Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Turtle pack!

To complete today's activities, you will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

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

look

listen

speak

write

explore

reflect

Acknowledgement of Country

look
listen

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

Narrative Structure – Band-Aid

listen

Listen to the video.

'Band-Aid' by Andy Griffiths

Duration: 13:24

explore

  • Drag and drop the text boxes containing parts of the story onto the narrative structure.

  • Select the blue 'Check' button when you have placed the text boxes in the correct order.

Hint! You may need to listen to the story again to check your answers.

Vocabulary – combination

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

look

Watch the video.

Wonderful world of words – combination

Duration: 3:34

write

Write 4 sentences in response to the pictures.


Hint! Make sure your sentences are interesting and include the correct punctuation.

Vocabulary images

Scroll or click through the images.

Writing – Adjectives and noun groups

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

look

Watch and listen to the video.

The Adjective Song

Duration: 1:06

explore

  • Read the paragraph below.

  • Find 8 adjectives.

  • Select the blue 'Check' button once you have found all 8 adjectives.

look

Watch the video and then have a go.

Writing – Noun groups to build descriptive sentences

Duration: 5:21

write

The story, 'The Wall', used the words giant and terrifying to describe the wall.

  • Write a paragraph to describe the wall.

Remember to use noun groups to build description and to write in full sentences.

Hint! Use the table to help you.

Example nouns

Table with headings, pointer, numerator, intensifier or adverb, describer or adjective, classifier and noun. Under the pointer column, the following words are listed, the, a, an, this, that, these, those, my, your, his, her, its, mum’s, mr and Dowden’s. In the intensifier or adverb column, the following words are listed: really, absolutely, extremely, very, too and totally. In the decriber or adjective column, the following words are listed: old, fluffy, wondrous, incredible, marvellous, colossal, precious, transparent, mysterious and enormous. And in the noun column, the word machine is listed.

Mini break

Exploring our world – Brainy Bites

look

Watch and listen to the video.

Fruit Kebabs

Duration: 1:48

Mathematics

Warm up – Number sentences

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

write

  • Use any 3, 4 and 5 digit numbers to make a true sentence.

  • Now make 2 more true sentences.

  • Write down each of your number sentences and the answers.

Try and use a different strategy to solve each number sentence.

Empty boxes to use for the subtraction number sentence


Example – Number sentences

number sentence 872 minus 429 = 443
number sentence 32 081 minus 2891 = 29190

Would you like a tip?

  • Use any 2, 3 or 4 digit numbers to make a true sentence.


Use this challenge to help you solve the main task.

Want to stretch your thinking?

Create a subtraction number sentence that:

  • starts with a 5-digit number

  • takes away a 4-digit number

  • ends with a 3-digit number as the answer.

Missing digits – part 1

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

write

Complete these number sentences so that they are correct.

Number sentence 1

A missing digit number sentence 2 blank 6 plus blank 8 equals blank 2 blank

  • What might the missing numbers be?


Hint! There are 9 possible answers. How many did you find?

Number sentence 2

A missing digit number sentence: 5 blank 2 take away blank blank 4 equals 68

  • What might the missing numbers be?


Hint! There are 10 possible answers. How many did you find?

Would you like a tip?

  • Complete the number sentences below.

3 blank plus 1 blank equals blank 2. 5 blank minus 3 blank equals blank 0.

Use this challenge to help you solve the main task.

Want to stretch your thinking?

  • Complete the task below.

Image of the task: Using the digits 1 to 9 only one time each, make two sets of 3- digit numbers that form a true number sentence. _ _ _ take away 291 equals _ _ _

Source: Robert Kaplinsky

look
write

Watch this video to discover ways to think flexibly when solving these problems.


  • There are 9 possible solutions to the addition problem. How many of them can you find?

  • There are 10 possible solutions to the subtraction problem. How many of them can you find?

Missing digits – part 1

Duration: 3:10

Missing digits – part 2

write

Create the smallest difference but only use the digits 1 to 9 one time each.

Image of the task: Using the digits 1 to 9 only one time each, fill in the boxes to create the smallest difference. blank blank blank take away blank blank blank equals

Source: Robert Kaplinsky

Would you like a tip?

  • Complete the number sentence below:

Image of the task: Using the digits 1 to 9, fill in the remaining boxes to make an answer that is closer to 200 than 300. You may use the digits more than once. 4 _ _ take away 1 _ _ equals

Source: Robert Kaplinsky

Your challenge is to use this tip to help you solve the main task.

Want to stretch your thinking?

  • Complete the number sentences below:

Image of the task: Using the digits 1 to 9 only one time each, place a digit in each box to make the number sentence as close to 1000 as possible. _ _ _ plus _ _ _ plus _ _ _

Source: Robert Kaplinsky

Image of the task: Using the digits 1 to 9 only one time each, fill in the boxes to create two true number sentences. _ _ take away _ _ equals _ _ plus _ _

Source: Robert Kaplinsky

look
write

Watch the video to discover some possible solutions.


  • Try and find a number sentence that has an answer of 14.

Hint! There are 5 different number sentences that can be created with an answer of 14. How many of these can you find?

Missing digits – part 2

Duration: 4:17

Mini break

Active break – Dance

look
explore

Watch the video and join in.

Latin Fusion

Duration: 2:52

Design challenge

Invent a new toy – Get inspired!

look

Watch and listen to the videos.

Eddy's World – Toy inventor

Duration: 1:11

History of Lego

Duration: 2:16

Imagine

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

look

Watch the video to learn about today's activity.

Toy invention – Part 1

Duration: 2:45

write

Now it's your turn!

  • Brainstorm ideas for new toys.

  • Try to include different types of toys (e.g. outdoor toys, soft toys, puzzle games, electronic 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

look

Watch the video to see what to do next.

Toy invention – Part 2

Duration: 2:02

write

Now it's your turn!

  • Plan and draw your new toy design.

  • Label your drawing.


Hint! Remember to make improvements as you go.

Example – Dancing Dino

Dancing Dino - soft toy dinosaur with a button you can press for music. It comes in different colours and has a rechargeable battery. For ages 2 years and up. Drawing is labelled with arrows.

Example – Multi Sports

Multi Sports invention - a combined sports activity. A soccer goal with a netball post on one side and a basketball post on the other side. Foam removable cricket stumps in the middle and touch football cones for a try line. Balls and bats are also included. Notes are down the side e.g. 'Lots of fun games in one', 'Space saver', 'Made out of recycled materials', 'For 5 years old and up'.

Mini break

Wind-down – Nature activity

look
explore

Watch the video and then have a go.

Angles

Duration: 1:20

Well done completing today's learning activities!

Select the home icon below to return to the main page.