Day 5

It's your last day using the Quokka 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

paper

2 coins

a bottle cap

a variety of objects (e.g. leaves, rocks, spoons and forks)

English

Speaking and listening – Would you like this job?

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch the video.

Be a Zoo Keeper

Duration: 3:09

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Would you like to be a zoo keeper?

Record 3 reasons why you would or would not like this job.

Would you like this job?

Duration: 1:58

Writing – Beginning, middle and end

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Read or listen to 'Owl Babies' by Martin Waddell.

'Owl babies' by Martin Waddell

Duration: 5:26

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Draw and write what happened in the story:
- at the beginning
- in the middle
- at the end.

Beginning, middle and end

Duration: 1:47

Phonics

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Complete the activities with the teacher in the video.

Phonics – Lesson 2: j, v, w, x

Duration: 12:26

Care and connect

Gratitude breathing

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Gratitude breathing
Duration: 0:37

Mathematics

Position – Position language

Look at the picture.

Drag and drop the words in the grey rectangles below to make the sentences correct.

Select the blue 'Submit' button when you are done.

A scene of a family standing out the front of their home. To the far left of the image is a small boy. Next to him is a man, then a dog, then a lady, then a girl. In the centre of the image is a house with a blue car and a cat sitting at the front door. To the right of the house is a tree with a ball on the grass beneath it. There is a sun in the top right of the picture.

Position – Direction drawing

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Listen to the audio clip and follow the directions to draw a picture.

Direction drawing (instructions)

Duration: 0:46

Quokka - S1 - Maths - Day 5.mp3

Transcript

A completed example (select arrow)

It's your turn to create a set of directions for a family member or friend to draw.

Draw a simple picture.
Describe the picture to your friend or family member and get them to draw what they hear.

Hint! Make sure you use descriptive directions.
For example "Draw the sun above the tree."

When you are done, reveal both drawings!
Compare the two pictures.
Swap roles and complete the challenge again.

Hint! If you don't have someone to do this activity with, you can still write down or record your set of directions.

Example drawing

Simple drawing of hillside: a tree, the sun, some flowers and a car driving past.

Example directions:

Start by drawing grass along the bottom of the page.
Draw a tall tree on the left of the page.
Draw a sun in the top left corner, above the tree.

Brain break

Coin challenge – Cricket

You will need:

pencils

paper

2 coins

a bottle cap

Note: You also need someone to play with.

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Australia's Coin Sports – Cricket
Duration: 1:00

Let's keep learning!

Education Live – How to write a song

Meet Gina Jeffreys and Max Jackson, who show us how to write a song from scratch!

Education Live – How to write a song
Duration: 23:10

Education Live

Challenge!

Learn how to play the song on a guitar.

A Lot to Love – guitar tutorial
Duration: 0:58

Environmental Education – Music symbols and sounds

You will need:

a variety of objects (e.g. leaves, rocks, spoons and forks)

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Music symbols and sounds
Duration: 2:21

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