Wednesday

Week 3

9.15- 10.00 am – Literacy

Reading - BTN

KIDS NEWS – READING TO LEARN

Task:

BEFORE READING

Getting Knowledge Ready – Vocabulary Prediction

Match the word in COLUMN 1 with its meaning in COLUMN. You can do this by cutting & pasting the word OR drawing a line to connect them.

WORD

MEANING

decline

move pollen to a plant allowing it to make seeds and fruit

agriculture

Moved away from others

quarantined

At risk

infestation

watching

Surveillance

A large number of pests that cause damage or disease

Vulnerable

Farming, growing food

Pollinate

To become smaller or fewer

SELECT ANY 2 OF THE WORDS AND WRITE THEM IN A SENTENCE BELOW

1.

2.

READ/LISTEN

Plan to save Australia’s honey bees from devastating mite

https://www.kidsnews.com.au/technology/plan-to-save-australias-honey-bees-from-devastating-mite/news-story/5ebfbd688ea893fd8913bb5f17b57ab6

AFTER READING

WRITE A SUMMARY OF THE STORY USING THE FOLLOWING PROMPTS:

WHAT is happening?

WHY is it happening?

WHO is it happening to?

WHERE is it happening?

MAKE SURE YOU USE THESE KEY WORDS IN YOUR SUMMARY

Decline, infestation, mite, agriculture, Australia, vulnerable, pollinate, scan, quarantined, bee

EXTENSION

Use the EXTRA READING links to do some more reading!

10:00 – 10:30 am – Numeracy

www.studyladder.com.au

Students to work independently for

45 mins on assigned study ladder tasks.

Begin with Rapid Recall Activities for 10 mins

Then move on to Multiplication tasks

11:30 – 12:30 – Share - What is respectful in a WebEx meeting.

1. Make a list of what you do during a WebEx to show respect?

2. what you can improve on during a WebEx meeting to show respect?

12:30 to 1:20pm Inquiry

Wants vs Needs

On Tuesday we started to look at the idea of wants versus needs. Today we are going to look at our own choices.

Imagine you have $100 to spend at Kmart the only rule is you need to buy at least 8 items. In the box below write down the items you bought and how much they cost. Visit the link below to see what is available at Kmart

https://www.kmart.com.au/

Now that you have selected your items place them in the table below. Are they a Want

or are they a Need?

Wants

Needs

2:30 – 3:30 PE (Sport)

Grade 3-6 Fitness Circuit/Choice Board Instructions  

Each week students will be given a choice board of activities. The centre activities MUST be done with proof of it being done with the fitness circuit checklist. The rest of the activities on the sheet are student's choice. It is required you are doing these for at least 30 minutes a day.  

 

The video - “Fitness Circuit Explanation” will explain how to do it 

The video “Fitness Circuit Activities”  shows you all the activities and explains how to do them, you are picking 2 activities from each section. 

The “Fitness Circuit Checklist” on your MONDAY pack is where you write down the activities you pick. The colours match to the cards.  

The following YouTube link will show you exactly how to do each activity. Just look for the name of the activity and it will show you exactly how to do it  

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2hDszH4XLgW5v_wEa2onDEThj7TuusxQ 

Complete your chosen 12 fitness activities twice a week, this is your main P.E task for the week and MUST be completed and recorded.  

You are doing each activity for a minute at a time, making sure you have a minute break in between.  

 

When you are not doing your Fitness Circuit, you are to do your CHOICE BOARD which is at the bottom of your MONDAY activities pack. 

 

At the end of the week, send your work to me either on flexibuzz or email. Send a few photos of you doing your activities!  

My email: Andreas.Jordanidis@education.vic.gov.au