Stage Three Learning Plan - Term 3 Week 2 Date: Monday 19th July

Helping your family today: Help prepare food for your family.

Session One

Listen to your morning message on Seesaw. Click the ‘like’ button to record your attendance.

EnglishReading❏ Listen to today’s story read by Mrs Quinn : Shapes Of Australia

and❏ Choose a book from ONE of the following options (online or o�ine):● Home library● List of PDF books below, or● SPELD website (Decodables)❏ Look at the front cover and discuss what you already know about this topic by using your background

knowledge. Read the book aloud to an adult or sibling. (online or o�ine)

PDF List: Choose ONE of the PDF novels from the list below and read a few chapters throughout the week.❏ ‘Tomorrow when the world began’❏ ‘The Twits’❏ ‘Matilda’❏ ‘The Lorax’

Comprehension Activity:❏ Making Connections: Draw a table like the one below and make some connections with the text that you read

or listened to from above.

Text to Self Text to Text Text to World

eg, Sydney is my favourite place to visitbecause…

eg, I can make connections with the placesin text Shapes of Australia because...

eg,When I went to Mt Kosciusko the rockformations reminded me of triangularprisms because...

❏ Complete reading passages on: Read Theory and answer questions. (online)

WritingWarm Up: (Optional task)❏ Write a recount of your weekend. Make sure you include who, what, when and where. (o�ine)

Imaginative Writing - Planning❏ This week you are going to write an imaginative text.❏ Today’s writing focus is Step 1: Planning.❏ Make sure you have seen: The Writing Process - Imaginative. You can refer back to this regularly to assist you

with your writing.❏ Using the image provided in the Week 2 Imaginative Writing Task, brainstorm ideas and plan your writing

using a mind map or planning sheet.❏ You will use this plan for your writing tomorrow.

Fitness❏ Pump It Up - Fresh Start Fitness Go Noodle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etYhiq9hM8A or complete 10

jumping jacks, 20 skips, 10 air punches, 5 push and 10 sit ups.

Recess

Session Two

EnglishSpelling - Sound Waves Unit 18

Sound Waves Online Access Codes:Year 5 Code: brown446Year 6 Code: path531

❏ Focus Graphemes: n nn kn❏ Open Unit 18a. Click on and listen to the Sound Info Kit and view the phoneme and graphemes

in the Sound Box.❏ Write out 10-16 of your list words and underline the focus grapheme in each word.❏ Optional: Grapheme Trek Game

Mathematics - Daily Warm up❏ Quick Quiz (online). Don’t forget to mark your work using the ‘Show Answers’ button.❏ Activity below (o�ine)

❏ Draw an equivalent fraction to match the model above.❏ Represent the fraction above in 3 other ways. Be creative and think outside of the box (hint: think equivalent fractions)❏ Create 3 word problems where your answer is 1/3 (one third).

Mathematics - Fractions & Decimals❏ Complete MathsOnline set tasks (1568, 1570, 1684). (online).❏ Complete the fractions questions below (o�ine).

❏ There are ____ minutes in an hour.❏ There are ____ minutes in ½ an hour.❏ There are ____ minutes in a ¼ of an hour.

Lunch

Session ThreeIMPORTANT- Zoom Conferencing Lesson❏ Online task: In preparation for our Zoom sessions later this week,please complete this lesson about Zoom Video Conferencing. ZoomConferencing

PE❏ GetActive@Home Years 3-6 Episode 1 on Vimeo (Online)❏ O�ine - Try the challenges from Episode 1 - Catching

Seesaw Upload: Post your Writing Plan from this morning.

Reflecting on today’s learning: What did you learn today?

Stage Three Learning Plan - Term 3 Week 2 Date: Tuesday 20th JulyFor those of you who are celebrating today, we would like to wish you an Eid Mubarak!

Helping your family today: Tidy your bedroom, make your bed and pack away your belongings.

Session One

Listen to your morning message on Seesaw. Click the ‘like’ button to record your attendance.

EnglishReading❏ Listen to today’s story read by Miss Lopez: Why I love Australia (online).

or❏ Choose a book from ONE of the following options:● Home library● List of PDF books below, or● SPELD website (Decodables)❏ Look at the front cover and discuss what you already know about this topic by using your background

knowledge. Read the book aloud to an adult or sibling. (online or o�ine)

PDF List: Choose ONE of the PDF novels from the list below and read a few chapters throughout the week.❏ ‘Tomorrow when the world began’❏ ‘The Twits’❏ ‘Matilda’❏ ‘The Lorax’

Comprehension Activity: Monitoring and Clarifying❏ As you listen to the rich text or read one of the above stories, monitor and write down any key vocabulary or

phrases that you hear throughout the text. After reading, pick 5-8 words to clarify the meaning of using adictionary.

