Year 4 Week 6 Unit of WorkYou will need access to a digital device and assistance from a parent/carer to complete some of the following activities.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Dailyoverviewandresourcesrequired

English resources:● Your workbook● Week 6 The Douglas

Mawson Slideshow● Mondays Historical

Recount checklistTemplate

● Soundwaves ActivityPage 1

Maths resources:● Your workbook● Week 6 Maths Slides● Challenge 2 is in your

hard copy pack

● PE: Link to dance video(below)

● PDH: Jamboard onGoogle Classroom or cutand paste worksheet

English resources:● Your workbook● Douglas Mawson Notes● Week 6 The Douglas

Mawson Slideshow● Tuesday Grammar

Worksheet- WHEN.WHERE

Maths resources:● Your workbook● Week 6 Maths Slides● Challenge 2 is in your hard

copy pack

● Art: Ms Cole has postedthe activity on your GoogleClassroom

English resources:● Your workbook● Wednesday Reading

Strategy (on GoogleClassroom)

● Week 6 The DouglasMawson Slideshow

● Douglas Mawson Notes

Maths resources:● Your workbook● Week 6 Maths Slides● Challenge 2 is in your hard

copy pack

Science:● Slides on your Google

Classroom● Science Lesson 6

worksheet● A balloon and a piece of

paper towel

●WellbeingWednesday Grid

English resources:● Your workbook● Week 6 The Douglas

Mawson Slideshow● Soundwaves Activity Page

2● Spelling rule worksheet

Maths resources:● Your workbook● Week 6 Maths Slides● Challenge 2 is in your hard

copy pack

History:● Slides on your Google

Classroom

English resources:● Your workbook● Week 6 The Douglas

Mawson Slideshow●

Maths resources:● Your workbook● Week 6 Maths Slides● Challenge 2 is in your

hard copy pack

● Library: Ms Sheppardhas posted an activity foryou in the topic ‘LibraryLessons’

● Music: Ms Jessop hasuploaded your task toyour Google Classroom

Morning EnglishOpen Week 6 The DouglasMawson Slideshow

Learning Objective- I cancompose a factual recountchecklist or rubric

What makes a greathistorical recount?

Task: Make your ownHistorical RecountChecklist to use whenwriting historical recounts

Read through examples.

Use template to createyour own checklist orcreate your own.

EnglishOpen Week 6 The DouglasMawson Slideshow

Learning Objective- I cansummarise key informationto compose myintroductionWhat is an orientation or

introduction??It is the backgroundinformation needed to fullyunderstand the retelling.It establishes the time, settingand who or what isparticipating.The audience needs to knowwhen the events occurred,who was involved, whathappened, where the activityor event took place andsometimes what the reasonwas for the event.

Read through the differentexamples of orientations.

Task; Draft your ownorientation on DouglasMawson.

EnglishOpen WednesdayReading Strategy -

Perspectives

Learning Objective- I canview texts through differentlenses.

Answers should be typeddirectly into Google Slides

and ‘turned in’ to yourteacher.

EnglishOpen Week 6 The DouglasMawson Slideshow

Learning Objective- I cansummarise key informationto compose a series ofevents

Task: Drafting your series ofevents

The reader needs to knowwhat happened on his

expedition.

Events need to be orderedand you need to explain theimpact/result or evaluateeach step

E.g they made goodprogress at night butcouldn’t see the creviceswhich was dangerous

EnglishOpen Week 6 The DouglasMawson Slideshow

Learning Objective- I cansummarise key informationto compose a series ofevents

View and Viewing andResponding

Watch:

Australian Antarctic history– Australian AntarcticProgram

What did you learn fromthis footage?

Task: Drafting your series ofevents

Continue using your notesand timeline to complete yourseries of events.

EnglishOpen Week 6 TheDouglas MawsonSlideshow

.Learning Objective- I cansummarise keyinformation to compose amap

View and Respond

Think:

What are maps??

How do explorers usemaps?

What information can wepull from maps?

Your Task: Draw a map ofDouglas Mawson and theFar Eastern Party’s Route.

Use the examples on theslideshow to help you.

