Framework for teaching – Year 4 Term 3, Week 4

Online and offline activities to support student learning at home. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Task Post some positive notes up around your house.

Write your neighbour a kind note.

Call a friend and give them a compliment.

Ask your parents/ carers if there is anything you can do to help them today.

Make a snack or meal for someone at home.

Morning

English: Reading Monitoring means being aware of your thoughts as you are reading and keeping track of your understanding of the text. Read ‘The case of the missing cookie’ (attached) and write down the answers to the following questions. • Is this text making sense

to me as I read? • Do I know what all of the

words mean? • How am I feeling as I am

reading the text? • What reading strategies

could I use to improve my understanding?

• Who do I think stole the cookie?

• What words did the author use to show that they were looking forward to eating the cookie?

• What could have happened after the thief was caught?

English: Reading

Today, we are starting our novel, “Birrung: the Secret Friend”. Please watch and listen to the introductory video and Chapter 1 (Cheese). Introduction: https://tinyurl.com/3mwnwbnc Chapter 1: https://tinyurl.com/nw2t4kkj Once you have finished watching the videos, please answer the following questions in your workbook or on google docs:

English: Reading Read the text ‘The Great Barrier Reef’(Attached). As you are reading, explain when and why you used some of the monitoring symbols (attached below) while you were reading e.g. I thought this part of text was surprising because… Then answer the following questions: • How long is the Great

Barrier Reef? • How many different

plants and animals live there?

• When did the Endeavour run aground on the Great Barrier Reef?

• What are the main threats to the Great Barrier Reef?

• Why do you think we should protect the Great Barrier Reef?

English: Reading Turn in task Listen to Chapter 2, Elsie and Me, from ‘Birrung: The Secret Friend’. https://tinyurl.com/ybzp6tcp Once you have finished watching and listening, please answer the following questions in your workbook or on Google Docs:

• Where do YOU think Elsie might have come from?

• What are your first impressions of Mr Johnson? Explain your reasons for thinking this way using examples from the text.

• Explain how lime is made and what its uses are. Hint: this is not a fruit. You may need to go back and listen again.

English: Reading Read ‘A letter to the editor’ (Attached) and answer the following questions: • What type of writing is

this? • Name three types of

social media. • What risks are involved

with using social media? • What ways can people

protect themselves from these risks?

• Do you think children under the age of 13 should be using social media? Why?

• What safer options could children use instead of social media?

• Which part did you find the most important?

• Did you learn anything new?

• Was there anything you were unsure of in the text?

1.Barney Bean is collecting his and Elsie’s rations. There doesn’t seem to be much for two growing kids to eat. What are rations and why do you think there was so little food?? 2. Barney mentions rotten teeth and swollen gums in this chapter. What causes teeth to rot and gums to become swollen and why did it happen in New South Wales (you might have to do a bit of research)? 3. Barney refers to his “Ma” in Chapter 1. Who and where is his Ma? What hints tell you where his Ma is? 4. There are a lot of new words in this chapter. With the help of a dictionary (real or online), look up “lag”, “pannikin”, “salt pork” and “pickpocket” and write these definitions in your workbook. 5. Who are the “wild Indians” Barney refers to in this chapter?

• Barney feels a great need to protect Elsie. Why do you think he feels so strongly about this? Give as many reasons as you can.

• What is bracken? Find a picture of it online and say why you think it might be useful for making beds like Barney and his ma did.

• Optional extension task: find out some ways that traditional indigenous Australians used bracken.

Morning

English: Spelling Sort by Syllables Sort all of your spelling words by how many syllables they have. E.g. 1, 2 or 3 syllables (refer to worksheet attached)

English: Grammar Practise your spelling words. Complex sentences Review subordinate conjunctions and complex sentences.

English: Spelling Turn in task Alphabetical order Choose and write out 15 of your spelling words, then write these in alphabetical order (refer to worksheet).

