Year 4Term 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

Epic class code is: ckp8494

Term 2 Week 3

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Morning welcome

EnglishIndependent Reading(20 minutes) record in your

diary 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

Spelling - Questions 10

onwards

Writing Instruction

Independent Reading

Writing - Journal

Spelling - Challenge,

then mark spelling and

optional online

activities

Typing Tournament

PDHPE Wellbeing Journal p.34

Happy Thinking

Wellbeing Journal p. 34Accomplishment and Optimism

Wellbeing Journal p. 34

Healthy Relationships

Wellbeing Journals p. 34

Mindful Colouring

Wellbeing Journals p. 35

Being Grateful

Middle session

Mathematics Mentals: Unit 12 Set AMultiplication & Division

Maths Online

Mentals: Unit 12 Set B

Mathletics

Mentals: Unit 12 Set C

Matharoo Five

Questions - see GC

Mentals: Unit 12 Set D

Problem Solving - see

Seesaw

Mentals - bottom section

Maths Online 2D Space

Investigation - 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

Music

PDHPE

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.

Watch the video and look at

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 ComprehensionLI: 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 task on Whales in

Captivity 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).

Handwriting/Digital

TechnologiesHandwriting Sheet and

Typing Tournament.

GrammarLI: To identify comparatives and

superlatives.

SC: I can use comparatives and

superlatives.

Watch the following Powerpoint https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CSFIITSejhTy5

J_OUuCo9KNQKjlmUW-c

and complete the worksheet.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BPG

Y7PHWf7cSHvII8pj7BWolwlzui2G4

PunctuationLI: To punctuate apostrophes

correctly.

SC: I can use ’ correctly.

Watch the following Powerpointhttps://drive.google.com/open?id=1S8-

FJOFR56sUXPi5aiwdXn4se5fSLlvE

and complete the worksheet.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZJTx

3H5Bd2DI_J5TG4ZrWFO6ae-4_wre

(Answers posted on the day after)

Speaking and ListeningPosing the Question

SpellingLI: To develop spelling skills

through phonemic awareness

SC: Identify sounds/phonemes

and sound patterns in words

Look at the Powerpoint in the link

and complete Unit 11 student pages.

Spelling Powerpointhttps://drive.google.com/open?id=1ocK66uX

_8pud-rTP6GeuEW9Hb24W3enC

Soundwaves Onlinewww.soundwaveskids.com.au

Student Activity Pages and (same

as book) and Activities for Unit 11

Password: away015

English: WritingWriting - Journal - One Paragraph per Day

LI: 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?

Week 3: Writing Instruction

LI: 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 the

‘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.

Print out the chatterbox or create your own to improve

the following sentences.

VCOP Activities

Can you improve your sentences by using high

level punctuation?

Week 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.

Week 2: Home Talk

Task: 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?

Week 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.

Week 4: Home Talk

Task: 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?

Week 5: CCT Optional listening tasks:

Listen to stories by famous authors:

David Walliams

Mem 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 Division

LI: to recall all multiplication facts to 10 x 10

LI: to link multiplication facts with division facts

SC: I can recall and link all facts to 10 x 10

2D Space (Note this week that Mathletics has more content than Maths Online)

LI: To create and record tesselating designs.

LI: To use transformations to create symmetrical designs

SC: I can

● create symmetrical patterns.

● describe the rotation of symmetrical designs as reflections, translations and

rotations (half/quarter turns).

Maths Investigation: see GC for your investigation task.

Answers will be posted on:

Matharoo: Thursdays

Problem Solving: Fridays

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 Criteria

LI: 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)

LI: To identify

celebrations/commemorations from around

the world.

SC: I can understand the purpose and origin

of specific celebrations.

SC: I can compare the similarities and

differences of celebrations from around the

world.

You will need to research three

celebrations/commemorations and present your

findings in Slides. You need:

● One celebration/commemoration from

around the world (e.g. Bastille Day)

● One celebration/commemoration from

just Australia (e.g. National Sorry Day)

● One celebration/commemoration of your

choice.

Start by reading these ebooks (code 9436)

Refer to the task in Google Classroom. Use the Suggested Resources list

below to help you get started on your research task.

Use the example Slides in Google Classroom to give you ideas as to how to

present your work. DO NOT use the same celebration for your research

task.

The entire slide show will need to be completed by Week 5 Term 2. For

Week 3 you will need to complete slides 1, 2 and 3. Your work will be

reviewed and feedback given so that you can go back and edit your work.

Suggested Resources

https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/digibook/964972/celebrations

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/more-find-out/festivals-and-holidays/

https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/calendar/may/children.html

https://www.kidcyber.com.au/celebrations-around-the-world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKumV4ZX-V8

http://internationaldayofpeace.org/about/

https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/

Library/History (Weeks 1-4)

Physical Education (Weeks 1-5)

SISA SKILLS Password: getfitnow

Week 1:

Watch ‘Fundamental Movement Skills’ video (02)

Password: getfitnow

Click on the START WATCHING button.

Watch ‘Fitness & Strength’ video (06) Password: getfitnow

Click 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: getfitnow

Click 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:

getfitnow

Click 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

Negative & Positive Thinking

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

WORKOUT

Password: getfitnow

After clicking on the appropriate

video (06) click on the START

WATCHING button at the top of

the screen.

Play your favourite outside

game/physical fitness activity

that you can do, given your

space, equipment and

family. Is it trampolining? Or

skipping? Or bouncing a

basketball? Or taking a

wheelbarrow for a spin with a

brother/sister in it?

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 WORKOUT

Password: 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

WORKOUT

Password: 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