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Framework for teaching – Year 4 Week 11

Online and offline activities to support student learning at home.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Task Call a grand-friend and check in with them.

Help clean the dishes. Have you made your bed? Could you help an adult with a home job?

GOOD FRIDAY

Morning

9:25-10:00

English: Reading

In partners, choose a play from the school magazine to read aloud as a class.

English: Reading

Choose a fictional book to read aloud with a parent/carer. Before reading the book, talk about what you think is going to happen by looking at the pictures?

What do you think will happen at the end of the story?

What do you think is going to happen next in the story based on what you already know?

English: Reading

Choose a non-fictional book to read aloud with a parent/carer. Before reading, what do you already know about the topic?

Read the book aloud together. Answer these questions.

What was this book about?

What are three facts you have learnt from reading it?

English: Reading

Choose a fictional book to read aloud with a parent/carer.

Read it aloud together.

Does it have a good beginning and ending?

Are the characters interesting? What makes them interesting?

Which illustration in the story was your favourite? Why?

Morning

10:00-10:30

English: Grammar

Write a description of someone in your family.

Underline the verbs in green, adjectives in red and nouns in purple.

Read it aloud to a family member.

English: Grammar

Using the book you read this morning, find 10 adjectives and make a list of synonyms to go with them.

E.g. Happy: joyful, glad:pleased

English: Grammar

Homophones.

Make a list of as many homophones as possible.

e.g. meet/meat

Write sentences to show that you know their meanings.

English: Grammar

Contraction Master

Using the book you read this morning, make a list of all the contractions you can find.

Example: Can’t = can not

Didn’t = did not


Morning

10:30-10:40

Do a movement break

Poppin' Bubbles - The Champiverse | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/poppin-bubbles

Do a movement break

KIDZ BOP Kids - KIDZ BOP Shuffle (Dance Along

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/kidz-bop-shuffle

Do a movement break

I Get Loose - Koo Koo Kanga Roo | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/i-get-loose

Do a movement break

Get Yo Body Movin - Koo Koo Kanga Roo | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/get-yo-body-movin

10:40-11:25

English: Writing

Journal writing - What did you do on the weekend?

Try and include who, when, where, why, what.

English: Writing

Write a letter to a child who was affected by the recent 2019/2020 Australian Bushfires.

Incorporate your learning of empathy and respect from the Second Step lessons.

English: Writing

Write a letter to the PM or minister for the environment about how global warming is an issue that we need to take seriously.

Use the information you have learnt in Geography to help support your arguments.

English: Writing

Write a letter to a friend or family member telling them why they are important to you

Break

11:25-11:50

Morning Tea Break Morning Tea Break Morning Tea Break Morning Tea Break

Middle

11:50-12:30

Mathematics: Chance

Create a list of chance words. E.g. impossible, unlikely, even chance, likely, certain.

Write as many as you can think of.

Plot these chance words on

Mathematics: Chance

Using the chance words you brainstormed yesterday, write down an example of an event to suit each word.

E.g. Impossible: Raining cats and dogs.

Mathematics: Data

Sort some items from your pantry into different categories e.g. canned food, sweet treats etc.

Make a table and use tallies to represent the number in each category.

Mathematics: Data

Use the data you collected yesterday to create a graph.

Which category had the most items?

Which category had the least?










a continuum (number line) between 0 and 1.

Middle

12:30-12:50

Mathematics: Mangahigh

Complete a Mangahigh activity.







Middle

12:50-1:00

Do a mindfulness activity

You Are Courage - Think About It | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/you-are-courage


Try Your Best - Think About It | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/try-your-best


Build Patience - Think About It | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/build-patience


Shake It Off - Think About It | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/shake-it-off

Middle

1:00-1:35

Science: Day and Night

Make a shadow puppet using recycled materials.

Using sunlight, a torch or a lamp, find the most effective position to create an opaque (defined/most visible) shadow.

Record your findings.

Geography:

Select 3 household items. Research what they are made of and how long they would take to biodegrade (break down) once they are disposed of.

Draw a picture of each item. Include the material it is made of and your findings.

Creative Arts: Visual Art

Visit the Art for Kids Hub website. Click on the drawing tab. Choose a topic of interest to draw. Get a piece of paper and some pencils. Follow the steps to create an artwork e.g. Draw a bunny

Speaking and Listening

Watch the latest episode of ‘Behind the News’ on www.ABC.net.au.

Choose your favourite story. Write 5 quiz questions to ask an adult to test their knowledge of current affairs.










https://www.artforkidshub.com/how-to-draw/

Middle

1:35-1:50

English: Reading Eggspress

Work on your Reading Eggs level







Break

1:50-2:40

Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break

Afternoon

2:40-3:25

Creative arts: Music

Practice creating a soundscape of a storm at home with your parent/sibling. 1. First you silently rub your fingers together, and the students do the same. 2. Then you rub your two hands together, making a very soft sound, and the students follow. 3. Next you very softly clap your hands together while the students follow, it should still be quiet. 4. Then snap your fingers.

Sport

Practice throwing and catching.

Find an object to use as a target and practice throwing at it.

Wellbeing Wednesday – Second Step Program

Lesson 8.

See the program provided.

Creative Arts – Drama

Create a scene for the characters from your favourite TV program. Act it out to your family.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MiZaw9734o


5. Now go back to clapping and clap a little louder than you were snapping. 6. Then a little louder. 7. Then clap loudly. 8. Then stomp your feet and clap, making a lot of noise. 9. Now do it in reverse until it is silent again.

Spelling Words / Spelling Choice Board

Lesson 8: Joining In

Second Steps Program

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