Remote Learning for Year 6 for Week 4 Monday 4th May, 2020

Learning Goal Task, Resources & Links Done

Wellbeing

WALT: Continue our respectful, responsible and resilient behaviour while at home.

Grid on school website - choose anything from the grid. https://pakenhamsprings.vic.edu.au/remote-learning/

Reading WALT: identify

the genre of a text

WILF:

Recognise the difference between fiction and non-fiction

Use text information and clues to decide the genre

Justify response… Why? How do I know…?

Today we are looking at different genres when reading.

We know we have Fiction (a text that is made up and written for entertainment) and Non-fiction (texts based on facts and information).

Brainstorm as many different reading genres as you can before watching the video. How many did you come up with?

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfm8rN46T7U

TASK: Read for at least half an hour. Remember to use all of your thinking strategies while reading. Identify what genre you are reading. Is it fiction or nonfiction? What type?

Complete one of the activities from the reading responses from the grid (you may pick from any one of the grids – these are in the Resources section of the school website).

Writing WALT:

recognise and understand words that become contractions

WILF:

I can place the apostrophe in the correct location

A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds. Contractions are structure words that are reduced or shortened, i.e. I will = I’ll; can not = can’t.

I can shorten two words to make a contraction.

I can change a

contraction

back to its

original form.

Play one of the following games to practice recognising contractions.

https://www.abcya.com/games/contraction_action

https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/contractions.html

TASK: Select one of the writing activities from the procedural writing grid OR continue to work your writing activities.

Numeracy

Length pre-test

EA Today you need to login to Essential Assessment to complete the Length’ pretest. You will find it in Measurement and Geometry.

Remember:

* You must do this on your own (no asking for help!) * It’s okay not to know the answers – it’s a pre-test, we don’t expect you to know everything!! * Do your best!

Inquiry

WALT: research different type of transport WILF: Consider the transport types available at your destinations Consider all options Consider price and accessibility

This week for Inquiry you will be focusing on Transport - (bus, car, taxi, uber, boat, train, hire car, motorbike, toktok)

What types of transportation will you use to get around your destination?

How much will this cost?

What distances will you have to travel?

Are there any other options?

Are they cheaper or more costly?

PE

WALT:

develop a

home workout

using different

types of

exercises and

training

variations

Learning task 1:

Attached in the resource section of the website is a table whereby you are

to create an at home family workout and complete.

Use our video from last Friday’s Fitness workout with Mr Holmes & Mr

Davie to inspire you and give you some ideas

https://youtu.be/KwADDEPwCL4

Have fun!

Parent Note: Please refer to the resource page for more information to

support this learning with your child.

Tuesday 5th May, 2020

Learning Goal Task, Resources & Links Done

SWPBS

WALT: Continue our respectful, responsible and resilient behaviour while at home.

Spend 5-10 minutes completing an SWPBS activity from the SWPBS matrix. Grid on school website - choose any that you have not yet completed. https://pakenhamsprings.vic.edu.au/remote-learning/

Wellbeing WALT: Identify all things we are grateful for. WILF: Celebrating with a DIS moment, recognise things we are grateful for, create a #DISMOMENT poster.

#DISMOMENT Activity

Go onto the Resilience Project Website and complete the #DISMOMENT Activity. All video links and resources are found here.

https://theresilienceproject.com.au/at-home/gratitude/upper-primary/dismoment-activity/ We’d love to learn about what makes you happy, and the moments when you are grateful. Step 1: Watch the #DISMOMENT video. The video talks about being grateful. Being grateful means being thankful for the things we have. Step 2: What are some things you are grateful for? We are going to practise #DIS just like the video. Think about things at home that you are grateful/thankful for. Now you can go and point out things in the house you are grateful for and say DIS. * Get someone in your household to take photos/videos of you pointing to the things you are grateful for. * Go for a walk in the backyard or in the street. When you point to the things you’re grateful for say loud and proud DISSSSS!! Step 3: Once you have all the photos you can use them to create a #DISMOMENT poster/slideshow/book.

Reading

WALT - use a variety of fix up strategies when meaning breaks down when reading WILF: Identify when we know meaning breaks down Use and describe the fix up strategies we use when meaning breaks down.

