gypsy moth & tiger moth

Middleton Grange Public School Learning from Home: Week 2

Gypsy Moth & Tiger MothMonday 11 October

Morning - English Middle - Maths Afternoon - Creative Arts

Read: We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly.You willfind this text in the learning pack under ‘Monday -Reading.

Respond: Respond to the following questions:1. Describe Finch’s emotions about seeing Mr

Hindley. What evidence suggests he felt thisway?

2. What does Mr Hindley mean by Finch being “aMajor Havoc guy”?

Word Work: Read the article again to locate the words.Use the word study WAGOLL for guidance.

1. unfounded2. resentment

Write: Read the text We Dream of Space by Erin EntradaKelly.You will find this text in the learning pack under‘Monday - Reading.Use this to create a graphic novel scene like you createdlast Monday. You may use the proforma in the pack tohelp create your graphic novel.

Learning IntentionsWe are learning to create a text for a particular purposeSuccess Criteria: I am successful when I have:

● carefully used images to represent thecharacters and the setting

● used character speech in order● revised, edited and accurately published my text

for an audience

Please upload this task to SeeSaw.

Number Talk: Select one of the Number Talks from theoptions below:60 - ___ = 20600 - ___ = 263Try to solve the problem in your head. Use differentstrategies to find your answer.

Reflect on your strategies:What was the most effective strategy? Refer to the list ofstrategies in the resource pack.

Problem Solving: Solve the NAPLAN problem in thelearning pack. Consider Newman's prompts to help you.

Measurement: Treasure MapYou will find the full version of this in your learning pack.

Reflection: When you answer the following questions,think about how you might use maths in the real everydayworld-What did I learn?-Why does it matter?-Where to next?

Optional Game: https://nrich.maths.org/6361

Create your own 3 Dimensional Earth

-You will need paper and pen/pencil while youwatch the YouTube video all the way through so that youcan

1. list all the things you will need2. plan you might complete this task3. create your Earth

If you are unable to use any of the items listed in the clipthen work out another way you might create a 3dimensional model of Earth.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/c0Shuj_lJsM

This is a great opportunity for you to use your critical andcreative thinking skills to help you build your 3D model ofEarth.

https://nrich.maths.org/6361

https://www.youtube.com/embed/c0Shuj_lJsM

Monday - Reading

We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

READY FOR TAKEOFF

The pinball machine didn’t steal Fitch Thomas’s quarter. Not really. But when one of the flippers is

broken, there’s no point in playing. As soon as Fitch realized this, something sparked inside him.

Something ugly and familiar. He stared at the slot where he’d sunk his quarter only moments before.

Easy does it, Fitch. Just go to Mr. Hindley’s office and get your quarter back. No big deal.

The blinking lights of the machine—Bright Star One, it was called—seemed out of place in the arcade

today. Fitch looked around. He was one of the only people there.

Maybe it was too early for people.

It was never too early for him.

READY FOR TAKEOFF, the lights blazed. He left them behind and walked to Mr. Hindley’s office.

The door with MANAGER stenciled above the frame was open, as usual. Mr. Hindley was manager,

owner, and staff. When quarters were stolen, he was the man to see.

Fitch cleared his throat.

“Mr. Hindley?” he said.

Mr. Hindley looked up from his ledger. “Henry Nelson Thomas, my favorite patron! What brings you

to the front office?”

This was what Mr. Hindley always said, even though no one called him Henry and Mr. Hindley’s office

was in the back corner of the small arcade. Nowhere near the front.

Fitch motioned half-heartedly toward pinball row.

“One of the machines is broken,” he said.

Mr. Hindley placed both hands on his desk and stood up, like President Reagan ready to face the

Soviets.

“That is unacceptable, patron Thomas,” he said.

Mr. Hindley was what Fitch’s mother would call “an odd duck,” but he moved fast. Within seconds he

was in front of the Major Havoc game in the center of the arcade, squinting at the screen.

“Not that one,” Fitch said. He pointed at Bright Star One. “This one.”

