Work Program: Monday 6

th
Friday 10
th
October: Week 1 - Term 4, 2014

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:00
-
11:00

9.00 Assembly

9.30 Diary discuss important
dates for Term 4 and have
students write them in their
diaries, showing Important
Dates on IWB.

10.00 Portfolio have
students answer questions 1
and 2 of the Term 4 Blue Sky
Goal page for the Student
Portfolios. Collect for
conferences.
[23 Blue Sky Goal question
pages]

Once finished, students are to
start decorating the front cover
for the Living Adventures unit
in their Topic exercise book
using the pictures as a guide
and to trace.
[10 A4 pictures, 10 A3 pictures]

10.30 Library


Have students stay in to
finish Topic exercise book
front covers if not done
before English Workshops.

As students come into the
room they can continue
decorating the front cover for
the Living Adventures unit in
their Topic exercise book using
the pictures on the board as a
guide and to trace.

9.00 English Workshops (2)
Intro: 5mins remind students
of Workshop activities and
choose another Workshop
activity, highlight and complete.
Body: 45mins assist students
when needed. Reminders of
time.
Guided Reading: (Word-
inators; Elly, Bradley,
Rebekah, Christine, Levi &
Corey) Read The Big
Squeeze by Meg Caraher.
Once finished, complete a
Reading Card based on what
they have read so far.
Concl: 10mins Share selected
students work

10.00 10:50 Topic
Intro: 10mins introduce Living
Adventures unit, looking at
habitats and ecosystems
Body: 40mins develop a KWL
chart for the unit, completing
only the K know and W what
sections. From the questions
raised in the what section,
students choose one (after
being checked by the teacher)
and write their Topic Learning

9.00 English Workshops (3)
Intro: 5mins remind students
of Workshop activities and
choose another Workshop
activity, highlight and complete.
Body: 45mins assist students
when needed. Reminders of
time.
Guided Reading: (The Wimpy
Kids; Bailey, Kyah, Amy,
Marguerite & Liam) Read
How Do You Hide A Crocodile
by Kerri Lane. Once finished,
complete a Reading Card
based on what they have read
so far.
Concl: 10mins Share selected
students work.

10.00 10:50 Level Maths
Intro: 15mins warm-up; play
Number of the Day, asking
students to get as close as
possible to a random 3-digit
number, using equations made
up of 6 different random 1-digit
numbers.
Body: Discus averages; mean,
median, mode and the range,
introducing each of the terms
and what they mean. (15mins)
Practise finding each of the
different types of averages, as
well as the range, by creating a
tally of class information on the
number of siblings they have.
(15mins)
Concl: Pack up/Discussion of
findings (5mins)

Division Athletics

9.00 English
Intro: 10mins introduce the
reading strategy of interpreting
figurative language using
PowerPoint presentation
shown on IWB.
Body: 20mins Discuss and
practise by completing tasks on
the 5/6 links using all the
computers.
Concl: 5mins (Pack up)
Revisit with the last quiz again/
students give examples of
each.

9.40 PE

10.20 10:50 English
Intro: 5mins discuss the steps
for writing a cinquain using the
website
http://teacher.scholastic.com/w
ritewit/poetry/flash_pie.htm on
the 5/6 links, showing on the
IWB.
Body: 40mins Have students
practise by writing their own
cinquain to describe
themselves and share.
Concl: 5mins Pack up and
share some finished cinquains.

State Racquetball

Change Duty Roster.

Make new seating plan for
Week 2.

Confirm times for LOTE.

9.00 English
Intro: 10mins Introduce the
prompts. Students are to pick
one, plan and respond with a
creative writing piece.
(Reminders: figurative
language)
Body: 40mins
Planning time, time reminders
throughout the lesson, roam
and assist students when
needed. Reminders of time.
Concl: 10mins Pack up/ Share

10.00 10:50 English
Intro: 5mins English games,
such as Boggle, Scategories,
up words and scrabble
Body: 40mins Roam and
assist students when needed.
Reminders of time.
Concl: 5mins Pack up/ Share
what they were learning from
each game.

Goal on a template, then
decorate.
[23 Topic Goals]

Early Finishers: (Write on
board) Once finished, start
decorating front cover and
Index page in the Topic
Portfolio for the unit Living
Adventures using pictures on
the board as a guide.

While students are completing
front covers, continue Blue Sky
Goal conferences, setting
students goals for Term 4.
Collect clouds for display.
Concl: 5mins Share selected
students questions

[23 Blue Sky clouds]

11:30

1:30

11.30 English Workshops (1)
introduce this weeks English
Workshops and the activities,
reminding students how to
make a Photo Story. Revise
the different types of nouns
and how we use them.
Introduce and discuss Animal
Alphabet activity (reminding
students that it must be
finished by Wednesday). Hand
out Workshop contracts and
paste in English book after
selecting an activity.
[23 contracts, 23 noun sheets]

Guided Reading: (The Homer
Athletes; Beth, Alex, J amey,
Troy, Teresa & J ack) Read
Horrible Histories; Ruthless
Romans by Terry Deary.
Once finished, complete a
Reading Card based on what
they have read so far.