Explain – sometimes our inner conversation with the text breaks down and meaning becomes unclear when we are reading. To assist us with this we use fix-up strategies to guide us back on the right path and fix up the missed meaning of what we’ve read. Fix-up Strategies include:

Use Fix-Up strategies if…

It’s the whole story It’s just a word

- Back up and re-read - Cross-check: does that seem

right? - Retell & review the story - Adjust your reading rate

- Sound it out - Look for stems, prefixes &

smaller words - Use context clues - Replace with another word - Skip it if you can - Use a dictionary (if you really

have to know the word)

Understand how to use each fix-up strategy.

It is important to make sure that we recognise as soon as our meaning breaks down due to lack of understanding. We need to stop and repair it before reading on. View: Top 10 Fix-Up Strategies for Reading comprehension Your task: You are going to become an expert on one of the fix-up strategies. Create a poster/booklet to teach someone about your chosen fix-up strategy. Use the ‘Top 10 Fix-Up strategies’ PDF to source your information. Your anchor chart/booklet must be understood by your classmates. Have an explanation of the strategy and how it is used to help you when meaning breaks down in your reading comprehension. You can include pictures/diagrams, etc if you like.

Writing

WALT: Understand and recognise what prepositions are used for. WILF: Identify what prepositions are. Understand what prepositions are used for. Understand that prepositions describe positions. Find preposition examples and identify their rules.

Explain: Prepositions are words we use to show the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in a sentence. They can be called ‘place words’ because often they tell us the position of things. E.g. The puppy is on the chair, The puppy is beside the chair, The puppy is under the chair, The puppy is between the chairs.

Preposition Examples:

Things to be aware of:

· among / between – something is shared among several people (three or more). Something is shared between two people.

E.g I shared the cake among the whole class, I shared the cake between Mary and myself.

· in / into – In shows position in one place. Into shows movement from one place to another.

E.g. The teacher is in the room. The boy dived into the river · different from – One thing or person is different from another. NEVER

say different than. E.g. Chase is different from Lexi

· beside / besides – beside means at the side of. Besides means in addition to.

E.g. The teacher stood beside the table. Several girls were there besides Rani.

· Some prepositions may look like adverbs. To tell whether the word in a preposition or an adverb, look at the way it is used. If it is describing the position of a noun or pronoun, it is a preposition.

E.g. I fell down – down is a place word, it tells where I (pronoun) fell, A boat sailed under the bridge – under is the preposition, it tells the position of the boat (noun). *A preposition usually has a noun or pronoun after it* Complete: https://www.softschools.com/quiz_time/language_arts/preposition/theme156.html Save your results. If you have access to a printer, print off your results and glue it into your work book. If you don’t, write down results. Complete - Add the prepositions

Numeracy

WALT:

Complete our

Area Pre-Test

on Essential

Assessment:

M&G

WILF: You must

complete your

assessment

without any

assistance, try

your best in all

questions

Today you need to login to Essential Assessment to complete the Area’ pretest you will find it in Measurement and Geometry section. Remember: * You must do this on your own (no asking for help!) * It’s okay not to know the answers – it’s a pre-test we don’t expect you to know everything!! This gives us future learning goals for you. * Do your best!

Visual Art

WALT:

Draw people in

proportion.

WILF:

Finish your

people in

proportion

drawings.

Hello Pakenham Springs!

This week is a week to finish off the people in proportion drawings from

the last two weeks. You will also need to draw the background and colour

it in. If you have siblings you can work together and discuss the task or

artworks, share your work and get feedback from each other as to any

improvements you could make. While you are home learning just

remember to try your best and have a go. You won’t need a device this

week unless you need to revise video links from week 2.

Miss Griffin

Note-Look at the example images below and from week 3 (below).

Finish the following;

1) Week two – Drawing your family

2) Week three - Drawing people in different positions.

3) Draw and colour a background for each artwork.

* Draw the background in relative proportion to the people in your

drawing. This means the objects you draw in the background should be

the size that they would be in real life if they were next to or near the

person in your drawing. For example, if you draw a tree next to the person

it would often be way taller than the person. Look at example 3 from last

week and ensure all the objects are the size they should be in relation to

the size of the people.

*Remember that things are big in the foreground and get smaller in the

middle ground and are really small as the get closer to the horizon line

(the background). You tried this last week with changing the size of your

people (Example 2).

*Try to balance out your artwork by placing objects in the background so

there aren’t big empty spaces.

*You can draw any background you like, however it should be a

background that the people you have drawn will fit. For example I wouldn’t

draw all my people wearing bathers if they were at the snow. They could

be at the beach.

