Start Of Day Activity for 2009 - based on Tony Ryan's Thinkers Keys

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School Holidays
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2. Mon day Tuesd ay Wedn esd ay Thursday Friday
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HOLIDAY
Teacher Only Days
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Introduction to SODA & Picture Key Picture Key Picture Key Picture Key
Thinkers Keys – Key #1
Picture key
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Key #2 - Alternative Work out 3 ways to eat Work out three ways to Work out 3 ways to mow Work out 3 ways to
Work out 3 ways to porridge without a spoon. paint a chair without a the lawn without a make toast without a
brush your teeth without paintbrush. mower. toaster.
a toothbrush.
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Picture key
Ms F away in Rotorua @ conference

3. Mon day Tuesd ay Wedn esd ay Thursday Friday
2 - Key #3 – Alphabet 3 4 5 6
Key
A-Z Girls Names A-Z Boys names A-Z words to do with A-Z types of animals
A-Z Toys school
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Key # 4 – What if: What if there were no What if friends only What if all insects What if chocolate chip
What if all dogs turned schools? lasted a week? became extinct? cookies were healthy for
into mice? you?
16 Key # 5 – 17 18 19 20
Interpretation: John is Explain why a clown is Explain why your next- Explain why the sea has Tell why a man is
standing in the middle standing in the middle door neighbour is turned orange. walking backwards and
of the field – what could of the hall. sweeping their roof. forwards in your living
be happening? room.
23 - Interpretation Key 24 - Alternative Key 25 - What if key 26 27 - Alphabet Key
Explain why a mouse Work out 3 ways to take What if dinosaurs were Picture key
might run towards a cat a photograph without a still alive today? A-Z undersea creatures
camera.
30 - Interpretation Key 31 - Alternative Key
Give 3 reasons why the Work out 3 ways to rake
beach is closed. leaves without a rake.

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1 - What if key 2 3 - Alphabet key
Picture Key
What if nobody smiled? A-Z – types of transport
6 - Interpretation Key 7 - Alternative Key 8 - What if key 9 10
Explain why you are not Work out 3 ways to What if you could only Picture Key
alowed to read today. clean a dirty dog eat sweets once a year? Good Friday
without water.
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27 - Revise the 5 keys 28 - Alternative key 29 - Alphabet key 30 - What if key
from T1 Work out how to make a A-Z Types of animals What if 8 year olds had
Picture Key car stop at an to go to work?
intersection without
traffic lights.

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1 - Interpretation key
McDonalds stopped
selling hamburgers.
4 Key #6 – Different 5 6 7 8
Uses Come up with 10 uses for Find 10 uses for magic Find 10 uses for old Find 10 uses for plastic
Name 10 ways you an old shoe. wands. newspapers. red noses.
could use a piece of
string.
11 Key #7 – Inventions 12 13 14 15
Design a machine for Design a sandcastle. Design a garden for Redesign the chocolate Design a machine to
watering pot plants in a Team B that grows chip cookie. clean Santa’s sleigh.
space station. vegetables.
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Brainstorm How many ways can How many ways can How many ways can How many ways can
How many ways can you catch a fish? you pump up a tyre? you trap a rat? you make new friends?
you keep dry in the
rain?
25 - Key #9 - Prediction 26 27 28 29
Predict what your What will the family car Predict what books will Predict what kind of How will people
computer will look like look like in 100 years? be like in 50 years. clothes we will wear in communicate in 100
in 100 years. 100 years time. years time?

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1 2 - Key #10 – 3 4 5
Disadvantages Key: What would be the What would be What are the
The tallest person in the disadvantages of having disadvantages of using disadvantages of a
world. four seasons everyday? an umbrella? fishing rod?
8 - Picture key 9 – Alternative Key 10 – Different Uses Key 11 – What if key 12 – Interpretation Key
Work out how to move a 10 uses for an old tyre What if the sun Why can you see a
small boat through water disappeared? moving, blinking light
without motor or oars. travelling through the
sky?
15 – Different Uses Key 16 – Inventions key 17 – Brainstorm key 18 – Prediction key 19 – Disadvantages key
10 different uses for an Redesign the playstation Think of as many ways What will ships look like
empty drink bottle? (or xbox). as you can to cross a in 100 years time? Windscreen wipers
river.
22 – Picture key 23 – Alternative key 24 – Different uses key 25 – What if key 26 – Interpretation key
Work out how to peel a What if everyone had 10 Millions of carrots
carrot without a peeler. 10 different uses for a brothers and sisters? falling from the sky.
wrecked car.
29 – Different Uses Key 30 – Inventions key
10 uses for an old Design a magic carpet
gumboot. that you can use to ride
to school on.

