Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of the Tasmanian Devil pack!

Watch the video to help you get started.

Day 1 video

Duration: 1:06

To complete today's activities, you will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

a dictionary

a deck of playing cards Ace to 10

a game board

(PDF file, 26KB)

English

Vocabulary – 'Paddock'

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

a dictionary

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Write down any words on the list that you have not heard before or you don't know the meaning of. 
Use a dictionary to look up the meaning of each of these words. 
Complete the word map.

Vocabulary – paddock
Duration: 2:50

Reading – Picturing puddles

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Read or listen to the poem 'Mudimals' written by Claire Saxby and illustrated by David Legge.

Mudimals
Duration: 0:48

View transcript and audio – Mudimals

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Draw a puddle. Inside the puddle, draw a crocodile.
Draw three more puddles. Inside each puddle, draw:
- a hippo
- a lion
- a giant.

Mudimals – Picturing puddles
Duration: 3:15

Phonics

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Complete the activities with the teacher in the video.

Phonics – Lesson 1: ow, ow, ou

Duration: 10:49

Care and connect

Deep breathing

Listen to the audio clip and join in the activity.

Deep breathing
Duration: 0:29

Wednesday

Mathematics

Number – Creating balance

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch the video to see what to do.

Hint! There are 2 parts to this activity. This is part 1.

Creating balance – part 1

Duration: 5:01

Choose one of the numbers from the right side of the balance (5 or 7 or 10).

How could you use that number and some others to make the arms balance?

How many different combinations can you find?

Draw a picture to record your thinking.

Watch the next video and join in the activity.

Creating balance – part 2

Duration: 5:33

Now that you've seen some different ways to make the arms balance, how could you make them balance using 4 tags?
How could you be sure you have all the possible combinations?
What other ways could you make the arms balance if you could use any numbers?

Challenge!

Draw a number balance for someone else to solve.

Number – Turn over 3

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

a deck of playing cards Ace to 10 (representing 1-10) and the jokers (representing 0)

a game board (PDF file, 26KB)

Watch the video to learn how to play.

Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.

Turn over 3

Duration: 5:51

Adapted from NRICH

Instructions (select arrow)

Shuffle the cards into a pile.
Place the pile face down between 2 players.
Take turns to turn over the top 3 cards.
Players look for doubles, near doubles, and combinations to 10 and 20.
Players keep the cards of any known facts they identify and know. They must justify their thinking to their partner who records it on the recording sheet.
Any unused cards are placed into a discard pile.
Players continue taking turns until the cards run out. When that happens, it is a reshuffle of all of the unused cards. Re-distribute the cards into 3 piles and continue playing.
The winner is the player with the highest cumulative total at the end of 5 rounds.
Hint! Cumulative means to keep adding onto your previous total.

Challenge!

Other ways to play:

For subtraction, choose which cards to combine using known facts and then subtract the third card. Players are able to keep all 3 cards if they are able to identify a known fact and then subtract the third value. They must explain their thinking to the other players.
Play until the whole deck of cards is used.