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Week 8, Term 3. Distance Learning. Cycle 3 PVIMSLanguageMathematics/GeometryCulturePractical LifeHandwriting: Copy the Advice from as Mountain verse, Please SLOW DOWN and write in your neatest handwriting. While the verse is written in cursive, it is not essential that you write in cursive. I will leave that up to you to decide! It would be lovely if you made a nice border around the edge of the paper. Geometry City: You need to start thinking about how to share your final product with Katrine. You need to address the different requirements on the project information sheet (handed out at the beginning of the term). You could present it as a Power Point presentation, a stop motion movie, iMovie or as a write up where you address all the requirements (explaining your tessellation, scale, what shapes you have included, the name of your city, country, and finally what you would do differently if you could do it all over again). Social science: Complete the social science activity sheet on Tasmania. Learning quiz:Create a quiz for your family with questions covering information you have learnt so far this term. You should have at least 10-15 questions, and you need to know the answers yourself. You can either invite your family to play this as a game or write the quiz out neatly for them to answer in writing. Challenge:Throw in a trick question that will surprise your parents.Punctuation, commas: Confusing comma changes. You will need the following material for this task:White paperPencilFold the paper into thirds. At the bottom of each section, write the following sentence:I am going to serve chocolate birthday cake caramel cookie dough ice cream and sodas. Insert the commas in different places to change the meaning of the sentence. Above each sentence, draw a picture of the food that is to be served. Operations, Think Board:Either print or draw the Think Board in your math book. Choose a math problem to write in the center of the board and follow the instructions in the four sections of the board (you can choose + - x or ÷):Solve it showing your workings outDraw it or model it using equipmentApply it to a real world contextExplain itExamples of problems:35 + 2352 – 153 x 2436 ÷ 9Challenge:You are welcome to complete more than one problem. Our World: If the World were 100 people.You might have heard of the book If the World Were a Village (click on the name to listen to the book). For this task I would like you to watch this clip: If the World Were 100 People and then answer the multiple choice questions on the attached If the World Were 100 People question sheet. Then create various graphs based on the information in either the book or the YouTube clip. Challenge:You could relate some of this information to your own country project. ***NOTE: You need to start thinking about how to present your country project to the class and Katrine (recording of some sort)***Restart a life:Plant vegetable scraps for regrowth. Care for them and watch them grow. Examples of scraps you could use:Tomatoes (seeds)OnionsGarlicCeleryAvocado Lettuce Have a look at this clip for more ideas:How to grow food from food Writing, 20-min writing: Open the link: Choose a picture prompt for a 20-min writing task. Once you have chosen a picture: - Spend 5-10 min thinking about your writing, write down keywords, characters, etc (brainstorming the topic)- Spend 20 min writing about the picture (please use a timer)- Edit the writing (spelling, punctuation, grammar, tense, etc).Note: If you don’t finish the writing in 20 min, you can allow some extra time to finish your writing. Ensure you spend AT LEAST 20 min writing the story. 10-min math. Complete the attached 10-min math sheet. Time yourself and check your answers with a calculator. If there are any times tables you keep struggling with, focus on those this week, for your times table practice. You may need to copy the problems into your math book, if you don’t have a printer at home.Alternatively, you could complete a times table square 10x10 or 12x12 in your math book and time yourself to see if you can improve the time each week.Geology, Earth and Space: DiamondsBefore you start this task, in your culture book write how you think diamonds are formed.Read the attached document How Do Diamonds Form and in your culture book write about the four ways diamonds can be formed. Draw a diagram that explains the four processes. Here is a clip of Prof. Haggerty discussing how most diamonds are formed:National Geographic: How diamonds are formed (old and not great quality) You might find the following clip interesting: Does it rain diamonds on Jupiter and Saturn? Emotional Intelligence: Read through the PowerPoint presentation on Emotional Intelligence on the portal. Then complete the worksheets: Turning down the volume and Emotional intelligence extension. You can copy the worksheet into your book if you are not able to print.Vocabulary: ‘Dictionary’ – the board game.Follow the instructions on the attached ‘Dictionary’- game document, to design a vocabulary board game.You can base the game on this week’s spelling words or choose your own words for the game.Fraction patterns:In your maths book create a colourful pattern, by filling in individual squares. Once completed count how many squares you have of each colour and write it as a fraction. Science experiment: Ocean acidification and shells. Complete the science experiment called “Ocean acidification and shells”: Write up the experiment on the template provided, considering the following things:Why might the eggs look different?What is eggshell made of?When the eggshell dissolves, why doesn’t the egg white and yolk collapse?Look up the process of osmosis.How does this experiment relate to ocean acidification?Tidy your workspace and organise your work. Paste in loose papers – or organise them in a folder (if you don’t have a folder, you can make one)Tidy up and clean your deskSharpen pencilsGet papers ready for the next language and math lessons Spelling Word Hunt: Based on the spelling focus you have this week, go hunting for another 10 words with the same sound/spelling rule. You may be able to find words in books, magazines, dictionaries, news articles, etc. After your hunt you should have 20 words in total (if you struggle to find the extra 10 words with the same sound, choose words that you would like to learn to spell).Use the attached Word Search template to create a word search using your 20 words. Measurement Hunt: Go for a walk and find the following:? 5 things longer than your foot ? 3 things shorter than your arm span ? 1 thing smaller than you Create a table to show your work. Include the actual length and the difference between the item and what you were comparing it with.Geography, Major City: Choose a major city to study, you may want to explore a city from the country you are researching. Include information about: 1. Population2. Area3. Religions4. Time Zone5. Flag6. Nickname7. Date Established/Incorporated8. MayorFind “Something Cool” about the city and write a news article about it using the News Article Template (you can change the text on the document to make it relevant to your topic).Bookmark: Create a bookmark (to stop all those dog ears ?) Let your creativity loose!Happy creating!Each day you should:Complete spelling. Each week log on to SMART Spelling and choose one lesson to watch. Print or copy the relevant words and complete the daily activities using these words, like you would do in class. Break the words into sounds, write meaningful sentences, identify syllables, etc. (This work should be done daily, with a test on Friday).Choose one journal writing prompt and write in complete sentences and paragraphs in your language book, alternatively you could write a diary entry each day.Choose an activity from each learning area in the above grid and complete those tasksRead for at least 30 minutesChoose work from your individual folder on the portal or spend time on Origo Math (if you have extra time) ................
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