Post your map on googleclassroom

SpellingSoundwaves Activity PageYear 4 Complete activities1-6 on your Soundwavesactivity page

Answers will be uploaded onThursday

Prefix of the week:This week the prefix is ‘inter’which means ‘between’.Think of the wordinternational = betweennations

Find 10 words that use theprefix ‘inter’ and write theirdefinition.Use these words in your ownsentences.

GrammarGrammar- Adverbialphrases Worksheet

Adverbial phrases tell thereader when and where anevent takes place

Complete When, WhereGrammar Sheet

because they risked fallingdown a gap.

They left rations so..

You are going to use yourtimeline to sequence theevents.

Remember:

Use adverbial phrases tostart your paragraphs

ScienceEquipment: a balloon, papertowel and woollen material oryour hair

View the Google SlidesScience Lesson 6 to learnabout electricity.

Complete the Science Lesson6 Worksheets.

SpellingSoundwaves Activity PageYear 4 Complete activities7-10 + challenge on yourSoundwaves activity page.

Answers will be uploaded thisafternoon

Spelling rule worksheet

Drop the y and add iesWhen turning singular wordsending in y to a plural, youneed to drop the y and addies.Fly = fliesCurry = curriesCountry = countriesThe exception to this rule iswhen words have a vowel (a,e, i, o , u) before the y

Monkey = monkeysRay = raysBoy = boys

Library

Ms Sheppard has created alibrary lesson for you in ourGoogle Classroom. See theattached instructions andresources in the classworksection.

Break Time

Maths Our topic for Mathematics this week is - RevisionOptional additional work has also been set on Mathletics

Middle MathematicsTopic: RevisionWarm up and Activities:Write as many differentequations that would havethe answer 26.Example: 5 x 4 + 6 = 26

Core:This week is revisionweek. There are 2 problemsolving tasks for you towork through this week.Each problem solving taskrequires you to solvenumerous clues to get tothe answer. When youhave the answer for eachtask post it under yourclassroom assignment.

MathematicsTopic: RevisionWarm up and Activities:Use the following numbers toget as close to the number474. You can only use eachnumber once.You can useany operation (+, -, ÷ or x)100, 75, 7, 6, 6, 3

Core:This week is revision week.There are 2 problem solvingtasks for you to workthrough this week. Eachproblem solving taskrequires you to solvenumerous clues to get tothe answer. When you havethe answer for each taskpost it under yourclassroom assignment.

MathematicsTopic: RevisionWarm up and Activities:Practice your 6, 7, 8 timestables. Time yourself - whatis your quickest time?

Core:This week is revisionweek. There are 2 problemsolving tasks for you towork through this week.Each problem solving taskrequires you to solvenumerous clues to get tothe answer. When youhave the answer for eachtask post it under yourclassroom assignment.

MathematicsTopic: RevisionWarm up and Activities:What is the number?● The thousand digit is 5

more than the tenthousand digit.

● The tens thousands digit33 ÷ 11

● The hundreds digit is thethousands digit divided by2

● The tens digit is 2 x 2 x 2● The ones digit is a quarter

of the tens digit

Core:This week is revision week.There are 2 problem solvingtasks for you to workthrough this week. Eachproblem solving taskrequires you to solvenumerous clues to get tothe answer. When you havethe answer for each taskpost it under yourclassroom assignment.

MathematicsTopic: RevisionWarm up and Activities:Partition the followingnumber in standard andnon-standard form:

52, 675

Core:This week is revisionweek. There are 2problem solving tasks foryou to work through thisweek. Each problemsolving task requiresyou to solve numerousclues to get to theanswer. When you havethe answer for each taskpost it under yourclassroom assignment.

Break

Afternoon PEZumba

Watch the video athttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/0ltajz7zmlkinon/AADz1QeI_iED3tQvtE0sYg6Ka?dl=0&preview=C%26M+Sports+Zum

ba+Y3-6.MOVAnd learn the dance moves

for this routine!

PDHSafe and Unsafe Secrets

Some secrets are fun anddon’t hurt anybody! Butsometimes, you might beasked to keep a secret eventhough it makes you feeluncomfortable.This is because there aresafe secrets and unsafesecrets.

If you’re not sure whethersomething is a safe orunsafe secret: Always tell agrown up in your network!