7. Monday Tue sday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 – Brainstorm key 2 – Prediction key 3 – Disadvantages key
How to get rid of space What will space rockets School Holidays
junk? look like in 50 years?
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School Holidays
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20 Revise Picture Keys 21 – Alternative Key 22 – Different Uses Key 23 – What if Key 24 – Interpretation key
from T1 & 2 Work out how to power a What if there were no Mr Farrelly standing in
Picture key radio without electricity An old guitar. more chocolate chip the classroom with meat
or batteries. cookies left in the world? pie in one hand &
boomerang in the other.
27 – Alphabet key 28 – Inventions key 29 – Brainstorm Key 30 – Prediction Key 31 – Disadvantages key
A-Z – Holiday Invent a new kind of How to encourage people What will you look like Living in NZ
Activities sandwich. to plant more trees. in 10 years time?

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3 – Key #11 – Reverse 4 5 6 7
List 10 bugs that aren’t List 10 things you can’t List 10 things you can’t List 10 things you List 10 things you can’t
insects. put in water. do with your feet. wouldn’t find on a do when sitting down.
beach.
10 – Key #12 - Question 11 12 13 14
Give 5 questions with Give 5 questions with Give 5 questions with Give 5 questions with Give 5 questions with
the answer - Summer the answer – Blue. the answer - Friend the answer - Top the answer - Midnight
17 – Key #13 – 18 19 20 21
Ridiculous Dogs can play tennis. People get paid in Children should do Old people can go to
People should be banned chocolate chip biscuits. homework in holidays. primary school.
from swimming at the
beach.
24 – Key #14 – 25 26 27 28
Combination Combine flippers and a Combine a bus and a pen Combine a chocolate bar Combine a dinosaur egg
Combine a rubber band cell phone to make to make something new. and running shoes. and a kite.
and a bag to make something new.
something new.
31 – Key #15 - BAR
A Rowboat

9. Mon day Tuesd ay Wedn esd ay Thursday Friday
1 - BAR 2 - BAR 3 - BAR 4 - BAR
Your desk This classroom Your bike A skateboard
7 – Picture key 8 – Alternative key 9 – Different uses key 10 – What if key 11 – Interpretation key
Work out 3 ways to Find 10 different uses What if we don’t need to Tell me why 5 people are
brush your hair without for a fishing net. wear shoes? standing in the field
a brush or a comb. waving their arms above
their head.
14 – Alphabet key 15 –Invention key 16 – Brainstorm key 17 – Prediction key 18 – Disadvantages key
Invent shoes that will Think of as many ways What would happen if Being Harry Potter
A-Z – people you know carry you to school. as you can to use a everyone had red hair?
pencil.
21 – Reverse key 22 – Question key 23 – Ridiculous key 24 – Combination key 25 – BAR key
10 presents you wouldn’t Give 5 questions with Teachers have magic Chair and a spoon.
want for your birthday. the answer – Chocolate. powers. Your lunchbox
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5 School Holidays
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12 – Picture key 13 – Alternative Key 14 – Different Uses Key 15 – What if Key 16 – Interpretation key
Work out 3 ways to eat 10 different uses for a What if nobody ever Tell me why 2 people are
your dinner with no cycle helmet. smiled? crying and hugging
cutlery. each other.
19 – Alphabet key 20 – Invention key 21 – Brainstorm key 22 – Prediction key 23 – Disadvantages key
Invent clothes that don’t Think of as many ways Will dinosaurs be found
A-Z things we can see need ironing. as you can to eat pizza. on another planet? A shovel
in the sky
26 27 – Question key 28 – Ridiculous key 29 – Combination key 30 – BAR key
Give 5 questions to the Only teachers get Clock and a door
Labour Day answer – t-shirt holidays. Your letterbox

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2 – Picture key 3 – Alternative key 4 – Different uses key 5- What if key 6 – Interpretation key
Work out 3 ways to wash 10 uses for a dinosaur What if we had an extra Why did your teacher
clothes without a bone. day in each week? come to school with a bag
washing machine. of jelly-beans.
9 – Alphabet key 10 – Invention key 11 – Brainstorm key 12 – Prediction key 13 – Disadvantages key
Invent a machine that Think of as many ways 10 most popular
A-Z things that hang cleans the entire house. as you can to cool down Christmas presents next An envelope
on walls year.
16 – Reverse key 17 – Question key 18 – Ridiculous key 19 – Combination key 20 – BAR key
List 10 things that can’t Give 5 questions for the All fruit disappeared Newspaper and a tennis A computer console.
change shape. answer - Pie from NZ. racquet.
23 – Picture key 24 – Alternative key 25 – Different uses key 26 – What if key 27 – Interpretation key
Work out 3 ways to dig 10 uses for a plastic toy. What if you were the A mouse is chasing a cat
a garden without a principal? in your bedroom.
spade.
30 – Alphabet key
A-Z – things people
enjoy.

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1 – Invention key 2 - Brainstorm key 3 – Prediction key 4 – Disadvantages key
Invent a machine that Think of as many ways A Santa Suit
gets you dressed in the as you can to encourage
morning. people to use public
transport.
7 – Reverse key 8 – Question key 9 – Ridiculous key 10 – Combination key 11 – BAR key
List 10 things you Give 5 questions with The family car
couldn’t do on holiday the answer – Fish!
14 – Picture key 15 – Picture key 16 – Picture key 17 – Picture key 18 Picture key
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