If you do have a school laptop, you do have a program called RapidTyping 5 in the ICT and Programming folder on your computer. There is another one called Tux Typing in the Literacy folder as well. Or you could also go to https://www.typingclub.com/ and follow the prompts.
I hope you are all well and that you had a lovely weekend.
Once you have completed the tasks in your exercise book, I encourage you to post them on the blog below the assigned task, or you email them to me. (Well done to all those people who have been on the blog and have a go at all tasks.
For those people that are struggling with prediction, use the prompts below to assist you.
A prediction is an informed guess of what is about to happen in the text. To do this, we must use evidence from the book.
The evidence from the text may be;
Title /chapter headings/subheading
Pictures
Words choice
Punctuation
I loved reading your responses to the writing task today, some of those ideas sounded great. In contrast, others made me ponder on our current life choices – very insightful 3/4 E!
I would like to remind all the students, although the blog and the emails are our only form of communication. We must refrain from commenting on the blog posts with topics that are not directly related to the tasks. I ask you all to display the same behaviour you would show me in class on this platform. Moving forward, I am confident that people will do the right thing.
I will continue to contact students and families this week to ensure that everyone has been able to access the learning and having a go.
Thank you, everyone, for your efforts today! I miss you all very much!
Learning Goals: I can make predictions using the narrative structure.
Today the reading focus is on predicting again. You know a lot about narratives and what they involve, so we would like to see that in your prediction today.
In your prediction, include your thoughts about:
The main character
The setting
The problem
The resolution
Here is an example:
I predict that the main character in this story will be a doughnut. This story might be set in a land where all of the characters are different kinds of talking foods. I predict that the character won’t want to be a doughnut anymore because he thinks he is unhealthy. In the end, I think that his friends will help him to be happy with who he is.
In your book, record the title of the book below and today’s date.
Once you have written your prediction in your book, click the link to view the story:
Some people have been asking for some other activities to keep responding to texts. We want you to get creative! This week you might notice a theme through our stories and writing prompts.
We want you to think about what might be possible in the future!
In the future, if you could go on a journey through space where might you go and what might you see? What would you need? Who would you meet? If you want, you can choose one of these activities to do:
Draw a map of a space journey and label the places you see. You might use the one from this story, or make up your own journey.
If you were travelling through space, what would you take and who would you take with you? Create a list of everything you would take with you on your space journey. Draw them or write why you would need them.
If you met a space creature, what would you ask it? Write at least 5 questions that you would ask a friendly alien on your journey.
Learning Goal: I can write a short piece of writing from a prompt within a set time frame.
Today’s daily dash topic is….
If I could travel in a time machine to the year 2030, I think I would see…
Spend 15 minutes writing all and any ideas that you have about what the world might look like in the future (in ten years time). What would the buildings look like? How would the world sound? What tools/devices/clothes would people have? What else can you imagine?
You can do a drawing first if you like to help you get your ideas and help you think of key words and ideas you could include in your writing.
Before you start
Think carefully about what is important to you
Decide how you feel about the topic
Write down keywords
Think about main ideas/paragraphs
Think of sentences in your mind before writing.
When you’ve finished (after the 15 minutes of writing), check
Make a hypothesis (an idea or explanation that you then test).
Test the hypothesis with an experiment, recording observations and results.
Analyze (to examine carefully and in detail) the results of the experiment.
Draw a conclusion.
Communicate results.
You can use these steps to answer many questions in everyday life. If you can ask the question, you can apply the scientific method to answer it. You could set up an experiment to answer the question – What is the fastest route from my house to school?
Here’s an example of how you could set up the first experiment
Question:
What is the fastest route from my home to school?
Hypothesis:
Taking Smith Street to High Street to avoid the light on Puckle Avenue is the fastest route to school.
Experiment:
Drive to school at the same time each day at the same speed, taking different routes. Make sure to include the hypothesis route, record the time for each route.
Analysis:
Analyze the different route times, selecting the fastest.
Conclusion:
Determine whether your route hypothesis was correct.
Discussion:
Share the results of your test to help others get to school on time.
Application:
In your workbook design your own experiment to answer another question from the list below. Follow the scientific method to answer the question.
What is the warmest part of my house?
What breakfast gives me the most energy in PE class?
For today’s P.E. lesson click on the link below to Emma’s P.E. blog. After reading her introduction scroll done to the post titled Term 2 Week 2 Three + Four to see what she has planned for you today.
Don’t forget to leave Emma a comment to let her know how you go. Also if you have take a photo or video of your P.E. lesson please email it to me and I’ll pass it onto Emma so she can add it to her blog.
I’ve had such a busy and exciting day, I’ve received lots of emails and replies to the blog it has been great.
Thank you all for posting all your learning. It makes me feel a little more connected to you all.
As promised, I have attached some of your Friday fun challenge photos I received (Sorry If I didn’t choose your photo this week, I promise I will alternate the sharing of student’s work).
Thank you to Emma, Isabelle, Avery, Grace, and Joe for having a go at that challenge.
These were very clever finds and pictures!
I also wanted to acknowledge all of you for your hard work on the daily dash, the reading responses, the maths responses, the science tasks and the fun pics you have sent through for me!
Next week, the 3/4 team have some fun things planned for you all, so stay tuned!.
Nancy, Christine and Emma have also been very busy creating fun learning for you!
After many requests from students and parents, we will be spending some time video conferencing with the whole class. I can’t wait t see all your smiling faces.
There is more info in the email I sent out earlier.