Stage 2Term 3 Week 10 Day 1

Name: ________________________

FitnessGood morning Stage 2 ☀

Let’s get started with a quick warm up!

Do 5 of each of the exercises below.

Level up - Video game workout for kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO-R5EfG_N4

Reading

Read a book of your choice for 20 minutes. Answer the questions below.

If you would like an online book, click here https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/the-dragon-machine/

Book title:

1. Pick a character or creature from the story that you think is interesting. How would you describe them?

2. Find three descriptive words that the author used to create a picture of this character or creature.

Understand how characters in

imaginative texts can engage the reader

❏ Present a point of view about a character

❏ Identify how descriptive language is used in an imaginative text

Vocabulary

Write out the following vocabulary words on the next page. Use look, cover, write, check.

I am learning technical vocabulary for informative texts.

I am successful when I can use my vocabulary words in sentences.

1. New South Wales

2. Sydney

3. Newcastle

4. Singleton

5. Victoria

6. Melbourne

7. Queensland

8. Brisbane

9. Tasmania

10. Canberra

Vocabulary: Answer Slide1.

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Use your vocabulary words to fill in the blanks:

Remember to use capital letters for all place names!

1. The capital city of Australia is ____________.

2. _____________ is called the ‘Sunshine State’ and is

north of New South Wales.

3. _____________ has a colder climate and is often

called the ‘Apple Isle’.

4. The capital of Victoria is ________________.

5. King Street Public School is located in ____________.

English Watch: Watch the following video about feral animals:https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/feral-species-cost/13485576

Express a point of view by agreeing or disagreeing with an issue.

❏ I can express my point of view on an issue

❏ I can give 3 reasons that support my point of view

Write: Express your point of view, including 3 reasons, on the following statement.

Feral animals and plants are a major problem in Australia

In my opinion ...

Mathematics Mass

Use kilograms and grams to measure mass using scales.

❏ I can use scales to measure the mass of different objects

For students who don’t have a set of scales, you can do this activity online:https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/mostlyPostie/index.htmlSelect ‘answers in steps of 100g’ and record 5 of your results in the table above.

Mass is the measurement of how heavy or light something is.

Activity: Check at home to see if you have a set of kitchen scales.

1. Find 5 small items in your home and weigh them.2. Record each item and its weight below

Item Weight

Mathematics Number TalkWhich of these numbers can be divided by 3?

Which numbers did you pick and how did you work it out?

21 699

61 10036

40 12 3000Then do: Division colouring

Complete the division colouring activity in your work packs.250

Geography

Understand that maps are drawn to scale.

❏ I can identify which images are drawn to scale

❏ I can recreate a map of Australia by drawing it on a larger scale

It is impossible to draw maps in their real size. Maps are drawn to scale, meaning whether you make them bigger or smaller they will look the same.

Look at the original portrait of the boy.

Which of the 5 copies are drawn to scale?

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Geography Activity: Draw this map of Australia on a larger scale using grid lines.

Geography Kahoot!!

Test your Geography skills on this Kahoot! quizhttps://kahoot.it/challenge/04463947?challenge-id=80606e04-c54b-4697-a1a9-4e888fd09bad_1630809183521

Ends 13th September at 4pm

Art Origami

You will need:❏ A piece of square paper

(if you have A4 paper you can fold and cut the paper like the image below)

❏ Black marker

To do: Watch the following YouTube video to make an origami dog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD4Gv3s3QH8

For an extra challenge, you could also try this origami jumping frog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rht7y5kooJQ

What is origami? In Japanese, origami means ‘folding paper’.

Division Colouring  Solve the questions and use the colour key   

to find the hidden picture