Mr. Hindley raised his eyebrows. “But you’re a Major Havoc guy. One from all, all from one, fighting

for humanity and all that.”

Yes, it was true. On any given day, Fitch could be found at the Park, Delaware, arcade—officially

named the Pinball Wizard, but known to the locals as the “arcade on Main”—playing Major Havoc, a

game that his best friend, Vern Repass, said was a “Star Wars wannabe,” even though Major Havoc

had been released first, but whatever. Vern was so obsessed with Star Wars that Fitch had developed

unfounded resentment toward Luke, Han Solo, and the whole lot of them. (Except Vader, maybe.

Vader was kinda cool.) The more Vern ragged on Major Havoc, the more dedicated and defensive Fitch

became, and now he was so preoccupied with beating his own high score that Major Havoc—in all his

vector-graphic glory—sometimes appeared in his dreams, demanding that he get to the reactor before

everyone exploded.

But today was January first, and Fitch had made a New Year’s resolution to try something different.

The last time he was here, his twin sister had come along and been entranced by Bright Star One, with

its spaceship and lights. She didn’t want to actually play it—video games were not her thing—but she

tried to convince him to give it a chance. He’d snapped at her to leave him alone, then felt bad about it

later. So he’d gone for the pinball machine this morning, even though no one played pinball anymore.

And now look what had happened.

Mr. Hindley made his way to Bright Star One and tapped it affectionately.

“What’s wrong with it?” he asked.

“The right flipper’s broken,” replied Fitch.

Mr. Hindley pushed the button. When nothing happened, he said, “It’s impossible to play a respectable

game of pinball with just one flipper.”

Duh, Fitch thought.

Mr. Hindley disappeared into the office and emerged seconds later with a sheet of paper with “OUT OF

ORDER” written across it in fat black letters. The smell of Magic Marker wafted in the air as he taped it

across Bright Star One.

“Thanks for the heads-up, patron Thomas,” Mr. Hindley said. He smiled. It was wide and pleasant and

took up most of his face. “Anything else I can help you with?”

Yeah, you can give me my quarter, Fitch thought. But he didn’t say it out loud. The fire was too bright.

THE MOOD OF A HOUSE

Ten seconds before Fitch’s twin sister, Bernadette Nelson Thomas, opened her eyes, she thought: If

there’s a five on the alarm clock, it will be a good day. When the digital numbers glowed 2:32 p.m.—no

fives in sight—she assumed the first day of 1986 would be a toss-up. She shouldn’t have slept so late,

but she’d stayed awake until four that morning assembling a new desk for her room. The job would

have taken thirty minutes if she’d followed the instruction manual. But twelve-year-old

Bernadette—“Bird,” as she was called—was not one to follow instruction manuals. She threw it away

instead, assembled the desk perfectly, then created a manual of her own. Her stack of schematics was

growing, and thanks to the new desk, she now had a safe place for them.

After she forced herself out of bed, she walked quietly into the hall.

Houses had their own personalities, and Bird liked to know which one she was walking into.

She navigated around the hallway clutter—laundry baskets stuffed with clothes, short stacks of books

and magazines, a box of old toys (including a Barbie that Bird had never played with, and her brothers’

plastic toolbox, which she had)—and listened as she sidestepped the seemingly endless array of

sneakers that littered the house like land mines. Her mother always said she would straighten up once

she found a place for everything, but where would that be? They were cramped enough as it was. Her

parents didn’t even have their own bedroom; they’d converted the small den into their personal space.

That, too, was cluttered.

Word Study Proforma

Word Synonyms Antonyms Morphology Contextual Meaning

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Monday - Writing

Daily Number Talk- List of Mental Computation Strategies

PARTITIONING INTO TENS AND UNITSThis strategy involves mentally splitting both numbers into tens and units beforeadding or subtracting them. For example, in order to calculate 37 + 24, first split the37 into 30 and 7 and the 24 into 20 and 4. The tens are then added to give 30 + 20= 50, and the units are added to give 7 + 4 = 11. Finally the 50 and the 11 areadded to give 61. Similarly, in order to calculate 54 – 32, split 54 into 50 and 4, 32into 30 and 2, then 50 – 30 = 20, 4 – 2 = 2, and finally 20 + 2 = 22. For largernumbers we can also split into hundreds, tens and units.