Last week’s notes below

WILF-Draw people in different positions, doing different actions. For

example– from the side walking, sitting, running, jumping, riding a bike.

Note- look at the picture examples below.

*Try to use the skills you learnt last week to keep the figures in proportion.

Remember that all proportions are related to the size of the head and the

head goes into the body 7 and a half to eight times on a grown adult. Last

week’s drawing video links are at the end of this week’s instructions.

*Draw a minimum of 4 people, however you can do more.

*Draw the basic outline of the person first without all the details of the face

and clothing so it’s easier to see if it looks in proportion (see example 1).

*Draw different clothes on each person/figure. They should always relate

to what they are doing. For example a person running could wear football

gear and be bouncing the ball (examples images below).

*Draw two female and two male figures.

*Draw each one a different size. This can show a difference in age, for

example a child is a different height (shorter) to an adult. This can also

show a sense of distance (Space) in your picture with the lager person in

the very bottom, front of the page in the foreground (1) and getting

smaller as they go up the page to the middle ground (2) and smaller

again towards the horizon line/background (3) where the ground meets

the sky or wall. Look at the examples given.

*Next Week 4- Draw a background around the people and colour it in.

Example 1-

Example 2-

Example 3-

Week 2 notes below-

The body proportions are all relative to the size of the head. This varies

depending on the age of the person you are drawing. Remember that

the head goes into the body of a full grown adult 7 and a half to 8 times.

All other measurements are in the video clips/ links below.

The following video links to get the body in proportion. Challenge

yourself to try something different. The videos only show how to draw a

figure outline in proportion.

This is a very simple video on how to draw the body in proportion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofdcHEGk6Mw

The following video clip is a simple way to draw the body in proportion. It

is similar to what the year 3-4 have been learning last term. However, it

gives a little more detail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1hxjTx8fGM

The following video clip is one way to learn how to make the basic

skeleton structure of the body (year 4 students could give it a go but more

suited to year 5-6)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmx2OXhTZUI

The following video shows how to draw the body in proportion (year 5-6).

It’s very similar to the way we did it last term using a grid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laWSSkcn8Lg

Additional Challenge:

Drawing is a relaxing way to pass the time when you are at home. Try to

draw something every day, it’s as simple as looking around you and

finding something to draw. Try to draw things you have never tried. It’s OK

if you don’t draw it exactly like the real thing. Not all artist draw things as

they are in real life. So have fun and experiment, you never know what

you can do until you try!

You can draw all different things on one page and can keep adding as

you go until you run out of space or you can present it in your own way.

There is no right or wrong way to do your drawing diary.

Wednesday 6th May, 2020

Learning Goal Task, Resources & Links Done

SWPBS

WALT: Continue our respectful, responsible and resilient behaviour while at home.

Grid on school website - choose any that you have not yet completed. https://pakenhamsprings.vic.edu.au/remote-learning/

Reading:

WALT: Identify word meaning in context

Reading different types of texts sometimes means that we come across challenging words where we have no idea how to pronounce it or understand what it means. To help us figure out the meaning of this word in the context it is written we use ‘context clues’. Some of these clues can be found by using:

We then need to analyse and reflect on what we DO know about the text.

Activity: Read independently for at least half an hour. Remember to use all of your reading strategies and select a GOOD FIT text that will engage and challenge you. Think about the words that the author has used and how they are meaningful within the text. Select a task from one of the reading grids. Try and extend yourself and choose something you have not yet done.

Writing WALT:

Use appropriate punctuation in the correct way including: full stops, exclamation marks, question marks, ellipsis

When we are writing, it is vital that we include the correct punctuation. The way we use punctuation can change the meaning of our whole sentence if it is put in the wrong spot or left out altogether.

Full stops: Tell the reader you have finished a sentence/statement.

Exclamation Marks: Tells the reader that you feel strongly about something.

Question Marks: Asks the reader to think deeper, as you are asking a question.

Ellipsis: Builds suspense for the reader, or to show where words are missing within a sentence.

Activity: Complete a different task from your procedural writing grid (try one you haven't done yet - this is your last week on this grid)

Numeracy:

WALT:

Measure

objects using

length

WILF: Use a

ruler to

measure the

length of

appropriate

objects

Identify the

difference

between two

objects lengths

Length is a type of measurement that tells us how long something is. When we are measuring the length of things, we can use different units of measurement. These include: Millimeters (mm), Centimeters (cm), Meters (m) and Kilometers (km).

