Framework for teaching – Year 4 Term 2, Week 4

Online and offline activities to support student learning at home.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Task Post some positive notes up around your house.

Write someone a kind note. Call a friend and give them a compliment.

Ask your parents/ carers if there is anything you can do to help them today.

Make a snack or meal for someone at home.

Morning

English: Reading Monitoring means being aware of your thoughts as you are reading and keeping track of your understanding of the text.

Read ‘The case of the missing cookie’ (attached) and write down the answers to the following questions. • Is this text making sense

to me as I read? • Do I know what all of the

words mean? • How am I feeling as I am

reading the text? • What reading strategies

could I use to improve my understanding?

• Who do I think stole the cookie?

• What words did the author use to show that they were looking forward to eating the cookie? 3

• What could have happened after the thief was caught?

English: Reading Read the narrative poem called ‘The Brave Babysitter and the Boys’ (Attached). This poem contains idioms. Idioms have a commonly understood meaning that is different to what each word in the phrase actually means e.g. You’re driving me up the wall! After you have read each verse ask yourself.

Does the text make sense?

Was the verse confusing? Surprising? Important?

Once you have answered these questions, choose a part of the poem which you were confused about, understand or have learnt from (you can look up the different idioms to help you). You can write the verse with one of these monitoring symbols beside it (attached).

English: Reading Read the text ‘The Great Barrier Reef’(Attached). As you are reading, explain when and why you used some of the monitoring symbols (attached below) while you were reading e.g. I thought this part of text was surprising because… Then answer the following questions:

How long is the Great Barrier Reef?

How many different plants and animals live there?

When did the Endeavour run aground on the Great Barrier Reef?

What are the main threats to the Great Barrier Reef?

Why do you think we should protect the Great Barrier Reef?

English: Reading Read ‘What are bushfires?’

Highlight or write down any words or phrases that you do not understand or are a little unsure of.

Make a list of questions that you asked yourself as you read the piece of text e.g. What are all the continents?

Make a list of difficult words from the text. Next to each word, write the clues that you used from the text to help decode the word.

Draw your understanding of a bushfire using a diagram and labels.

English: Reading Read ‘A letter to the editor’ (Attached) and answer the following questions:

What type of writing is this?

Name three types of social media.

What risks are involved with using social media?

What ways can people protect themselves from these risks?

Do you think children under the age of 13 should be using social media? Why?

What safer options could children use instead of social media?

Which part did you find the most important?

Did you learn anything new?

Was there anything you were unsure of in the text?

English: Spelling Sort by Syllables Sort all of your spelling words by how many syllables they have. E.g. 1, 2 or 3 syllables (refer to worksheet attached) Spelling Rule: When adding a vowel suffix (‘ing’, ‘ed’) to a silent final ‘e’ word, drop the ‘e’.

English: Grammar Practise your spelling words. Complex sentences Review subordinate conjunctions and complex sentences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsrM_RpqXek Write all the subordinate conjunctions you know then write 3 complex sentences of your own. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKrRuDWEP68

English: Spelling Spelling Code Write your spelling codes using your spelling words. E.g. cat = 3, 1, 20 (refer to worksheet) Spelling Rule: When adding a vowel suffix (‘ing’, ‘ed’) to a silent final ‘e’ word, drop the ‘e’.

English: Grammar Practise your spelling words. Complex Sentences Write a short story and highlight the complex sentences.

English: Spelling Alphabetical Order Write out your spelling words and then rewrite them in alphabetical order. (refer to worksheet attached) Spelling Rule: When adding a vowel suffix (‘ing’, ‘ed’) to a silent final ‘e’ word, drop the ‘e’.

Do a movement break

Get Yo Body Movin’- Koo Koo Kanga Roo | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/get-yo-body-movin

Do a movement break

Turn up the bass – Zumba Kids | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/turn-up-the-bass

Do a movement break

Jump NTV | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/jump

Do a movement break

Fresh Prince Theme Song - NTV | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/fresh-prince-theme-song

Do a movement break

Twist and Shout- Maximo | GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/twist-n-shout

English: Writing Journal writing - What did you do on the weekend? Try and include who, when, where, why and what. Use your senses to be as descriptive as possible.

English: Writing Listen to Chapter 5 & 6 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37AQTOr_kyM or read the chapters yourself if you have a copy of the book. 1. Write a letter that Susan

might have written to

English: Writing Read ‘A letter to the editor’ (Attached) and write a persuasive letter to our Prime Minister (Scott Morrison) explaining your view on home learning.

Do you believe Zoom lessons, Google Classroom and Home Learning programs have worked for you?

English: Writing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe questions. 1. Why do you think the

Professor was willing to believe Lucy’s story?

2. What were the first clues that something strange was happening inside the wardrobe?

English: Writing 1. Write what happened at

the Faun’s cave from the point of view of someone sympathetic to him.

2. Have you ever caused someone else to get in trouble without meaning to? Talk about what happened.

3. Show dialogue between two of the characters

her mother about Lucy.

