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Year 3/4 - Learning @ Home - Term 2, Week 7

Remember, a happy and harmonious life is the most important thing. Take your time and do your best. If you have any questions you can ask them in our Google Meets or post them on the Google Classroom stream. Every morning, we will be having a Google Meet via Google Classroom. Please press the camera symbol on

your Google Classroom or join the meeting at 9.30am via the link below:

Google Classroom

Class Class Code Google Meet Link

3/4TC Tammi rbqs62u https://meet.google.com/lookup/dxq6nxs56p

3/4CM Carol z35hncd https://meet.google.com/lookup/cwioi2ylrc

3/4RW Rhianna wrwshdr https://meet.google.com/lookup/h4hes4jfpp

3/4TH Trami cinxsp4 https://meet.google.com/lookup/aru46xpepo

3/4AD Ann-Maree zgk2g5m https://meet.google.com/lookup/b4uidmmuiv

3/4JM James lkeao62 https://meet.google.com/lookup/ac2qeemc7e

Please find some suggested tasks for the week

Weekly Focus

Reading Making connections

Writing Information reports

Maths Data representation - graphing *some graph paper is attached at the end of the work program

Big Question Time How has technology changed our lives?

Spelling Suffix ‘-ing’

STEM Paper fliers

**Please upload the following tasks onto Google Classroom for your teacher to give you feedback**

Maths: Choose ONE graph from the week Due Wednesday Writing: Information Report Due Thursday

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Day 1 - Monday 31st May

Reading Activity 1: Read a book for at least 15 minutes and fill in the proforma below.

Activity 2: Read the Text-to-Self questions below and answer at least ONE of them.

Text-to-Self:

How do the ideas in this text relate to your own life, ideas, and experiences?

Complete one of the following statements:

- What I just read reminds me of the time when I…

- I agree with/understand what I just read because in my own life…

- I don’t agree with what I just read because in my own life…

Spelling

Suffix ‘-ing’

Learning Intention: What does ‘ing’ mean at the end of a word and what are the spelling rules I need to know when adding ‘ing’? Mini Lesson: Watch this video Suffix ING - 4 Minute Phonics - Bing video to see the rules for adding ‘ing’ to base verbs.

Additionally, there is another rule that is slightly trickier, if you feel like a challenge: In words with two syllables, where the second syllable has a short vowel followed by a consonant, if this syllable is stressed (meaning you put the emphasis on it when you say it) then the ‘doubling the final consonant’ rule also applies e.g. begin -> beginning regret ->regretting (Note: focus -> focusing – we don’t double the final consonant because the stress is on the first syllable in ‘fo/cus’)

Activity: Fill in the table, adding ‘ing’ to the verb – fill in the middle columns with a cross or a tick to help you remember which rule to use.

Base Verb

Drop the e? Double the final consonant?

Just add ing? Base verb in the present tense with ing

jump x x jumping

stamp

get

strike

swim

flee

fly

hope

hop

plan

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Optional Activity: The same as the activity above , but with trickier two syllable words (rule above)

Base Verb

Second syllable ends in short vowel and single consonant?

Stress on the final syllable?

Base verb in the present tense with ing

regret regretting

happen x happening

open

control

submit

visit

offer

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Maths

Learning Intention: How can I carry out a data investigation?

Warm Up: Using your knowledge about 150, what is the value of each coloured bear?

Mini Lesson: Line graphs What is a line graph and why do we use it? Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9dfsti25HY Activity: Draw a line graph for the following data and answer the questions below:

Days of the week Cars Sold

Monday 3

Tuesday 5

Wednesday 6

Thursday 4

Friday 9

Saturday 11

Sunday 1

1. How many cars were sold in the first 5 days? ____________ 2. On which day were the maximum number of cars sold? __________ 3. How many cars were sold on Wednesday? __________ 4. Which day had the minimum amount of sales? _________ 5. How many more cars were sold on Saturday compared to Monday? _____

Optional Activity: Plot this 3 way line chart. Use a different coloured pencil for each animal.

Wildlife Population

Bears Dolphins Whales

2016 8 150 80

2017 54 77 54

2018 93 32 100

2019 116 11 76

2020 137 6 93

2021 184 1 72

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BQT

*This lesson will go over 2 days*

Learning Intention: Who are some well-known inventors?

Activity: Research an inventor and create a fact file about your chosen person. There is a fact file template below if you would like to use it.

Questions to think about when researching: When and where were they born?

What did they invent? How did they come up with the idea?