Think about when and why people would need to measure things in the real world? What kind of industries would need employees to use the correct instruments to measure something correctly? Do a quick brainstorm in your workbooks of all of the industries you think require measurement. Activity 1: Using a ruler, a measuring tape, or any other measurement tool, walk around your house and find 10 different things to measure. Try and change it up and measure long things, short things and things in between. Jot these items and their measurements down into your workbooks. Activity 2: Design and make 2 different paper planes. Find somewhere safe in your house/backyard to fly them. Once they have landed, measure the distance they flew from where you let go of the plane to where it landed. Record the distances.

Inquiry Appreciate our loved ones on Mother’s Day

With Mother’s Day coming up on Sunday, inquiry is going to be all about making mum, grandma, sister, aunty or WHOEVER, feel that little bit special. Your task today is to go onto the school website and go into the ‘Secret Kids and Dads Business’ section. Select an activity you would like to do for your special person.

STEM WALT: identify how animals are affected by their environments.

I want you to imagine that your animal is endangered and the government

has decided to build an enclosure in the local zoo to help reproduction and

to improve the future survival for your animal. Your task is to design a zoo

enclosure for your animal. You need to think about what size it needs to be,

what temperature your animal needs, where it might sleep, what it could

use for entertainment, what it might need for reproduction and food it eats.

For this part of the project we are going to work with Media Arts, please see the Media Arts section so you are able to present it.

Thursday 7th May, 2020

Learning Goal Task, Resources & Links Done

SWPBS

WALT: Continue our respectful, responsible and resilient behaviour while at home.

Grid on school website - choose any that you have not yet completed. https://pakenhamsprings.vic.edu.au/remote-learning/

Wellbeing WALT: Smile at the things we are grateful for.

#SMILE Activity Go onto the Resilience Project Website and complete the SMILE Activity. All video links and resources are found here. https://theresilienceproject.com.au/at-home/gratitude/upper-primary/dismoment-activity/ We’d love to learn about what makes you happy, and the moments when you are grateful. Your task: See if you can remember all the things that have made you smile this week. Write a story about what happened and how you felt. If your story is about someone you know you can share the story with them so they know they made you happy. Remember your DIS attitude and we can’t wait to see your smiling faces

Reading:

WALT – Identify the author's purpose

Intro: Have a read through the following page https://www.literacyideas.com/authors-purpose The Author has a purpose for their writing. This helps the reader understand where the author is coming from. The Author usually writes to: Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain or Describe

Activity: Read for at least half an hour. Complete a task from any of the reading grids. Remember to use all of your thinking strategies while reading. Identify the Author’s purpose and give reasons why you think they wrote the text.

Writing

WALT: to use commas & apostrophes in our writing.

Intro: It is important to have the correct punctuation within our writing to help the reader follow the text. Comma: helps the reader break up large sentences of text.

Apostrophe: helps the reader see contractions (missing letters don’t = do not) and possession.

To find out more watch the Prezi below https://prezi.com/gcdogt3rhtuv/commas-and-apostrophes/

TASK: Select one of the writing activities from the procedural writing grid OR continue to work your writing activities.

Numeracy

WALT:

Order objects

according to

their length

Watch the intro clip about ordering objects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx_Lcp9tkmE It is important to be able to order objects by eye, as well as measuring them. Have a go at ordering some objects around your house by eye, then measure them with a ruler, string or tape measurer to see if you are right. Task: as you are comparing your chosen objects complete the Measure and compare worksheet provided (Resources section).

Media Art:

Understanding how presentations are put together

If you did not complete your flip book from last week we would like you to

do so before beginning next task.

This week STEM and Media Arts are working together. Refer to STEM to

find out what the content of your presentation needs to show (designing a

zoo enclosure for your chosen animal.)

You will have 4 weeks to complete this as you will be investigating and

creating your enclosure first. So this week, start planning how you are

going to show your presentation.

