Day 5
It's your last day using the Kookaburra 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
square paper
scissors
grid paper
2 tennis balls or rolled up socks
English
Listening – Performance poetry – BTN (ABC)
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video 'Performance poetry' from BTN (ABC).
Performance poetry – BTN (ABC)
Duration: 2:57
Watch the video and answer the following questions:
What sort of challenges did Solli face when he first started writing poetry?
What type of themes does Solli write about in his poetry?
Briefly summarise how slam poetry works.
How did Solli’s poetry make you feel?
Performance poetry
Duration: 1:17
Speaking, reading and viewing – Look carefully at poetry
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Read aloud the excerpt of the poem 'Fly' by Solli Raphael.
Hint! There is a copy of the poem below. Reading poetry aloud will help you to hear the language and sound patterns within the poem.
Answer the questions about the poem.
Look carefully at poetry
Duration: 4:17
Let's take a closer look at the poem.
Writing and representing – Free verse poetry
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Brainstorm words that are associated with a cold winter's morning.
Write 2-3 sentences about a cold winter's morning, remembering to include adjectives.
Using your sentences, create a free verse poem about a winter's morning.
Create a free verse poem about a haunted house.
Free verse poetry
Duration: 5:17
Care and connect
Tricky scissors
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Tricky scissors
Duration: 0:50
Mathematics
Area – Pentominoes
You will need:
coloured pencils
workbook
square paper
scissors
grid paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Pentominoes – part 1
Duration: 2:34
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Pentominoes – part 2
Duration: 2:55
Area – Pentominoes area vs perimeter
You will need:
coloured pencils
a workbook or paper
Pentomino pieces from the previous activity
Here’s one rectangle I could have made using all 12 pentomino pieces.
It forms a rectangle with boundaries of 6+10+6+10 making the perimeter 32 squares long.
The area inside the rectangle is 60 squares.
Rectangle 1
Here's another rectangle I could have made using all 12 pentomino pieces.
It forms a rectangle with boundaries of 3+20+3+20 making the perimeter 46 squares long.
The area inside the rectangle is 60 squares.
Rectangle 2
The rectangles above look very different and they still have the same area!
What rectangles can you make that have an area of 24 squares?
Find 2 other rectangles and record their perimeter and area.
Hint! Use your pentomino pieces or grid paper to help you.
Brain break
One handed juggling
You will need:
2 tennis balls or rolled up socks
Watch the video and join in the activity.
One handed juggling
Duration: 1:10
Let's keep learning!
Education Live – Get creative in the garden
You will need:
pencils
workbook
Today we are joined by Costa Georgiadis, who is sharing some ways we can get creative in the garden.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Education Live – activity
Duration: 2:45
Environmental Education – Holiday planning with sketch notes
You will need:
pencils
workbook
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Write the word 'holidays' in the middle of the paper.
Draw a picture for each type of outdoor activity you would like to do.
Write the name of each activity.
Holiday planning with sketch notes
Duration: 1:43
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