Day 3
Let's get started with Day 3!
Watch the video to help you get started.
Day 3 video
Duration: 0:53
To complete today's activities, you will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
sticky notes
A4 paper
scissors
chalk or items from the garden (e.g. leaves, sticks, bark)
a large stuffed toy
a piece of fruit or a vegetable
a device to take a photograph
English
Speaking – Describe using alliteration
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the picture of the fireworks in the video.
Describe the image using alliteration (words with the same initial sound).
For example: cool, colourful and cute.
Hint! Remember, the initial sound is the beginning sound.
Look at the other pictures in the video and describe each of them using alliteration.
Describe using same initial sounds
Duration: 4:06
Writing – Alliteration
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Listen to the instructions.
Write 3 words with the same sound that describe the image from the activity above.
Draw a picture to match.
Alliteration
Duration: 0:34
Kookaburra - S1 - English - Day 3 - Act 2 - Write an alliteration.mp3Challenge!
Write an alliteration for something in your home (e.g. soft smelly sock).
Draw a picture to match your alliteration.
Sight words
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
sticky notes
Complete the activities with the teacher in the video.
Today's sight word is:
what.
Sight words – Lesson 1: what
Duration: 5:29
Care and connect
Mindful listening
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Mindful listening
Duration: 0:34
Mathematics
Number – Quantifying collections
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video to explore counting with paddlepop sticks.
Quantifying collections
Duration: 7:42
Number – Paper halving
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a few sheets of A4 paper
scissors
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Important! Ask an adult to help you when using scissors.
Instructions
Write down or draw what you notice about each image.
Write down or draw what’s the same about the images.
If you were halving the cakes or the beads, how many would be in each half?
Draw the images adding in a dividing line so it shows a half on each side.
How do you know it is or isn't in half?
Draw the images adding in a dividing line so it shows quarters.
How do you know each part is a quarter?
How many different ways can you halve a piece of A4 paper?
How will you know if they are halves?
How will you prove it?
Hint! You can cut, draw, colour or fold to show your halves.
Examples of different ways you can fold paper in half
How could you convince someone that you have halved your piece of paper?
How could you prove if the piece of paper has been halved or not?
Challenge!
Watch the video to see one way we could prove if a piece of paper has been halved or not.
Important! Ask an adult to help you when using scissors.
How many ways can you fold a piece of paper into quarters (4 equal parts)?
How many ways can you fold a piece of paper into eight parts?
Explain, justify or prove that you have folded the paper in quarters or eighths.
Brain break
Sensory path
You will need:
chalk or items from the garden (e.g. leaves, sticks, bark)
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Sensory path
Duration: 1:39
Let's keep learning!
Creative Arts – Downsizing
You will need:
a large stuffed toy
a piece of fruit or a vegetable
a device to take a photograph
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Downsizing
Duration: 13:44
Let's think about the scale and proportion of the cow and the moon. Could the cow really have jumped over the moon?
John Margolies was an American photographer who captured interesting public artworks. You can see that the sculptures he has photographed are not the original size and some features are exaggerated!
Take a close look at the photos by John Margolies.
Hint! You can scroll through the images in this photo carousel.
Do you notice that he has changed the size and proportion of these objects?
Photographs by John Margolies
Collection by Margolies, J., photographer. Retrieved from the Library of Congress
Do you know of any similar sculptures or artworks?
For example:
The Big Banana (Coffs Harbour)
The Big Prawn (Ballina)
The Big Merino (Goulburn).
It's your turn to create a fun photographic artwork!
Find a large stuffed toy that you could use in your photographic artwork.
Position your toy next to a piece of fruit or vegetable.
Take a photo to show the use of scale and proportion.
Hint! You should notice that your toy is probably a lot larger than the fruit or vegetable.
Imagine your toy jumping over the fruit or vegetable.
Take a photo to show the difference in scale and proportion of the two objects.
Example photographic artwork
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