Week C
Stage 3
These learning activities are designed to be completed in sequence beginning on Monday
Daily Prayer
Religious Education
Learning Intention
We are learning to find new ways to pray daily.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
can reflect on people to pray to and for
create new moments for prayer in my day
S3: demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of prayer as a means of recognising the centrality of God in our lives and as being expressed in special ways during liturgical feasts and seasons.
You will need
Device
Book
Activity
Watch this youtube clip.
After viewing the clip, create a list of the people whom you can pray for.
Finish this sentence, Praying daily is important as it helps us….
Think of 5 ways that prayer can be part of your daily routine.
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
Finish this sentence, Praying daily is important as it helps us….
Activity too easy?
Spend some time reflecting on ways to create a prayer life and journal.
English
Learning Intention
We are learning to identify the ways authors use figurative language, such as similes and metaphors, in imaginative texts to create interest for the reader.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
recognise the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
identify the qualities being compared in similes and metaphors.
explain how similes and metaphors help readers to use their imagination while reading.
Aligned to English outcomes
EN3-5B
Discusses how language is used to achieve a widening range of purposes for a widening range of audience and contexts.
Activity
Open the Google slides (on the right) and follow the written and audio prompts to complete your English learning activities for today.
Independent Reading as outlined on the slides.
Independent Writing as outlined on the slides.
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
TASK B Choose one example of a metaphor and one of a simile from the list. Illustrate in your book to show what you imagine when you read these comparisons.
Activity too easy?
Imagine you were diving underwater...compose a paragraph which describes the scene underwater and what you are seeing using 1 or 2 metaphors or similes of your own.
Mathematics
Learning Intention
We are learning to estimate, measure and compare angles using degrees.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
solve problems involving shapes and angles
explain how the size of an unknown angle in a diagram was calculated
give clear explanations of my thinking.
Aligned to Mathematics outcomes
MA3-16MG: measures and constructs angles, and applies angle relationships to find unknown angles.
You will need
Device
Paper
Activity
Work out the exact size of as many of the angles in this shape as you can.
Explain how you worked them out.
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
What do you know about the angles in a rhombus that could help you?
A straight line has 180°. How can this help you?
Activity too easy?
Work out the size of each of the unknown angles.
Use a protractor to draw the diagram.
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