Your Task: Read thescenarios and sort them into‘safe’ and ‘unsafe’ secrets.You can either do this on theJamboard linked in yourGoogle Classroom OR youcan use the printed versionto cut and paste them in theright box.Submit your work (online ora photo) to the Week 6 PDHAssignment.

ArtMs Cole has provided an Artactivity on our GoogleClassroom.

Submit your artwork to theassignment on our GoogleClasswork. Look for the Artlessons topic.

Wellbeing WednesdayFrom 1pm-3pm it isscreen-free time.

In your pack there is a‘Welbeing WednesdayActivity Grid’.

Choose one, none, or asmany activities as you’d liketo complete.

Take this as an opportunityto unwind and connect withyour family.

You do not need to submitanything for this activity.

HistoryThis week choose an explorerlisted in the Google SlidesHistory Week 6. Use yourresearch skills to gatherrelevant information andpresent your findings in acreative way.

Post your work under yourclassroom assignment.

MusicMs Jessop has uploadedan activity on your GoogleClassroom.

Please see GoogleClassroom for allinstructions and links.

MondayHistoricalRecountCheckListTemplate-Keepsafetocheckyourhistoricalrecounts

Structure TickIntroductionto..

Sequenceofeventsto…

Conclusionto…

LanguageandFeatures TechnicalVocabularye.g.

Punctuation

Spelling

Comment:

Monday

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book bushoo u

1 Circle the letters that represent oo u in the List Words.

2 Write any other letters that can represent oo u on the Grapheme Chart.

Write one word example for each.

3 Write one stroke for every sound in each List Word.

letters words

Graph# e Chart

4 Complete the words with the given letters. Colour the oo u words.

5 Finish the words with oo, u, o or oul to represent oo u . Finish the sentences with some of your words.

6 Write the past tense of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. Go to Helpful Hint 10 .

Add ull.

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The shoe t on my foot.

you put that on the bookcase, please?

We had to the car when it broke down.

You drive a car along the .

The enormous, black bull beside the brook. (stand)

The page fell out when I the book. (shake)

I the lost woman to the wooden bridge. (take)

The child enjoyed being on the swing. (push)

We easily the go cart along the footpath. (pull)

The bush re very close. (look)

Unit

27

Monday

Monday

Challenge 2Monday-Friday

Solve the clues on the following slides. Use the process of elimination to find the party bag spoiler.

Once you have completed the mystery, submit your answer under the assignment tab to see if you are right.

Monday - Friday

Monday and Tuesday

Cut, sort & paste

MONDAY. PDH

WritewhetheritisaphrasetellingWHENorWHERE

behindalargetree _______________

justbeforemidnight _______________

inthefirstmonthofthatyear _______________

twodayslater _______________

alongthetopofthehill _______________

besideadeepriver _______________

Pretendyouareanexplorerwritingyourjournal.Writethreesentencesusingthesephrases.

Tuesday

Underlinetheverbswithagreenpencil.Addphrasestellingwhenandwherebeforeandaftertheverbstomakethisjournalwritingmuchmoreinterestinganddetailed.

Icrossedtheice.Thestormraged.Isheltered.Isawapolarbearandtwocubs.Theywerehuntingforfish.

Tuesday

WednesdayScienceLesson6

ScienceLesson6-Electricity

Whydotheghostsdance?

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Whydoyouthinkthat?

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Whatisbeingpoweredbysolarenergy?

Brainstormthingspoweredbyelectricity

WednesdayScienceLesson6

WatchthevideosontheGoogleSlidestolearnabouthowdifferentpowersareusedorconvertedtogenerateelectricity.TypeofPower HowElectricitywasMade

Batterypower

ChemicalenergySpecialchemicalsinsideabatteryreactandconvertintoelectricity.Theelectricitycanflowtoobjectswhenwiresareattached.

Togenerateelectricalenergy,anotherenergymustbeused.Forexample–Solarpanelsconvertsolarenergyintoelectricity.

Fun finisherMake your own dancing ghosts using static electricity from a balloon.Equipment:A balloonA piece of paper towelWoollen material or your hairTape

Method:● Cut out your dancing ghosts

and tape the bottom to a table or book.

