Suggested Learning for Year 6 for Wk 11

Here is a time guide for a week of learning● English activities from various strands (usually 6-8 hours per week)● Mathematics /number activity (usually 3-4 hours per week)● Fitness (usually 1-2 hours per week)● Measurement or Space activity (usually 1-2 hours per week)● History (usually 1.5 - 2.5 hours per week)● Science and Technology activity (usually 1.5 - 2.5 hours per week)● Personal Development/ Health/PE (usually 1.5 - 2.5 hours per week)● Creative Arts ( Music,Visual Arts, Dance, Drama) (usually 1.5 - 2.5 hours per week)

Below is a selection of activities for the week: Please upload the highlighted activities onto Seesaw or complete on Google Classroom on the specified day. You may also post one other completed activity of your choice during the week.

Remember to look at the Additional Resources section of the school website for activities including ICT, Library, wellbeing and fun activities. There are instructions in the Library section on how to submit your Premier’s Reading Challenge. https://melrosepk-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/2020-home-learning/additional-resources.html

EnglishSpeaking and Listening

o Ring your grandparents, a friend or tell your parents about your book talk. Have a practise with them!

Reading o Read 20 minutes every day (remember your School Magazines)o Read the Species Snapshot: Narwhals on Google Classroom (or see

support materials at the end of this document). Record 10 facts about the Narwhal under the relevant subheadings. Make sure you include information on adaptations in the Habitat and Diet section.

o Adaptations Comprehension task on Google Classroom (or see support materials at the end of this document) Monday

Writing o Keep a journal of what’s happening in your life at the moment. Try to find out some facts and statistics not only about COVID 19 but also about the restrictions that have been placed upon NSW residents, Australians and people around the world. We are living through a moment of time that will go down in history. Your grandchildren may learn about this in school! Your journal will be a primary source of information for them. Consider the following prompts:

What did the Australian Government announce today? Does it impact your life? Why or why not? What is open in your neighbourhood? What is closed? How is today different from yesterday for you, your family, our nation, the world? What does your family need today that you might not have enough of, or be able to acquire, in the future?

Grammar, Punctuation, Vocabulary

o Write 6 sentences with an outstanding opener:1. Use a connective eg. After we ate lunch, we went for a walk. 2. Use an adverb (ed or ly) eg.Quickly, she raced through the forest. 3. Use a verb eg. Giggling and laughing, they skipped home. 4. Use a noun or adjective eg. Leaves fell from the trees… 5. Use a simile or metaphor eg. Like a lion, he faced battle 6. Use a feeling eg. Lonely, she walked the corridors.

Spelling o Edit your journal for spelling errorso Try to remember as many phonemes as you can from this term. Try

to think of one word that contains each specific phoneme you remembered and then make up a TRUE OR FALSE statement relating to that word. eg. ea-seat-You use this when you are tired of standing-TRUE

Online activities

o Reading Eggspress https://readingeggspress.com.au/o Listen to David Walliams reading his texts - there’s a new one every

day https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/o Book talk - video yourself presenting your Book Talk and upload to

Seesaw Monday Use the guide you were previously given to make sure you cover all aspects. A copy of it is below

o Soundwaves www.soundwaveskids.com.au Password thong675 Complete the online activities for all the sounds we’ve covered this term (do not do the student activity pages)

o Listen to Squizkids podcast and take notes on daily news https://www.squizkids.com.au/

o Listen to Mem Fox reading her texts https://memfox.com/unused/which-new-book/

o An artist created this diary to use as an extra activity https://www.mylockdowndiary.com/

Mathematics Number o Maths Mentals textbook-UNIT 10 (only one unit per week)o Maths Stars booklets o Fractions and Decimals:

