Resources:

• Pokémon Questions

• Paper & pencil

What am I learning?

*To apply four mental strategies to improve our working memory and math skills.

How can I make sure I am successful?

*Identify the four mental strategies and why they are important.

*Carefully follow the instructions to follow best practice.

*Complete each step in a cycle to improve our mental math and well-being.

Activity description/steps:

Read through each step, their importance, and complete the task. Post your activities on classdojo:

1. VISUALIZE!

Play a game of memory - whether it's with cards or grabbing objects around the house and covering them up - exercise your brain and memorize through visual cues!

2. PRACTICE!

Choose a times table you hardly know and learn this in order - over and over - until you can recall it off by heart! For those who know all their tables, see if you can learn them out of order too!

3. STRUCTURE!

Choose a favorite maths strategy and show the steps on how to solve a problem using this strategy. Check out some of these methods and choose ONE or your own to show us steps on how to problem solve:

-Adding & Subtraction on a Numberline

-Compensation

-Long Division

- Multiplication Strategies

4. HAVE FUN!

Developing positive emotions while playing maths is the key to a healthy mind! Choose some innovative maths games to play with your family and share these with us!

What am I learning?

To read a poem with confidence, expression and fluency.

How can I make sure I am successful?

• Video myself reading

• Read with confidence

• Read with expression

• Read with fluency

• Answer the questions

Activity description/steps:

1. Your first step is to listen to the poem, and read along in your head. Then practice reading the poem aloud with confidence and expression. Try to make your voice interesting.

2. Next, when you are ready, record yourself reading the poem with confidence and expression and upload it to class dojo.

3. Use the poem to answer these questions:

   • In your own words, what is this poem about?

   • What is a meme?

   • Write down all of the pairing rhyming words. For example: try - eye, rocks - socks. See how many you can find!

   • What does the word viral mean?

   • What does it mean to retire?

   • Who do you think is writing the poem and why do you think that?

   • What kind of meme do you think he posted?

Extras for early finishers:

Make your own meme. Explore these funny memes and create your own using the meme maker.

Resources

• Poem

• Pencil and paper

Post - feel free to share your ideas while video, dramatize and act out these situations, draw comic strips, create scratch videos, google slides etc to express your ideas!

Extension:

Create your own table with three different scenarios and provide balanced solutions.

What am I learning?

To create a piece of writing using a prompt.

How can I make sure I am successful?

• Select one writing challenge card

• Include in your writing all the things listed on the card

• Use capital letters and full stops

• Use correct spelling

• Use interesting words like adjectives

Activity description/steps:

1. Read over the Writing Challenge Cards and pick ONE.

2. Write down on your piece of paper the date and the prompt you have selected. For example, “Dream Holiday” or “The day the stars fell..”

3. Read your chosen prompt carefully and make sure you follow the instructions. Write a paragraph (4-5 sentences minimum, you can write more) about your chosen prompt.

4. Have fun with it! Be creative. Use interesting words (you can have a look at some possible words here)!

5. Make sure you read over your writing to check that it makes sense, has the correct spelling and uses capital letters and full stops.

Extras for early finishers

Publish your piece of writing by writing it neatly on a piece of paper and drawing a picture OR by typing it up on the computer.

Resources:

• Writing Challenge Cards

• Paper & pencil

What am I learning?

*I am learning about our emotional system, The Amygdala.

How can I make sure I am successful?

*Identify key words of the emotional system and what they mean.

*Use the diagram and other sources to deepen your understanding of the Amygdala and its functions.

Activity description/steps:

Do you ever think about what part of our brain functions our thoughts and emotions?

We have sensory input and this triggers our Amygdala to function and respond in different ways. Look at some facts of The Amygdala and a video Getting to know your brain (watch 1:24-3:07)

Draw a diagram of our brain and label where the Amygdala is - write 4-5 interesting facts about it. You can use the diagram above to sketch or a pic of your own choice.

Watch this video and write down some points on how a baby is possibly feeling while listening to this sound for the first time: Baby hearing his mum’s voice for the first time.

Extension:

Take a trip down memory lane and do some soul searching to find out from your whanau what sounds you liked as a baby!