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Framework for teaching – Week 1 Stage 3 You will need access to a digital device to complete some of the following activities. You will need help from a parent/carer. These activities are for all four Stage 3 classes unless stated otherwise. DON’T FORGET TO DO YOUR LOOK, COVER, WRITE, CHECK SPELLING HOMEWORK EACH NIGHT - IN YOUR WORKBOOK.

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Morning Staff Development Day There is no school supervision available today. Literacy Spelling Unit 11 – first page Writing: Handwrite a letter to a friend or relative using the format that has been posted on Google Classroom. Note your letter does not need to be a persuasion, rather an informal communication which

Literacy Writing: Edit your letter. Reading: Go to https://www.kidsnews.com.au/learning-at-home. Click on today’s Years 5 and 6 activities. Complete one of the literacy activities. (If Internet Explorer is not working, try Google Chrome as your web browser.) Viewing and Responding: Access the BTN website and watch

Literacy Writing: Publish your letter, ready to post or deliver. Be as creative as you can in this. Spelling Unit 11 – second page Reading: Go to https://www.kidsnews.com.au/learning-at-home. Click on today’s Years 5 and 6 activities. Complete one of the literacy activities. (If Internet Explorer is not working, try Google

Literacy Grammar: Find a picture to create some interesting metaphors about. Writing: Use your notes from Tuesday’s episode of BTN to write an information report on one of the articles. Reading: Go to https://www.kidsnews.com.au/learning-at-home. Click on today’s Years 5 and 6 activities. Complete one of the

Literacy Spelling Test -administered at home. You owe your parents a chore (of their choice) for each mistake. Reading: Read the next chapter of Boy Overboard and record in your book what happened in the story (or explain it to your parent).

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follows the layout of the example. Reading: Go to https://www.kidsnews.com.au/learning-at-home. Click on today’s Years 5 and 6 activities. Complete one of the literacy activities. (If Internet Explorer is not working, try Google Chrome as your web browser.) Reading: Free choice reading (approx 20 mins). You might like to access the Storybox library that Mrs Jones has made available to all students. To access loads of stories use the following details: https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/ Username: jamo20 Password: jamo20

the most recent episode. (If you want to watch it on free to air television, it is on ABC Me at 10:00.) Take notes on one of the articles as you watch. Get an adult to check your notes. Have you noted the key ideas/words? Are there words that you could have left out or abbreviated? (Note taking should be efficient.) Reading: Free choice reading (approx 20 mins). You might like to access the Storybox library that Mrs Jones has made available to all students. To access loads of stories use the following details: https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/ Username: jamo20 Password: jamo20

Chrome as your web browser.) Reading: Complete comprehension worksheet based on chapters 9-12 of boy overboard. It would be a good idea to skim read these chapters to refresh your memory.

literacy activities. (If Internet Explorer is not working, try Google Chrome as your web browser.) Reading: Free choice reading (approx 20 mins). You might like to access the Storybox library that Mrs Jones has made available to all students. To access loads of stories use the following details: https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/ Username: jamo20 Password: jamo20 Also, don’t forget that the ePic website is available.

Geography Complete the ‘Rural Vietnam’ activity in your pack (also available as a pdf on Google Classroom).



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Also, don’t forget that the ePic website is available.

Also, don’t forget that the ePic website is available.

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Middle Mathematics Choose one of the activities from the NEW matrix to complete. Complete one of the maths activities from today’s KidsNews Years 5 and 6 activities. Complete one of the times tables challenges in the Week 1 Google Classroom folder. Follow this link and play the game ‘Hit the Button’. You can choose which multiplication questions you would like to complete. Try and increase your score after

Mathematics Choose one of the activities from the NEW matrix to complete. Complete one of the maths activities from today’s KidsNews Years 5 and 6 activities. Complete one of the times tables challenges in the Week 1 Google Classroom folder. Follow this link and play the game ‘Hit the Button’. You can choose which multiplication questions you would like to complete. Try and increase your score after



Personal Development Think back to when your class discussed ‘gender stereotypes’ and what that meant. Create a table of the different chores that your household members do around the house. Make 5 observations based on age, gender, time, indoor/outdoor. These observations must be written in full sentences. Can you see a pattern?

