Here are some learning links that we have used in class and in homework:
Class Blog:
This is my class’s blog:
http://antsclass.global2.vic.edu.au/
Maths
In Maths we go on one website called hot maths. You need a user and password but it is really easy to set up.
Hot maths: http://www.hotmaths.com.au/
Factors and multiples
This website is about the rules for finding factors in multiples:
This website is about factor trees and finding prime number:
http://www.e-learningforkids.org/math/lesson/finding-prime-factors/
These website is about prime numbers:
And these websites are about primes and composite numbers (not prime numbers)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/numbers/fruit_shoot_prime.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/monkeydrive/numbers/MDPrimeNumbers.htm
http://www.softschools.com/math/prime_numbers/prime_numbers_up_to_100/
http://www.primarygames.com/math/matheggsprime/
Literacy
One of the pieces of homework we have is BTN. BTN is the news just explained better for kids. You watch an episode and do an review on it. In the review, we color code it. Blue= facts, green= question and red= insights. It is great and you learn a lot from it:
BTN: http://www.abc.net.au/btn/
As homework we do the 100 word challenge (100wc). There is a prompt that you have to write about in 100 words. Eg: a picture, A sentence, some random words, questions, videos that you have to finish the sentence. It is a lot of fun.
100wc: https://100wc.net/page/9/
In class we are learning about auxiliary verbs. Here are some activity’s to learn more about them:
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-auxiliary-verbs.php
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-auxiliary-verbs-2.php
We are also learning about modal verbs. Here is a website about modal verbs to help you if you need help:
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-modals.php
Australian History
This website is part of the Sovereign Hill website. It has recreations of things people have said of their life on the goldfields:
http://sovereignhilledblog.com/teaching-resources/audio-library/goldfields-quotes/
These websites is about the perspectives of different people on the Victorian Goldfields:
This one is about a range of perspectives about the goldfields:
In this website Aboriginal and Chinese perspectives are given:
Gold!- immigration & Population
He in this hyperlink is some information on the British upper class and women’s thoughts:
This website explains the Chinese perspective of the gold rush:
Electronic Encyclopaedia for Gold in Australia
In this one there is more on the Aboriginal view of the gold rush:
Electronic Encyclopaedia for gold in Australia
What the Irish thought of the gold rush:
What the Scottish thought:
What the Jewish thought:
The Jewish People in Ballarat
This information page tells you about the life of convict settlers in Australia:
Channel seven is currently showing a series about Australian history called Australia: The Story of us. It is on Sunday nights and their is always a different part of history they show. Watch it on Sunday nights or use this hyperlink to watch it any time:
This BTN article is about life for some of the convict kids that came across on the First Fleet in 1788:
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3934600.htm
Presentation:
For my presentation we had to find facts about our topic we were researching (My partner and I were resarching William Buckley) found some websites I thought were really clear and precise. Here are the websites:
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-buc2.htm
http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/colonial-melbourne/convicts/buckley-and-aborigines
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/buckley-william-1844
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buckley_%28convict%29
Anzac Day:
In one of my post I wrote about Anzac Day. Here are the websites I was telling you about:
https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/anzac-tradition/
https://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/ww1/
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-buc2.htm
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/buckley-william-1844
http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/colonial-melbourne/convicts/buckley-and-aborigines