❏ Optional: Use each of those words in an engaging sentence.❏ Complete reading passages on: Read Theory and answer questions. (online)

WritingWarm Up: (Optional task)❏ Touch Typing: https://www.typingclub.com/ (online)❏ Find a favourite passage or recipe and make a copy in your best handwriting. (o�ine)

Imaginative Writing - Drafting❏ Week 2 Imaginative Writing Task❏ Today’s writing focus is Step 2: Drafting.❏ Make sure you have seen: The Writing Process - Imaginative. You can refer back to this regularly to assist you

with your writing.❏ It is now time to draft your text using the plan you created. Make sure your draft is structured using

paragraphs for your beginning, middle and end.❏ Introduce your character and setting in the beginning paragraph using descriptive language.❏ Build up your problem in the middle paragraph(s) and resolve the problem in your final paragraph.

Fitness❏ 30 min Cardio (hu� and pu�) workout (online)❏ O�ine - go for a 30 minute walk (o�ine)

Recess

Session Two

Spelling - Sound Waves Unit 18

Sound Waves Online Access Codes:Year 5 Code: brown446Year 6 Code: path531

❏ Focus Graphemes: ng n❏ Open Unit 18b. Click on and listen to the Sound Info Kit and view the phoneme and graphemes

in the Sound Box.❏ Write out 10-16 of your list words and underline the focus grapheme in each word.❏ Optional: Grapheme sort

Mathematics- Daily Warm up❏ Number of the Day (online)❏ Add these whole numbers to these fractions to create a mixed numeral. Example: 1 + ½ = 1 ½ (o�ine).

Mathematics - Fractions & Decimals❏ Complete MathsOnline set tasks (1686, 1696, 1697) (online)❏ Add and subtract fractions with the same denominators. Use the image below to help you answer the

addition and subtraction questions below. (o�ine)

❏ Optional: Try some of these addition and subtraction fraction word problems (o�ine).

Lunch

Session ThreePBL - Smiling Minds❏ Complete a Smiling Mind Lesson (self paced)

https://www.smilingmind.com.au/Use the Smiling Mind Guide for support.

Seesaw Upload: Post your Mathematics response to the addition and subtraction fractions questions.

Reflecting on today’s learning: Which activity was your favourite today and why?

Stage Three Learning Plan - Term 3 Week 2 Date: Wednesday 21st July

Helping your family today: Set the table for one of your meals today.

Session One

Listen to your morning message on Seesaw. Click the ‘like’ button to record your attendance.

EnglishReading❏ Listen to today’s online story, read by the author Thomas Mayor: Finding Our Heart - A story about the

Uluru Statement for young Australians (online)and

❏ Choose a book from ONE of the following options:● Home library● List of PDF books below, or● SPELD website (Decodables)❏ Look at the front cover and discuss what you already know about this topic by using your background

knowledge. Read the book aloud to an adult or sibling. (online or o�ine)

PDF List: Choose ONE of the PDF novels from the list below and read a few chapters throughout the week.❏ ‘Tomorrow when the world began’❏ ‘The Twits’❏ ‘Matilda’❏ ‘The Lorax’

Comprehension Activity: Summarising❏ After reading the rich text, write a blurb (short description of a book) which summarises the main ideas

presented in the text. Use descriptive language and similar words/phrases used by the author.❏ Complete reading passages on: Read Theory and answer questions. (online)

WritingWarm Up: (Optional task)❏ Look at a Pobble365 image https://www.pobble365.com/ and use it as inspiration to write a short imaginative

story.

Imaginative Writing - Editing & Revising❏ Week 2 Imaginative Writing Task❏ Today’s writing focus Step 3: Editing and Revising.❏ Re-read your paragraphs from yesterday. Edit your writing to correct mistakes and add some adjectives and

adverbs to make your writing more descriptive (e.g. cheerfully, nervously, irritably). Refer to the editing guide

The Writing Process - Imaginative.❏ Optional: Add an illustration for your imaginative text.

Fitness❏ Pump It Up - Fresh Start Fitness Wake UP Go Noodle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALrdpsWYoJs (online)❏ Or go for a walk, see if you can add some running into your walk. Start at running for 1 minute and then walk

for 4 minutes. Repeat until you have completed 30minutes.