BRIDGING TO 10 AND COMPENSATINGThis strategy involves bridging a number to a multiple of ten, adding/subtractingthe second number to the bridged multiple of ten, and then making an adjustmentto compensate for the bridging. By way of example consider the sum 28 + 35. Tobegin with, bridge 28 to 30. The addition of 30 to 35 can be swiftly calculated togive 65. Finally, we need to adjust the 65 down by 2 in order to compensate (i.e.cancel out) the initial bridging of 28 to 30. Subtracting 2 from 65 thus gives the finalanswer of 63.

GROUPING COMPATIBLE NUMBERSThis strategy involves looking for numbers whose sum or difference, or product orquotient, is easy to calculate mentally. Consider the sum 43 + 24 + 17. Since 43and 17 when added result in a round multiple of 10, they can be considered asbeing compatible. We can thus carry out the addition process by adding 43 and 17to get 60, and then finally adding on the 24 to get to 84. Essentially we havereorganized the original calculation into a more convenient form, i.e. (43 + 17) + 24.When calculating products, keep a lookout for pairs of numbers whose product is amultiple of 10 or 100. For example, to calculate 2x34x5 we can simplify thecalculation significantly with the following re-grouping: 34x(2x5)=34x10=340.

MULTIPLICATION IN STAGESA complicated product can often be simplified by carrying out the process instages. This is a particularly useful strategy when the stages are simply repeateddoublings. For example, consider the product 158. We can think of the 8 as 222and thus proceed by doubling 15 to get 30, doubling 30 to get 60, and finallydoubling 60 to get the final answer of 120. Division by 8, for example, could also becarried out by a process of successive halvings.

HALVING AND DOUBLINGThis is a strategy used in multiplication problems where a computation problem istransformed into a less demanding one by halving one number whilstsimultaneously doubling the other. Consider the following multiplication: 16x3. Byhalving 16 to 8 and simultaneously doubling 3 to 6 we can transform 16x3 into 8x6which is far easier to calculate. The process of halving and doubling can also becarried out more than once depending on the nature of the problem. For Example:28x25=14x50=7x100=700

PARTITIONING ONE NUMBER INTO TENS AND UNITSFor the addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers, this strategy involveskeeping one number intact while partitioning the other number into tens and units.For example, to calculate 27 + 35, keep 27 intact, split 35 into 30 and 5, add 30 to27 to get 57, and then add the remaining 5 to get 62. In order to calculate 65 – 34,keep 65 intact and split 34 into 30 and 4, subtract 30 from 65 to get 35, and thensubtract the remaining 4 to get 31.

Monday - NAPLAN question Monday - Maths Measurement

Tuesday 12 October

Morning - English Middle - Maths Afternoon - Creative Arts

Read: For a second time, read We Dream of Space byErin Entrada Kelly. You will find this text in the learningpack under ‘Monday - Reading.

Respond: Respond to the following questions:1. What does the line mean in the text, ‘The fire

was too bright’.2. Bernadette believes that 1986 could be a

‘toss-up’. What do you think that means?

Word Work: Read the article again to locate the words.Use the word study WAGOLL for guidance.

1. preoccupied2. patron

Write: Create a character profile for one of the charactersintroduced so far (Finch, Bernadette or Mr Hindley). Lookat the WAGOLL provided and select one format from theoptions provided.

Number Talk: Select one of the Number Talks from theoptions below:45 x ___ = 45045 x ___ = 540

Try to solve the problem in your head. Use differentstrategies to find your answer.



