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 or blank number cards
4 x 0-9 dice, playing cards, spinner or numeral cards
paper
paint or textas
a piece of fruit or a vegetable
a camera device
a toy animal or a photo of one
clay, playdough, plasticine, Lego, Blutak or scrunched up paper/material
English
Vocabulary – Word chain
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
In the video, look at the image of the beach.
Complete a word chain for ‘beach’.
In the video, look at the image of the ‘farm’.
Complete a word chain for ‘farm’.
Complete a new word chain for a setting of your choice.
Word chain
Duration: 5:47
Reading and viewing – Setting map
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Read or listen to 'Mr Kessel’s Bush Tucker Garden'.
Think about all the places (settings) that are mentioned in the story.
'Mr Kessel's Bush Tucker Garden' – The School Magazine
Audio duration: 17:31
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Draw a setting map, as demonstrated in the video.
Setting map
Duration: 2:25
Challenge!
Create a setting map for a different text that you are familiar with.
Writing – Description of a setting
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the image of the beach in the video.
Complete a setting graphic organiser based on this image. Think about the:
sights
sounds
tastes
smells
feels
weather.
Write a description of this setting using your organiser as a planning tool.
Description of a setting
Duration: 4:26
Care and connect
Try not to think about penguins
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Try not to think about penguins
Duration: 2:16
Mathematics
Number – Order! Order!
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
sticky notes or blank number cards
4 x 0-9 dice, playing cards, spinner or numeral cards.
Watch the video to learn how to play, then have a go!
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Order! Order! 2
Duration: 6:20
Adapted from Mike Askew
Instructions (select arrow)
Roll the dice and create and record a 4-digit number.
Repeat until you have 4 numbers.
Order the numbers from smallest to largest, and largest to smallest in the fewest moves possible, moving adjacent cards (cards next to each other) only.
Challenge!
Other ways to play:
Play with larger numbers, such as 5 digit numbers.
Play with decimals and fractions instead of whole numbers.
Is it possible to order these numbers from smallest to largest in less than 5 moves? Explain your answer.
Record how many moves it takes to order them.
Hint! You are aiming to use the fewest moves possible!
Number – Mastermind
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video to learn how to play.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Mastermind
Duration: 7:36
Instructions (select arrow)
Each player writes down a 3-digit number with no repeating digits.
Each player draws up their game board (a table with 3 columns: 'guess', 'digits', 'places').
Players take turns to guess a 3-digit number.
Their opponent tells them how many digits are correct and how many are in the correct place.
Players record their guess, the number of digits that are correct and the number of digits that are in the right place. Players then use this information to help them guess.
The first player to correctly guess their opponents' number is the winner.
Challenge!
Play using 4-digit numbers or 5-digit numbers to make the game more challenging.
Brain break
Scavenger hunt
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Scavenger hunt
Duration: 1:21
Let's keep learning!
Downsizing
You will need:
paper
paint or textas
a piece of fruit or a vegetable
a camera device
a toy animal or a photo of one
clay, playdough, plasticine, Lego, Blutak or scrunched up paper/material
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Downsizing
Duration: 8:37
Downsizing – Artist: Emily Floyd
Watch the video about Emily Floyd who is an artist.
Consider the scale and proportion of Emily's artworks.
Hint! The toys are much larger than life and have some exaggerated features.
Artist profile – Emily Floyd
Duration: 4:05
Downsizing – Photographer: John Margolies
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 public artworks?
Hint! There are a couple of examples in the photos.
Downsizing – Creation time!
Think of a toy or animal that you could use to create an artwork.
Use clay, playdough, Lego or scrunched up paper to sculpt a small-scale version of a toy or a large animal such as an elephant, hippo or horse.
Limit the size to a height of maximum 6cm.
Emphasise features that make this toy or animal unique, such as a toy’s nose or eyes, or an elephant’s trunk and ears.
When dry, paint your sculpture using only one colour as a base adding either black or white dots or stripes using a small paintbrush.
Take a photo of the sculpture next to a similar colour piece of fruit or vegetable to show the difference in scale and proportion of the two objects.
Example artwork
Challenge!
Draw or paint a setting for the animal. Alternatively, you may choose to create a diorama of the setting for the creature using an old box.
Use photo editing software to create an animal digitally from animal photos.
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