Day 5
It's your last day using the Kangaroo pack!
Watch the video to help you get started.
Day 5 video
Duration: 1:00
To complete today's activities, you will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
your tangram (from yesterday's Maths activity)
something to balance (e.g. pebbles, cards, broom)
a skipping rope (or a belt, ribbon, or string)
a toy
English
Listening – Gardening
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch and listen to the video.
Gardening
Duration: 3:04
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Record 3 things you learnt from the video.
Listen up!
Duration: 1:38
Writing together – End 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 end of our story)
Duration: 9:41
Phonics
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Complete the activities with the teacher in the video.
Phonics – Lesson 2: z, zz, ng, y
Duration: 12:15
Care and connect
Riddle challenge
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Riddle challenge
Duration: 2:59
Mathematics
2D shapes – Quadrilaterals
A quadrilateral is a shape that has:
4 straight sides and
4 vertices (corners).
Look at the 2 examples of quadrilaterals which have been made using interactive geoboards.
Example 1
Example 2
How many quadrilaterals can you make using the geoboard below?
Name the shapes you have made.
Hint! Select a coloured circle and drag it onto the board to make a shape. You can also make the geoboard square, like the one in Example 1 above. To do this, select the icon in the top right.
Making quadrilaterals
You will need:
your tangram (from yesterday's Maths lesson)
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Quadrilaterals – part 1
Duration: 0:50
Draw, write or describe:
Some examples of quadrilaterals
Some non-examples of quadrilaterals
The characteristics (important features) of quadrilaterals.
Watch the video and join in.
Use your tangram pieces to make as many different quadrilaterals as you can.
Quadrilaterals – part 2
Duration: 4:28
Make at least 1 quadrilateral with:
1 tangram piece
2 tangram pieces
5 tangram pieces
7 tangram pieces.
Record your thinking in your workbook.
Brain break
Balancing objects
You will need:
something to balance
Hint! You could try pebbles from the garden, a pack of cards or even a broom!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Important! Make sure you don't use anything that can break. Also, be careful of the space around you.
Balancing objects
Duration: 1:16
Let's keep learning!
Education Live – Fast Ed's food experiments
Watch Fast Ed as he does some fun and fascinating experiments with food.
Environmental Education – Going on a micro hike
You will need:
a skipping rope (or a belt, ribbon, string or piece of material that can be used like a trail)
a toy
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Going on a micro hike
Duration: 3:25
Well done completing this week's learning activities!
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