Day 4

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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Workbook

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Watch video
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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!

Writing activity
  • 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

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Pencils

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Workbook

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Watch video
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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

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pencils

Workbook

a workbook or paper

Scissors

scissors

Paper

paper

Speaking activity
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Writing activity

Complete the activities with the teacher in the video.

Word study focus: -ed suffix

Duration: 11:36

Care and connect

4, 3, 2, 1

Hands-on activity

Watch the video and join in the activity.

4, 3, 2, 1
Duration: 0:40

Mathematics

2D shapes – Tangrams

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Paper

paper

Scissors

scissors

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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

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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

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  • 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!

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Writing activity
  • 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

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Pencils

pencils

Workbook

a workbook or paper

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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

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Pencils

pencils

Workbook

a workbook or paper

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Writing activity

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

Two possums curled up together asleep on some twigs and dried grass.

Image taken by Andrew Daly, Taronga Zoo

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Watch the video.

Ringtail Possums
Duration: 7:25

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Look at the picture.

  • Imagine that this is the beginning of a narrative (story). Think about what might happen next?

Ringtail Possums

Two possums are in a green possum box. One has its head popping out the top, while the other has its head popping out of the little opening at the front of the box.

Image taken by Andrew Daly, Taronga Zoo

Writing activity
  • 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

A grid with 2 column headings and 4 row headings. Column headings are:Draw a picture and Write your sentences to help plan. Row headings are: Who, Where, When and What happened?

Remember to include a beginning, middle and end

Chart with 3 columns labelled: Beginning, Middle and End

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