WPS Flexible Learning Grid – Year 6 Term 3, Week 9

At Werribee Primary School we understand that every family is different and every family has their own routines, so our home learning planning is structured in such a waythat parents/carers/families have flexibility to adjust their child/children’s learning from day to day. Schedules are provided as a timetable/guide to assist you in managingyour day. Students are free to contact classroom teachers on Xuno or Google classroom if they have any questions regarding their learning tasks. Parents can also contactteachers about Learning Tasks through xuno or via emails to the school. Teachers' responses will be during working hours of M-W 8.30-4.30 Th-F 8.30-3.30

YEAR 6 TERM 3 WEEK 9

LITERACY(30 mins)

LITERACY(30 mins)

BREAK NUMERACY(30-45 min)

BREAK ADDITIONAL LEARNING(90 min)

MONDAY ReadingCritiquing - Themes

WritingPersonification

MathsChance Vocabulary

Art Physical ActivityGet active

TUESDAY ReadingCritiquing - Author’s Craft

WritingPersonification

MathsMultiplication &

Division of decimalsby 10, 100, 1000

P.E Investigations

WEDNESDAY ReadingIndependent Reading

WritingFree Write Poems

MathsIntroduction to %

Mindfulness Physical ActivityGet active

THURSDAY ReadingReading Goal

WritingPersonification

MathsCreative Math Day

Music Physical ActivityGet active

FRIDAY ReadingCritiquing - Author’s Craft

Part 2

WritingOnomatopoeia

MathsMy Numeracy

Spanish Physical ActivityGet active

**The highlighted sessions are what need to be submitted to your teacher for feedback.

Daily learning program guidelines as set by Department of Education are allocated as follows:

● Literacy activities that take a total of about 45-60 minutes● Numeracy activities of about 30-45 minutes● Additional curriculum/learning areas of about 90 minutes● Physical Activity 30 minutes

Please note that on Wednesday, the 8th of September, all the teachers will be planning for Term 4 and they will not be available for the whole day. All Class Googlemeets will not be happening until Thursday the 9th or as directed by your teacher. Please complete the independent activities planned for you and if you have anyquestions, we will answer them for you on Thursday. We will remind you throughout the week. Thank you.

LITERACY NUMERACY

Reading WritingNumber & Algebra (Fractions, Decimals)

Probability (Chance)

Monday Focus:This week we are continuing to critique fiction texts.

This lesson we will be focusing on critiquing thethemes in a text.

Task: Use the same text you used last week. You willbe using the same text throughout the week. Thetexts are in order of difficulty so choose the onethat is most appropriate to you. Then, complete thefocus question provided.Be sure to question ALL questions in full sentencesand provide the relevant evidence from the text tosupport your answers.

Texts:

Monday Focus: PersonificationTask:

1. First, make a list of 10 action verbs thatdescribe things that humans do. Think ofwhat you did last week.

2. Now, take a look around the house andwrite down 10 objects that you see.

3. Look at your two lists and find funny orinteresting ways to combine the objectswith the verbs.For example, you mightcome up with “pencil laughing” or“sandwich whispers.”

4. Use these word combinations to createpoetic sentences about each object.

Here are some examples:

Monday Focus: Chance vocabularyMUST DO Warm Up

Your awesome teacher is allowing you to organise a classparty! They are giving you $100 to spend on food, drinks anddecorations!

Research the cost of the things you would like to have at yourparty. Compile a list of all the items and their prices, ensuringthat the total cost does not exceed $100.

Task:

The below table has vocabulary that you would use in chanceand probability along with the definitions.

1. Felix and his flying machinehttps://www.getepic.com/app/read/42791

2. Pop Classics: Back to the Futurehttps://www.getepic.com/app/read/77420

3. The great moving mysteryhttps://www.getepic.com/app/read/27575

Focus Questions:1. How effectively does the author

communicate the message(s) or theme(s) ofthe story?

2. Does the theme(s) emerge naturally fromthe story, or are they stated too obviously?

3. Does the theme overpower the story?4. Does the theme provide insight and

understanding for today’s problem as wellas those of the past?

Extension Questions:

Use the book you are currently reading andanalyse the text.

1. How effectively does the author uselanguage to bring the reader into the story?

2. Is the language of the narrivitiveappropriate to the times? Does the dialoguefit the setting?

My ham sandwich whispers loudly that it hatesbeing wrapped in plastic.

