Day 4
Welcome back to Day 4!
Watch the video to help you get started.
Day 4 video
Duration: 0:51
To complete today's activities, you will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
English
Speaking – Advertising
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Hint! You may like to record your answers on a device.
Look at the 1976 advertisement for toy cars in the video.
From looking at the advertisement, how do we know that the boys are enjoying the toy?
Does this advertisement make you want to buy this toy? Why or why not?
Advertising
Duration: 3:07
Reading together – Going on a bear hunt
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Read or listen to 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' by Michael Rosen.
'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' by Michael Rosen
Duration: 7:25
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Should you go on a bear hunt with your family?
Why is a bear hunt a bad idea?
List or draw 3 reasons why you should not go on a bear hunt.
Why is a bear hunt a good idea?
List or draw 3 reasons why you should go on a bear hunt.
Going on a bear hunt
Duration: 2:02
Word study
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Complete the activities with the teacher in the video.
Word study focus: onset and rime
Duration: 6:38
Care and connect
Mindful drawing
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
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Mindful drawing
Duration: 2:38
Mathematics
Mass – Balancing numbers 1
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video.
Hint! There are 3 videos for this activity. This is video 1.
Balancing numbers – part 1
Duration: 0:34
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
Watch video 2.
Balancing numbers – part 2
Duration: 1:11
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
Write down your estimates:
How many more bears are needed to make the scales balance?
Hint! How many bears have the same mass as the Hulk?
What's an estimate that is way too high?
What's an estimate that is way too low?
What do you think is a reasonable (good) estimate?
Watch video 3.
Hint! This is the last video for this activity.
Balancing numbers – part 3
Duration: 4:34
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
Create a drawing to show your thinking around the problem: 'How many bears are equivalent (the same) in mass to the Hulk?'
Mass – Balancing numbers 2
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Let's look some more at balancing numbers.
Watch the video.
Hint! There are 4 videos for this activity. This is video 1.
Balancing numbers 2 – part 1
Duration: 0:46
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
Estimate the number of paddlepop sticks needed to balance the mass of The Hulk.
What's an estimate that is way too high?
What's an estimate that is way too low?
What's an estimate that you think is reasonable?
Watch video 2.
Balancing numbers 2 – part 2
Duration: 1:12
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
What would you do to solve this problem?
Have another think about your estimate: How many paddle pop sticks are needed to balance the mass of The Hulk?
Watch video 3.
Balancing numbers 2 – part 3
Duration: 2:50
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
What do you think will happen to the balance scale?
Draw a picture to show your thinking.
Watch video 4.
Hint! This is the last video for this activity.
Balancing numbers – part 4
Duration: 0:47
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
What can we say about the mass of The Hulk, the collection of bears and the collection of paddle pop sticks?
Record your thinking in your workbook.
Brain break
10@10 – Superheroes
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10@10 – Superheroes
Duration: 10:48
Let's keep learning!
Taronga Zoo – Information reports with Shingleback lizards
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Look at the picture of the Shingleback lizard.
Write as many facts as you can about Shingleback lizards.
Hint! Start by writing what you can see in the picture.
Shingleback lizard
Image taken by Ashley Mulchay, Taronga Zoo
Watch the video to learn about Shingleback lizards.
Shingleback lizards
Duration: 5:10
Drag and drop the correct word to match the parts of a Shingleback lizard.
Select the blue 'Submit' button once you have matched all of the parts.
Hint! Use the keywords from the video to help you.
Drag and drop the correct word to create an information report about a Shingleback Lizard.
Select the blue 'Check' button once you have finished.
Challenge!
Write a sentence for each of the keywords:
feet
four
scales
tail
head
tongue.
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