Year 3Term 2 Week 3 - Beginning 11th May

NB: Highlighted activities need to be submitted on the specified day.All underlined words are hyperlinks.

Google Classroom is abbreviated to GC.

Learning from Home – Weekly Timetable

Announcements

Happy birthday!

Natalya

Additional activitiesDue this week

Mon: Reading Strategy

Tues: Science and Tech

Wed: Matharoo (Five questions)

Thurs: Maths Problem Solving and

Music

Fri: Spelling.Mark by yourself

before uploading.

Submit activity to GC/Seesaw

Your EPIC! reading code is kku4956

AnnouncementsThis week we will have a managed return to school. This means we hope to see everyone one day a week. ● If your surname is from A-E we would like to see

you on Monday.● If your surname is from F-L we would like to see

you on Tuesday.● If your surname is from M-R we would like to see

you on Wednesday.● If your surname is from S-Z we would like to see

you on Thursday.This learning program is the same for home and school. Please make sure you bring your pencil case, Wellbeing Journal, spelling textbook, headphones and Maths Mentals textbook whenever you come to school.

Virtual Success CardsSuccess cards for effort for last week’s learning go to: Eamon Ethan C Khloe EllaCayden Ruby Ariana AbiMegan Ethan E Stella TiaSandhya Shuya Riley

Lily SohaibBeau Duniya Alice

Term 2 Week 3Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Morning welcome

EnglishIndependent Reading (20 minutes) record in your wellbeing journal daily

Reading Strategy

Spelling - Questions 1-3

Writing - Journal

Handwriting

Independent Reading

Reading Comprehension

Spelling - Questions 4-6

Grammar and Punctuation

Independent Reading

Reading Eggspress

VCOP Activities

Spelling - Questions 7-9

Speaking and Listening

Independent Reading

Library/History (GC)

Spelling - Questions 10 onwards

Writing Instruction

Independent Reading

Writing - Journal

Spelling - Challenge, then mark spelling. Optional online activities

Typing Tournament

PDHPE Wellbeing Journal p.34Happy Thinking

Wellbeing Journal p.34Accomplishment & Optimism

Wellbeing Journal p.34Healthy Relationships

Wellbeing Journals p.34Mindful Colouring

Wellbeing Journals p.35Being Grateful

Middle session

Mathematics Mentals: Unit 12 Set AMultiplication & DivisionMaths Online

Mentals: Unit 12 Set BMathletics

Mentals: Unit 12 Set CMatharoo Five Questions - see GC

Mentals: Unit 12 Set DProblem Solving - see Seesaw

Mentals - bottom sectionMaths Online 2D SpaceInvestigation - see GC

PDHPE PE Choice board PE Choice board PE Choice board PE Choice board PE Choice board

Afternoon session

Other KLAsHistory/Library Science and

Technology PDHPE SISA videos Creative Arts

MUSICPDHPE

EnglishReading Strategy: Predicting

LI: To predict what is most likely to occur in a text based on clues in the text.SC: I can accurately predict what may happen in a text.

View the poster on predicting. Then read through the PowerPoint slides.

Read the text in the Google Form and use the predicting strategy to answer the questions.

Reading Comprehension

LI: To accurately interpret what has been read.SC: I can read to comprehend a text and get most answers correct.

Use the form on GC to read the comprehension and answer the questions.

Check your email for feedback on your answers once you’ve submitted the form (the email may arrive in your in-box the next day).

Grammar

LI: To identify and usecomparatives andsuperlatives.SC: I can use comparativesand superlatives.

Look through the Powerpoint.

Complete the worksheet.

Answers will be posted onGC the following day.

Punctuation

LI: To identify and useapostrophes ofpossession.SC: I can use apostrophesof possession correctly.

Look through the Powerpoint and completethe worksheets.

Answers will be posted onGC the following day.

SpellingLI: To develop spelling skills through phonemic awareness SC: I can identify sounds/phonemes and sound patterns in wordsLook at the powerpoint and complete Soundwaves Unit 10 Student Activity Pages. Password: roof819. Answers will be posted to GC on Fridays at 1pm.

English: WritingWriting - JournalLI: To create a primary source of information.SC: I can make daily journal entries documenting personal experiences.Keep a journal of what’s happening in your life at the moment. Try to find out some facts and statistics not only about COVID 19 but also about the restrictions that have been placed upon NSW residents, Australians and people around the world. We are living through a moment of time that will go down in history. Your grandchildren may learn about this in school! Your journal will be a primary source of information for them. Consider the following prompts: What did the Australian Government announce today? Does it impact your life? Why or why not? What is open in your neighbourhood? What is closed? How is today different from yesterday for you, your family, our nation, the world? What does your family need today that you might not have enough of, or be able to acquire, in the future?

