Stage 2 Home Learning Grid – WEEK 3 - Term 2 2020
Dear Parents and Carers of years 3 and 4 students, the work below covers week 3 of Term 2 in a grid-like structure. It covers all key learning
areas (KLA) and reflects the work that students will be working on at school within their classrooms. It is a continuation of the current
programs that teachers have been using, although adapted for student directed learning. We have given you guidance as to which lessons you
might do on which days, but it is fine to mix it up and do different lessons on different days if it works better for you. Please work through
it at your own pace. We advise that you use a lined A4 workbook should you not have access to a digital device with access to the internet.
Student check-ins – Students should check in with their teacher each day on OneNote on their student check-in page in their Collaboration
Folder. If students have a question about their learning, they can ask their teacher on OneNote. If students do not check-in within a few
days, school staff will call you at home to check on their ongoing learning.
Learning on OneNote - We love seeing our student's achievements and the work they are completing at home so we can offer feedback. We
encourage students to complete their work in their digital folders (the one that has their name on it) on their class OneNote daily. It makes
our day that extra special, knowing they are enjoying learning from home.
Remember - Log onto Reading Eggs using the details provided by your teacher and continue with your level or read some books and make up
some stories with your family. It is important to get up, move about and keep your mind and body healthy too! Take advantage of brain breaks
throughout the day. Most importantly take time out to enjoy each other’s company, the sunshine and your backyard.
KLA English Lessons
Choose a digital or non-digital task per lesson depending on what you
have access to
Additional Work
If you have finished your lessons,
you can complete an activity
from below
Learning help
If you require any learning
help, follow the links below
English
MONDAY
Digital - Looking at the following cover of The Tin Forest by Helen
Ward, make predictions on what you think the story may be about and
write your reflections in your digital folder on your class OneNote.
Think about the use of colour, the way the pictures are drawn and
what they are depicting.
Hold a spelling test with yourself
and a sibling (or parent/carer).
Get your sibling/parent/carer to
say random words and try to
spell them on a piece of paper,
mini whiteboard etc. See how
many you get correct. If you get
any wrong, try and find out
where you went wrong so the
next time you spell the same
word you will get it correct.
Some questions to think about
and help you with this task:
Look carefully at the cover
illustrations. What is the
purpose of the main
illustrations?
How does the illustration
relate to the title of the book?
Non Digital – Complete the same activity as above in your A4
workbook.
Why do you think the
publisher chose this cover?
Do you think the cover
illustration suggests a theme
of the novel? If so, what do
you think the theme might
be?
Are symbols used in the cover
illustration? What do you
think these symbols might
represent?
TUESDAY
Digital – Watch a reading of The Tin Forest using the following link:
https://youtu.be/IQkxDMrYszY. Write a letter to your teacher
describing the setting trying to make as much use of your 5 senses as
possible. So, if you were in the setting as set out in the book, what
would it look like, feel like, sound like, taste like, hear and smell like?
Post it up in your digital folder on your class OneNote.
Non Digital – Choose a book at home with a setting of a forest or just
think about being in one. Complete the same activity as above in your
A4 workbook.
List all the smaller words that
you can find inside this big one:
Intelligence
Examples:
See: wild flowers blooming
Feel: leaves crunching
beneath Smell: scent of roses,
rain
Taste: salty, like wild berries
Sound: rustling bushes, insects
crawling, birds calling
WEDNESDAY
Digital – Watch the following video on a forest environment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7M-hZDvoz0. Write down 3
things you notice that are different between the forest environment in
Create an acrostic poem about
your favourite character from a
book that you have recently read
or a movie/cartoon series you
have recently viewed.
Try using a Venn diagram to
compare and contrast.
The Tin Forest and the forest in the video, and write 3 things you find
similar. Post it up in your digital folder on your class OneNote
Non Digital – Think about the following two pictures and complete the
same activity as above but in your digital folder:
The picture above is from the video on a forest environment.