Recess

Session Two

11.45 am - Zoom session with your teacher.This morning your teacher will have explained how to access your Zoom session in their daily message. You alsoneed to ensure you have completed the Zoom conferencing lesson so you are aware of the expectations. ZoomConferencing

Zoom Guidelines for Students and Families- ENGLISHZoom Guidelines for Students and Families - ARABICZoom Guidelines for Students and Families- MANDARIN

EnglishSpelling - Sound Waves Unit 18

Sound Waves Online Access Codes:Year 5 Code: brown446Year 6 Code: path531

❏ Focus graphemes: n nn kn | ng n❏ Open Unit 18a and 18b to access the list words or open the links below. Segment each word, count the

number of sounds and highlight the focus grapheme (see the example below).

❏ Year 5 Segmenting Sheet❏ Year 6 Segmenting Sheet❏ Optional: Unjumbler

Mathematics - Daily Warm up❏ Simplifying Fractions Bingo (online)❏ Subtract these fractions from a whole number and draw a diagram to match (see first example below).

Mathematics - Fractions & Decimals❏ Complete MathsOnline set tasks (1687, 1689). (online)❏ Add and subtract the fractions below. Before you add or subtract them, you must make the denominators

the same. View the image (bottom right) to help you and then solve the 10 addition and subtractionquestions below. (o�ine)

Lunch

Session ThreeCreative Arts

❏ Online - If you can, print this year's NAIDOC Theme colouring worksheet. Relax and enjoy colouring it in!NAIDOC Week Colouring Worksheet -

❏ O�ine - This year's NAIDOC Theme is Heal Country. Draw a picture that represents Country to you. You couldinclude: Native plants and animals, landscapes, rivers, red dirt, green grass, or the coastal areas.

Seesaw Upload: Post your Spelling Segmenting Task

Reflecting on today’s learning: What are you proud of today?

Stage Three Learning Plan - Term 3 Week 2 Date: Thursday 22nd July

Helping your family today: Ask an adult to give you a chore you have not done before. It could be something like sweeping orhanging out the washing.

Session One

Listen to your morning message on Seesaw. Click the ‘like’ button to record your attendance.

EnglishReading❏ Listen to today’s story read by by Mrs Alevli: Welcome to Country

and

❏ Choose a book from ONE of the following options:● Home library● List of PDF books below, or● SPELD website (Decodables)❏ Look at the front cover and discuss what you already know about this topic by using your background

knowledge. Read the book aloud to an adult or sibling. (online or o�ine)

PDF List: Choose ONE of the PDF novels from the list below and read a few chapters throughout the week.❏ ‘Tomorrow when the world began’❏ ‘The Twits’❏ ‘Matilda’❏ ‘The Lorax’

Comprehension Activity: Predicting❏ Before listening to today’s online story ‘Welcome to Country,’ predict what you think the story will be about

using the title and the front cover to help you.❏ Complete reading passages on: Read Theory and answer questions. (online)

WritingWarm Up: (Optional task)❏ Choose a vocabulary word from this week (it could be from the rich text or a

book you have been reading this week) and create an acrostic poem. Eachline of your poem must begin with each new letter of your vocabulary word(see the image for an example of an acrostic poem about ‘Summer’).

Imaginative Writing - Publishing❏ Week 2 Imaginative Writing Task❏ Today’s writing focus Step 4: Publishing❏ Publish your piece of writing using a computer or your best handwriting. Ensure that your published work

shows no signs of your editing and revising.

Fitness❏ 30min High Intensity workout - no equipment required (online)❏ O�ine - Do 30 seconds of each activity and have a 30 sec rest - once complete, repeat it another 2 times.

- Running on the spot with high knees- Star jumps- Squats- Jumping forwards and backwards- situps

Recess

Session Two

11.45 am - Zoom session with your teacher.This morning your teacher will have explained how to access your Zoom session in their daily message. You alsoneed to ensure you have completed the Zoom conferencing lesson so you are aware of the expectations. ZoomConferencing

Zoom Guidelines for Students and Families- ENGLISHZoom Guidelines for Students and Families - ARABICZoom Guidelines for Students and Families- MANDARIN

Spelling - Sound Waves Unit 18Sound Waves Online Access Codes:Year 5 Code: brown446Year 6 Code: path53

❏ Focus graphemes: n nn kn | ng n❏ Open Unit 18a and/or 18b, choose 7 words from your list words or extension list words and create 7 engaging

sentences using each word (Hint: try to make complex sentences).❏ Optional: Match up beginnings and endings

Mathematics - Daily Warm up❏ The Numbers Game (online)❏ Angle Hunt: Walk around your house and find di�erent angles (acute, obtuse, straight, right angle). List 5-10

items and angles that you find. What type of angle did you find the most of? Which angle did you struggle tofind? (o�ine)

Mathematics - Angles❏ Complete MathsOnline set tasks (2653, 2516). (online)❏ Use the angles information poster to help you label each of the following angles (questions a-f).