2. Have you ever been disbelieved even though you were telling the truth? Discuss how you felt, and how the situation turned out.

Would you prefer being in a face to face classroom?

Have distractions at home prevented you from learning or are you more focused than a classroom setting?

3. How did Edmund give away the fact that he had been in Narnia before?

4. What did the children find at the Faun’s cave?

5. Why did the siblings decide not to just go home?

6. Why did Peter decide to trust the bird?

from book. You may choose a certain scene or you can even create some dialogue of what could happen in chapter 7.

4. Draw or paint a picture of the wrecked cave-house.

Break

Morning Tea Break Morning Tea Break Morning Tea Break Morning Tea Break Morning Tea Break

Middle Mathematics: Subtraction Warm up- First to zero: 1. Start with the number

100 and write it in your workbook.

2. Roll a 6-sided dice and whatever the number is subtract from 100.

3. Write the new number underneath and roll the dice again.

4. Take that number from your written number and write it down.

5. Continue until you reach zero. You can also race a family member with the first one to zero as the winner.

E.g. 100-5 95-2 93-6 Jump Strategy Revision

Mathematics: Subtraction Warm Up- Count back: 1. Count back in 2’s from

100 2. Count back in 5’s from

100 3. Count back in 10’s from

100 Vertical algorithms Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6M89-6106I Flip and Subtract Game: 1. Find a deck of cards

and play with a partner (family member)

2. Put a shuffled deck of cards in the centre of the players.

3. The first player flips over the first two cards (from a deck) to represent the top digits then they write their

Mathematics: Subtraction Shopping list Activity:

Using the Woolworths website, create a shopping list for some items you will need for your weekly grocery shop (for your family). Maybe mum or dad could show you a shopping list from last week or help you choose some items?

You will only have $250 to spend and don’t have to spend it all.

You will then need to work out the cost of the items by adding them together.

Work out how much you have left over E.g. $250.00-11.40 = $238.60

Examples:

Mathematics: Subtraction Warm Up- Turnaround Strategy: Write the following subtraction sums in your book and use the turnaround strategy (addition) to work them out. E.g. 51- 30 = 21 so 21 +30 = 51 *Hint: The answer of the subtraction sum becomes the beginning of the addition sum.

1. 33 - 11 = 2. 80 - 41 = 3. 109 - 17 = 4. 613-210 = 5. 5978- 540 =

Money Word Problems: I had $75.50 and used $15.00 at Bakers Delight to buy bread rolls and finger buns. How much do I have

Mathematics: Position Trust walk: Blind fold a member of your family and direct them from one area of the house to another using positional language e.g. Walk straight ahead two steps then turn right. Create a map: 1. Create a map (floor plan)

of your house and make sure you include all areas such as the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, garden, loungeroom etc.

2. Write directions from one area of the house to another area of the house. Make sure to use your positional language e.g. Go North for two metres then turn right and you will enter the loungeroom. Continue

Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuY6Fp0wgpM Draw a few number lines on your page and a different subtraction equation above each number line. E.g. 109-27 Split Strategy Revision Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79iGqoE2WN0 Create 5 or more split strategy questions in your book. Students will subtract the same place value from the other number.

number in their workbook.

4. That player then flips over the next two numbers from the deck and places them below their other digits, lining up the place value columns e.g tens below the tens. They then write this number under the other number in their workbook.

5. The student then does the working out in their book using the vertical algorithm method.

6. It’s then the next players turn. They do the same as their partner and write down their number.

7. The person with the lowest number gets a point for that round.

8. They both then start the process again and continue until the first player reaches 10 points (they are the winner).

Working out

$7.00 + $4.40 --------- $11.40

. Woolworths Website https://www.woolworths.com.au/ Money Subtraction with Vertical Algorithms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwh4SD1ToFc

left? Round your answer to the nearest dollar. (e.g. $32.50 becomes $33 because the 5 from 50 cents rounds up-4 and below rounds down) My sister had $136.30 in her piggy bank. For my birthday she bought me a Tech Deck for $5, Tech Deck ramp for $69 and a handball for $4.95. How much pocket money did she have left? Create 2 more of your own and get someone in your family to check it.

walking West through the loungeroom for 1 metre then turn left into the kitchen.

3. Make sure your drawing has a scale e.g. 1cm = 1 metre (You may want to draw your drawing with a ruler).

4. Try out your directions on a family member. Did they end up in the right spot? If not, what would you change on your directions to get them to the right end point?

https://www.nakshewala.com/readymade-floor-plans.php?a=1&currentpage=6

Mathematics: Mangahigh Complete a Mangahigh activity.

Mathematics: Mangahigh Complete a Mangahigh activity.

Mathematics: Mangahigh Complete a Mangahigh activity.

Mathematics: Mangahigh Complete a Mangahigh activity.

Mathematics: Mangahigh Complete a Mangahigh activity.

Do a mindfulness activity

Rainbow Breath - Flow | GoNoodle https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/rainbow-breath

Do a mindfulness activity See attached PDF for all

task cards.