12.30 Maths Workshops (1)

11.30 Maths Workshops (2)
Intro: 10mins warm-up; play
Highest, Lowest place value
challenge as a class, having
students try to make the
highest or lowest number after
rolling a dice from thousandths
to millions.

Body: 45mins Remind
students of Maths Workshop
activities and choose another
activity to complete from
contract pasted in Maths book.
Teacher Group: (Equal
Masters; Alex, Bailey, J amey,
Elly, Rebekah & Bradley)
Revise the place value of
numbers from thousandths to
millions, practising writing them
in words, as well as finding
expanded notation.
Concl: 5mins Share selected
students work

12.30 Elective Robotics;

11.30 Art

12.30 Music

11.30 English Workshops (4)
Intro: 5mins remind students
of Workshop activities and
choose another Workshop
activity, highlight and complete.
Body: 45mins
assist students when needed.
Reminders of time.
Guided Reading: (The
Booklets; J ackson, Andrea,
Shyanne, Max, Natasha &
Kyal) Read Unreal by Paul
Jennings. Once finished,
complete a Reading Card
based on what they have read
so far.
Concl: Share selected
students work

12.30 Maths Workshops (3)
Intro: 10mins warm-up; play
Highest, Lowest place value
challenge as a class, having
students try to make the
highest or lowest number after
rolling a dice from thousandths

11.30 Maths
Intro: 15mins revise strategies
for mental computation for
addition and subtraction.
Body: 30mins Play Maths
bingo from 5/6 links on IWB
using game cards in Maths
Resources cupboard.
Concl:

12.30 Sport play a game
outside with all 5/6 students.
warm-up; play Highest,
Lowest place value challenge
as a class, having students try
to make the highest or lowest
number after rolling a dice from
thousandths to millions.

Introduce this weeks Maths
Workshops revising the place
value of numbers from
thousandths to millions.
Discuss the use of Tables
Trainer and Study Ladder
tables practice. Hand out
Maths Workshop contracts and
paste in Maths Book. Select
an activity to complete today.
[23 Maths contracts, 23
Decimal Booklets]
[Set tables games on Study
Ladder]

Teacher Group:
(Additionaires; Teresa, Amy,
Marguerite, Levi, Corey &
Liam) Revise the place value
of numbers from thousandths
to millions, practising writing
them in words, as well as
finding expanded notation.

Intro: 5mins Elective,
completed next lesson and
description of the task today.
Body: 45mins have students
work in pairs to choose and
make their chosen model or
one of their own design,
sharing what they have done at
the end of the lesson. Pack-
away the tubs, including the
models, which will be
completed in next weeks
session.
Concl: 10mins Share all
models to the class

to millions.

Remind students of Maths
Workshop activities and
choose another activity to
complete from contract pasted
in Maths book.
Body: 45mins
Teacher Group: (Mighty
Multipliers; Troy, Kyah,
Christine, J ackson, Shyanne
& Max) & Teacher Group:
(The Geniuseseses; Beth,
Andrea, J ack, Natasha &
Kyal) Revise the place value of
numbers from thousandths to
millions, practising writing them
in words, as well as finding
expanded notation.
Concl: 5mins Share selected
students work
2:30

3:30

2.30 Topic introduce this
terms Topic Living
Adventures having students
start the front cover for the unit
in their Topic exercise books.
Once finished, students can
start the front cover and Index
page for the unit in their Topic
Portfolio.

While students are completing
front covers, start Blue Sky
Goal conferences, setting
students goals for Term 4.
Collect clouds for display.
[23 Blue Sky clouds]


2.30 Sports summer sports
practise.

2.30 Computer
Intro: 5mins Expectations,
Computers handed out, logged
in.
Body: 45min practise using
Photo Story by creating a
Photo Story of their Animal
Alphabet (made in Literacy
Workshops), finding a picture
for each animal and creating all
26 slides.
Conclu: 10mins
Possibly view one?

2.30 Topic
Intro: 5mins: (Expectations)
Body: 20mins Continue
decorating front cover and
Index page in the Topic
Portfolio for the unit Living
Adventures using pictures on
the board as a guide.
While students are completing
front covers, start Blue Sky
Goal conferences, setting
students goals for Term 4.
Collect clouds for display.
[23 Blue Sky clouds]
Concl: 5mins Pack up/ share
finished work
3.00 Buddies

2.30 Work completion
ensure students have finished
front cover for Living
Adventures unit in Topic
exercise book and Topic
Portfolio, as well as Index page
in Topic Portfolio. Ensure all
students have finished all Blue
Sky Goal clouds and
decorations. Collect for
display.