How long did it take them and did they face any challenges along the way? How did their invention change/impact society?

What are some of their other achievements?

Some useful websites for your research: Famous Inventors https://kids.kiddle.co/Inventor 20 Women inventors you should know https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=12223 Famous kid inventions https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/kids-have-great-ideas-6-famous-kid-inventions Inventions and science https://www.history.com/topics/inventions If you are unsure about who to research, you can choose one of these inventors below: Grace Hopper - Computer & computer code: https://kids.kiddle.co/Grace_Hopper Hedy Lamar - GPS, Bluetooth & Wi-Fi technology: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/hedylamarr.htm Jeanne Villepreux-Power - Aquarium: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Jeanne-Villepreux-Power/626813

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Reading Day 1 - Book Proforma

Book Title and Author:

Questions I have

Predictions

New words/unknown words

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BQT Day 1 - Fact File Template

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Day 2 - Tuesday 1st June

Reading Activity 1: Read a book for at least 15 minutes and add to the Proforma from yesterday.

Activity 2: Read theses Text-to-Text stems and answer at least ONE of them.

This text reminds me of another book I read because…..

The character in this book reminds me of a character from another book/film because…

The way the author writes in this book reminds me of another book because…

Writing This week you will be researching, drafting, and publishing an information report on a topic of your choice.

Learning Intention: How can I research effectively to find out facts for an information report?

Mini Lesson: An information report provides readers with information about a chosen topic by providing them with facts. It contains: - an introduction - a body (which is a series of paragraphs with subheadings) - and a conclusion See below for an example of an information text about thunderstorms.

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Tips for conducting good research:

1. Think about keywords and vocabulary that are important to your topic. 2. Make sure you are using a trustworthy source - not everything on the internet is true.

Here are some things to think about: - if the website ends in .edu or .gov it is usually trustworthy - .org website are usually reliable too (non-profit) but they may have a particular bias - Beware of Wikipedia! Anyone can add ‘facts’ to Wikipedia and they don’t always

get checked, so there may be false information on it. 3. Remember we do not want you to just copy information from a website, you need to

understand what you are writing and it needs to be in your own words.

Activity: Think about a topic that you would like to research. Remember to choose something you are already familiar with. You can use books you have at home, experts that you live with or a google search. Choose 3 or 4 areas that you want to cover, like in the ‘Thunderstorms’ example above, which covers when thunderstorms occur, where they occur and how dangerous they are.

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Maths

Learning Intention: How can I represent data so that I can answer questions easily?

Warm Up: How many squares below?

Mini Lesson: Watch: Types of graphs and when to use them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrTB5JSQPqY How could you work this question out? 80 children went on a school trip. They went to London or to York. 23 boys and 19 girls went to London. 14 boys went to York. How many girls went to York? One way is to create a 2 way table like this:

Activity: Create 2 way tables for the following questions.

1) In a supermarket survey, 30 men and 30 women were asked whether they preferred orange juice or grapefruit juice. 22 men preferred orange juice. 12 women preferred grapefruit juice. How many people liked orange juice best?

2) 159 boys and girls were asked about what their favourite subjects were. Out of a total of 78 girls, 28 said that their favourite subject was science. Altogether, 41 students said their favourite subject was science, with 52 saying maths. 30 girls said PE was their favourite.

a. How many boys said PE was their favourite? b. How many boys said maths was their favourite?

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BQT Finish your fact file from yesterday’s lesson. You can publish your fact file using any iPad app

(PicCollage, Google Slides, Pages etc.) OR you can make a poster OR do a good copy in your

exercise book.

Optional Activity: Inventions - Modes of Transport

Can you put these inventions in the correct order from oldest to newest? What year were they

invented? You can use the internet or ask a family member for help.

ship car train

airplane segway helicopter bicycle

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Day 3 - Wednesday 2nd June

Reading Activity 1: Read a book for at least 15 minutes and add to the Proforma from Monday.

Activity 2: Read these Text-to-World stems and answer at least ONE of them.

This happened in real life because…..

The story is similar to….

This is like something I heard/ read on the news….

Writing Information reports

Learning Intention: What are the features and structure of an information report?

Mini Lesson:

Features of an information report

Information reports are written in a particular way. Here are the features of an information

report:

- They are usually written in present tense - They contain subject specific/technical vocabulary - They are written in the third person (it) rather than the first person (I) - They usually have visual information such as labelled diagrams, maps - They contain only facts, NOT opinions (e.g. not ‘I think that….’)