My alarm clock yells at me every morning.

The door protested as it opened slowly.

The stairs groaned as we walked on them.

5. Create 5 poetic sentences of your own.6. Take one of these sentences and plan a

personification poem.7. Write a draft and submit this for feedback.

Extension:Write 2 more personification poems and record avideo of yourself reading your poems, Submit forfeedback

The definitions and words are all jumbled up. Match thevocabulary words with their corresponding definitions(numbers and alphabets) from the table.

Chance vocabwords

Definitions

1 Chance A Are all the possibleresults of a chanceexperiment

2 Probability B Is the likelihood of aparticular event occurringduring a chanceexperiment, based on allpossible outcomes

3 Data C Is the level of probabilityof an event occurringduring a chanceexperiment

4 ExperimentalProbability

D An event that probablywill not happen.

5 Theoreticalprobability

E The possible outcome ofa probability experiment

6 Likelihood F Is the likelihood that anevent will or will nothappen

7 Equally likelyevents

G Is a collection of factsabout a particular subjector event.

8 Outcome H An event that probablywill happen.

9 Likely I Are those which have thesame probability ofoccurring during a chanceexperiment

10 Unlikely J A possible result of agame or experiment.

11 Event K Is another word forchance. It can beexpressed in numbers(e.g. percentages andfractions) or words (e.g.impossible, certain)

Extension:Prodigy

Tuesday Focus: Author’s Craft

This lesson we will be focusing on critiquing theAuthor’s craft of the text.

Task: Choose the same text that you were usingyesterday. Then, answer the following questions.Be sure to question ALL questions in full sentencesand provide the relevant evidence from the text tosupport your answers.

Texts:1. Felix and his flying machine

https://www.getepic.com/app/read/427912. Pop Classics: Back to the Future

https://www.getepic.com/app/read/774203. The great moving mystery

https://www.getepic.com/app/read/27575Focus Questions:

1. Why is the title important to the text?2. What did you like about this back?3. What would you change about this book?4. Where do you see really good writing in this

book? What makes it good?How did thewriter do that?

5. Is the style of writing appropriate to thesubject?

Extension Questions:1. Do the illustrations enhance or extend the

story?Are they consistent with the story?2. What has the author said that makes you

question the accuracy of the information?

Tuesday focus: PersonificationGuided Practice on Personification Identification

Task:Underline the objects being personified andhighlight what they’re doing that makes it anexample of personification.example :1. The sun winked good night as it disappearedbehind the mountain.

2. The big, full moon confidently led me throughthe forest.3. The mountain cackled at the rumbles beneath itssurface.4. As the rain raced to the ground, everyone ran forcover.5. The surfers ran for their boards as the wavescrashed on the shore.6. The old car wheezed and shook as the mancranked the engine.7. The wind howled a mournful cry as it blewthrough the old windows.8. The leaves danced to the ground as the childrenplayed around the old tree.9. As the boy began his math test, his pencilpranced across the page.

Remember this famous poem, why is this a goodexample of personification? Can you think of anyothers?Write your own personification poem.

Tuesday Focus:MUST DO Warm UpNumber Fluency (15 minutes)Go onto Maths Online, scroll to the bottom of the page once youhave logged in and select one of these warm up activities to try.

Task: Multiplication and Division of decimals 10, 100, 1000Go onto Maths Online and select tasks.https://www.mathsonline.com.au

Once you have done this select“Tuesday Task”Watch the videos and answer the questions.Extension:Free play Prodigy

3. Do you think the story really could havehappened?

Wednesday Focus: Independent Reading

Task:

Engage in your own reading. Choose a bookthat is of interest to you. This can be onlineor using a hard cover text.

Write a short summary about what your textwas about.

Wednesday Focus: Free Write.

Task: Choose a type of poem that you have learntfrom the poster to create your own poem or youmight like to research another type and have a go atwriting a poem in that type.Make sure you keep all your poems together so youcan share it with everyone.

Wednesday Focus:MUST DO Warm UpNumber Fluency (15 minutes)Go onto Maths Online, scroll to the bottom of the page once youhave logged in and select one of these warm up activities to try.

Task: Introduction to percentage and convertingGo onto Maths Online and select tasks.https://www.mathsonline.com.au

Once you have done this select“Wednesday Task”Watch the videos and answer the questions.Extension:Free play Prodigy

Thursday Focus: Individual Learning Goal

Task:Choose a just right book. This can be a hardcopybook, epic, sunshine online or sunshine classics. Youwill practice your reading goal. While you arereading you need to document how you aretracking with your goal. This can be in yourworkbook or book creator on your Ipad.

