Stage 3 Pitt Town PS - Home Learning - Term 3 Week 4You will NOT need access to a digital device and help from a parent/carer to complete the following activities.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Morning EnglishReading -A Complex sentence combinesa dependent clause and anindependent clause. Forexample- “I like to eat thecandy before I watch a movie.”The independent clause ‘I liketo eat candy’ can be asentence on its own. Thedependent clause ‘before Iwatch a movie’ cannot be asentence on its own, it needsthe independent part of thesentence.Find 3 complex sentences inthe book that you are reading.

EnglishReading -From the next chapter of thetext that you are reading,write down all the words thatyou can find that use anapostrophe (‘). List the wordsand note whether they are apossessive apostrophe(someone owns something-like Sara’s shoe), or acontraction apostrophe (likeit’s a hard day- where the it’sstands for it is).

EnglishReading -From the text that you arereading, consider 5 questionsthat you could ask to determinewhether someone had read thebook. Ensure that the questionsthat you ask require more than a‘yes’ or a ‘no’ answer.

EnglishReading -An adjective describes a noun.From the book that you arereading, find 10 adjectives. Createa complex sentence using at least3 of these adjectives.

EnglishReading -Draw your favourite characterfrom a book that you are reading,or have read. Write down threepieces of information that theauthor has given about thischaracter, in the book. Provide anexplanation of why this characteris your favourite character.

Brain BreakThis game has only one rule:keep the balloon off the floor!Challenge yourself to keep theballoon or beach ball afloatusing only hands, feet, or evenheads. At home we call it“keepy uppy” like from Bluey.Good luck!

Brain BreakPut a paper/plastic plate ormagazine on your head andwalk across the room. Timehow long you can keep theplate on your head for. Makeit harder by trying to walk onyour tippy toes.

Brain BreakStand up. Move your right foot ina clockwise circle.Simultaneously write the number6 in the air with your right pointerfinger. Repeat this patternseveral times and then switch tothe other foot and hand. Tryreversing the motions tocounter-clockwise and thenumber 9. Repeat step 5 andspell out your name at the sametime.

Brain BreakHold left hand out in front, withfingers pointing up to the ceiling.Slowly trace your hand with yourright finger, starting where yourhand and wrist meet. As you traceeach finger, breathe in as yourfinger climbs up each finger andbreathe out as your finger slidesdown. Then switch hands.

Brain BreakStand up. Place you right handacross the body to the left knee asyou raise it. Do the same thing forthe left hand on the right knee asif you were marching. Do this for2 minutes

Writing - PersuasiveDraw five logos of businessesyou know. Eg McDonalds.● Write why you think they

are most memorable.● Write down the slogan or

advertisement that youremember from each ofthose business. Forexample - Nike - Just doit.

● Choose one and make upa new slogan.

Writing - PersuasiveCreate your own logo andjingle (mini song about yourproduct) for a product thatyou design. Includepersuasive language andhigh modality words like, ‘youmust buy’ to help supportyour advertisement.

Speaking and Listening -Present your jingle to afamily member or pet. Putlots of effort in andremember to sell it!

Writing –PersuasiveImagine you have a celebritythat wants to help sell yourproduct. Write down interviewquestions and answers from thecelebrity that will help sell yourproduct. Aim for at least 10questions and get the celebrityto talk about how good theproduct is and how they wouldbe lost without it!

Writing - PersuasivePlan and write a tv commercialscript for your product, include thejingle and the interview youcreated. Draw a storyboard ofideas of how your advertisementwill look.

Speaking and Listening -Every time you hear the word“and” you have to do either 2squats, 2 push ups or 2 starjumps. Start at 9am, finish at 2pm.

Writing -Free writing FridayChoose a topic of your choice andbegin to plan and write your ownshort story. Make sure you have atleast 4 characters, that youdescribe the setting, there is acomplication and a resolution.Remember to have an excitingending and a character wrap up,not just ‘the end’ or ‘they livedhappily ever after’.

Recess Break

Middle MathematicsWarm up - Practice your6.7.8 timestables. Play agame of shootout against afamily member. Havesomeone ask timestablequestions and see who cananswer first.

Area. The area of a trianglecan be worked out byA= ½ base X height= ½ 8 x 3= 4 x 3= 12cm2

Draw 10 triangles like thisand find their area.

MathematicsWarm up - Numberbusting time again. Thistime I would like you to becreative. The number is35. Today every answermust have brackets in it!!For example:(35 + 6) - 6 or3 x 10 +(4+1)

AreaAsk a family member todraw 10 irregular shapesthat can be divided intoseparate rectangles likethis picture.

Work out the area bysplitting this shape in to 2different rectangles andfind the area of each.Then add together.A1 = L x B

=12 x 6= 72cm2

A2= 10 x 5= 50cm2

A1 + A2 = 72 + 50= 122cm2

MathematicsWarm up - You will need adeck of cards or numbers onpaper. Start a 30 secondtimer. Turn 2 cards over andadd them together. Writedown the answer, turnanother over and add that tothe total and then continueuntil the timer stops. Seewhat total you can get to in30 secs. Try 3 times to beatyour score.

Area - This time createshapes like this:

Find the area of the rectangleA1 and then the triangle A2.Then add them together.Ask a family member to draw10 shapes like this and findthe area.

