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“Single unit of Work”– Stage Two – Year 3 and Year 4 Tick the box once you have completed the activity. T2 W5 Monday – 9.8.2021 Tuesday – 10.8.2021 Wednesday – 11.8.2021 Thursday – 12.8.2021 Friday – 13.8.2021 Morning Mindfulness Activity

Clean your teeth, make your bed and create a quiet working space for the day. Reading Read ‘Problem Pets’ from The School Magazine. Write a summary of the story. Writing Journal Writing – write and draw how you’re feeling today.

Mindfulness Activity Perform an act of kindness for someone in your home. Reading Read ‘Problem Pets’ again from The School Magazine. Highlight all the adjectives and circle the verbs. Writing Read ‘Japan’ and answer the questions.

Mindfulness Activity Practice ‘Just Breathe’ our mindfulness technique from You Can Do It. Reading Read the text titled ‘Camouflage’ and complete the comprehension questions. Writing Using the ‘story stimulus 1’ picture write a narrative. There are things to consider before you start your story below the picture.

Mindfulness Activity. Listen to your favourite song. Write down three positive words describing how the song made you feel. Reading Read ‘Whiz kids’ from The School Magazine. List what each student was good at. Writing Using the ‘story stimulus 2’ picture write a narrative. There are things to consider before you start your story below the picture.

Mindfulness Activity Practice ‘Tense and Relax’ our mindfulness technique from You Can Do It. Reading Read ‘Whiz kids’ again from The School Magazine. Choose a character or scene mentioned and sketch what you think it would look like. Writing Journal Writing – write and draw how you’re feeling after this week. What did you enjoy and what did you find challenging?

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Middle Spelling - Look/ Say/ Cover/ Write/ Check your spelling words (please note these are the words from last week as we did not get to complete any activities) - Write the words in alphabetical order.

Spelling - Look/ Say/ Cover/ Write/ Check your spelling words - Write your words in meaningful sentences.

Spelling - Look/ Say/ Cover/ Write/ Check your spelling words - Colour coding – write your words. Use red for the vowels and blue for the consonants.

Spelling - Look/ Say/ Cover/ Write/ Check your spelling words - Write your words using fancy writing.

Spelling - If possible, get someone to test you on your spelling list.

Mathematics Year 3 Complete the Teach This worksheet on ‘counting coins’. Year 4: Complete the Teach This worksheet on ‘rounding change’.

Mathematics Year 3 Complete the Mathletics worksheet on ‘money – finding change’. Year 4: Complete the Teach This worksheet on ‘The Baker’s Dough Problem’.

Mathematics Year 3 Complete the Mathletics worksheet on ‘money – coin combinations’. Year 4: Complete the Mathletics worksheet on ‘money – using money’.

Mathematics Year 3 Complete the Teach This worksheet on ‘change combinations’. Year 4: Complete the Teach This worksheet on ‘rounding cents to the nearest 5c’.

Mathematics Write down 5-10 items your household needs on their shopping list. Research how much each item will cost (use Coles, Woolworths, Aldi website or catalogue). Round each amount to the nearest 5c if needed. Add the total amount. How much change will you get from $100?

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Afternoon PDHPE Write down 3 resilient thoughts you may need this week for learning at home. Read the information on ‘Athletics’. Time yourself running different distances in your backyard.

Geography Complete the worksheet ‘Summer Olympics Host Cities’

Creative Arts Complete the ‘Camouflage animals’ worksheet – decorate them using colours to blend into an area of your backyard.

Science Select three different plants/trees and research the type of soil they require to survive.

Friday’s Task: Choose 3 different work samples you completed over the week:

- 1 literacy sample - 1 mathematics

sample - 1 sample of your

choice. Email or mail these back to your teacher.

Sport / Brain Break Complete 30 minutes of physical activity at some point during each day

Additional Activities:

• Mathletics • Reading Eggs • Studyladder • Term 3 project

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Questions: 1. When a creature uses colours or patterns

to look like something else, scientists call that __________________________________

2. Describe how the snowshoe rabbit camouflages __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Name some other animals that use camouflage to hide from or to capture their prey ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Can you think of an example where humans use camouflage to hide themselves or something else? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Story stimulus 1 Story stimulus 2

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Camouflage

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