The theme of all activities today is the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. We are going to be learning about the history of the Olympic Games, famous athletes and the city Tokyo, this year’s host city of the 2021 Olympic Games.
Learning Intention:
We are learning to understand what we are reading by answering questions about the text.
Success Criteria:
- I can read carefully and closely, making notes as I read.
- I can highlight the clues that help me answer questions.
- I can make inferences as I read.
Activity:
Read the article The History of the Olympic Games carefully, highlighting important information and making notes in your homework book as you read.
Click here to read/print: The History of the Olympic Games
Print off the question sheet, or write the questions and your answers in your homework book.
Click here to print: Question sheet
Work Expectations: Please make sure that you include a heading, today’s date and your page is ruled up using a red pen.
Continue practicing your ‘u’ (as in but) spelling words this week. For today’s spelling task, read a book and try to find other words containing the ‘u’ sound and add them to your list.
Learning Intention:
We are demonstrating how to write a retell of the Olympic Opening Ceremony.
Success Criteria:
- I can write a retell of the Olympic Games Opening ceremony by using the knowledge I have from watching footage of the Olympics.
- I can use my knowledge of a retell and include who, what, where, when and why.
- I can retell in order of events.
Activity:
Watch the clip of the opening ceremony. You are imagining you are there at an opening ceremony for the Olympic Games. Write about all your experiences, what you see, what you hear, what you feel, etc.
Practice your counting goal for 5-10 minutes.
Population of Olympic Countries
Learning Intention:
We are learning to research the population of different countries and order them from smallest to largest ,
Success Criteria:
- I can research to find out the population of each country.
- I can order the populations from lowest to largest.
- I can round decimal numbers to the nearest whole number.
Activity:
- Research what countries are participating in the Olympic Games.
- Research the population (how many people live there) of 10 countries that are involved in the Olympics. Some sites will give an older population than 2021, that is okay. If you find the decimal places difficult, round these numbers to whole numbers. E.g. 25.36 to 25, 58.56 to 59
- Order these from lowest to highest.
Example:
- Australia 25.36 million = rounds to 25 million
- South Africa 58.56 million = 59 million
- England 55.98 million = 56 million
Order from lowest to highest.
Australia, England, South Africa.
Olympic Events at Home: See how many points you can score by completing activities in the table below. If you don’t have the equipment to complete some of these tasks, make up an alternative activity to replace it. Send a photo of your ‘Olympic Backyard Games’ in on Seesaw.
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