YEAR 4 OVERVIEW Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Week 4, Term 3 2021

Wednesday 4 August 2021 Morning Session WRITING (50 mins) Complete the ‘Persuasive Writing - Rhetorical Questions 1’ Activity which has been assigned to you on Seesaw. For this activity you will need to: 1. Watch the video on rhetorical questions - https://youtu.be/teEVKm5boTg 2. Answer the questions on slide 2. 3. Complete the activity on slide 3. 4. Complete the activity on slide 4.

ZOOM Lesson – Overview and Book Club (30 mins) Make sure you have your Overview, the book you are reading, mini whiteboard, pencil and paper for this lesson. Remember to use the link in your DET portal email.

READING Independent Reading (20 mins) Look at the Seesaw task ‘Independent Reading’. You will read a book of your own choice for 15 minutes or read the e-book assigned to you by your teacher. Teachers will email you if you have an e-book assigned. Complete a reading reflection. You may choose to make a connection, visualise what you read, make a prediction, summarise the section of text, or ask yourself questions. Record your reflection in your exercise book or on Seesaw..

Shared Reading (20 mins) Your Shared Reading activity is on Seesaw. ‘Wednesday C Shared Reading’ or ‘Wednesday S Shared Reading’.

Recess MATHEMATICS (60 minutes) Warm Up Complete Set 18.1 column of the ‘Maths Mentals’ in your booklet.

Lesson We continue to learn about Patterns and Algebra in today’s lesson. Complete the Seesaw activity you have been assigned called ‘Patterns Wednesday’. In this activity you will

● predict repeating patterns, and, ● predict growing patterns

👍 Remember to read each page carefully and follow ALL of the instructions. 👍Take the time to watch all the videos. Some you might like to watch a second time to help you build understanding. Fast Finishers Log into Mathletics.

1. Complete another of the Mathletics tasks set by your teacher.

2. When you have completed a set task, go onto Mathletics Online. Optional Maths Continue on with the Matharoo worded problems found in your Monday and Tuesday booklet. BRAIN BREAK (5 mins) Take a walk around your house and garden searching for either something that looks gold or something that starts with the letter ‘G’. Each time you find something, say your chant while jumping on the spot.

GRAMMAR / SPELLING (20 mins) Aqua Crossword We have been learning about the prefix ‘aqua’. Aqua is a blue colour with a green tint to it. It can also mean water. Today you will complete the Aqua Crossword Puzzle in your booklet.

Lunch OLYMPIC GAMES STEM ACTIVITY (60 mins) Follow the instructions on the STEM sheet in your booklet to create your own Olympic Mascot. For this task you will need to use recyclable materials that you have found and make a model of your Olympic Mascot.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic mascot is Miraitowa (blue) and Someity (pink) are the mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games. Take a photo of your mascot and upload it to the Seesaw activity.

Thursday 5 August 2021 Morning Session WRITING (50 mins) Complete the ‘Persuasive Writing - Rhetorical Questions 2’ Activity which has been assigned to you on Seesaw. For this activity you will need to:

1. Re-watch the video on Rhetorical Questions - https://youtu.be/teEVKm5boTg

2. Read through the passage and identify the rhetorical questions.

3. Complete the worksheets on slide 2 and 3. Here, you need to turn the statements into rhetorical questions.

4. Come up with 3-5 rhetorical questions for the topic ‘Maths is the best subject in school’.

5. Write a PEEL paragraph for the topic ‘Maths is the best subject in school’. Include at least 1 rhetorical question in your paragraph.

ZOOM Lesson – Overview and Olympics Trivia Quiz (30 mins)

Make sure you have the book you are reading, your Overview, a mini whiteboard and pencil, paper for this lesson. Remember to use the link in your DET portal email. READING Independent Reading (20 mins) Look at the Seesaw task ‘Independent Reading’. You will read a book of your own choice for 15 minutes or read the e-book assigned to you by your teacher. Teachers will email you if you have an e-book assigned. Complete a reading reflection. You may choose to make a connection, visualise what you read, make a prediction, summarise the section of text, or ask yourself questions. Record your reflection in your exercise book or complete on Seesaw..

Shared Reading (20 mins) Your Shared Reading activity is on Seesaw. ‘Thursday C Shared Reading’ or ‘Thursday S Shared Reading’.

Recess MATHEMATICS (60 minutes) Warm Up Complete Set 18.2 column of the ‘Maths Mentals’ in your booklet.