Wk 3: Writing InstructionLI: Identify the structure of an exposition and use this knowledge to interpret a persuasive text.SC: I can accurately identify the introduction, supporting arguments and conclusion in a persuasive text.

Read the exposition text, Sports Prefect. Examine the structure of the text, answering the questions in Structure of an exposition worksheet. Read the text again and check your reading for information and understanding by completing the worksheet. Apply your knowledge in the linked activity. Many students use there, their and they’re incorrectly in their writing. Practise your skills in using these homophones correctly by completing the linked activity.

VCOP Activities

Print out the chatterbox or create your own to improve the following sentences.

Can you improve your sentences by using high level punctuation?

Wk 1: CCT

OR Hold a contest to get the wildest idea out first. Encourage everyone to think of the absolute wildest possible solutions to a problem. Which ideas are not that wild? e.g. Ants as spies.

Wk 2: Home TalkTask: Write a persuasive text to convince your teacher that iPads are better than PCs. NB: You can write it from the other perspective if you prefer ie: PCs are better than iPads.Persuasive Writing: Please discuss this topic in preparation for the Big Write on Thursday. Discuss:● What is your opinion? ● Do you agree or disagree?● What are three reasons to support your opinion?● What emotive words could you use in your

persuasive writing?

Wk 3: CCT

The acronym BAR can be used to improve the design of almost anything. Make it Better by Adding or Altering Removing or Replacing

Choose a sports game that you think is boring - and suggest ways to improve it by changing the

rules or equipment using B.A.R.

Wk 4: Home TalkTask: Write a persuasive text to convince your teacher that reading a book is better than digital reading. NB: You can write it from the other perspective if you prefer. Please discuss this topic in preparation for the Big Write on Thursday. Discuss:● What is your opinion? ● What are three reasons to support your

opinion?● What emotive words could you use in

your persuasive writing?

Wk 5: CCT Optional listening tasks:Listen to stories by famous authors:

David WalliamsMem Fox

Listen to Squizkids podcast and take notes on daily news.

Speaking and Listening

Mathematics

Log in to Maths Online using the same username and password as Mathletics.Click on ‘Tasks’.Click on the blue maths topic (your set task).

Your set task is here.

‘Tasks’ icon is here.

Mathematics Learning Intentions:

Multiplication and DivisionLI: To use a range of mental strategies to recall multiplication facts

Understanding the commutative property of multiplicationSC: I can use simple factor knowledge to assist in multiplication

I can recall multiplication facts for 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10When multiplying by 4 I can double a doubleI understand that I can change the order of multiplication to help with known facts

2D SpaceLI: To describe features of two dimensional shapes, including the special quadrilaterals

To identify and manipulate two dimensional shapesSC: I can name a shape, given a written or verbal description of its features

I can explain the difference between regular and irregular two dimensional shapesI can identify regular shapes in a group that includes irregular shapes.

Answers will be posted on:Matharoo: Thursdays

Problem Solving: Fridays

Unit 2 Life & Land Lesson 1: A Story of Australian Settlements.LI: To SC: I can

Login to Inquisitive (code 3558). Click on Lesson 1, scroll down to the Stimulus Resources and watch the video: A Story of Settlement. Browse through the eBook: The Australian Colonies: Maps by John Rapkin. Click on the link and complete the quiz card responses. You can either write your answers or create a Google doc.

Unit 2 Life & Land Lesson 2: Environmental Impact of European Settlement.LI: To SC: I can

Click on ‘Lesson 2’, scroll down to the Stimulus Resources and watch the video: An Ancient Land. Click on the link then complete the activities.In Stimulus Resources, click on the link Introduced Animals and read the information.In your own words answer the following:

Take a photo of your work and upload to Seesaw OR attach your Google doc to GC in the History task.

Inquisitive http://inq.co/class/ca3 Code: 3558

History (Week 3)

Does the Height and Surface Affect the Distance a Toy Car Travels?

❏ Watch the videos Forces - Contact and Non Contact (Part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCz3q4VQDXs

❏ Forces - Classification of contact and non-contact forces

(Part 2)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Uo14VDnBo

❏ Forces(Part-3)Other Types of Forces | Grade-3,4 | TutWay |https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbGln39_SAA

❏ Forces-(Part-4)|Balanced and unbalanced forces |Science|

Grade-3,4 | Tutway |https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rjid6hQuww

❏ Complete the plan and the planning questions in GC.

❏ Conduct the investigation. Photograph you completing the investigation.

