Week D

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 recognise God through the expression of liturgical feasts and seasons.

Success Criteria

I will know I am successful when I:


  • can explain the church liturgical season of Lent

  • can connect feast days celebrated in Lent

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

Activity

Lent youtube clip


Create a picture story focussing on the Lenten and Easter journey. Begin with Ash Wednesday and finish with Pentecost. Use the liturgical colour as the background?


Answer the following questions:


  1. What is the Church celebrating?

  2. How are the people involved in the celebration?

  3. What are they called to do?

Questions to support my thinking

Activity too hard?

  • Watch the youtube clip and answer the following:

  • 1. Find out when Lent starts.

  • 2. What do Catholics celebrate?

  • 3. Find 2 photos to support your answers.


Activity too easy?

  • Research what the Liturgical colour for Lent means and how are Christians called to live this out through the season of Lent.

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English

Learning Intention

We are learning to interpret events from the perspective of a character.

Success Criteria

I will know I am successful when I:


  • Make inferences about a character's feelings, thoughts and actions in a text.

  • Cite evidence from the text to support my inferences.


Aligned to English outcomes

EN3-7C​

Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections, between texts when responding to and composing texts.

You will need

Device

Pen or pencil

Book

Paper

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?

  • Can you identify a place in the story when PAX was worried or confused? How do you know?


Activity too easy?

  • At what point in the story did you realise what was actually happening?

  • How do Pax’s thoughts & actions help you as the reader understand the event?

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Resources

Mathematics

Learning Intention

We are learning to locate points on a Cartesian plane.

Success Criteria

I will know I am successful when I:


  • plot points on the Cartesian plane


  • find the coordinates of given point


  • use knowledge of coordinates to identify squares with a horizontal and vertical orientation.


Aligned to Mathematics outcomes

MA3-8NA: Analyses and creates geometric and number patterns, constructs and completes number sentences, and locates points on the Cartesian plane.

You will need

Lead Pencil

Paper

Device

Google Doc

Activity

Locating the Depot

Iris and Cian have employed you as a consultant to find the best location for the depot.

Can you find a total delivery distance that is shorter than 40 units?



Questions to support my thinking

Activity too hard?

  • Let's consider only two shops. Where should Iris and Cian locate the shop on this diagram?


Activity too easy?

  • Iris and Cian open a new shop at location (3, –4). Should Iris and Cian move their depot? Explain your thinking.

Resources

Click here for the Finding the Depot task.

Click here for the Finding the Depot slides.

My Place In Space by ReSolve. Available under Public Domain.

Brain Breaks

Be sure to take a break at least every hour or so.


There are some ideas in the slideshow, but feel free to come up with your own activities.

Brain Breaks Week D