The picture above is from The Tin Forest
Remember that acrostic poems
look like this:
Learn how to here:
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=HeDVQbSpHac
THURSDAY
Digital - Log onto Soundwaves
(https://online.fireflyeducation.com.au/services/student_login/sound
waves) and complete Unit 14 (lizard) “l ll”
Year 5 - miss523
Year 6 - shut902
Captions are usually a sentence
or two that explain what is
happening in an image, drawing
or photo. Some photos are quite
funny to caption! Caption this
photo below in your digital
Example:
Non Digital - Go for a walk around your house/backyard and have a
think about what words have the following in them:
• l ll = make the ‘l’ sound (like life, always, hello, dollar, special)
Make a list of 20 words that you have found , 10 x words with the
single ‘l’ sound and 10 x words with the double ‘ll’ sound. Write this list
in your A4 workbook.
folder on your class OneNote or
in your A4 workbook:
FRIDAY
Digital – Think about what a persuasive text might look like. View the
video to understand more about persuasive texts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9arWXIddM
Try your best to write a persuasive text by choosing one the following
topics:
Tin forests should replace all real forests
OR
Real forests are all we need to live
Non Digital – Here is a quick example of a simply persuasive text on
why frogs would make fantastic pets. Write a persuasive text on ONE
of the topics above in you’re A4 workbook.
Impromptu speech presentation
is an important skill to have. You
basically need to ‘think on the
spot’ about a topic that you feel
is important. Give a 1-minute
impromptu speech to your
family about what kind of person
you want to be when you grow
up.
Does public speaking make
you nervous?
Watch this humorous video on
How To Be A Confident
Speaker:
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=tShavGuo0_E
FRIDAY
SENTENCE A WEEK - Compound Sentences – using ‘because’
Rewrite these two sentences using the conjunction ‘because’. Highlight
the subjects in the sentence.
• Ally is not at school today. She is sick.
Do this in your digital folder in your class OneNote or in your A4
workbook.
Note taking is an important skill
to have. Click on the following
link to experience a talk by one
of the Taronga Zoo keepers:
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=imjfSF2AKZ4 on the
corroboree frog. Don’t forget to
include key words. Look back at
your notes and see if they make
sense.
Test your compound
sentences knowledge with this
quiz:
https://www.proprofs.com/qu
iz-
school/story.php?title=compo
und-sentences_1
Need a brain break? Why not click on one of the following links, get up and move:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if8qfVjVFc8&list=PLUin3cXjioSb0aINtCqhwsDmw1GaHdObT
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KatoqA6EVK4&list=PLUin3cXjioSb0aINtCqhwsDmw1GaHdObT&index=3
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxKb_VHCYdc
No technology? No worries, why not do one of these:
• Go around 2 laps of your backyard doing the side gallop
• See how many sit-ups you can do in 1 minute
• Walk around your house and think about what materials it is made of, then list them.
KLA
English Lessons
Choose a digital or non-digital task per lesson depending on what you
have access to
Additional Work
If you have finished your lessons,
you can complete an activity
from below
Learning help
If you require any learning
help, follow the links below
Mathematics
MONDAY
Addition & Subtraction
What strategies do you use to add and subtract? Maybe start counting
from a large number, use doubles and near doubles, your known
addition facts to 10 and 20 or maybe even use algorithms.
Complete the following addition word problems in your digital folder
or in your A4 workbook. Don’t forget to underline the important parts
of the questions to help you understand:
1) This shop is open only on Saturdays and Sundays. They sell 85 rolls
of toilet paper on Saturday and 187 rolls on Sunday. How many rolls do
they sell altogether? How many rolls will they sell in 4 weeks, keeping
in mind they only operate on Saturdays and Sundays?
2) There are 144 red and 247 blue cars parked in Kmart’s car park. How
many cars are there altogether? 79 yellow cars and 17 trucks enter the
car park. How many cars are there now? How many trucks?
3) How many rulers were in the classroom if 47 were on the desks and
35 were still in the cupboards?