❏ Answer the investigation questions on the worksheet in GC. Watch the videos and look at the answer diagrams to see if your diagrams are similar and why?

Learning Intention/Success CriteriaLI: to describe how contact and non-contact forces affect an object’s motion.❏ I can identify pushes and pulls as contact and non-contact forces.

LI: to question, plan and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises, data and communicates using scientific representations.❏ I can question, plan and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises, data and

communicates using scientific representations.Materials: a toy car, a smooth, hard surface such as a chopping board or book, a box to launch the car from, blocks or lego bricks to gradually increase the height of the ramp, blanket, ruler.Procedure:

1. Make predictions on your worksheet after looking at the diagram on your worksheet.2. Answer the following questions on your worksheet. How will you increase the height of the ramp?

When will you change the surface the car rolls on to? What formal units will be best for measuring the distance? What should be kept the same for all tests? How many times should we repeat the same test to be confident of our results? What heights (choose two) and what surfaces (choose two) will be used? What one thing will be changed for each

3. Conduct the investigation and record your results in the table on the worksheet. Take a photo of the investigation showing the different heights and surfaces.

4. Analyse your results and draw a column graph.5. Reflect on the investigation questions. Does the data in the graph support your prediction? How and

why or why not? Suggest reasons. Discuss the role of gravity and energy. Discuss if the test was fair. Discuss how to improve the test. The following videos may help you as well as the :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwO2KQ7uZxY, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuvkaeMUT50

Science and Tech (Week 2/Week 3 - Lesson 2)

Physical Education (Weeks 1-5)

SISA SKILLS Password: getfitnow

Week 1:Watch ‘Fundamental Movement Skills’ video (02)

Password: getfitnowClick on the START WATCHING button.

Watch ‘Fitness & Strength’ video (06) Password: getfitnowClick on the START WATCHING button.

Can you practise some of the skills you’ve learned?Can you use these skills in a game you create yourself?

Week 2:

Watch ‘Dance’ video (08) Password: getfitnow

Click on the START WATCHING button.What are some of the dance steps you

found easy to learn?Were there any dance steps you found

challenging?Could you add these dance steps to

your favourite song?

Week 3:

Watch ‘Fundamental Movement Skills’ video (02)

Password: getfitnowClick on the START WATCHING button.

Can you practise some of the skills you’ve learned?

Can you use these skills in a game you create yourself?

Week 4:Watch ‘Athletics development 2’ video (04) Password:

getfitnowClick on the START WATCHING button.

Can you practise some of the skills you’ve learned?Can you use these skills in a game you create yourself?

Week 5:Watch ‘Dance - Hip Hop’ video (11) Password: getfitnow

Click on the START WATCHING button.Watch ‘Aerobics 2’ video (09) Password: getfitnow

Click on the START WATCHING button.Watch ‘Yoga’ video (05) Password: getfitnow

Click on the START WATCHING button.

1. Watch part 1 of the video lesson by Mrs. Kwan.

2. Activity: Pause the video and act out a POSITIVE (optimistic) and NEGATIVE (pessimistic) way to respond if water was spilt on an important project.

3. Listen to the rest of the video lesson by Mrs. Kwan.

Wellbeing Program - Ms KwanWellbeing lesson 3

OPTIONAL Extra Health Activity

1. Watch the video2. take part in the

exercise3. Pause the video for the

Activity Discovery 10:45

4. Discuss what you have learnt with your family.

PE Choice Board (Weeks 1-5)

FITNESS & STRENGTH - SISA WORKOUTPassword: getfitnow After clicking on the appropriate video (06) click on the START WATCHING button at the top of the screen.

Outdoor game of your choice. You may wish to skip, how long can you skip before missing a beat? Or make a chalk activity path OR play soccer in your

backyard. Use your imagination but keep active.

Create your own workout including push-ups, squats, lunges, running on the spot,

throwing and catching a ball. Can you increase the number of

repetitions?

YOGA - SISA WORKOUTPassword: getfitnow After clicking on the appropriate video (05) click on the START WATCHING button at the top of the screen.

Daily PE lessons to follow along with: PE with Joe

Jump for Your Life!· Roll die to make two numbers (various number of dice depending on the size of the number needed) e.g. three dice = 3 digit number produced· Record the number on the ground· Perform the place value number with an exercise e.g. thousands = star jumps, hundreds = lunge, tens = hops, units = high knees

AEROBICS - SISA WORKOUTPassword: getfitnow After clicking on the appropriate video (09) click on the START WATCHING button at the top of the screen.

Music: Lesson 3

Classroom code:

suitcase

musicavivainschools.com.au