Just Right● Do you know most of the words in the text?● Do you understand what you are readingand can retell it?● Are you reading at a steady pace?You need to explain how you are using this goal anduse evidence from the book to support yourdiscussion.

Example response:Text name: Dinosaurs

My reading goal is to use a range of readingstrategies to comprehend texts.

While reading my text today I used summarisingand synthesising to help me understand my textbetter. I know that dinosaurs are extinct and livedon this earth many years ago. My text is aboutdinosaurs and where they lived, what they ate, whatthey look like and the different types. Dinosaurslived in all of the continents “Dinosaurs lived in all ofthe continents around the world” pg 2.

Thursday Focus: Writing a personification poem

Task: Today, you will write a personification poemdescribing the journey of a River.

Write the words about the river like, tumble, roar,serene, wavy, smooth, slosh, like glass, muddy,clear, crystalBe creative. I have also included some sentencestarters for you to help you.Sentence startersI was born…I grew…I became…I tumbled...

ExampleTopic: The River by Mrs Robertson

I was born in the clouds and fell to earth as rain.I grew bigger as I flowed down the river bankhugging the rocks and the fallen trees.

Thursday Focus:

MUST DO Warm Up: Come up with a math riddle for yourteacher or fellow student to solve. Post it on the googleclassroom stream. You can research some on google.

Task: ReviewCreate a video of something you have learnt this week or last.Be creative in how you present this. You could create;

- A video explaining what you have learnt- A book creator poster- A song or rap about what you have learnt- A video of you teaching someone the skill you learnt- Cook something for those master chefs out there!- A video of you pretending to teach a class

Include diagrams, images, pictures, examples, information andmore!

You can choose to focus on chance, decimals or fractions. Ask yourteacher if you would like to focus on another topic of math.

Extension:Go and answer any riddles posted on google classroom

The fish tickled me as I roared towards the sea.I tumbled, turned and plunged over the waterfalls.Splashing, gathering speed, falling and catching therays of the sunPearly droplets of glass reflecting off the waterShimmering and calm as it hits the bottom of thewaterfall

Now it’s your turn to have a go!Have fun and be creative.

Friday Focus: Author’s Craft Part 2

This lesson we will be continuing to focus oncritiquing the Author’s craft of the text.

Task: Choose the same text that you have beenusing. Then, answer the following questions.Be sure to question ALL questions in full sentencesand provide the relevant evidence from the text tosupport your answers.

Texts:4. Felix and his flying machine

https://www.getepic.com/app/read/42791

Friday Focus: Exploring onomatopoeia in poems

Task:Find out the meaning of onomatopoeia.Write 10 examples of onomatopoeia words.Read the following poem describing the sound ofnoisy cicadas that we hear in summer.

Friday Focus: Number Fluency (15 minutes)Log onto Essential Assessment. You will see ‘Sunset Math”.Complete 15 minutes of number skills.

Task: My NumeracyGo to Statistics and Probability and then click on Chance. Youshould have tasks to complete. Please contact your teacher ifyou do not.

5. Pop Classics: Back to the Futurehttps://www.getepic.com/app/read/77420

6. The great moving mysteryhttps://www.getepic.com/app/read/27575

Focus Questions:1. How has the writer made the

ideas/information unforgettable?2. Does the author avoid moralizing?3. Were there original similes or metaphors

that made the writing good? Or were theycliches like “bright as the sun?”

4. Is the point of view from which the story istold appropriate to the purpose of thebook?

5. Is the story as accurate and authentic aspossible?

Extension Questions:1. How does the book compare with other

books on the same subject?2. Is the text a good example of this genre?

Watch this video on onomatopoeiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qW6677kmVo

Make notes and list 5 things you have learnt.Plan and write an onomatopoeia poem. Be creativeand have a good go.

Have fun and submit your published poem if youwant and remember to add to your poemcollection.

Extension:Prodigy

Investigations

Science focus: Properties of Gas- Mixing solid with a liquid to create gas.

This is a very simple experiment that you probably do often. We now need to focus on what is actually happening when a solid is mixed with a liquid and how states ofmatter can change from one to another. Before you start, I need you to find the meaning for these words.