MathematicsWarm up - Make 50.

Don’t take you pencil off thepage and join the numbersvertically, horizontally ordiagonally. Add the numberstogether to get to exactly 50.Keep trying until you find thepath to equal exactly 50.AreaProblem solving:

Mr Easton builds a brick

border on all sides of the patio

shaped like a square. If the

length of each side of the

border is 10 metres. What is

the area of the patio?

Mrs Apap wanted to buy a

new window for her lounge

room. The perimeter of her

window is 3 metres by 5

metres. What is the area of

her window?

MathematicsWarm up - What number am I?

I am 5 digits long. I begin with

an even number, followed by

an odd number. My third

number is the first multiple of

5. My fourth number is equal

to 3 +3. My last number is the

answer to 96 divided by 24.

What am I?

Create your own challenge for

a family member to complete.

Area

I would like you to create your

dream property. Draw a

diagram top view of your

dream house and backyard.

Label all the measurements

for the lengths of everything.

Work out the total area for

your dream house and dream

backyard.

Ask a family to create 5 more

problems for you to answer.

Brain BreakThis is a 2-person game. Onthe count of three, players picktheir position with their hands:Rock-hand in a fist, Paper –hand flat, paper down, Scissors– extend the first two fingersand hold them apart. Thewinner of the round isdetermined by the itemsformed:

Brain BreakStand up. Blink your left eyewhile simultaneouslysnapping your fingers withyour right hand. Now blinkyour right eye while snappingwith your left hand. Try toblink one eye while snappingyour fingers on the oppositeside’s hands 15 times in arow, alternating eyes. In otherwords, blink your left eyewhile simultaneouslysnapping with your right handand then blinking your righteye while snapping with yourleft hand

Brain BreakStand up. Choose 5 differentmovements to complete indescending order e.g. do 5 starjumps, spin around 4 times, hopon one foot 3 times, do 2 pushups, walk around the desk/tableonce

Brain BreakCovering your ears with yourhands, take long and slow breathsin and out as you imagine wavesrolling back and forth. Listen tothe sound of your slow breathingfor 2 minutes.

Brain BreakStand up. Pat your head with yourright hand. Rub your stomach withyour left hand. Switch hands.

Extra challenge: sing yourfavourite song at the same time asyou are doing this.

Personal development andHealth.Habits - Good & Bad.Today you are going to listhabits that are not healthyfor all of us...kids to adults.Two types: There are twotypes of habits...and theycan be grouped as “food”and “actions”.Make a list. Can you maketwo lists...one for food andone for actions. Think of atleast 3 foods that weshould not make a habit ofeating too much of. Think oftwo actions / habits...thatsome adults do - that is nothealthy for them.

GeographyDescribe what you see ineach of the pictures. Alsowrite down what types ofplants and animals thatlive in these biomes.

Wetlands

Polar

Physical Education(after lunch..see below)

ScienceCreate your own experiment toshow how energy can betransferred from one object toanother, using the domino effect.The domino effect is used todescribe how one action cancause a chain of events. This maybe seen in storms when trees fall.You do not have to use dominoes.What did you see? Did it work?Why/why not?

Creative Arts.Collage - Name “Symbol Art”

What is it?Look at the example above.Riley is my son. He did thiswhen he was 11. Can you seethe sports ribbons, the pencils,the swimming goggles, thephotos? The letter “Y” is

Desert

Grasslands

actually book marks that hecreated.This is all stuck on a piece ofcardboard. Or you can use 4 xsheets of paper sticky tapedtogether ..if no cardboard.What else?You need to use things you canfind in the house thatrepresent you. Can you guesswhat Rileys hobbies andinterests were when he was11? So start looking aroundyour bedroom.Get Creative:Maybe you like cooking orsome type of food? Look inthe kitchen pantry.Sport...maybe find an image of? Look at Rileys soccer ball.Draw:If you are having troublefinding stuff...you can draw.But really try looking for thingsyou could use.

Lunch Break

AfternoonPhysical EducationBody Percussion!

Body Percussion is so much

Geography - Continuefrom above.

Physical Education -Body Percussion..part 2.So how did you go onMonday?Did you get creative?

Science- continue from above Creative Arts - continue fromabove.How do I make it?Just glue, or sticky tape. Or inRileys case..we had a glue gunand we also used a cable tie

fun :) It is a mixture ofmusic and physical exercise.Look at the images above.So as your favourite song isplaying...you are clapping orslapping your knee(s) orsnapping your fingers orstomping your foot!Add. You can also add chestslapping or tummy patting!Can you..find a song orsongs and create a“routine” using the aboveactions?Have fun :)

Review: In our last lesson wehad the basics of BodyPercussion in our song.Clapping, Snapping fingers,stomping feet and pattingour knee.Did you do it sitting down orstanding up??Challenge: Find anothersong..do this one standingup. Add some extra ‘moves”.Can you think of any?Hint: head, tummy..plus ?Have fun :)

on his swim goggles.One more thing:Add some writing below eachletter of your NAME. Tell uswhy you used what you used.Look at this example below.

It’s hard to see..what this boywrote...but he did write abouteach thing he stuck above andhow it represents him.Have fun :)