Day 3
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Day 3 video
Duration: 0:48
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a camera device
English
Speaking and vocabulary – Sandcastles
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and complete the activity.
Hint! There is a copy of the picture in the drop down below.
Describe the sandcastle. Think about what you can see:
the colours
the shapes
the size.
Would the sandcastle be fragile or strong? Explain your thinking.
What would make the sandcastle collapse?
Describe the sandcastle
Duration: 2:18
Large copy of the sandcastle picture (select arrow)
Reading – Creating similes
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
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Hint! You can do the activities in your workbook if you don't have the activity sheets.
Creating similes
Duration: 9:24
Complete a simile quadrant on an image from a book.
Example of a simile quadrant
Writing – First time simile event
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
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Think about the first time you did something. For example snowboarding, playing a game of netball or presenting a speech.
Identify how you felt before, during and after the event.
Write 3 similes to compare the feeling. For example, I was as excited as a dog eating a large bone.
First time simile event
Duration: 5:40
Care and connect
Opposite scissors
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Opposite scissors
Duration: 1:17
Mathematics
Number – Multiplication toss
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
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Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Multiplication toss
Duration: 5:32
Instructions for multiplication toss (select arrow)
Players take turns to spin the spinners.
If a 3 and 6 are spun, players can enclose either a block out of 3 rows of 6 (3 sixes) or 6 rows of 3 (6 threes).
The game continues with no overlapping areas.
The winner is the player with the largest area blocked out after 10 spins.
Eventually the space on the grid paper gets really small.
Then, you have to think:
What if my 3 sixes won’t fit as 3 sixes or as 6 threes?
Players can partition to help them! So, for example, I can rename 3 sixes as 2 sixes and 1 six (if that helps me fit the block into my game board).
Example of how you could represent 3 x 6
Example of a nearly-full board
Challenge!
Watch the video to discover a strategy that will help when your board starts to get full.
Multiplication toss – follow up 1
Duration: 2:15
Are you feeling skeptical about Michelle's thinking?
Watch this video to see how she proves 6 threes = 3 threes + 3 threes = 18.
It's a strategy you can then use to prove your thinking too!
Multiplication toss – follow up 2
Duration: 1:44
Number – How would you solve 25 x 8?
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pencils
a workbook or paper
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How would you solve 25 x 8? – part 1
Duration: 1:24
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Find another way to solve 25 eights.
Use one of these strategies to solve 15 eights.
How would you solve 25 x 8? – part 2
Duration: 5:49
Brain break
Paper challenge
You will need:
a piece of paper
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Paper challenge
Duration: 1:14
Let's keep learning!
Drama – Become a filmmaker
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a camera device
Are you ready to get creative? Let's have a go at making a TV show or documentary!
Choose one of the below activities.
Option 1: Make your own TV show.
Watch the video to learn how to make your very own TV show.
Filmmaking – Make your own TV show
Duration: 10:04
Option 2: Make your own documentary.
Watch the video to learn how to make a fun documentary.
Filmmaking – Make an interesting documentary
Duration: 9:06
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