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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
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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?
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a continuum (number line) between 0 and 1.
Middle
12:30-12:50
Mathematics: Mangahigh
Complete a Mangahigh activity.
Mathematics: Mangahigh
Complete a Mangahigh activity.
Mathematics: Mangahigh
Complete a Mangahigh activity.
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
Do a mindfulness activity
Try Your Best - Think About It | GoNoodle
https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/try-your-best
Do a mindfulness activity
Build Patience - Think About It | GoNoodle
https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/build-patience
Do a mindfulness activity
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.
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https://www.artforkidshub.com/how-to-draw/
Middle
1:35-1:50
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
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.
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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
Spelling Words / Spelling Choice Board
Lesson 8: Joining In
Second Steps Program