We are learning to solve written problems.I know I have been successful when I can:

- Identify what the problem is asking- Understand the language of the problem- Identify a strategy to solve the problem- Find an answer- Explain my thinking processes

Please upload this task to SeeSaw.Measurement:Your job today is to find out how far each planet is fromthe sun. Use the visual in the learning pack to record thedistances. Then answer the following questions;

1. How much further from the sun is Jupitercompared to Earth?

2. Which planet is the closest to Earth? How do youknow?


2:30-3:15pmAttend the Creative Arts Zoom Session with Ms Vannucci

You will need white paper, lead pencil, black marker pen,coloured pencils, texts, Sharpies or crayons.

Alternative Offline Activity

Mindfulness Squiggle ArtYou will find the larger sample in your learning pack.

You will need;- a loose sheet of paper- pencil- coloured crayons, pencils or textas

Tuesday - Writing WAGOLL

Tuesday - NAPLAN question Tuesday - Maths Measurement

Tuesday afternoon - Alternative Art activity

Wednesday 13 October

Morning - English Middle - Maths Afternoon - Science & Technology

Read: We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly. You willfind this text in the learning pack under ‘Wednesday -Reading.

Respond: Respond to the following questions:1. Finch could ‘pitch a fit’. What does that suggest

about Finch’s character?2. Bernadette believes that ‘Machines have the

best guts’. Explain what she means by that.

Word Work: Read the text to locate the words.1. detoured2. misjudged

Write: In the text, Bernadette refers to her house ashaving a personality. Write a short text describing yourhouse and what personality traits it would reflect.

Number Talk: Select one of the Number Talks from theoptions below:300 ÷ ___ = 301500 ÷ ___ = 500




Measurement: FertiliserYou will find the full version of this in your learning pack.


Optional Game:https://coolmath.com/prealgebra/01-fractions/fractions-10-adding-with-like-denominators-01

Research the Rover named Perseverance.

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

Try constructing a 3D model of the Rover using naturalmaterials or recyclable objects around your house.ORSketch the top, side and front view of the Rover.

Take a picture and upload it to SeeSaw.

https://coolmath.com/prealgebra/01-fractions/fractions-10-adding-with-like-denominators-01

https://coolmath.com/prealgebra/01-fractions/fractions-10-adding-with-like-denominators-01

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

Wednesday - Reading

We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly

Her parents were talking in low voices. That was a good sign. Bird continued into the living room,

where her father, Mike, was sitting in front of the entertainment center, fiddling with buttons on the

new VCR. Her mother, Tammy, was stretched on the couch with a book, saying “. . . that was the

whole point of getting a new one. Or so I thought.”

Bird detoured into the adjoining kitchen. She moved stained coffee mugs and random pieces of mail

out of the way, then took out a bowl and spoon and placed them delicately on the kitchen counter.

She stared at the cereal boxes in the pantry. She usually had Apple Jacks on Wednesdays, but maybe

she should try something different. Fruity Pebbles? No, those belonged to Fitch, and he could really

pitch a fit—hence his nickname—when someone messed with his things. Shredded Wheat? No way.

There was a fresh box of Frosted Flakes for Cash, and he usually didn’t notice if someone swiped his

cereal. But Bird wasn’t in a Frosted Flakes mood.

“It wasn’t the whole point, Tam,” her father said. “There are other people in this house, too.”

Apple Jacks. Definitely Apple Jacks.

Bird filled her cereal bowl three-quarters full. Then, milk.

“I’m well aware there are other people in the house, Mike,” her mother replied. “Who do you think

does all their laundry after working eight hours a day?”

Bird had misjudged the house’s personality. She’d been tricked once again by her parents’ low voices.

She’d expected Dr. Jekyll, but it was Mr. Hyde.

“Good morning!” Bird said, lifting her voice with as much enthusiasm as she could muster.

Her mother looked up from her book. If Tomorrow Comes, it was called. “Don’t touch those sugar

cereals, Bird. Those are for your brothers. You won’t be skinny forever.”

I wonder how many times she’ll say that sentence in 1986, Bird thought. She considered counting.

Maybe she could make it a New Year’s resolution.

Bird returned the milk to the refrigerator. “Where is everyone?”

“Fitch is at the arcade and Cash is out with friends,” Tammy said.

