What am I learning?

*To identify and continue a pattern

How can I make sure I am successful?

• Read the problem

• Identify the colour patterns

• Complete the tasks

Activity description/steps:

1. Read the problem carefully here

2. Think about what the problem is and how you can best solve this

3. You can ask someone to help you

4. Now complete all the tasks in the worksheet

Extras for early finishers

Wanting to extend your knowledge on colour patterns? Try these

Ice-cream

Scarves

Resources:

Pen / Pencil & Paper

What am I learning?

To share ideas about my mathematical thinking

How can I make sure I am successful?

Read the questions carefully

Think about how you might find solutions to the questions, and share your ideas with your class and teachers.

Activity description/steps:

At the Pasifika festival they perform a Samoan sasa. As part of the sasa, each person slaps their legs two times and claps once.

Using the attached worksheet answer the questions relating to the sasa. Using your thinking can you understand a pattern or number sequence that you can explain?

We would love to see you record your OWN sasa pattern, and explain the slap and clap sequence!

Resources:

Samoan sasa_Maths week 5

Resources:

Pen/Pencil and Paper

Text

AUDIO

What am I learning?

To read to learn new information

To make an Orca Word cloud

How can I make sure I am successful?

Read slowly and carefully

Take down notes/facts on the second read through of my work

Create a word cloud showing my learning

Activity description/steps:

This journal story will give you a lot of information about one of my favourite animals - the orca!

Your job is to read this story twice.

The first time, record yourself reading and send it to your teacher.

The second time, please note down any facts you learn about Orca. You are going to use those to make a word cloud..

https://www.wordclouds.com/

Using the link about, make an orca word cloud. Fill it will orca words and download to send to your teacher!

Resources:

Orca.pdf

What am I learning?

To create a piece of writing using a prompt.

How can I make sure I am successful?

• Time yourself for 5 minutes

• Select one writing prompt

• Use correct punctuation

Today you will be focusing on writing a quick story/narrative using a writing prompt.

There are 3 to choose from, this is a wonderful opportunity for you to get creative and have fun producing your story/narrative. So let’s get started !

1. Read and Select ONE writing prompt here

2. Write your date and create a title for your writing prompt.

3. Read your chosen prompt carefully and make sure you follow the instructions.

4. Before you begin writing your short story. Time yourself (5 minutes), you want to use this time to write as much as you can.

5. Now read your story to yourself, to see if it makes sense. Then read it to someone. Check if it has the correct spelling, capital letters and full stops.

Extras for early finishers

Publish your story in your book/paper (neat and tidy handwriting) OR online using Canva or word doc.

Resources:

Writing tools - Pencil and Paper

What am I learning?

To plan writing a description about diving in the ocean

How can I make sure I am successful?

I can carefully about what i would:

See

Hear

Smell

Taste

Touch/experience

I can write about these in the correct boxes on the planning sheet.

Activity description/steps:

You are the diver in the image in the center of the worksheet.

Before you write out a fluent description of the moment captured in this picture, you need to plan the important descriptive details that will go into your writing.

Use the template to write down and plan what the diver can:

See

Hear

Feel

Taste

Touch/Experience

Have a go at writing a descriptive piece using your guide.

Extras for early finishers

Can you complete the same exercise but using a different image? Find one or draw one and plan a different description.

Resources:

Senses-brainstorm-with-image-1636575151.pdf