Do a mindfulness activity

Melting - Flow | GoNoodle https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/melting

Do a mindfulness activity See attached PDF for all

task cards.

Do a mindfulness activity

Victorious - Flow | GoNoodle https://family.gonoodle.com/activi

ties/victorious

Science 1. How can humans cause

erosion? (think back to your letter to the council about ‘Park’)

2. Research some ways to reduce or stop erosion caused by human activity e.g. constructing boardwalks

3. Create a poster to inform others of how they can help to stop erosion caused by human activity

https://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/erosion.php

Science

1. What landforms are created by erosion?

Explain how these landforms are created

Draw and label these landforms

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zxj6fg8/revision/1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w8ttSMSVFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4t9Cv5D7vY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAFdYLX9DUs

2. Research 5 landmarks from around the world that have been affected by erosion overtime. Explain how each of these landmarks have

PD/H Find some packaged food from the pantry or fridge at home. This could be yoghurt, muesli bars, juice, crackers or basically any food you can find with a label. Read the ingredients list on the label to see what is in the food. Sometimes sugars and fats are labelled with different names, see if you can spot the culprits using the links below to help you. https://www.n4hk.com.au/other-resources/online-videos/how-read-food-label https://healthy-kids.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Food-labels-PS-2.jpg https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/labels.html?WT.ac=ctg

Visual Arts Land Art Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy Think about the artwork you created last week. How long did it last

outside? Was it mostly affected

by wind or water? How could you make a

similar artwork which would last longer?

Can you make an artwork just out of leaves? Or a tower out of rocks and pebbles? Photograph your artwork and watch how it changes through the week.

Project- Based Learning 1. What plants are in our

local area and how do/ did Aboriginal people use these plants?

2. Create a botanical drawing of one of these plants. Research and label the scientific name and use of the plant.

3. How could we use the knowledge we have learnt about how Aboriginal people use our local area to help sustain (preserve/ look after) it for future generations?

been affected by erosion. Could the erosion be prevented?

List 10 packaged foods (from your fridge or cupboard) and write their sugar, fat and salt (sodium) content next to the food e.g. Muesli bar 10g sugar. Remember to look at the back or bottom of the item to find the label. https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/eatingwell/efh_food_label_example_130621.pdf

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

English: Reading Eggspress Work on your Reading Eggs level

Break

Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break

Afternoon

Library Discuss : World Book Encyclopedia – a general encyclopedia used by adults, published in the USA. World Book Student Discovery - is an encyclopedia used by children. Specific encyclopedia - is an encyclopedia containing particular information eg Australian plants, animals or people. Ask your child which encyclopedia they would look in to find information about: Eucalyptus trees-

Sport Mr Moran has posted a variety of sport challenges in ‘Mr Moran’s PE’ Google Classroom. To join this online class,

go to https://sites.google.com/view/newportcb click on the Google Classroom icon click on the + symbol at the top right side of the page click on ‘join class’ enter the following code lgl7q3y

If you don’t have access to google classrooms online, go outside and practice

Wellbeing Wednesday – Second Step Program Lesson 12: Calming down anger (see Second Step lesson plan)

Music Mr Tickle has posted a variety of music challenges in’ Mr Tickle’s Music’ Google Classroom. To Join this class, Go to · https://sites.google.com/view/newportcb · click on the Google Classroom icon · Click on the + symbol at the top right side of the page · Click on ‘Join Class’ · Enter the following code liewghz If you do not have access 9 online, make some soft body percussion sounds using your hands. Perhaps you could make some fairy claps or clicks to play along

Sport Mr Moran has posted a variety of sport challenges in ‘Mr Moran’s PE’ Google Classroom. To join this online class,

go to https://sites.google.com/view/newportcb click on the Google Classroom icon click on the + symbol at the top right side of the page click on ‘join class’ enter the following code lgl7q3y

If you don’t have access to google classrooms online, go outside and practice some

Kangaroos- American Presidents- Plants from the Amazon- The Platypus- Premier’s Reading Challenge Choice books have now been increased to 10 due to libraries being closed. This will make it easier to complete the Challenge.

some batting, bowling and fielding for cricket. Play with a sibling, parent or just practise against a wall.

to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Try to find another song written by the famous Mozart. (he wrote Twinkle Twinkle Little Star when he was about your age)

batting, bowling and fielding for cricket. Play with a sibling, parent or just practise against a wall.

Spelling Rule: When adding a vowel suffix (‘ing’, ‘ed’) to a silent final ‘e’ word, drop the ‘e’.

Sight Words Family Words Rule Words Theme Words Extension

1. cousin 2. it’s 3. most 4. nineteen 5. Summer

6. Emergency 7. Emerge 8. Empty 9. Literacy 10. numeracy

11. Emerging 12. filing 13. Hoping 14. Having 15. mining

16. rocks 17. layers 18. mantle 19. flushed 20. nobles

21. rehearsing 22. whistling 23. wrestling 24. exploding 25. welcoming

Spelling

Reading

Reading & Grammar

PD/H

Spelling Words

Science & Mindfulness

Second Step