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Welcome back to Day 4!
Welcome back to Day 4!
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Day 4 video
Duration: 0:51
To complete today's activities, you will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a calendar
English
English
Language features – Personification
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video to hear an extract from the novel 'Blueback', by Tim Winton.
Think about the techniques the author uses to make the writing more engaging and interesting.
Identify examples of personification.
Extract from 'Blueback' by Tim Winton
Duration: 2:33
Understanding text – Personification in texts part 1
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Personification in narratives
Duration: 4:15
Understanding text – Personification in text part 2
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Hint! If you don't have a copy of the activity sheet, you can complete the task in your workbook.
Highlight the noun being personified.
Highlight in a different colour the human characteristics the author uses.
Why do you think the author might have used personification in this story?
Personification in texts
Duration: 2:36
Care and connect
Care and connect
Giraffe breathing
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Giraffe breathing
Duration: 0:49
Mathematics
Mathematics
Investigating time and patterns – Calendars
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a calendar
Use a calendar to investigate what months of 2021 start on the same day as each other.
Without looking at a 2022 calendar, what months next year start on the same day?
Investigate this pattern for 2020 and 2022. What do you notice?
Hint! If you don't have access to a calendar, you can use the NSW Education calendars.
2022 Calendar
Calendar_2022_A4.pdfActivity adapted from Sullivan and Lilburn, 2017
2020 Calendar
Week M - S2 - Maths - Monday - 2020-calendar.pdf2021 Calendar
Week M - S2 - Maths - Calendar_2021_A4.pdfInvestigating time and patterns – MathXplosion: Pick a block of dates, any block
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a calendar
Copy and complete the patterns.
What are some different ways you could complete this pattern?
___ 5 ___ ___ 20 ___
Have a look at these growing and shrinking patterns. Can you work out what the pattern is?
3 6 9 12 15 ___ ___ ___
2 4 8 16 32 ___ ___ ___
1600 800 400 200 100 ___ ___ ___
Watch the video.
MathXplosion: Series 1 Pick a block of dates, any block
Duration: 3:30
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Choose a 3 by 3 square of dates from anywhere on the calendar.
Add the numbers in the four corners.
Try a few examples.
Record what you notice and why you think this happens.
Now try adding the numbers in each row, column and diagonal that passes through the centre number.
Record what you notice and explain your results.
Challenge!
How would your results change if you chose a 4 by 4 square?
What other calendar patterns can you find?
Brain break
Brain break
Camouflage hide and seek
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Camouflage hide and seek
Duration: 2:07
Let's keep learning!
Let's keep learning!
Taronga Zoo – Superhero animals
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Draw a picture of your favourite animal.
Write a few sentences about why you think this animal is so amazing.
Hint: Use the picture of the turtle example to help you.
My favourite animal – example
Watch the video to learn about Griffin, the Lesser sooty owl, and his superpowers.
Griffin the Lesser sooty owl – the superhero
Duration: 6:04
Did you hear some words that you didn't understand? (select arrow)
cells – a cell is the basic unit of life
light receptors – a part of the eye that responds to light
asymmetrical – does not have sides exactly the same, one half is not a mirror reflection of the other
talon – a claw, especially one belonging to a bird of prey
prey – an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food
nocturnal – an animal that is active at night
camouflage – features of an animal that help it hide in its environment
vertebrae – small bones that form the backbone.
Watch the video and complete the activity below.
Animals as superheroes – label their features
Duration: 3:08
Select one of the animals in the images below to research.
Record the features that this animal has that could be considered super powers.
Research your chosen animal. Does it have any special features that you did not know that could be considered a super power? Record these.
Label an image or drawing of your chosen animal with its superpowers.
Tiger
Rick Stevens – Taronga Zoo Sydney
Chinese three striped turtle
Image supplied by Taronga Zoo Sydney
Broad headed python
Gary Ramage – Taronga Zoo Sydney
A completed example (select arrow)
Broad headed python
Image by Gary Ramage – Taronga Zoo Sydney
Challenge!
Think about your favourite animal. Record all the features it has that could be considered superpowers.
Write a short story about your chosen animal acting as a hero. In the story, include details about the environment which they live in and the time of day their features would work best. Also include any weaknesses this animal might have.
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