Vocabulary:

Inflate-

Fizz-

Gas-

Expand-

Acid-

Base

Exothermic (absorbs heat, so it feels cold)

Look for the experiment template in resources.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.

These are for you to do if you finish your work early:

MindfulnessUse Epic to read for enjoymentCreate a KahootPlay a maths game with your familyFree write and drawGo outside and play your favourite PE game

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Essential Assessment: https://www.essentialassessment.com.au/Prodigy: https://play.prodigygame.com/Sunshine online: www.sunshineonline.com.au Password: Werribee Username: WerribeeStudyladder: https://www.studyladder.com.au/ (if applicable to your class)

Epic: https://www.getepic.com/

ABC Education: https://education.abc.net.au/

Code.Org: https://code.org/

MathsOnline: https://www.mathsonline.com.au/login

SPECIALISTS

ART MUSIC SPANISH PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Webex: Thursday 1.30 NO WEBEX THIS WEEK Webex: Tuesday 12.30pm Webex: Friday 11.30am

LEARNING FOCUS: We are learning todraw faces in proportion

TASK: Look at the attachment Draw aFace Step by Step. You will notice thelines on the face show the eyes arearound half way down the face. If youcame to Art Meeting you would knowthat the tip of the nose is ¼ way up fromthe chin and the lips are halfwaybetween the chin and tip of the nose.

Practise drawing a face and getting it inproportion. Do more than onedrawing. I’d love to see a photo of howyou are going.

In Week 10 you will be doing aface/portrait of someone in your familyor someone famous (it can be easier tocopy from an image). This will be anassessment piece. We will focus on theeyes in more detail in the Art Meetingthis week. I’d love to see you there:

LEARNING FOCUS: We are learning to

combine character, setting and emotion.

TASK:

THIS TASK MUST BE SENT TO ME ON XUNO,

IT WILL HELP ME TO WRITE REPORTS.

Choose one character from the list:

PIRATE BABY WIZARD

SUPERHERO FIREFIGHTER

PRINCESS ALIEN

CHEF FARMER

Choose one setting:

IN THE JUNGLE ON THE MOON

AT MCDONALDS ON A

BOAT

AT THE ZOO UNDER THE SEA

IN A CAVE TRAPPED IN A BUBBLEChoose one emotion:

SAD HAPPY SCARED

ANGRY TIRED EXCITED

Act out the character, in the setting, feeling

the emotion. Remember to think about your

voice and your face, as well as what the

LEARNING FOCUS: We are learning

about Spain by making a quiz.

TASK:

1. Research about the country

Spain and come up with 10

questions that someone else

can answer. Example questions,

What is the capital of Spain? and

What is the name of the King of

Spain?

2. You can create this quiz in your

book, piece of paper or on Book

creator on your IPad.

3. Upload a photo of the quiz you

have made to class dojo or

Xuno.

Learning Focus: We are learning howto throw with accuracy and control

Challenge: How many plankwalk-overs can you do in 60 seconds?Follow the link below;

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A0WflSbRvlVPE8kw9BS0uYWBIjYUjYbi/view?usp=sharing

Task: Follow the instructions via thelink below;

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A0WflSbRvlVPE8kw9BS0uYWBIjYUjYbi/view?usp=sharing

Thur 1.30. character might say. It would be funny to

combine a character with a place they would

not normally be in (for example, an alien at

McDonalds…)

DON’T FORGET TO SEND ME YOUR VIDEO!

Science Experiment. Acid-Base reactions

Purpose : To understand what happens when an acid and a base is mixed together and tohighlight how states of matter can change.

Hypothesis: I predict that…

Materials:

Empty 1L or 1.25L of soda bottle (or any bottle about that size with a small neck)

Balloon

Baking Soda (base)

Vinegar (acid)

Small funnel

Teaspoon

Small measuring cup

Instructions

1. Scoop the baking soda into the balloon using the funnel

2. Put the vinegar into the bottle using the funnel or small measuring cup

3. Next, attach the balloon to the top of the bottle; make sure not to pour the baking sodainto the vinegar!

4. Hold up the balloon so the baking soda falls into the vinegar,creating a chemical reaction. Observe and record what is happening.

Observations:

I noticed that when I added…

After a while…

Conclusion:

In conclusion…

My prediction was…I was able to confirm…

The balloon expanded because…

The gas produced was…and it inflated the balloon.

*Enjoy and be safe when handling all materials!

Drawing a Face – step by step

From: howtodrawforkids.com