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Day 5 video
Duration: 0:58
To complete today's activities, you will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a tangram (or paper and scissors to make one)
Frayer chart worksheet
(PDF 115 KB)
a ruler
Vocabulary – Synonyms and antonyms
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch video and join in the activity.
Complete the synonym and antonym table in your workbook.
Add more words to the table and write down the synonyms and antonyms.
Synonyms and antonyms
Duration: 3:29
Reading and viewing – The sea (part 2)
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the ‘The Sea – Part 2’ video.
Complete the vocabulary activities with the teacher on the video.
Hint! You can do the activities in your workbook if you don't have the activity sheets.
The Sea (part 2)
Duration: 9:24
Writing – 'Waiting' poem
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Listen to the poem 'Waiting' by Val Nuebecker.
If you were riding the wave:
what you would hear?
what you would see?
what you would feel?
Waiting by Val Nuebecker
Duration: 1:33
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Write a poem using the frame:
I heard
I saw
I smelt
I felt
I wondered.
Waiting poem
Duration: 3:07
Stretching out
Listen to the audio clip and join in the activity.
Stretching out
Duration: 0:27
Geometry – Exploring trapeziums
You will need:
coloured pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in.
What is a trapezium?
Duration: 1:36
How many trapeziums can you make using the geoboard?
Hint! Select a coloured circle and drag them onto the board to make shapes.
You can also make the geoboard square by selecting the icon on the top right.
Geometry – Tangrams trapeziums challenge
You will need:
coloured pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the first activity.
Tangrams trapezium challenge – Part 1
Duration: 0:32
Watch the video and complete the challenge!
Use your tangram pieces to make as many different trapeziums as you can.
Tangrams trapezium challenge – Part 2
Duration: 5:12
Watch the next video.
Tangrams trapezium challenge – Part 3
Duration: 4:08
Challenge!
Make a trapezium using:
1 tangram piece
2 tangram pieces
5 tangram pieces
7 tangram pieces.
Record your thinking.
Geometry – Shapes out of circles
You will need:
pens or pencils
a workbook or paper
Image 1: Circles (10 Coins)
Image 2: Circles (19 counters)
Image 3: Circles (12 rings)
Think about what the 'next size up' of each shape means.
How many coins, counters, and rings would you need to make the next size up for each?
Hint! The shape must stay the same.
The shapes are a triangle, a hexagon, and a rectangle.
What other shapes could you make by putting circles together?
How many would you use?
How many would you need for the next size up of each of your designs?
Watch the video.
Full Proof – mathematical shapes
Duration: 12:55
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Charlie created a symmetrical pattern by shading in four squares on a 3 by 3 square grid.
Draw your own 3 by 3 grid (or use graph paper).
Use the grid to make symmetrical patterns.
Explain how you know that your patterns are symmetrical.
Charlie's symmetrical pattern
Exmaple of a 3 by 3 grid
Challenge!
How many different patterns can you make if you are only allowed to shade in 1, 2, 3 or 4 cells?
Make patterns using more than one colour.
Measuring adventure
You will need:
a ruler
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Measuring adventure
Duration: 1:06
Education Live – Mr Young's Friday Disco
Today we are joined by Mr Young from Woy Woy South Public School.
Mr Young has organised an awesome virtual school disco – watch the video and join in!
Virtual excursion – The Royal Australian Mint
We are visiting the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra, ACT!
The Mint is where all Australian coins are made.
Solving the coin shortage
Duration: 2:37
Making our own
Duration: 3:18
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