Structure Information reports are usually written in a particular structure:

- Introduction paragraph (with classification - explains exactly what the report is about), - Paragraphs with topic sentences and subheadings (a new paragraph for each area that

you researched yesterday). The topic sentence tells the reader what the rest of the paragraph will be about.

- Conclusion paragraph See the information report below on Southern Bent Wing Bats. Notice that the features and structures that are mentioned above are all evident in this example. Activity: Using the information you gathered yesterday, begin to draft your information report. You can use the blank template below to help you use the correct structure.

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Maths Learning Intention: How can I represent data?

Warm up:

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Activity: Use the data below OR design your own survey to create a graph. You get to choose the type of graph that you think best suits the data. Here are some example graph types: Line - Bar - Picture - Pie chart - Stem and Leaf or another type of graph.

Data: First option: What sport do you play?

Second option: You could make your own data. You could conduct a survey, for example, how many forks, spoons, knives, plates and bowls do you have in your kitchen?

BQT

Learning Intention: What is the design process?

Watch The Engineering Process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxJWin195kU

Activity: Design a product that will solve an everyday problem.

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Step 1: Identify the problem

Interview someone at home or call a grandparent and ask them what is their biggest pet peeve

or something that really annoys them/they don’t enjoy doing.

Example: walking the dog, cleaning the house, brushing their teeth

Step 2: Come up with a plan

Come up with some possible solutions/design ideas that will help solve your family member’s

problem. Make sure you draw a draft picture and annotate (label) your design ideas in detail.

Here are some examples of problems and solutions:

Problem: Making a mess when eating

Solution Idea: Food containers with built in

sauce holder

Problem: Doing the dishes Solution Idea: An edible cup

Problem: Always burning toast Solution Idea: see-through toaster

Problem: Snacks going stale Solution Idea: Heat sealer

Problem: Always running late for work/school Solution Idea: Pram scooter

Problem: Dirty/wet benches at park Solution Idea: rotating benches

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Step 3: Build your prototype

Make a model/prototype of your design. Use whatever materials you have at home.

Remember, a prototype is a small scale model of your design using any material.

Step 4: Sharing, Evaluating and Reflecting

Share your prototype with your family member and discuss what worked well and how it can

be improved.

Step 5: Take a picture of your design and post it on Google Classroom for your classmates to

see.

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Day 4 - Thursday 3rd June

Reading Activity 1: Read a book for at least 15 minutes and add to the Proforma from Monday.

Activity 2: Make ONE prediction…

“I predict…”

“I predict…based on…(support of text, events, background knowledge, specific examples)”

“This prediction is realistic because…”

“I am going to change my prediction because…”

“Based on… ( the cover, title, pictures, headings) I predict…”

“I think I know what is coming next…”

“I think we will learn…because…”

“The clues I used in my prediction are…”

Writing Information reports

Activity: Today you need to edit and revise your information report. Use the checklist below to

help make sure you have included all you need. When finished, you need to publish it with sub-

headings and diagrams/ pictures.

Information Report Checklist

Structure

I have included an introduction paragraph, which classifies (explains/describes) what this report is about.

I have included 3 paragraphs that cover 3 different areas about my topic.

Each paragraph includes a topic sentence that explains what the paragraph will be about.

I have included a conclusion paragraph to finish.

Features

I have written in the third person (‘it’ not ‘I’).

I have included specific technical words.

I have added facts, using my own words (not copied word for word from the internet).

Each paragraph has a sub-heading.

I have included a visual such as a diagram, map or photo/drawing with captions or labels.

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Editing

All my sentences start with a capital letter and end with a full stop.

Any proper nouns in my text (names of places, people’s names etc.) start with capital letters.

I have checked my work for spelling.

Each sentence is clear and makes sense.

Maths Learning Intention: Did I achieve my goals?

Warm Up: How well can you follow these instructions? Make sure you do them in order.

Task: Essential Assessment- You have been given your username and password.

Complete the Data Representation post-test.

This must be done independently, without any help.

Review your answers once finished and complete any set tasks on My Numeracy.

STEM Paper Fliers Like an airplane, a helicopter flies using wings. A helicopter’s wings are thin, narrow blades that rotate, or spin around. As the blades spin, air pushes against them. A helicopter pilot has controls that change the position of the blades. This affects how the air hits them. Your challenge: Design and create a device that can fly through the air that uses the same spinning concept as a helicopter blade. Here are some ideas to inspire you.

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