GRADE 4: Thursday 7th May Notes for today: Hello, Grade 4’s! Enjoy creating your own Magazine Article in reading today! Today’s check in link is here: https://forms.gle/1DPsVJwr7GdWzNq67

READING WRITING MATHS INQUIRY/OTHER Learning intention Learning intention Learning intention Learning intention We are learning about the features of an informative text.

We are learning about the importance of photographs in informative texts.

We are learning about perimeter. We are learning to compare animal features.

Success Criteria Success Criteria Success Criteria Success Criteria I can find Informative writing features used in three different informative texts.

- a newsletter

- a brochure

- an article

I can understand how photographs and captions can be used to provide information to the reader.

I can use problem solving to answer questions about perimeter.

I can compare the features of a sea turtle and a honey bee.

Task Task Task Task ACTIVITY: Informative writing includes many different features. Today you will look at some different informative texts and find which of the following features it includes. Write down what you notice in your own table (example found below). You can either tick or cross to show whether you found that feature, or make some notes in the box about what the text had. Features you might find:

Heading and subheadings

Use of bold print

Facts included

Opinions based on the topic

Use of diagrams

Use of captions or labels

Use of tables, graphs or a timeline

Maps

Websites or sources of further information

Organised sections of text (e.g. paragraphs or boxes)

Key vocabulary specific to the topic

Glossary

A numbered list

Photographs

EXPLANATION: Photographs are one feature that is often used in informative texts. It helps us to know that the information provided is based on facts. Photographs can provide so much information to the reader that sometimes the focus of the informative text is centred on that photograph with some captions to support the message. ACTIVITY: Today you will be creating your own ‘Magazine Article’ about a topic you know lots about (a pet, a hobby, a person you know) You may choose to do this on paper or using MS Publisher. Miss C shows what to do in this video: https://clickv.ie/w/zQRm

EXPLANATION: Yesterday we began learning about perimeter – the distance around an object. Today we are going to listen to a story about a dinner party. The story is called ‘Spaghetti and Meatballs for all’. The characters in the story – Mr and Mrs Comfort are having people over for dinner and are having trouble getting the seating plan right to fit everyone. ACTIVITY: Listen to the story ‘Spaghetti and Meatballs for all’ and while you are listening, pause the story to draw the seating arrangements that Mr and Mrs Comfort use for their guests. The arrangement will change many times throughout the story for different reasons, each time the arrangement changes, re-draw it. Keep a record of your drawings, you can either do them on paper, or use your stylus and draw them on your netbook using Paint. Here is the link to the story:

https://youtu.be/lNuhAkMGLPc EXAMPLE: The first seating arrangement they try is 8 tables, with each table having four chairs, like this: (see below)

ACTIVITY: Look at the labelled diagrams, one for a Sea Turtle and the other for a Honey Bee. A larger view can be found below called ‘SEA TURTLE & HONEY BEE DIAGRAMS’

Think about the animal’s features, where it lives (habitat) and what it eats (diet). Are these two animals alike at all? What are their differences? Write your observations in a graphic organiser like the one below called ‘COMPARE A SEA TURTLE AND A HONEY BEE’. (SUGGESTION ONLY. Feel free to draw your own template). (This can be completed on paper or on your Netbook)

These are the texts you are going to use. Click on the links to view one at a time, the last one is attached to the bottom of this page: Bellbridge Newsletter https://www.bellbridgeps.vic.edu.au/newsletters.html Brochure https://mudgroup.com.au/work/otway-fly---6pp-dl-brochure National Geographic Article: ‘Forests of Life’: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MZ_bFvm1E--CPi3vYLoh5BU1sqcYlWYj/view?usp=sharing

Make sure your photograph (or drawn picture) is the main focus of your page. Use labelled diagrams or captions to support your photograph and inform your audience with everything you know about your topic. (This can be completed on paper or on your Netbook)

Make sure you DRAW THE CHAIRS in your drawings, and think about why some of the arrangements WON’T work (when the tables are joined together). What happens to the perimeter of the tables when they are joined? Why won’t the same number of people fit? Answer these questions on your paper or on your netbook.

Too hard? Too hard? Too hard? Too hard? Look at one text only from the list above to complete the activity.

Read the Creatures of the Deep text with an adult or older sibling. Create your own page about a topic of your choice that you already know information about.

Just do the drawings or have a parent to help you if they have time.

Compare a Turtle and a Tortoise. See a larger picture below

Too easy? Too easy? Too easy? Too easy? Find one of your own informative texts (either online or at home) and add it to the table. Record the features you found.

You may choose to research a topic of your choice to complete this task.

N/A N/A

Don’t have _________? Don’t have _________? Don’t have _________? Don’t have _________? N/A N/A N/A N/A

WRITING: ‘CREATURES OF THE DEEP’

READING: ‘TABLE’

Text Features: School Newsletter Otway Fly Brochure National Geographic Article: Forrest of Life

My own choice (extension)

Heading and subheadings

Use of bold print

Facts included

Opinions based on the topic

Use of diagrams

Use of captions or labels

Use of tables, graph or timeline

Maps

Websites or sources of further information

Organised sections of text (e.g. paragraphs or boxes)

Uses key vocabulary specific to the topic

Glossary

A numbered list

Photographs

‘SEA TURTLE & HONEY BEE DIAGRAMS’

‘COMPARE A SEA TURTLE AND HONEY BEE TEMPLATE’

INQUIRY: TOO HARD? COMPARE A TURTLE AND A TORTOISE