English: Grammar Practise your spelling words. Complex Sentences Write a short story and highlight the complex sentences using this week’s list words.

English: Spelling Create a word search or find-a-word for a sibling or your mum or dad. You could even email it to a relative for them to solve. It is super important that each word is spelled correctly or

Spelling Rule: When adding a vowel suffix (‘ing’, ‘ed’) to a silent final ‘e’ word, drop the ‘e’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsrM_RpqXek Write all the subordinate conjunctions you know then write 3 complex sentences of your own. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKrRuDWEP68

Spelling Rule: When adding a vowel suffix (‘ing’, ‘ed’) to a silent final ‘e’ word, drop the ‘e’.

the word search will be a bit of a fizzer. You will find a template below or create a 10 x 10 grid in your workbook (use a ruler!) or in google docs. Use 10 spelling words in your word search, write these words on the lines under the grid and then fill in the blanks. Give to another person to solve! Have fun.

Morning

Do a movement break

Twist and Shout https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/squatchy-move-twist-and-shout

Do a movement break

Better When I’m Dancing https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/better-when-im-dancing

Do a movement break

Jump NTV | GoNoodle https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/jump

Do a movement break

Fresh Prince Theme Song - NTV | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/fresh-prince-theme-song

Do a movement break

Snack Attack https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/snack-attack

Morning

English: Writing Journal writing - What did you do on the weekend? Try and include who, when, where, why and what. Use your five senses to be as descriptive as possible.

English: Writing Turn in task We will focus on this activity in our Zoom on Friday Great writers use lots of details to build pictures in the minds of their readers. Today, you are going to practise using your five senses to prepare for including lots of detail into your writing. Watch the

English: Writing Great writers create great characters! You are going to watch the clip about the Darug Nation again. As you watch, find a child in the video clip. This is the child you are going to turn into your very own character! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2dYWT0_kl8

English: Writing A great narrative/story relies on having a good complication or problem that the main character must solve. Today, you are going to write a plan for a narrative about the character you created yesterday. This will include a good complication. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2dYWT0_kl8

English: Touch typing Follow the link below to a touch-typing website to practise your typing skills. https://www.typingclub.com Scroll down and select one of the typing lessons. Please use Google Chrome as a browser for this link. If you do not have Google Chrome-see the instructions

following clip about the Darug people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2dYWT0_kl8 It may be helpful to watch this clip a few times so that you can pick up on all the details with your senses. Look closely at the clip and imagine that you are actually there. What can you see? What can you hear or smell? What can you taste or feel (remember you can write about things that you feel with your emotions, as well as what you can touch)? Record your thoughts on the Five Senses Graphic Organiser worksheet (scroll down). **Don’t just write about one or two things for each column – try to challenge yourself to find as many things as you can for each column!

Decide on a name for your character. Decide on a personality. Create an ‘All About My Character’ poster. Draw a detailed picture of your character and make it the salient (main) image on your poster. Try to get across your character’s personality in your picture. Answer the following questions in the space around your picture:

• How old is your character?

• What is your character’s personality?

• What is your character interested in?

• What is your character afraid of?

• Does your character have a special talent?

• What do others from the camp think or feel about your character?

• Give some other adjectives to describe your character. You may like to use some of the words on the Character adjectives tool at the bottom (scroll down).

Write a list of some problems that one of the children in this video might have. For example:

• A fierce storm comes while you are stuck up a tree

• Your aunty warns you not to go beyond a certain place, but you and your cousins disobey her. What problems arise?

• You have lost a special stone that you believed brought good luck

• You suddenly turned invisible!

OR think of your own problem that your character might face. Write a plan for your narrative by recording NOTES ONLY about each part of your narrative. Copy a plan like this into your workbook: Beginning/Hook Setting Charac

ter Mood/Feeling

Problem/Complication

at the bottom of last week’s framework to navigate through the student portal. Optional: Use the tracking sheet at the bottom of the framework to record your progress today.