“I stayed up late last night putting my desk together,” said Bird. She shoved a spoonful of cereal into

her mouth. “It took me a while, but I got it. I even assembled the drawers and sketched a schematic

of—”

“It’s probably not the VCR’s fault, Tam,” her father said, eyes on the VCR. “You probably didn’t set it

right.”

Her mother sighed and turned a page. “I did exactly what the instructions told me to do.”

“If you did exactly what the instructions told you to do, it would have worked.”

Bird carried her bowl into the living room, moved a stack of newspapers off the armchair, and sat

down. Their old VCR was on the carpet, a thin coat of dust and a tangle of wires on top.

Bird had yet to disassemble a VCR. Now that would be a great undertaking to kick off the new year.

She could remove the top of it easily with a simple screwdriver from her toolbox and take a

“Bird’s-eye view” of its inner workings. Study the guts of the machine.

Machines had the best guts.

“If you don’t need the old VCR, can I have it?” Bird asked.

Her question disappeared just as quickly as it’d arrived.

“Your father told me this fancy new VCR would record Days while I’m at work,” her mother said.

“But today when I sat down to watch my show, the tape was totally blank. Didn’t record a thing.”

“What’s happening with Dr. Evans these days?” Bird asked, quickly.

Marlena Evans was her mother’s favorite character on Days of Our Lives.

“Tam, which of these scenarios is more likely?” her father said, leveling his eyes on her. He used his

fingers to count off: “One, our brand-new VCR is malfunctioning for no apparent reason, or two, you

didn’t get the settings right?”

Tammy laid the book facedown on her lap. “Oh, you’re right, Michael, I’m far too silly to follow

clearly written instructions for a machine as complicated as this.”

“No one said you were stupid.”

Bird chewed silently and focused on a speck of lint on the floor.

“I’d have to be silly if I can’t read and follow simple instructions.”

“We’re all well aware how smart you are. God forbid, a woman with a college degree wouldn’t know

how to work a VCR!”

Tammy snatched the book off her lap and sat up. “Lots of good that degree did me. I’m working as a

secretary for a bunch of—”

“You’re the one who insisted on going back to school and putting us in debt.” Bird’s father flipped

through the VCR manual.

“Funny you should talk about debt when you just spent an outrageous amount of money on a gadget

that doesn’t even work . . . ”

Bird looked into her cereal bowl and thought of Ms. Salonga, her science teacher. Before winter

break, Ms. Salonga said the class would dedicate the month of January to space exploration to

celebrate the launch of the Challenger shuttle. Ms. Salonga had taught them all kinds of facts about

space—not that Bird needed to be told; she knew many of them already—but the most fascinating

fact was that there was no sound in space. Not really.

Space is a vacuum, Ms. Salonga said. If a piece of debris hits an orbiting spaceship, the astronauts

inside would hear it, but someone outside wouldn’t.

As Ms. Salonga explained the process of sound and molecules, Bird snapped a picture together in her

head, like a puzzle. Then she imagined her brothers and parents inside a spaceship.

And her: outside, floating. In silence.

Wednesday - NAPLAN question

Wednesday - Maths Measurement

Thursday 14 October

Morning - English Middle - Maths Research Task

Read: View the video using the linkhttps://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html

Respond: Respond to the following questions:1. What are the emotions experienced by the NASA

crew on this historical day? How do you know?2. Describe these emotions using a simile,

personification, metaphor and alliteration.

Please upload this task to SeeSaw.

Learning IntentionsWe are learning to use comprehension strategies tointerpret information from a textSuccess Criteria: I am successful when I have:

● locate and use evidence from the text to supportmy inferences.

● made text and world connections to createinferences

Write: Inspired by the video, write a diary entry about thehistorical day in the eyes of a NASA worker. Include thefigurative language you have created in the responseactivity.

Number Talk: Select one of the Number Talks from theoptions below:175 + ___ = 2001752 + ___ = 2000




Measurement: Your job today is to find out the volumeand capacity of each planet. Use the visual in the learningpack to record the capacity and volume of each planet.Then answer the following questions;

1. Which planet has the largest capacity?2. Which planet has the largest volume?3. Are the above two planets the same planet?