● Rub the balloon on the wool or your hair

● Hover the balloon over your ghosts

Feel free to upload a video on our stream

Wednesday

Go for a walk or abike ride with yourfamily with 4things to spot:-someone smiling-a yellow door-an older personrollerblading-3 birds on a wire(make a wish, ’costhat’s good luck).Or come up withyour own list!

Make someone inyour family laugh.Tell a joke, dressup, do somethingsilly. You shouldtry to laugh atleast 3 times aday. Laughter isso good for you.

Write down 5things that youlove about eachmember of yourfamily. Sharethem at dinner, orwrite them a note.

Play a game withsomeone in yourfamily - a boardgame, card game,game of tips.Enjoy anafternoon free ofscreens withsomeone whocares about you.

Do something thatyou enjoy- it mightbe skateboarding,drawing, ordancing to yourfavourite song.Keep it screenfree and makesure you take timeto enjoy theexperience.

Pick a room inyour house andclean it. It couldbe your bedroom,the bathroom, thekitchen. Someonein your family isgoing to be sopleasantlysurprised whenthey realise whatyou’ve done. Andit’s funny how aclean space canmake you feelbetter inside too.

Paint or draw howyou’re feeling rightnow. Think aboutthe colours thatyou use and themood you’recreating with yourshapes. Youmight like to talkabout two thingsyou like aboutLFH and twothings you loveabout going toschool at dinnertonight with yourfamily.

Walk to the water- we’re so lucky tolive on or near apeninsula. Thereare so manygorgeous spots toexplore. Goexplore!

Unleash yourinner miniMasterchef! Cooksomething toshare with yourfamily. Don’tforget to clean upas you go. :)

Make a list ofthings that youare good at, waysyou bring value toothers,compliments youhave received.Bask in that list forthe rest of theafternoon.

Create a playlistof your favouritesongs and dancearound the house.Sing too- it willmake you feelbetter.

Help someonewith something.Try to find onething that you cando for eachmember of yourfamily to maketheir day a littlebrighter. Youmight clean yourroom or bring thewashing in- helpto lighten theirload.

Write a song. Thiscould besomething thatyou do on yourown or with yourfamily on theweekend. Ifyou’ve gotmusicalinstruments, itcould be fun toplay along. Or youcould make some.

Write a letter to afriend in yourclass, or someonethat you can’t seeat the moment - acousin,grandparent orfriend. You mightlike to send it tothem. I’m sure itwill bring them joyand a smile totheir dial!

Wednesday and Thursday

ISBN 978 1 74135 159 0 Sound Waves 4 Student Book 59

7 Finish the sentences with words from the book.

We like to see the box that you

made from recycled .

We like it if a crook took our toys.

woodwoodenwould

wouldn’t

8 Complete each sentence with a contraction built from the underlined word. Go to Helpful Hint 8 .

9 Make three compound words from each row by joining pairs of words. Use each word once only.

10 Choose a word from the box to describe the stage of life of each person. The suf x hood can mean state of being. For example, childhood means the state of being a child.

I could read this chapter tonight but I read the whole book tonight.

I would like to read this book but I like to read that book.

I should read every day but I read until midnight each night.

foot book good cook bye ball

path book foot bush mark re

drift foot case wood book print

childhood babyhood womanhood manhood fatherhood motherhood

Tom is six months old. Julie is a chemist.

Ryan owns a bookstore. Sam is in Year 3 at school.

Sarah has two sons. David has a daughter.

ChallengeWrite the missing letter in each oo u word. Read down the shapes to nd the name of my book.

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book ase

bus

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bushfi e

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pu hedMy book is .

Thursday

ThursdaySpellingSpelling rule Drop the y and add ies When turning singular words ending in y to a plural, you need to drop the y and add ies. Fly = flies Curry = curries Country = countries The exception to this rule is when words have a vowel (a, e, i, o , u) before the y Monkey = monkeys Ray = rays Boy = boys Decide whether to drop the y and add ‘ies’ or just add an ‘s’ based on the rule above Rewrite the word as a plural Strawberry _____________ Carry _____________ Bay _____________ jetty _____________ Husky _____________ Stay _____________ Key _____________ City _____________ Monkey _____________

Thursday Spelling Rule

Submit your answer under your classroom assignment tab to check if you are right!

Good Luck

Friday