Day 2
Welcome to Day 2!
Watch the video to help you get started.
Day 2 video
Duration: 1:01
To complete today's activities, you will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
6 blocks
5 paper squares or paper and scissors
grid paper
English
Listening and speaking – News stories
Listen to the news stories.
Tell someone (or a toy!) one new fact you learnt about:
penguins
3D printed houses
wolves.
KidsNews (ABC) – Hungry penguins and skeleton friends
Duration: 10:47
Reading together – Inferring
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch and listen to the story 'Herbert and Harry'.
Do you like both Herbert and Harry, or do you only like Herbert, or do you only like Harry? Explain why.
Why do you think Herbert pushed Harry out of the boat?
Why did Herbert have trouble sleeping?
Handwriting – Focus: oi, oy
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in.
Explicit handwriting instruction – Focus: oi, oy
Duration: 11:06
Have a go at the activity sheet.
Hint! You can do these activities on plain paper or in your workbook if you prefer.
Handwriting practice sheet – Stage 1
Handwriting_practice_sheet_Stage1.pdfDownload: Handwriting practice sheet – Stage 1
(PDF file, 30 KB)
Care and connect
Body warm up
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Body warm up
Duration: 2:07
Mathematics
Number – Numberblocks: Stampolines
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
6 blocks
Watch the video.
Numberblocks – stampolines
Duration: 3:55
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Numberblocks – Stampolines follow up
Duration: 3:55
What are all the different shapes Six could make playing Stampolines?
Come up with at least 5 different ways. Record your thinking in your workbook.
Number – Pentominoes
You will need:
coloured pencils
5 paper squares or paper and scissors
grid paper
To do this activity, you will need 5 paper squares.
Hint! If you don't have square paper, watch the video to learn how to make paper squares.
If you do have square paper, you can skip to the next video!
How to make a square
Duration: 1:57
Watch the video to learn how to play.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Pentominoes – part 1
Duration: 2:33
Instructions (select arrow)
Find all the unique shapes you can make using all 5 squares.
Remember, the edges of each square must join other squares perfectly and all of the shapes you make must be different. That means that 2 shapes are considered the same if one can be fitted exactly on top of the other, even if you have to turn it around or turn it over.
Record the shapes you made.
Watch the video to learn about the next part of the activity.
Pentominoes – part 2
Duration: 2:55
Have a go at making some of the animals below using your pentominoes.
Dog
Butterfly
Kangaroo
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Challenge!
Investigate what other shapes you can make by joining your pentominoes together.
Brain break
Tree stretches
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Tree stretches
Duration: 2:03
Let's keep learning!
Science and Technology – Bush tucker all around us
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Ask an adult to show you different foods in your home that are similar to the ones in the video.
Draw some foods that you eat that might be similar to bush tucker.
Hint! There are some pictures of different types of bush tucker below.
Bush tucker around us
Duration: 4:36
A bush tomato
Photo by Mark Marathon under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported from wikimedia
A woody pear
Photo by Poyt448 Peter Woodard under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported from wikimedia
Bush cherries
Challenge!
There are other types of food from around the world.
Ask an adult to show you some of the foods in your home that are from different cultures. For example, African, German, Indian, Korean.
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