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Welcome to Day 2 of the Otter pack!

To complete today's activities, you will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

a collection of natural items

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

look

listen

speak

write

explore

reflect

Acknowledgement of Country

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 – Humula Public School

Duration: 1:47

English

Reading – Fact or opinion

Watch and listen to the video.

Fact or opinion
Duration: 2:19

Read the statements and then sort them into facts and opinions.

Fact or opinion?

Watch the video and then have a go.

Hint! A copy of the text is in the drop down below.

'Please don't feed the native animals' text
Duration: 1:45

'Please do not feed the native animals' (select arrow)

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Select 'fact' or 'opinion' for each of these statements from the text.

Feeding native animals text – fact or opinion?

Vocabulary – High modality words

Watch the video and then have a go.

High modality words
Duration: 3:42

Drag 5 high modality words to the signs in the crowd.

Hint! Select the blue 'Check' button once you have completed this task.

High modality words – drag and drop

Writing – Quick write

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch the video and complete the activity.

Ava Dupont – What a mess
Duration: 2:11

From the NSW Department of Education Arts Unit

What would you write on the posters below to persuade people to fix the mess Ava speaks of?

Copy the picture or draw your own poster and write persuasive sentences.

Hint! Remember to use high modality words.

Persuasive posters

A crowd of cartoon people and six are holding blank signs.

Mini break

Exploring our world – Brainy Bites

Watch and listen to the video.

Frozen yoghurt snowman

Duration: 1:49

Mathematics

Warm up – Remainder riddles

Watch and listen to the video.

Remainder riddles

Duration: 1:58

Creating remainder riddles

Watch the video and complete the activity.

Remainder riddles – your turn

Duration: 3:29

Create your own remainder riddle for the number 30 using the Polypad below.
Label each array.
Record a number sentence.
Use colour to show the remainder.

Hint! Watch the video again if you forget any of the steps.

Polypad – Remainder riddles

From Mathigon Polypad

Hint! View an image of the remainder riddle for 24 that we discovered in the video (select arrow)

A 9 x 2 array coloured blue and labeled, with a 1 x 3 array attached and coloured red. The number sentence 24 divided by 9 = 2 remainder 6 sits below.

How many tiles?

Watch the video and complete the activity.

Hint! The clues are also below if you need them.

How many tiles?

Duration: 3:05

Use the clues to solve the problem.

Clues:

Each figure uses the same number of total tiles.
Only part of each figure is shown in the picture. The rest of the figure is hidden.
The total number of tiles is less than 60.
How many tiles are used in each figure?

How many tiles?

5 partial arrays shown. Figure 1: 3x2 and 1 more. Figure 2: 3x3 and 2 more. Figure 3: 3x4 and 3 more. Figure 4: 5x4. Figure 5: 6x3 and 5 more.

Use the Polypad below to find the total number of tiles that can fit into the arrangements above.

Hint! You will need to merge, split and copy tile arrangements as you explore different combinations.

Polypad – How many tiles?

From Mathigon Polypad

View a solution (select arrow)

5 arrays using 35 tiles. Array 1 – 17 by 2 with 1 remainder Array 2 – 11 by 3 with 2 remainders Array 3 – 8 by 4 with 3 remainders Array 4 – 7 by 5 with no remainders Array 5 – 5 by 6 with 5 remainders

Dividing and remainders

Use the Polypad to find solutions to the 3 problems below.

Hint! There is an interactive 120 number board below the Polypad to help you keep track of the factors and multiples.

Problem 1

Find a number (bigger than 1) that has:

a remainder of 1 when you divide it by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Hint! See if you can mind more than one number.

Problem 2

Find a number that has a remainder of:

1 when you divide it by 2,
2 when you divide it by 3,
3 when you divide it by 4, and
4 when you divide it by 5.

Problem 3

Find a number that has a remainder of:

1 when you divide it by 3,
3 when you divide it by 5, and
5 when you divide it by 7.

Polypad – Remainders

From Mathigon Polypad

Hint! Use the interactive 120 number board to keep track of the factors and multiples.

From the Digital Learning Selector

Would you like a tip?

Find a number which has a remainder of 1 when you divide by 2, and a remainder of 4 when you divide by 7.
See if you can you find another.
Think about using a 120 number board (below) to keep track of your factors and multiples.

Use this challenge to help you solve the main task.

Want to stretch your thinking?

Is the statement below true or false?

‘It is impossible to find a number that has a remainder of 3 when you divide by 15 and a remainder of 2 when you divide by 9.’

Create your own Polypad remainder riddle question.

Watch this video to discover some possible solutions.

Remainder riddles – how many tiles?

Duration: 4:34

Mini break

Active break – Dance

Watch the video and join in.

Chinese Dai Dance

Duration: 2:22

Design challenge

Invent a rubbish robot – Get inspired!

Watch and listen to the videos. The first video looks at water pollution. The second shows an example invention, designed to help solve this problem.

War on Waste: Sydney Harbour Dive
Duration: 1:02

Seabin project
Duration: 1:40

Watch and listen to the next video. It shows how a group of students from South Coogee PS designed a robot called Seaside Sammy to educate kids about water pollution.

Seaside Sammy by South Coogee PS – Game Changer Challenge 2019
Duration: 3:33

Video excerpt from the 2019 NSW Department of Education Game Changer Challenge.