Events leading to solving the problem

Resolution (problem is solved)

Break

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Middle

Mathematics: Patterns Turn in task Patterns where a rule is applied are sometimes called function patterns. You might have seen a function machine like this before?

Where a number goes in, the rule is applied and a new number is generated. Follow this link to explore some more function machines https://www.transum.org/Maths/Activity/PhET/Function_Builder.asp

Mathematics: Patterns Look around you, can you see a pattern? A pattern is an arrangement of shapes, numbers or objects formed according to a rule. Patterns are everywhere, you can find them in nature, art, music and even in dance! In this topic, we are looking at number patterns. A number pattern is a sequence or list of numbers that is formed according to a rule. Number patterns can use any of the four operations (+, –, ×, ÷) or even a combination. In the example below, if we follow this instruction:

Mathematics: Patterns Today we will be looking at a similar function patterns as yesterday but this time the rule involves multiplication. Look at the table below as an example of a function pattern that uses multiplication.

Mathematics: Volume & Capacity Find 6 things in your household that are measured in millilitres and litres. Investigate the items you have listed.

• What were the items measured in?

• What is the biggest measurement?

• Where do you find the measurement on each item?

1. Arrange your items in

order of the smallest measurement to the biggest measurement.

2. In 25 words or less, explain why you ordered your items in this order.

Mathematics: Volume & Capacity Today, we are creating a magic potion. Will you be a nice witch/wizard or an evil one? Brainstorm on a piece of paper what type of potion you will create. For example, an invisibility potion, truth potion, flying potion, strength potion….. The potion you create will need to be 600 millilitres. If it is under or over it will explode! You can use 6 ingredients (not real ones, only pretend) in your potion. ONLY 6! What are some ingredients you might use?

There are many function patterns in real life. For example: At their Christmas fair, Middle Street Primary School charges $1.50 for a gift wrapping service. The table below shows the total cost of each wrapped gift and shows the function rule that has been applied to change the total cost of each gift. i.e. a gift at ($7) + gift wrapping ($1.50)=Cost altogether ($8.50)

1. If the next gift in this

table was $20, what

“starting at 0 add 5 each time” we get this number pattern: 5,11,17 Follow this link to explore number patterns more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMsW3tk0hIk Complete the worksheet on recursive number patterns at the bottom of the framework.

A bakery makes 10 cupcakes in one hour. Therefore the rule is: Number of hours x 10 = number of cupcakes. Question: How many cupcakes will the bakery make in one day? Now this table only goes up to 8hrs but we can use the rule to help us find the answer.

Now, go to your kitchen and search for a measuring jug or an empty container with a measurement on it and a smaller container with no measurement on it. For example: In my kitchen I found a 1litre jug and a plastic cup. Using your two containers (one big and one small), investigate how many cups of water will fill the 1litre jug (or whatever measurements you are working with). In my example, I discovered that it took 10 plastic cups of water to fill my 1L jug. How could I use this activity to work out the measurement of the container with no measurement? If possible, take a picture of this and upload it for your teacher.

Examples: blood, unicorn hair, frog’s skins, toe nails etc… How many millilitres might each ingredient be if our potion is to be 600 millilitres? You must not have any ingredient equalling 100 millilitres. If they do their potion will not work and will explode. Challenge yourself to think of other numbers that you could use to reach 600mls. Using the Magic Potion worksheet below, record the recipe for your potion.

would the total cost be?

2. What would be the unwrapped cost of a wrapped gift marked at $33.00?

3. How much would it cost to purchase three unwrapped gifts at $12, $35 & $18 and have them all gift wrapped?

Can you think of any other real-life examples where we may see rules applied to numbers like this?

There are 24 hrs in 1 day. So, 24 hrs x 10cupcakes =240 cupcakes. See if you can try some more examples on the worksheet below.

Middle

Mathematics: Mathletics Complete a Mathletics activity of your choice.

Mathematics: Mathletics Complete a Mathletics activity of your choice.