Western City Library has 3456
books, Eastern City has 6789
books and Northern City has
9876 books. How many books do
they have altogether?
A list of different strategies
you can review or check your
knowledge against:
https://education.nsw.gov.au/
teaching-and-
learning/student-
assessment/smart-teaching-
strategies/numeracy/number-
and-algebra/addition-and-
subtraction/S2-addition-and-
subtraction
TUESDAY
Addition & Subtraction
Mel collected 9148 seashells in
the first week of her holidays
and 8797 in the second week.
Watch this video on addition
and subtraction word
problems and complete the
Complete the following addition word problems in your digital folder
or in your A4 workbook. Don’t forget to underline the important parts
of the questions to help you understand:
1) Each student is given 28 green balloons and 27 blue balloons for
their arts lesson. How many balloons will each student get?
2) 157 shirts were sold on Monday and 35 on Tuesday. How many
shirts were sold in these two days?
3) How many rulers were in the school if 147 were on the desks and
235 were still in the cupboards?
How many seashells did she
collect altogether?
practice questions to test your
strategies.
https://www.khanacademy.or
g/math/early-math/cc-early-
math-add-sub-20/cc-early-
math-word-problems-within-
20/v/sea-monsters-and-
superheroes
WEDNESDAY
Answer the following in our digital folder on your class OneNote or in
your A4 workbook.
Number of the week: 78
1. Is it an odd or even number?
2. What is 10 more
3. What is 15 less
4. Complete the pattern by adding 2: 78, …, …, …
5. What is the next even number?
6. What is the next odd number?
7. Is divisible by 2?
8. Round it to the nearest 10
9. Is it a prime or composite number?
10. What is in the units place value?
Practice typing or writing out
your 2, 3, 4 times tables and
time yourself. You can do this in
your digital folder in your class
OneNote or in your A4
workbook. Record your time.
THURSDAY
Time
Digital - Using a clock inside your room, find out how many minutes
there are between each numeral on the clock face. Watch the
following link on how to tell and write the time in analogue and digital
time:
There are 7684 rose plants in the
park. Park workers will plant
7845 more today and 9734
tomorrow. How many rose
plants will be in the park when
they finish?
Test and time your clock
reading ability with this
popular game:
https://teachingtime.co.uk/dr
aggames/sthec2.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAYiUZSRmk0. Play some time
games using this link:
http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/measures.htm#Time
Non digital - Using a clock inside your room, find out how many
minutes there are between each numeral on the clock face. Using a
page in your A4 workbook, create a routine for yourself from what you
do in the morning to when you go to bed. Next to each item, write
roughly what time you do each of the activities. You can write then in
digital form or as analogue by drawing a small clock face next to each.
It could look something like this:
FRIDAY
Time
Complete the following in your digital folder in your class OneNote or
in your A4 workbook:
• 60 seconds = ____ minute
• 60 minutes = ____ hour
• 30 minutes = ____ hour
• 15 minutes = ____ hour
• 24 hours = ____ day
Practice typing or writing out
your 5, 6, 7 times tables and
time yourself. You can do this in
your digital folder in your class
OneNote or in your A4
workbook. Record your time.
This video may help with
some of your conversions:
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=ImVe0ed4fVM
• 14 days = 1 ___________
• 365 days = ____ year
• 366 days = 1 _______ year
• 12 months = ____ year
Need a brain break? Why not click on one of the following links:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=388Q44ReOWE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2XVfTzel8E
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymigWt5TOV8
No technology? No worries, why not do one of these:
• Do some stretching away from your learning area for 2 minutes
• See how many star jumps you can do in 1 minute.
• See how many times you can punch the sky in 1 minute
KLA
Science & Technology Lesson
Choose a digital or non-digital task depending on what you have access to
Science &
Technology
MONDAY
Cottontastic
Visit the cotton Australia website and do a mini research project in your digital folder on your class OneNote or in your A4 Workbook.
Include the lifecycle of cotton, how many different products it can be made into and how it is changed into each product.
https://cottonaustralia.com.au/.