Please watch our first introductory video to help your thinking

(disclaimer- Mrs Priestley apologises for the Star Wars references that

may cause unwanted groans and rolling of the eyes. Any complaints

please address to Mr Rook).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9oWhpL_i-

o&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2yNpePp50hBnRhlj7LGllprWI6R4Mck-

lJK8A0Ua0_EHDyC1KonmxsWRk

*** always film/ photograph in landscape for this project!!!!!

Using your Media Arts skills in presenting things visually, choose one of

the following

Power Point- showing different parts of enclosure and explaining the

different areas

Film (documentary/ interview) or can be animated

Be a zoo keeper or be like David Attenborough

Speak clearly

You can use props (build enclosure from pillows, chairs, use soft toys)

Keep camera steady.

Photo Story

This can be a collage, or like a photo album but must be more than the

one photo

Think about your shot set up.

What will show your information best. (close up, mid shot, wide shot)

For Film and Photo- be mindful of lighting and adjust accordingly.

Make sure your picture is in focus. Additional Media Arts Challenges: * Here is a great website to explore from the Melbourne Museum. A great example of how media technologies are being used to continue the sharing of information when we cannot visit in person. Everyone will find something interesting here. Lots of information for STEM https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/at-home/

*My personal favourite is “The Learnadome” tour.

Scroll down the page to follow with photos of exhibit as you listen to the

audio.

https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whats-on/the-

listies/the-listies-totally-serious-100-fact-filled-guide-to-the-melbourne-

museum/

* Keep a visual diary of your time at home (photos/video) record what you are doing, thoughts, funny things, messages to your friends * Mystery Photo- what is it? Last week revealed!

Award from Mrs Priestley’s desk at school.

Mystery photo week 4:

Who is this?

Answer revealed next week!!!

Friday 8th May, 2020

Learning Goal Task, Resources & Links Done

SWPBS

WALT Continue our respectful, responsible and resilient behaviour while at home.

Grid on school website - choose any that you have not yet completed. https://pakenhamsprings.vic.edu.au/remote-learning/

Reading

WALT: Identify the tone and mood of a text

When we analyse a text, we should consider the mood and the tone of the text we are reading. We can determine the mood and tone by making inferences about the setting, dialogue and the 5 sensory details from a text.

Activity: Read for at least half an hour. Complete a task from any of the reading grids. Note down what you think the tone of the story, chapter, text is and how did it make you feel? Why do you feel this way? Would everyone feel this way? What inferences did you make to help you figure out the tone and the mood? You could also use the ‘Tone and Mood Graphic Organiser’ from the resource sections to note down your answers.

Writing

WALT: Correctly use a colon and a semicolon in our writing

When we are writing, it is vital that we include the correct punctuation. The way we use punctuation can change the meaning of our whole sentence if it is put in the wrong spot or left out altogether. Semi- Colon: Helps readers understand that you are separating items in closely related sentences.

Colon: Introduces a list

Activity 1: Select something off your procedural writing grid. Take note of what kind of punctuation is used throughout the procedure you are following or writing. Activity 2: Begin a free writing piece. Free write meaning any genre or text type that you feel like writing today. Maybe it’s a recount of your Easter holidays? It could be a journal entry, or a narrative. Whatever you choose to write, try and include a colon or semicolon in the correct way.

Numeracy WALT:

Convert metric

units and order

them

according to

their length

When we are trying to convert measurement units, we need to use our multiplication, division and power of 10 knowledge. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djTNUp4XIRo Example and Explanation: If you were to run 2000m as practice for cross country, but Mr. Holmes asks you to write it down in kilometers, how would you do it? Use the chart below to help you. I would look at the ‘m’ on the chart. I would then follow the arrow from ‘m’ to ‘km’ and use the operation it tells me to. In this case it is dividing by 1000. I would then write it out like a division sum.

Practice: 3km = ___ m 7700mm = ___ cm 550cm = ___ m 4.2km = ___ cm Activity1: Complete the My Numeracy task VCMMG223 (Measurement and Geometry - convert measurement units) Activity 2: Make up your own measurements to convert (maybe you could measure something in the house and then try and convert it to a bigger unit of measurement AND a smaller unit of measurement). Challenge: Mark jogged 15840 meters in 45 minutes. How many kilometers did Mark run? How many meters did Mark run per minute? Tommy uses 40 grams of cheese in each pizza he makes. How many kilograms of cheese does Tommy need to make 28 pizzas?

Inquiry/ Wellbeing

WALT: Appreciate our loved ones on Mother’s Day.

Your task today is to go onto the school website and go into the ‘Secret Kids and Dads Business’ section. Select an activity you would like to do for your special person.