Mathematics: Mathletics Complete a Mathletics activity of your choice.

Mathematics: Mathletics Complete a Mathletics activity of your choice.

Mathematics: Mathletics Complete a Mathletics activity of your choice.

Middle

Do a mindfulness activity

Rainbow Breath - Flow | GoNoodle https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/rainbow-breath

Do a mindfulness activity See attached PDF for all task cards.

Do a mindfulness activity

Melting - Flow | GoNoodle https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/melting

Do a mindfulness activity See attached PDF for all task cards.

Do a mindfulness activity

Victorious - Flow | GoNoodle https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/victorious

Middle

Project- Based Learning We will focus on this in our Zoom on Wednesday Today’s lesson is important because you will need to do some research, make notes and be prepared to work in groups of 4 in next week’s Zoom. (Your teacher will create the groups and let you know which one you are in) Write your notes neatly on a piece of paper so your work can be put into a group folder when we return to school. Everything you write must have your name on it and be kept safe for when we return to school. You must record everything you write or research, including photos of your group working together, your products and your group making products. Optional: You might find it easier to record this digitally such as in a Google Doc.

1. Consider that we are doing Market Day to raise money for Happy Days school in Cambodia. What do you think our driving question might be?

History Today, we will be looking at life in 18th Century England and the reasons for convicts coming to Australia. These videos are really good and you are encouraged to watch both. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7O-6PDQp0A And... https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/first-fleet/10529128 After the videos, read a bit about the convict hulks: https://tinyurl.com/33dtfdsd Consider how you would feel if you were sent away to the other side of the world, leaving your friends and family possibly forever. What could you leave behind to remind your family of you? Well, I am glad you asked because, it became a habit of those sent to New South Wales to leave behind a Love Token. Read the next article and then, following the instructions, make your own Love Token: https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/convict-

PD/H Find some packaged food from the pantry or fridge at home. This could be yoghurt, muesli bars, juice, crackers or basically any food you can find with a label. Read the ingredients list on the label to see what is in the food. Sometimes sugars and fats are labelled with different names, see if you can spot the culprits using the links below to help you. https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/labelling/Pages/interactive-labelling-poster.aspx https://healthy-kids.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Food-labels-PS-2.jpg https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/labels.html?WT.ac=ctg List 10 packaged foods (from your fridge or cupboard) and write their sugar, fat and salt (sodium) content next to the food e.g. Muesli bar 10g sugar. Remember to look at the back or bottom of the item to find the label. Write these in

Visual Arts Choose one of the ideas in the picture below and create a prototype for sale at Year 4 Market Day. Please ensure that you follow the guidelines of sustainable materials which will be environmentally friendly. Your product must be thoughtfully designed and well made so that someone would want to purchase it at Market Day. You may use this prototype to try and convince your group to choose your product next week. Take pictures of you making the product if possible and keep these for your group folder. You need to write up how you made your product in the form of a Procedure. Name: Materials: Steps: (A little like a recipe)

Science Turn in task Watch this video to refresh your memory about last weeks lesson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg_DOM1OQoo In this experiment we are going to test the statement that the sun produces heat which travels outwards from its surface. When conducting experiments, scientists make predictions about what they think will happen. Record your prediction about whether the sun can cook some cookies.

Now watch the experiment (below) and then write up your experiment using theese headings. This should look a little like a recipe or procedure. For example: Prediction: Materials: Method:(Steps)

1. Cut the card...... 2. Cover with ….... 3. Place...... 4. …... 5. …...

2. List the leadership skills could you bring to your chosen group?

3. Write down a list of products you would like to make. You will discuss with your group and short list 5 products. You may like to make a prototype to show your group what it will look like.

4. How can we approach Market day more sustainably? (No plastic, no balloons, no glitter.)

sydney/what-are-convict-love-tokens Take a photo of your Love Token to show your teacher.

your workbook or on google docs.

See larger picture at the bottom of the framework.