Use these posters to help you compete the mini research project if you don’t have access to the internet:
KLA
2nd Step Lesson
Choose a digital or non-digital task depending on what you have access
to
Additional Work
If you have finished your lessons, you can complete an activity
from below
2nd Step
MONDAY
Digital – Let’s explore understanding complex feelings. Read the scenario’s
below and write two different feelings for each scenario and possible
reasons for those feelings. Post this work in your digital folder on your class
OneNote.
For example, Polly finds out she got the part she wanted in the school play.
Her best friend also auditioned, but didn’t get a part. Polly is feeling:
Happy because she got the part she wanted.
Sad because her best friend is upset.
Scenario 1: Eric has been invited to go skateboarding, but he has never
tried it before. His best friends are going and he doesn’t want to be left
out. He’s feeling:
_____________ because _____________________________________
_____________ because _____________________________________
Scenario 2: Jina has been invited to spend the night at a friend’s house, but
she won’t be able to go to the movies with her family. She’s feeling:
_____________ because _____________________________________
_____________ because _____________________________________
Non Digital - Complete the activity above in your A4 workbook.
- Think about the type of person you are and create a “little Miss
or Mr” version of yourself. Here are some examples:
KLA
Geography Lesson
Choose a digital or non-digital task depending on what you have access
to
Additional Work
If you have finished your lessons, you can complete an activity
from below
Geography
TUESDAY
Complete this activity in your digital folder on your class OneNote or in
you A4 workbook.
What would it be like to live in a different environment?
On a blank piece of A4 paper or in your A4 workbook, draw a
picture of what you think a family living ‘off the grid’ would look
like. Label all the parts that you have drawn.
Pretend that your family lived ‘off the grid’. Off the grid means to
generate your own electricity, have your own water, grow your own
food.
View the following 2 videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUXwXM6lyVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do1O5Avw_SQ&feature=youtu.b
e
(Play from the beginning to 4minutes and 17 seconds only to view the
family of 7 living off the grid)
Activity: Write a letter convincing your parents to live off the grid in a
rural setting. What are the benefits? How would it improve their quality
of life? How would it benefit the environment? What activities would
they do if they moved to a rural location?
KLA CAPA Lesson
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Creative &
Practical Arts
(CAPA)
WEDNESDAY
Strong movements
Strong movements require short bursts of energy and show resistance
What strong movements can you demonstrate in the space around the body, imagining that there is something to move against. Move
around the room or backyard making strong, light quality movements with different body parts like your hands, fingers, back, legs, feet,
nose etc. Now use strong movement like a stamp, air punch or lunge to move around the room or backyard.
See if you can put these strong movement into a form of a sequence to some music. Practise this in front of the mirror or your family if you
can.
KLA
PDHPE Lessons
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Personal
Development
Health &
Physical
Education
(PDHPE)
PDH THURSDAY
Think about why it is so important to look after yourself and your health. Make a list of 5 things that you should do to ensure that you are
healthy and happy by caring for yourself. You might like to include things like eating healthy foods, getting enough sleep, practicing good
hygiene etc. Post it up in your digital folder on your class OneNote or write this in your A4 workbook.
PE FRIDAY
Relays
Go outside or be in a space where you will not bump into anything. Take a stick, empty paper towel roll or empty drink bottle with you and
place it on the ground out of the way for now. Begin stretching your body, starting with your legs, arms, ankles, wrists. Now begin running
on the spot. If you have someone you can do this activity with, see if they can gently pass your object to you whilst you are running and try
not to drop it. This would be how runners pass a baton onto their partners in an actual circular relay in preparation for the athletics carnival.
The correct baton passing technique is:
• The receiver extends their hand behind them at just below shoulder height; palm up; fingers together; thumb out to the side. The
end of the baton is placed into the receiver’s hand using a downward motion.
• A non-visual pass with the receiver’s eyes to the front; the receiver to keep their hand steady; the baton to be placed firmly into the
receiver’s hand.