Welcome back to Day 4!
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Day 4 video
Duration: 0:51
To complete today's activities, you will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
scissors
paper
English
Vocabulary – Predicting
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pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the image in the video of a ‘pretend’ book cover.
What words do you think will be in this book?
Record the words that you think will be in this book.
Predicting
Duration: 4:14
Challenge!
Predict what you think the story will be about. What will happen in the beginning, middle and end of the story?
Writing together – Middle of a story
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Listen to 'Alexander’s Outing' by Pamela Allen and complete the activities with the teacher in the video.
'Alexander's Outing' by Pamela Allen (Writing the middle of our story)
Duration: 7:44
Word study
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
scissors
paper
Complete the activities with the teacher in the video.
Word study focus: -ed suffix
Duration: 11:36
Care and connect
4, 3, 2, 1
Watch the video and join in the activity.
4, 3, 2, 1
Duration: 0:40
Mathematics
2D shapes – Tangrams
You will need:
paper
scissors
Watch the video and listen to the story.
What did you notice about this story?
A Sage's Journey: A Story of Tangrams
Duration: 5:49
Watch the video to learn how to make a tangram and then have a go at making your own.
Making tangrams
Duration: 4:06
Tangram puzzles
Use your tangram pieces to make each of the shapes below.
Hint! You need to use all 7 tangram pieces to make each shape.
Large triangle
Mountain range
Butterfly
Tree
Heart
Challenge!
What other designs can you make with your tangram?
Draw your favourite tangram creation in your workbook.
Use your tangram to tell a story.
Brain break
Swap hand scribble
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Swap hand scribble
Duration: 1:10
Let's keep learning!
Taronga Zoo – Writing a Ringtail Possum narrative
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Look at the picture.
List 6-10 words or phrases that you notice about the picture.
Hint! Think about the colours, shapes or lines that you can see in the picture.
Ringtail Possums
Image taken by Andrew Daly, Taronga Zoo
Watch the video.
Ringtail Possums
Duration: 7:25
Look at the picture.
Imagine that this is the beginning of a narrative (story). Think about what might happen next?
Ringtail Possums
Image taken by Andrew Daly, Taronga Zoo
Write a narrative (story) about the Ringtail Possums in the picture.
Use the information in the video about the the features and behaviours of possums to help you write your story.
Hint! Copy the tables below into your workbook to help you plan your story.
Copy this into your workbook to help you plan your story
Remember to include a beginning, middle and end
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