A1:30pm - 2:00pmLibrary story time Zoom

Alternative ActivityRead the NASA Graphic Novel using the link belowFirst Woman: NASA’s Promise for Humanity

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/calliefirst/#book/

Name

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/calliefirst/#book/

Thursday - NAPLAN question

Thursday - Maths Measurement

Friday 15 October

Morning - English Middle - Maths Afternoon - Physical Education

Read: View the image below.

Respond: Answer the questions using the inference layersheet in the resource pack. See Friday - Respond

Word Work: The words have been inspired by the image.1.

Write: Write a list of adjectives to describe the imageabove. To revise what figurative language is, see thereference sheet in the pack.

1. Using your list, create figurative language suchas similes, metaphors, personification, etc. foryour adjectives.

2. Compose a paragraph about the setting usingyour figurative language.

Number Talk: Select one of the Number Talks from theoptions below:$100.00 - ____ + $15.00$1458.00 - _____ = $542.00


Problem Solving: Solve the NAPLAN problem in thelearning pack. Consider Newman's prompts to help you.We are learning to solve written problems.I know I have been successful when I can:

- Identify what the problem is asking- Understand the language of the problem- Identify a strategy to solve the problem- Find an answer- Explain my thinking processes

Please upload this task to SeeSaw.Measurement: Peter’s stringYou will find the full version of this in your learning pack.


Optional Game: https://mathigon.org/tangram

2:30-3:15pm - Fitness

Attend the Zoom Fitness/PE Class with Mrs McCarlie.

Alternative Activity

Watch the following resource and create a fitness routine.https://app.education.nsw.gov.au/sport/File/4666

https://mathigon.org/tangram

https://app.education.nsw.gov.au/sport/File/4666

Friday - Respond

Reference Sheet

Emotive language definition: Emotive language is word choice that is used to evoke emotion.

Any words that cause an emotional reaction are examples of emotive language.

● Put that in the recycle bin.○ This sentence is not emotive. It is a command, but it does not cause an emotional reaction.

● You should recycle because it saves the planet.○ This sentence is emotive. It suggests an action that elicits an emotional response. Don’t you want to save the

planet? How could you choose to not recycle since it saves the planet?○ The emotive response causes a reaction or a response.

Figurative language definition: Figurative language creates comparisons by linking the senses and the concrete to abstract ideas.Words or phrases are used in a non-literal way for particular effect. For example:

Metaphor is a phrase describing something as something it is not in reality. It is used to compare two things symbolically. A metaphorliterally describes something as something it is not. A good example of a metaphor would be ‘love is a battlefield.’Simile is a type of figurative language which is used to compare one thing against another. Similes compare the likeness of two thingsand often feature the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. An example of this would be ‘her smile was as bright as the sun in the sky.’Oxymoron is a term which features two words which appear to contradict each other but make sense of the situation overall. A goodexample of an oxymoron is ‘That woman is pretty ugly.’A hyperbole is a figure of speech which exaggerates the meaning of a sentence. For example, you could say ‘My granddad is as oldas time.’Idiom is a phrase which bears no literal meaning to the situation it is describing but it implies the facts or story behind it. For example,‘there is a silver lining in every cloud.’ This does not mean that there are silver linings inside clouds but it is referring to the fact that in abad situation, good can always be found.Personification is a type of figurative language. It is used to give an inanimate object or item a sense of being alive. The speakerwould talk to the object as if it could understand and was intelligent.Alliteration is a type of figurative speech in which the repetition of letters or sounds is used within one sentence.Onomatopoeia is a form of figurative language in which words which are used to describe a sound actually resemble the sound theyare referring to.

https://7esl.com/metaphor/

https://7esl.com/simile/

https://7esl.com/oxymoron/

https://7esl.com/figures-of-speech/

https://7esl.com/english-idioms/

Friday - NAPLAN question Friday - Maths Measurement

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