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:

coloured pencils

a workbook or paper

0-9 dice or 0-9 spinner (PDF 199KB)

English

Speaking and listening – Interview a character

You will need:

pencils or a recording device

a workbook or paper

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Interview a character from a familiar text.

Hint! You could choose a character from 'The Rainy Season'.

What questions will you ask this character? What would you like to know?

Hint! Think about some questions relating to after the story has finished.

Record your questions.

Interview a character

Duration: 1:40

Reading and viewing – The reef

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Read the story 'The Rainy Season' by Sue Gibbison from The School Magazine.

'The Rainy Season' by Sue Gibbison – The School Magazine

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Explore the passage from the text, 'The Rainy Season' with the teacher in the video.

What is the reef compared to? Do you think this is a good way to describe a coral reef?

Draw an illustration of Samoa from the air using this description from the story.

The reef

Duration: 1:58

Word study

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Complete the activities with the teacher in the video.

Word study focus: -graphy

Duration: 11:12

Care and connect

Sketch your surroundings

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Sketch your surroundings

Duration: 1:24

Mathematics

Number – Mathematic-tac-toe

You will need:

2 coloured pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch the video and join in the activity.

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

Mathematic-tac-toe
Duration: 4:42

Instructions (select arrow)

Decide which player will be the 'attacker' and who will be the 'defender'.
Players will take turns placing the numbers 1-9 into the grid. Each of these numbers can only be used once.
The aim of the game is for the 'attacker' to get 3 numbers in a row to add to exactly 15. This can be horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
However, the aim for the 'defender' is to stop the attacker from getting a total of 15.
The 'defender' can win once all the numbers have been used and none of the rows, columns or diagonals add to exactly 15.

What would you suggest to be Michelle's next move as the attacker?

Challenge!

Another way to play:

Try playing this game with the numbers 11-19.

Number – Dicey addition

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

0-9 dice or 0-9 spinner (PDF 199KB)

Watch the video and join in the activity.

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

Dicey addition

Duration: 12:47

Adapted from NRICH Maths

Instructions (select arrow)

Find a partner and a 0-9 dice or spinner.
Draw your gameboard so you each have the same one.

Hint! We used this one to start with: _ _ _ + _ _ _ + _ _ _ = ________ You can start with something different if you like.

Each player takes a turn to spin the spinner and decide where to play that digit in your number sentence (equation).
Spin the spinner 9 times each.
The person whose sum is closest to 1000 is the winner!