Which angles were not displayed in the questions? (o�ine).

❏ Read the protractor to determine the angle in each image.❏ Hint: First determine the name of the angle (acute - less than 90° or obtuse - greater than 90° and less than

180°) to help you accurately measure the angle to the correct degree (o�ine).

Lunch

Session ThreeLibrary with Mr McQueen

Listen to today’s story read by Mr McQueen. Shirley Purdie.mp4

❏ Please complete ONE activity of your choice.

❏ Google and discuss Shirley’s artworks. Try and copy your favourite one.

❏ Write a short autobiography of your own. Choose 4 or 5 of the most important or most fun things that havehappened to you so far. Do you know another language? Can you write the same story in two languages?(Optional). Illustrate your story. (optional).

❏ Click on this link to a jigsaw puzzle of Shirley Purdie. Can you complete it? https://jigex.com/pXxf

❏ One of the best things about a library is you get to read. Go find a book, relax and read it.

Seesaw Upload: Share a photo of your library activity.

Reflecting on today’s learning: What did you find challenging today and how did you overcome the challenge?

Stage Three Learning Plan - Term 3 Week 2 Date: Friday 23rd July

Helping your family today: Tidy your bedroom, make your bed and pack away your belongings.

Session One

Listen to your morning message on Seesaw. Click the ‘like’ button to record your attendance.

EnglishReading❏ Listen to today’s story read by Gregg Dreise: Hello and Welcome (online)

and❏ Choose a book from ONE of the following options:● Home library● List of PDF books below, or● SPELD website (Decodables)❏ Look at the front cover and discuss what you already know about this topic by using your background

knowledge. Read the book aloud to an adult or sibling. (online or o�ine)

PDF List: Choose ONE of the PDF novels from the list below and read a few chapters throughout the week.❏ ‘Tomorrow when the world began’❏ ‘The Twits’❏ ‘Matilda’❏ ‘The Lorax’

Comprehension Activity: Visualising❏ For Australian Aboriginal peoples, Country does not just mean the land they live on. It includes all living

things. It incorporates people, plants and animals. It embraces the seasons, stories and creation spirits."Country" is both a place of belonging and a way of believing. Country is a special place for them, and thereare 100s around Australia.

❏ What is a special place for you?❏ Close your eyes and think about a place that is special to you. Think about why it is special. Reflect on what

makes it a special place.❏ Make a drawing and label your special place. (o�ine)

or❏ Complete reading passages on: Read Theory and answer questions. (online)

WritingWarm Up: (Optional task)❏ How many words can you find on the word search board? The letters in each word must be adjoining in a

chain. (o�ine)

Imaginative Writing - Sharing❏ Week 2 Imaginative Writing Task❏ Today’s writing focus Step 5: Sharing❏ Share your writing with a family member and with your teacher (via Seesaw).

Fitness❏ PE With Joe | Cardio and Abs (online)❏ O�ine - Do 30 seconds of each activity and have a 30 sec rest after each activity - once complete, repeat it

another 2 times- Run on the spot- Sit ups- Star jumps- Plank- Karate kicks in the air- Sit ups

Recess

Session Two

EnglishSpelling - Spelling Bee Practice

❏ Practise your Spelling Bee words (sent home last term) and compete against members in your household.Have you improved since last week? Which words did you struggle with?

Mathematics - Daily Warm up❏ Times Check (online)❏ Complete this angles table (o�ine)

Mathematics - Angles❏ Complete Maths Online set tasks (2655). (online)❏ Finding reflex angles: To find the outside (reflex) angle, you need to

subtract the interior (inside) angle from 360°.❏ Find the 4 reflex angles below, the interior angles have been provided for

you. (o�ine)

❏ Vertically opposite angles:Vertically opposite angles are the angles opposite each other when two lines cross. Vertically oppositeangles are made by intersecting lines that do not share a common side. Vertical angles are equal.

Optional Challenge: Using your knowledge of vertically opposite angles, solve the following:

Lunch

Session 3 Creative ArtsDesign a new Australian flag. Consider the rich history of all of Australia. Consider Australia's First Peoples (OurAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) and our current flag with its historical links to Britain.

Seesaw Upload: Upload your published writing that you completed today.

Reflecting on today’s learning: What is a goal you would like to work towards for next week?