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Framework for teaching – Stage 2

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Morning EnglishRead one chapter of a fiction novel.

Answer the below ques-tions in your work book.

What are some of themes that are coming up throughout?

If you had to write an-other page or chapter for your book what would happen?

Spelling - Ask someone to give you a pre-test on your spelling words for the week (see attached sheet).

EnglishRead one chapter of your fiction novel.

Writing – Using the prompt below, “Stuck” write a narrative. Re-member to have an in-troduction, complication and resolution.

Spelling - Copy your words. Choose 5 of your spelling words and write their dictionary mean-ings

EnglishRead one chapter of your fiction novel.

Writing – Write the end-ing of your novel in a dif-ferent way. If it is a chapter book and you haven’t finished write the way you would like it to end.

Highlight 3 adjectives that you have used and try and find a better word choice using a thesaurus.

Spelling - Copy your words. Write sentences using 10 of your spelling words in a sentence

EnglishRead one chapter of your fiction novel.

Writing – Predict what happens next …

Mike and his friend Jo are experience rock climbers, enjoying what they do best. However, as quickly as the sky be-gins to cloud over, spots of rain fall. What hap-pens next?

Think about:

What dangers are there around Mike?

What problem could happen to Mike?

How could it be fixed?

EnglishRead one chapter of your fiction novel.

Writing – this girl looks worried or scared.

Write 3 questions you would ask her to find out what she is worried about or scared of.

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How do Mike and Joey finish the story?

Spelling - Copy your words. Break your words up into those with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc syllables

1. What…?2. How…?3. Why…?

Spelling - Ask someone at home to give you a spelling test on this week’s words and mark them.

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Middle MathematicsPractice writing/saying your 6 times tables. You can use: https://www.y-outube.com/watch?v=e7rYbk9PNuM

Choose any 2-digit num-ber. Create a number pattern (of 10 numbers) starting at this number and adding 13 each time.

Card FlipYou will need a partner and a deck of cards. Place cards into a pile. Flip 4 cards at the same time and place them side by side. Students add the cards. Student

MathematicsPractice writing/saying your 6 times tables.

Choose any 3-digit num-ber. Create a number pattern (of 10 numbers) starting at this number and subtracting 9 each time.

Cards & NumbersYou will need a partner and a deck of cards. Each student takes 4 cards and makes 2, 2 digit numbers. Add the numbers together and describe strategy you used to your partner. Winner is child with the highest total.

MathematicsPractice writing/saying your 6 times tables.

Our number for today is 72. Draw and write everything you know about 72 (you can use any operation).

Speed -‐ Top SpeedYou will need a part-ner and a deck of cards.

2 players are needed. Students are given 4 cards to hold and other cards are ar-ranged as shown be-low.

MathematicsPractice writing/saying your 6 times tables.

Choose any 1-digit num-ber. Create a number pattern (of 10 numbers) by doubling it and then adding 3 each time.

Memory You will need a partner and a deck of cards.

Choose 4 cards E.g. 2, 4, 3, 7.

Make 24 and 37

Add the together and discuss strategies.

Repeat for subtraction.

MathematicsPractice writing/saying your 6 times tables.

Practice completing some number patterns at the link below:

http://www.learnal-berta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?l=0&ID1=AB.MATH-.JR.PATT&ID2=AB.MATH.JR.PATT.PATT&les-s on=html/video_interact - ives/patterns/patternsIn-teractive.html

Card BuildingYou will need a part-ner and a deck of

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who says the total the quickest gets the cards. Student with the most cards at end is the win-ner.

Students place cards on middle pile accord-ing to strategy. Strate-gies may include: doubles, friends of ten, count by 2s 5s etc. Winner is the first to finish cards.

cards.Each takes turns to se-lect a card from the deck. The aim is to add/subtract their collec-tion until the target num-ber is reached. The win-ner is the 1st to 100.

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Afternoon Creative artsWrite a script for a play you can perform for you family. Include what characters are saying, props and the actions the characters will take when they enter or exit the stage.

Science and techno-logyChoose and animal and design an environment for it. You will need to describe why you have chosen existing struc-tures or behaviours and how they enable living things to survive in your environment.

GeographyChoose a country that is not Australia and re-search it. How far is it from Australia? Is it in the Northern or Southern hemisphere? What is the population? What is the climate? How is it differ-ent and/or similar to Australia?

Science and Techno-logyDraw a birds-eye view of your house layout. label each room and then write a brief description about what each room is used for and who uses it the most.

PDHPEKeep a diary of physical activity you participate in each day this week.

Record the time spent each time. How could you improve your throw-ing, catching or kicking skills?

Respond: write a list of strategies you could use to improve your skills. Practise: kick, throw, or bounce a ball towards a target. Observe how you can change your body

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position to apply differ-ent amounts of force to the ball.

Week 2 Spelling Words

THRASS

Blue Green Red

hand

jam

giant

cage

bridge

hot

who

jump

page

whoever

gentle

smudge

suggest

damage

adjective

soldier

exaggerate