6. …... Results: Conclusion: Experiment: https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/duk_solaroven_tech_act Answer these questions:

What does the tin foil do to assist baking? What does the glass cover do? Why do you think the cookie baked? Was your prediction correct? Why or why not? Would the cookie bake in the shade? Extension: You might like to conduct

your own experiment and see if you can bake some cookie dough in your homemade oven. If you have a thermometer, see how hot it gets in your oven when placed in direct sunlight.

Middle

English: Reading Eggspress Work on your Reading Eggs level

English: Reading Eggspress Work on your Reading Eggs level

English: Reading Eggspress Work on your Reading Eggs level

English: Reading Eggspress Work on your Reading Eggs level

English: Reading Eggspress Work on your Reading Eggs level

Break

Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break

Afternoon

Grow your mind Episode 3 Stuff ups take courage Listen to this podcast. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Ngdar3wqZ9fVKS2rcnxGY?si=_B_mByDsRLeTOR-yY86M1Q&dl_branch=1 Colour in the picture attached to this framework as you listen.

Sport -PE PE: Mr Moran Place 5 markers each 10 metres apart (50m total) Begin at one end (starter cone) and jog to the first cone and do 1 burpee. Jog backwards to starter cone. Jog to 2nd cone and do 2 burpees, jog backwards to start. Jog to 3rd cone and do 3 burpees, jog backwards to start. Jog to 4th cone and do 4 burpees, jog backwards to start. Jog to 5th cone and do 5 burpees, sprint back to the start. Rest for 2 minutes. Repeat this as many times as you can in 30 minutes. How many times can you do it? To really test yourself complete this activity in the soft sand on the beach.

Wellbeing Wednesday – Second Step Program Lesson 12: Calming down anger (see Second Step lesson plan + activity below)

Drama Let’s warm up: Get mum, dad or a sibling to think of three words that are unrelated (eg “Palm Tree”, “Saturn”, “Shoelace”) You have one minute to tell them a story that somehow incorporates all three of those words. Mime: Act out one of the scenes below silently using ‘show not tell’. You may get mum, dad or a sibling to be your audience and guess your scene.

• Cleaning the house • Eating spaghetti with

chop sticks. • Sweeping leaves

outside on a windy day.

• Washing a big, angry dog.

• Waiting for a bus that is running very late.

Sport Mr Moran would like you to work on the Newport Olympic Challenges. You can access these on the link on our Google Stream. Use the code 47dlgjx to upload your results to the Newport Olympic Challenges Google Classroom when you are finished.

Continue doing the Olympic challenges to earn points for your house.

• You’re a dentist examining some rotten teeth.

• You’re a teacher trying to get control of a loud class.

• You’re walking a dog and a cat runs by.

Characterisation: Watch short film ‘boundin’ focus on the main character.

09 Pixar Boundin 2003 YouTube2 - YouTube

1. What are the different emotions that he felt?

2. What made him happy or Sad?

Build a Fort: Grab some pillows, blankets, and cushions and build the fort or castle of your dreams. Now dress up as the princess, king, soldier etc Grab a hat, socks, a coat, shoes, boots, glasses, costume jewellery, old dresses, Halloween costumes, jackets, and anything else you think may help you to create your character. Now act out a scene in your castle, fort or palace.

You may like to write out your script or film yourself acting out your scene.

Spelling & Mathematics

Spelling Rule: When adding a vowel suffix (‘ing’, ‘ed’) to a silent final ‘e’ word, drop the ‘e’.

Sight Words Family Words Rule Words Theme Words Extension

1. cousin 2. it’s 3. most 4. nineteen 5. Summer

6. emergency 7. emerge 8. empty 9. literacy 10. numeracy

11. emerging 12. filing 13. hoping 14. having 15. mining

16. mapped 17. documented 18. England 19. convict 20. sentenced

21. rehearsing 22. whistling 23. wrestling 24. exploding 25. welcoming

Reading

Reading & Grammar

PD/H

Mindfulness

Second Step