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https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button Wellbeing Google search a “yoga for kids” routine and follow the instructor’s instructions.

each attempt.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button Creative and Critical Thinking Choose an activity from the LEGO Challenge grid that has been posted on your Google Classroom. If you don’t have LEGO, use any kind of construction material that you have.

each attempt.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button Vocabulary How many words can you make from the grid below?

B A S A E T F K R

9 letter word – 10 points 7/8 letter words – 5

points 5/6 letter words – 3

points

each attempt.

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Wellbeing Follow the instructions on your Google Classroom to learn how to play clock patience. This encourages being patient and persistent. Maybe you could even teach an adult in your house how to play.

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Afternoon Science Investigate a dwarf planet in the solar system. Watch the PowerPoint in your classwork folder to see an example of how to present your information. Record a maximum of four slides.

Home Skills Learn how to do a new task around the house eg cooking pikelets. What are the steps that you need to take? Follow a parent’s instructions to perform this task.

PE Re-create your fitness circuit ensuring you are working a different group of muscles on each rotation. Encourage your mum/dad/carer/siblings to join you.

Visual Arts Watch the video tutorial on your Google Classroom and create this week’s artwork. Don’t forget that you can use whatever media that you have at home to complete this task.

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Music Composition Open up S3 Music Lesson 2 and follow the lesson plan to create a four-line chant about your favourite topic.

Stage Three - At Home Library Program

We will be using an online education resource called Storybox Library online. The school has paid a subscription to this so all students can access it from home. Please read the attached instructions for logging onto Storybox Library.

The Library lessons will be based on stories from this website.

You may participate in your Library lesson whatever day or time suits you and your family.

Week 11 Term1 Week 2 Please log onto Storybox library as per attached instructions In the search bar type in sonam and press enter Hover the cursor over the book Sonam and the Silence and click the Play button Watch and listen carefully to the story

Please log onto Storybox library as per attached instructions In the search bar type prime and press enter Hover the cursor over the book If I was Prime Minister and click the Play button Watch and listen carefully to the story

Things to do after you have listened to the story Things to do after you have listened to the story - Write down the sights, smells and sounds Sonam

experiences at the market - Identify the Australian icons and emblems in the

illustrations - Identify the setting, complication and resolution in

the narrative - Create a timeline to show the periods served by

each Prime Minister of Australia - Use an atlas or google earth to find the location of

Kabul - Write a story "If I were Prime Minister .... "

- Research the dress, food, music, celebrations, traditions of Afghanistan

- Which character from the story is most like you? Explain your choice

Dear Parent,

We are delighted to let you know about an education resource that is available to your child at home as part of our school subscription - Story Box Library.

Your child can watch favourite stories, read aloud by fabulous storytellers, at home as well as in the classroom.

Reading aloud to children, in particular by diverse and engaging storytellers, greatly improves language and literacy skills, especially in the early years of a cl1ild's development. Story Box Library is committed to supporting and engaging the practice of storytelling. It is intended for use as a complementary form of delivering the precious experience of being read aloud to, in order to improve children's lives. Connecting children with literature through the complementary medium of film, providing a vibrant, interactive experience via a diverse range of storytellers sharing the best of our local children's picture books.

To access Story Box Library at home:

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1) Visit www.storyboxlibrary.com.au 2) Choose Log In from the top right corner of the screen 3) Log in using the username and password provided below 4) Enjoy the library of stories on any device with internet connection

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• Story Box Library regularly adds new stories, so is an ever-growing library • Content is aimed at Prep/Foundation through to Year 6 students • Includes a range of short films to inspired by our stories, creators and storytellers • Resources are provided for each story, including Classroom Ideas, Activity Time and

Student Task Sheets - all designed to assist at-home learning • Captions can be turned on or off for each story • Story Box Library is a safe online space free from advertising

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Classroom Ideas are provided as an interactive PDF providing practical discussion questions and activity ideas aligned with the content descriptions across various curriculum areas. They are based on the unique themes, story structures and language features of each story, and are designed to provide a flexible and easily accessible resource that can be adapted to suit each educator's needs.

