Week 7 Live Workshops.pdf.
Numeracy - Y3&4
Exploring Probability
What am I learning?
Play a game to explore probability/Chance
How can I make sure I am successful?
Follow the instructions
Play the game a few times
Explain the rules to someone
Activity description/steps:
To play this game you need an ordinary 6-sided die. Use the online one here if you do not have one
Each turn of the game consists of one or more rolls of the die. You keep rolling until you decide to stop, or until you roll a 1. You may choose to stop at any time
If you roll a 1, your score for that turn is 0
If you choose to stop rolling before you roll a 1, your score is the sum of all the numbers you rolled on that turn
The player with the highest score wins.
Each player has 10 turns each only
You need to find someone to play with and you need to play this game a few times to get used to how the is played
Write down why you decided to save your score
At the end of the ten rolls check if you and your partner have a different strategy on how you played, write them down and see which strategy is best
Explain why you think it is the best strategy to use to win the game
Extras for early finishers
Numeracy - Y5&6
Repeating Patterns
*Christmas/Celebration Wrap!*
What am I learning?
To create and repeat patterns to make Christmas/Celebration Wrapping Paper
How can I make sure I am successful?
Create Christmas art stamps/techniques using cardboard
Create an effective repeating christmas pattern for your piece of wrapping paper
Activity description/steps:
Wrapping paper is made beautiful because of its use of repeating patterns. You might think this is art activity, but in actual fact creating repeating patterns requires mathematical thinking.
Create 2 -5 patterns that you will stamp onto paper to make your wrapping design.
Two examples are shown below:
A pohutukawa flower stamped with the edge of cardboard with paint. Pollen dots made with the tip of a paintbrush!
Christmas lights on a wire using a thumb print in paint to stamp the pattern with paint
You might also like to create an idea for stars, christmas trees, or snowflakes - it is up to you!
Plan how your pattern will look on your paper. What colours will you use? How will you create an effective REPEATING pattern?
Either horizontally or vertically across your paper, stamp/paint/draw your repeating pattern.
Once complete and dry, you have your very own wrapping paper to keep and use this christmas!
Extras for early finishers
Once this is complete, write a description of how this shows a pattern repeated. Notice the mathematical language you use in your writing. Underline these words with a highlighter!
Resources:
-Variety of paint colours (or another resource you want to use)
- cardboard edge for pohutakawa
-black marker
- A3 paper
- Tip of paintbrushes
Reading - Y3&4
Tū
Copy of Tū-SJ L2 Aug 2015.pdfWhat am I learning?
To read with fluency and to respond to questions about a text
How can I make sure I am successful?
-Read the text quietly to ourselves
-Read the text aloud with fluency
-Read and answer questions about the text
Activity description/steps:
1.Read the text quietly to ourselves.
2.Read the text aloud to a family member and use fluency (this means using expression, watch for punctuation and use voice modulation).
3.Ask a family member to ask you these questions AFTER you read each page and answer them verbally.
Questions
Page 10 - What does bounded and launched mean- Tu was doing?
Page 11 - What does it usually mean when a dog's tail is wagging?
Page 12 - What does an affectionate family pet mean?
Page 12 - Why wasn't Tu understanding what they were saying?
Page 14 - What does ira kati mean?
Page 15 - What does it mean when Tu made Jake's comic into paper spaghetti?
Page 16 - What does turituri mean?
Page 17 - What does Ruwha mean?
Reflection question - Do you think they will keep the dog after all and why?
Extras for early finishers
Draw a picture of your dream dog and write 5 commands in your language OR another language around him/her.
Resources:
Reading - Y5&6
I saw the Moon one time - Poem
I Saw The Moon One Time.pdfThe Moon's Traits.pdfPoetry Quiz.pdfWhat am I learning?
*To identify poetic words and phrases and their meanings
*To answer the comprehension quiz questions
How can I make sure I am successful?
*Read the poem carefully
*Highlight unknown words
*Complete the activity worksheets
Activity description/steps:
*Read the poem “I saw the moon one time”.
*Read it again and underline any word you are unfamiliar with.
*Using dictionary.com find the meaning of those words, read the poem again. Does it make more sense?
*Using the worksheets , complete the poetic writing activity “traits of the moon” and the quiz/
Resources:
Writing - Y3&4
Paragraphs
What am I learning?
How to write a paragraph
How can I make sure I am successful?
-Have a topic
-Write 3 (or more) sentences about the SAME THING on the topic
-Edit your paragraph
Activity description/steps:
We are fantastic at writing sentences BUT we need practice writing paragraphs!
I like to say paragraphs are 2-3 (or more) sentences about the SAME thing within a topic.
Your TOPIC is yourself! And your first paragraph is 3 sentences (or more) JUST describing yourself, nothing else just describing things about how you look and your personality.
1.Write 3 (or more) sentences (miss lines) JUST describing yourself. PS Really positive things about yourself!
2.Re-read your 1st paragraph about describing yourself and make sure you have just written sentences describing yourself.
3.Reread your paragraph and EDIT it, checking for sense, spelling and punctuation.
Extras for early finishers
Draw a picture of yourself and label all the parts eg beautiful, smart, long jumping legs, short fast legs etc to support your 1st paragraph.
Resources:
Pen/Pencil and paper
Red pen for editing
Writing - Y5&6
The Dream Dinner Celebration Menu!
Christmas Dinner.pdfWhat am I learning?
To design a delectable Christmas/Celebration dinner menu that only dreams are made of!
How can I make sure I am successful?
*research Christmas/Celebration food on Kiddle
*Write 3 starters, 2 mains and 3 dessert options for your menu
Activity description/steps:
Christmas is creeping closely towards us, so it’s a good time to think about one of my favourite things...CHRISTMAS FOOD! You can pick another celebration if you would like - perhaps a birthday party menu ? or Diwali menu?
If you had all the money and time in the world, what would your menu have on it?
We want you to create a delicious menu!
Using kiddle, spend some time researching commonly cooked Christmas/celebration food. What do you like the look of?
Using your research, select some food and write up 3 starters, 2 main courses and 3 desserts to go on your menu.
Be careful to spell the words correctly- publish this work, make it beautiful, and maybe you can make your celebration menu come true!
Resources:
