Week+Ten+T2+2012

=Monday 25th June- Creative Arts Day= Brodie and Stephanie Question the students: - which leaf is the biggest/smallest? - how can you tell which leaf has the biggest/smallest area? - can you show me a leaf that is smaller/bigger than this one? - can you sort the leaves according to their size? Students are shown an outline of a tree shape and are asked to identify the group of leaves they would use: - if they had to cover the tree shape completely and explain why - if they had to use as many leaves as possible - if they weren’t allowed to use many leaves. Students are then given an outline of a tree shape and are asked to glue leaves onto the shape so it is completely cover Matthew, Jess, Molly, Hayley, Ryan [] [] ||
 * =Friday 29th June= ||  ||
 * 9.10 || **Bell** ||
 * 9.15 || **Individual Reading/ Peer Reading** ||
 * 9.35 || **3-6 Library**
 * Borrowing
 * 5/6- Current Affairs Quiz ||
 * 10.00 || **Sport** ||
 * 10.45 || **Fruit Break** ||
 * 11.00 || **K-2 PD/H/PE**
 * Have students draw a series of things that they can do now that they are at school. Compare theirabilities to what they could do when they were younger.
 * Talk about the way we look. Ask individuals to describe themselves in a positive way. Name whatthey like about themselves. Choose students to nominate what they like about others.
 * Have students play a greetings game – students move around to music. When the music stops they greet each other in a nominated way, eg shake hands. They exchange one special thoughtabout each other.
 * K-2 Child Protection**
 * As a class brainstorm different kinds of touching eg kiss, rub, kick, punch, pinch, shake.
 * Discuss ways that people can touch eg lightly, hard, gently, roughly, carefully.
 * The teacher nominates students to one at a time demonstarte different ways of touching a class toy. ||
 * 12.00 || **Lunch** ||
 * 12.40 || **K-2 Space and Measurement**
 * Ordering Leaves; Students collect or are given a collection of leaves.
 * Rugs; The teacher shows the students a collection of 4 or 5 smallrugs. The teacher then poses the problem:‘I want to use one of these rugs for my pet dog/cat. Whichone will give my pet the largest area to lie on?’Students estimate which rug has the largest area.In small groups, students select materials to cover the rugs tomeasure which one has the largest area
 * Estimation; Students select a shape or tile to use as a unit to compare the area of different shapes. They estimate the number of units required to completely cover a shape, check and record their results in a table.
 * Rectangles; Students are given 12 square tiles. They create a rectanglewith an area of 12 tiles. Students draw their rectangles on grid paper then rearrange the tiles to create as many different shapes as they can, with the area remaining unchanged. They record them on grid paper. Students discuss strategies used to create their shapes.
 * 1.40 || **Class Awards**
 * Student Meeting**
 * K-2 Library** ||
 * 3.10 || **Dismissal** ||