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Welcome to 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
a maze
(PDF file, 137KB)
0-9 sided dice or a 0-9 spinner
(PDF file, 199 KB)
a tray or plate
a drinking cup, jar or small container
water
small objects to drop into water (e.g. coins, pebbles or nails)
1 or 2 paperclips
a small piece of cardboard
English
English
Speaking – Describe the setting
You will need:
pencils or a recording device
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the image of the jungle treehouse.
Describe what you can see.
Hint! If you have access to a recording app, you can record your description.
Describe the setting
Duration: 4:10
Writing – Jungle setting and character profile
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the image of the jungle treehouse. Imagine it is the setting in a story.
Draw or write who you think would live here?
Why would they live here?
Draw and list the activities you could do here.
Complete a character profile as shown in the video.
Jungle setting and character profile
Duration: 10:00
Reading and viewing – Verbs and adverbs
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Read or listen to the story, 'Mr Kessel’s Bush Tucker Garden' from The School Magazine.
'Mr Kessel's Bush Tucker Garden' – The School Magazine
Audio duration: 17:31
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Complete a verbs and adverbs table, as shown in the video.
Verbs and adverbs
Duration: 3:40
Care and connect
Care and connect
Butterfly breathing
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Butterfly breathing
Duration: 0:55
Mathematics
Mathematics
Number – Empty number chart challenge
Watch the video to learn about the activity.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Empty number chart challenge
Duration: 6:40
Adapted from Teaching Mathematics by Siemon et al.
Instructions (select arrow)
You can complete these mazes on your own or work with someone else.
Your challenge is to determine the number sequence through the maze.
Use what you know to decide what numbers are missing and to justify the number you placed.
You do not need to follow the maze in sequential steps if you know the value of a place on the maze. For example, on a standard hundreds-chart, I know that the number two boxes above 147 is 127.
Challenge!
Other ways to play:
Change the value of the end square.
Change the counting sequence you are using. In the video, we explored counting by ones but you could make a maze that counts in tens, hundreds, tenths, twos, etc.
Reflect:
What helped you to determine the numbers on the maze?
How did you use your knowledge of patterns or place value to complete the maze?
In your workbook, explain what strategies you used to complete the activity.
How would your numbers change if it was a bottom-up hundreds chart?
Number – Hit it!
You will need:
2 pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video to learn how to play.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Hit it!
Duration: 9:04
Adapted from Mike Askew
Instructions (select arrow)
Draw up your game board. In this example, we were working with 3-digit numbers but you can use smaller or larger numbers if you like.
Select a multiple of a hundred (between 100 and 900) to be your target number.
The person with the most letters in their surname goes first.
Take it in turns to roll the dice and use the digit somewhere in your number.
Once the digits are full, players read their number and determine how far they are away from the target number. The player who is closest to the target number wins a point.
The person with the most points after 3 rounds is declared the winner.
Reflect:
What was your strategy during the game?
If you played the game again, what would you do differently?
How could you make this game more or less challenging?
Brain break
Brain break
I spy!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
I spy!
Duration: 1:14
Let's keep learning!
Let's keep learning!
Science and Technology – Surface tension
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a tray or plate
a drinking cup, jar or small container
water
small objects to drop into water (e.g. coins, pebbles, nails or screws)
1 or 2 paperclips
a small piece of cardboard
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Surface tension
Duration: 11:48
Let’s think about and wonder:
What is happening just before the water in the cup overflows?
Does a paperclip on the surface of water actually get wet?
What happens when an insect stands on water?
Why can an insect stand on water but a wombat cannot?
Complete the investigation.
Use these headings to record the details of your investigation:
Purpose: To investigate surface tension with paper clips.
Materials: I used these things:...
Method: This is what I did (list the steps you followed).
Results: Describe exactly what you saw and draw a picture to show what happened.
Explain what happened.
Well done completing today's learning activities!
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