Lesson Today, we look at the patterns of odd and even numbers in our Patterns and Algebra unit. Complete the Seesaw activity you have been assigned called ‘Patterns Thursday’. In this activity you will

● describe the properties of an odd and even number, ● recognise and write odd and even numbers, and, ● explain the significance of the last digit in an odd and even number.

👌 Please read each page carefully and follow ALL of the instructions. 👌 Make sure you watch all of the videos. A second viewing is advised if you do not fully understand. Remember you can always email your teacher a question or ask a question during a Zoom session. Fast Finishers Log into Mathletics.

1. Complete one of the Mathletics tasks set by your teacher. 2. When you have finished, have some maths fun on

Mathletics Online! Optional Maths Continue on with the Matharoo worded problems found in your Monday and Tuesday booklet. BRAIN BREAK (5 mins) Today you are going in search of SILVER items. Take a walk around your house and as soon as you have found something that looks silver or starts with the letter ‘S’, say your chant while doing star jumps.

History (40 mins) In History, we continue to explore the question ‘who lived here first and what was their life like?’ 1.On the Seesaw task ‘History – Art that gives answers’, you will listen to an explanation and then study the paintings of Joseph Lycett to learn more about how the first people of Australia lived. 2.Complete the 'I see... I think... I wonder...' statements on Seesaw.

Lunch

ART (60 mins) Today we will be appreciating an artwork created by Japanese artist Hokusai and creating our own version of his work “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”.

Open the Seesaw activity. Complete the slides then watch Mrs Foreshew’s video on how to create your own wave artwork. https://youtu.be/bfKRSlebQuw Upload a photo of your finished work to the Seesaw activity. Your teacher will give you feedback on this task. Please submit by Friday afternoon.

Friday 6 August 2021 Morning Session WRITING (50 mins) Complete the ‘Persuasive Writing - Word Association Chains 1’ Activity which has been assigned to you on Seesaw. For this activity you will need to:

1. Watch the video on word association chains - https://youtu.be/8vWnmNW_JcM

2. Answer the questions on slide 2. 3. Create 5 word associations for

each topic. 4. Look at the pictures on slide on

slides 6-8 and write 5 word associations that relate to each picture.

READING Independent Reading (20 mins) Look at the Seesaw task ‘Independent Reading’. You will read a book of your own choice for 15 minutes or read the e-book assigned to you by your teacher. Teachers will email you if you have an e-book assigned. Complete a reading reflection. You may choose to make a connection, visualise what you read, make a prediction, summarise the section of text, or ask yourself questions. Record your reflection in your exercise book or complete on Seesaw.

Shared Reading (20 mins) Your Shared Reading activity is on Seesaw. ‘Friday C Shared Reading’ or ‘Friday S Shared Reading’.

Handwriting - Olympic Poem (20 mins) In neat cursive handwriting, copy out the Olympics poem into your exercise book. Remember to add the date, a title and underline them. You will find the poem in your booklet. You may illustrate it the poem.

Recess

MATHEMATICS (60 minutes) Warm Up Complete either set 17.3 or the extension column of the ‘Maths Mentals’ in your booklet. Lesson In our last Patterns and Algebra lesson, we continue to work with the patterns of odd and even numbers. Complete the Seesaw activity you have been assigned called ‘Patterns Friday’. You will receive feedback from your teacher for this task. In this activity you will

● investigate the addition, subtraction and multiplication of odd and even numbers, and, ● Predict whether an answer will be odd or even.

Submit to your teacher today. You will be provided with feedback on your work in this lesson. 👉 Read each page carefully and follow ALL of the instructions. Fast Finishers Log into Mathletics.

1. Complete a Mathletics task set by your teacher. 2. When you have finished, go onto Mathletics Online to

practise your skills! Optional Maths Continue on with the Matharoo worded problems found in your Monday and Tuesday booklet. BRAIN BREAK (5 mins) Search the house and garden for something that either looks bronze or starts with the letter ‘B’. Skip around in a little circle and say your chant after each find. PD - Road Safety - (30 mins)

Listen to the following song about how to cross the road safely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JXCezYlPNE Your activity today is to create a poster that could be used in a Pre-School to teach little children how to cross the road safely. Use the song you have just listened to and incorporate it into your poster.

Take a picture of your poster and upload it to the Seesaw activity page. Alternatively, if you have younger siblings, teach them the song and record you all singing it. Upload video to Seesaw. Lunch

PE (60 mins) Find the instruction sheet from Mr Elsely in your booklet. Read it carefully and follow the explanation about the skills and safety tips.