Scroll to the bottom of each story page to find the relevant Activity Time and Classroom Ideas for each story.

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At Home Activity Time and Classroom Ideas Schools now have access to our At Home Activity Time. Each Activity Time is an art and/or play based activity mostly suitable for pre-school and lower primary ages. Simply download and email the PDFs to families as pari of set learning tasks.

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Statistics and Probability

Perform a chance experiment by rolling a dice 10 times. Predict

what numbers you think you would roll if you

rolled another 10 times. Justify your predictions.

Space and Geometry

Look around the home and write down examples of

real-life acute, right, straight and obtuse angles.

Use a protractor to measure these angles if

you have one. Find different ones to last week

Measurement

Find 10 items in the kitchen and measure the length of them in cm and

mm. Next, order themeasurements fromsmallest to largest.

Measurement

Draw a basic map of your backyard. Include a legend which shows


Using rice, colour 5 grains red, 5 grains black and

leave 5 white. Place in a zip lock bag. Write 5

questions based on the probability of picking out

a particular colour.

what the symbols on your map represent. Include a

scale e.g. 1 cm= 1 m.

Multiplication and

Division

Write 5 real-life word problems involving plants

that need to be solved using multiplication.

Answer each problem and show your working.

Multiplication and Division

Write 5 real-life word problems involving your

friends names that need to be solved using division.


Multiplication and

Division

Addition and Subtraction

What happens when you add two odd numbers

and an even number? Do this five times. Is there a

pattern that you can see?


Using a dominos pizza menu, order dinner for

your family. List each item and how much it costs, then calculate the total price.


Write 5 real-life word problems involving food that need to be solved

using addition. Answer each problem and

show your working.

Create factor trees for 12, 18, 48 and 108. Watch

this Math Antics video for help. https://

www.youtube.com/ watch?v=XGbOiYhHY2c

Measurement

Record how long it takes you to do 25 star jumps

ups in minutes and seconds. Do this 4 times

and put your times in order from smallest to

greatest.


Write 5 real-life word problems involving

animals that need to be solved using subtraction.


Space and Geometry

Use materials that you can find around your house or backyard to

create some 3D shapes. Think outside the box!

Space and Geometry

Create a picture using only 2D shapes. (Your shape must include at least one heptagon,

decagon and pentagon)

Space and Geometry

Draw a symmetrical mandala image using

lead pencil or black texta. You will need to draw a grid to ensure that it is

completely symmetrical.

Number

Choose a number between 100 000 and

1 000 000. Make a list of 7 clues that will lead to your number. Eg- The number in the ones column is an even

number between 5-7.

Number

Research the population of 5 European countries. Write each population figure in numbers and

words.

Number

How many ways can you represent the fraction

1/4? How many equivalent fractions can you write?

Number

Create number sequences that decrease by 3, 9 and 11. Make sure there are atleast 10 numbers in each

sequence. Start each sequence with the number

345.

Multiplication and

Division

Draw visual representations for 12 + 3,

36 + 6 and 108 + 9. Use inverse operations to make

other sentences for your picture.

Measurement

Find 5 empty containers that are larger than a drink bottle

from around your home. Draw the containers in order from the least

capacity to the greatest capacity (you may need to

measure them first).


Create a table with the following headings:

Certain, Likely, Unlikely, Impossible. List at least 5

events in relation to sport that would belong

under each heading.


Conduct a survey within your Google Classroom class group to research which vegetables are

preferred by children in your class. Construct a pie graph based on the results.

S3 Music Lesson # 2

Creating and Composing Music

Dear Stage Three students and parents, In this lesson we will be creating a four-line chant, which we will set to music in other lessons. Step 1: Watch the instructional video. Watch this video: https://funmusicmembers.com/at-home/6l1-1/ Step 2: Create your own four-line chant. Create a four-line chant based on the instructions contained in the video. The subject and language must be appropriate for school. Simply write it down in a word-processor document or email. Step 3: Email your completed chant to me. If you have any questions or if you would like to take a photo of your work and post in your Google Classroom stream and I will respond to you! Thank you and good luck, Mrs. T

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