy – Get inspired!

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Watch and listen to the videos.

Eddy's World – Toy inventor

Duration: 1:11

History of Lego

Duration: 2:16

Imagine

You will need:

coloured pencils

a workbook or paper

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Watch the video to learn about today's activity.

Toy invention – Part 1

Duration: 2:36

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Now it's your turn!

  • Brainstorm ideas for new toys.

Brainstorm example

Example brainstorm for toy inventions: a dancing dinosaur, a sports game, a beach toy, some headphones, a marble game and an art activity.

Plan and create

You will need:

coloured pencils

a workbook or paper

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Watch the video to see what to do next.

Toy invention – Part 2

Duration: 1:58

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Now it's your turn!

  • Plan and draw your new toy.

  • Label your drawing.

Student example – Frighto the Cat

Drawing of a cat toy - one version is a happy cat, the other is a 'scary' cat. You press a button to change it into the scary cat.

Example – Dancing Dino

Dancing Dinosaur - soft toy dinosaur with a button you can press for music. It comes in different colours and has a rechargeable battery.

Mini break

Wind-down – Nature activity

You will need:

pencils or crayons

paper

a fallen leaf

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Watch the video and then have a go.

Leaf rubbing art

Duration: 1:47

Well done completing today's learning activities!

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