Using a calculator, enter a decimal number, between 0 and 1, with up to three decimal places into a calculator. Predict what will happen when the number is multiplied by 10. Record your prediction and then test it. Repeat the activity using other decimal numbers between 0 and 1. Write a strategy for multiplying a decimal number by 10, 100 and 1000. Multiply decimals by multiples of ten without a calculator.o Repeat the above activity using division. o Answer: If 3 tomato sauce bottles cost $1.86, how much would 1

bottle cost? Calculate the amount saved when buying multiple packs compared to an equivalent number of unit packs. E.g. a six-pack of soap for $3 compared to 6 soaps at 80c each.

o Complete the table below in your book

Number x 10 x 100 x 1000 ÷ 10 ÷ 100 ÷ 1000

26 765.1

19 045.3

10 028

2 900

1 679

Measurement & Geometry

o Angles - iPad Photo Hunt: Using iPads (or cameras) take photos of angles found in your home (including your backyard). Classify them by the appropriate name

o Toothpick Angles: Create and model different types of lines and angles, including parallel, perpendicular, intersecting, line segment, ray, acute, obtuse, right angle etc, using toothpicks and dot stickers Thursday

Online activities

o Mathletics – Activities have been set https://www.mathletics.com/au/o Angles https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zrck7ty/revision/6

o Angles http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell16.swf

o Use the maths glossary to help you make ‘Toothpick Angles’ https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/k-10/learning-areas/mathematics/mathematics-k-10/glossary

History Anzac Day Anzac Day will be very different this year. Discuss with your family members why it is important to commemorate this day. What alternative commemoration could you participate in at home?o Interview a family member to see if you have a connection with a

member of the Australian Defence Force (or another country’s Defence Force). Which war/peacekeeping mission were/are they involved in? Find out as much information about their contribution as you can.

Online activities

o Log on to Inquisitive and complete set tasks http://inq.co/class/ca3 Code: 3558

This is an assignment on Google Classroom Wednesday

Science & Technology

Living Things

o Having fun with adaptation: Create an AnimalDrawing on what you have learnt about animal adaptations, apply this understanding to a new, invented animal.

● What is your make-believe animal called? ● What habitat will it live in? ● What type of animal is it? ● What physical and behavioural adaptations will it have? ● Sketch your new animal and add labels to describe various

physical details that help your animal survive in its environment.

Online activities

o Google Classroom - Adaptations post test TuesdayThis is a test to see how much you've learned this term. Please do this without parent help.o Typing tournament https://www.typingtournament.com/o If you have a computer, test your WPM and accuracy in

10fastfingers.com/typing-test and add it to the Typing Record spreadsheet in Google Classroom.

o https://taronga.org.au/taronga-tv#animallivecams

PDHPE Personal Development

o Wellbeing diaries - complete activities for this weeko Life Education booklet - page 4 and 6

Health o Healthcare Workers are very important human resources in the community at all times, especially at the moment. There are approximately 59 million healthcare workers worldwide. Examples of these include doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and even medical waste handlers.

-Choose one example you are familiar with or would like to learn more about; investigate their role and importance in the community. -Why are they so important in relation to the health, safety and wellbeing of other people? List as many reasons as you can and explain why they are such necessary factors in terms of world/community health.

Physical Education

o Complete 150 minutes of Physical Activity per week, keeping a record of how much time you are moving in your diary

o Create a keep fit circuit in your house:Follow a path that might include:

o Step-ups on a stair (two stairs might be best)o Climbing over a chair or other obstacleo Commando crawl along a rugo 10 star jumps

o Burpeeso Running on the spot, knees higho Plank for 30 seconds

Be creative and use what you have. Try to get your heart rate up!

Online activities

o Wellbeing diaries https://learningcurve.com.au/login/ Username: Melrose Password: MPPS

o Physical Activity (PE with Joe) Every day a teacher, Joe, is creating a new PE session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faE7889AIaU

Creative Arts

Drama o Create a short drama script that includes a narrator setting the scene and only minimal key character roles. Think behind the scenes and design/draw/discuss the set, the props that you would use within the set and/or the costumes the characters would wear. Annotate the diagrams and explain your choices.

Dance o Play a favourite song and make up a short sequence of original dance steps that is catchy and that would be easily taught to and learnt by others

Music o Create lyrics for a song to commemorate Anzac Dayo Make some Easter Egg maracas. All you

need is rice, plastic spoons, easter eggs, and tape!

o Use your maracas to accompany the song you have created

Visual Arts o Anzac Day - create a tribute for Anzac Day. Consider putting this artwork up in your window in time for Anzac Day on 25th April. If you can access the internet see the link below

o Easter Egg mindfulness colouring (see below)

Online activities

o Listen to Spirit of the Anzacs, a collaboration of many artists. The artists, the songwriters, the ABC, record labels and publishers donated their proceeds “Spirit of the Anzacs” to Soldier On and Legacy. Explain why they would do this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Q20DUaIzYJg&app=desktop

o Learn a sequence of new dance steps with Jazzy & Joey Jam It Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiN2fYbC0vc

o Visual Art activities for Anzac Day https://www.teachstarter.com/au/blog/anzac-day-activities-and-resources/

Support materials for students who can not access links above online.

Stage 3 Oral Presentation/Book Review Assessment Term 1, 2020

Description of activity You will independently read a text of your own choice. You will respond to the themes, issues and devices used by the author within your chosen text by planning, drafting, composing and delivering an oral presentation to the class in the form of a book talk/review.

Marking scale: 3 – achieved, 2 – some examples of achievement, 1 – minimal achievement, 0 - no evidence

Aspect Mark

Construct and structure a detailed book review

Speak clearly to present book review in oral form using appropriate language features and conventions for an oral task including:

● volume and pitch

● body language

● eye contact

● pace and pause

Identify and interpret ideas, themes and issues in texts

Summary of events

Character assessment

Recommendation for particular audiences

Total Marks /30

Reading comprehension What are Adaptations?

Read the passage about adaptations, then answer the questions below.

Adaptation is the process which enables organisms to adjust to their environment in order to ensure their survival. This process is sometimes referred to as the evolution of species.

Adaptations often occur because of a genetic mutation. A genetic mutation is an alteration an organism is born with. For example, a bird may be born with a slightly longer beak; a shark may be born with slightly stronger fins or a frog may be born with slightly longer legs. If these mutations are successful, and help the animal to thrive in their environment, the animal may pass the same characteristic on to their offspring. As time passes, the mutation may eventually be found in all members of that species. However, this process is very slow.

There are three types of adaptations; structural, behavioural and physiological. Most animals and plants will have a combination of these three types of adaptations.

Structural adaptations are the physical features of an organism that enable them to survive in their environment. For example, a penguin has thick blubber to protect itself from the freezing Antarctic temperatures. Camels can close their nostrils, to prevent desert sand from entering their noses. Rainforest trees have wide, waxy leaves so the rain runs off them easily.

Behavioural adaptations are the actions of an organism that enable them to survive in their environment. For example, bears hibernate in winter to escape the cold temperatures and preserve energy. Lizards seek out the morning sun to warm up their cold-blooded bodies more quickly. Fish swim together in groups (or schools) to protect themselves from predators.

Physiological adaptations are internal or cellular features of an organism that enable them to survive in their environment. For example, snakes produce poisonous venom to ward off predators and to capture prey.

Some plants contain toxins to prevent them from being eaten by herbivorous animals. The Australian koala has a slow metabolism which keeps their food in their digestive system for longer, giving them as much energy as possible from their limited diet.

Questions1) In your own words, describe the adaptation process. 1 mark2) What is a genetic mutation? Provide one example. 2 marks3) What might happen if a genetic mutation proves to be successful? 1 mark4) What are the three types of adaptations? Provide an example of each. 6 marks5) Decide whether the following statements are true or false. 5 marksa) Evolution is a very speedy process. True / Falseb) An animal may pass a genetic mutation on to its offspring. True / Falsec) Plants do not have structural adaptations. True / Falsed) Animals can change their behaviour to better suit their environment. True / Falsee) Physiological adaptations can be difficult to see from the outside. True / False

Total: /15 marks

Easter Egg Mindfulness Colouring

Species Snapshot: Narwhals