EARLY STAGE 1

LEARNING FROM HOME WEEK 7 – BOOK WEEK!

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Marked (if online)

Today a teacher will give you feedback on Maths.

Today a teacher will give you feedback on English.

Today a teacher will give you feedback on Geography.

Today a teacher will give you feedback on Maths.

Today a teacher will give you feedback on English.

New sight words: play, too, about, would, know Digraph: zz (as in buzz, fizz, jazz, puzzle)

Morning English Video: The ZZ Sound How many words can you write that have the ‘zz’ sound in them?

Predicting means to guess or think about what will happen. Before reading the book, ‘Magic Beach', have a look at the front cover and predict what the story could be about.

• Who are the characters?

• What might happen? • Where is the story

set? Magic Beach by Alison Lester In your own words, write 1-2 sentences about your favourite part of the story. Use

English Watch this video to learn more about our sound of the week: 'ZZ' sound

Can you write a sentence with a word that has the 'zz' sound in it?

When we visualise, we create a picture in our mind which helps us bring the text to life.

Read the book Magic Beach by Alison Lester again.

Use your senses (sight, sound, smell, touch and taste) and imagination to describe your own magic beach. What does it look like? What can you hear? What can you smell? Use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. Draw a picture to go with your writing.

Read 2 Bug Club readers from your library.

Sight Words- Write your sight words into sand and pretend you are at the beach. If you don’t have sand, you could use rice or something similar.

9am Class Teams Call

Share your favourite book with your class

Library Mrs Durkin is reading today This Small Blue Dot by Zeno

Sworder, published by Thames and Hudson.

Book Face Challenge How well can you match your face with a book? What to do: -Find a book with a face (or part of the body) on the cover. -Line it up with your own and snap a photo!

English Phase 3 Phonics for Kids #7 -

‘zz’

Use a magnifying glass or your super eyesight to find the hidden ‘zz’ words in the

picture.

Predicting means to guess or think about what will happen.

Before reading the book, ‘Grandpa and Thomas', have a look at the front cover and predict what the story could be about.

• Who are the characters?

• What might happen? • Where is the story

set? In your own words, write 1-2 sentences about what you predict will happen in the story. Use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. Draw a picture to go with your writing.

Read the book ‘Grandpa and Thomas’ by Pamela Allen.

English Can you make some ‘zz’ words with letter cards? Make some letter cards with paper to make the words.

Read the book ‘Grandpa and Thomas’ by Pamela Allen.

When we visualise, we create a picture in our mind which helps us bring the text to life. What words did you hear or read in the story that help us visualise using our 5 senses?

Movies in My Mind | A Cosmic Kids Zen Den Meditation

In your own words, write 1-2 sentences about your favourite thing to do at the beach. Use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. Draw

capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. Draw a picture to go with your writing.

Read 2 Bug Club readers and answer the quiz questions.

Sight Words- You are a sight word detective. See if you can find your sight words in books, magazines, recipes or anywhere else in your environment.

Strong Minds The character strength ‘ Creativity’ is about being able to come up with new and original ideas or ways to do things. Making binoculars:

You will need: 2 toilet rolls, tape and string. Tape the rolls together and attach the string to the sides of each roll. Decorate the binoculars.

Read 2 Bug Club readers from your library.

Play the Sight Word Memory game by writing out two sets of your sight words. Jumble the sight word cards and turn them over so you can’t see the words. Flip two cards at a time to try and find the matching pair of sight words. Read the sight words that you flip out loud. If they match, you keep them. If they don’t match, turn them back over and it’s the next person’s turn.

a picture to go with your writing.

Sight word activity - Secret password! Write a secret password on post-it notes using the sight words from this week for every door in your house. Before you enter the room, you have to read the secret sight word password.

Break 10:30-11:00 10:30-11:00 10:30-11:00 10:30-11:00 10:30-11:00

Middle

Mathematics Number talk: Fractions Mini Math Movies

Fraction revision: https://youtu.be/rH6UU7Q5dPw Identifying and describing halves: Have these items been cut into equal parts? Have a go at identifying equal and unequal parts.

Mathematics Number talk: How many people can you see in the picture? What are the people doing in the picture?

Watch the video: Fractions – Halves and Quarters

Quarters When we cut an object into quarters, we get 4 equal parts. These 4 equal parts will be the same size. Have a look at the pictures below. Do you see the 4 different parts? Do you see how each part is exactly the same size?

Mathematics Number talk: What 2D shapes can you find in the picture? How many of each 2D shape can you find?

Watch the video: Wholes, Halves and Quarters Activity: Practice cutting these items in half and in quarters by drawing lines.

Mathematics Counting Warm up: Let's Get Fit Count to 100 Number warm up game: Help the ladybugs get home quickly by matching them to their homes. Can you do it without counting their dots one at a time? ICT games Hometime Ladybugs Activity: Play ‘Roll a Fraction’. Roll or spin and colour the matching fraction.

You can play this game using a

Mathematics Practise your counting with the Counting to 100 song Number talk: Can you count the objects in the picture and write the numbers on your piece of paper?

Watch the story Give Me Half Discussion questions: 1.What can you tell me about fractions? 2.What does equal parts mean? 3.How do we know when something has been divided in half?

Complete the worksheet: Cut and paste the pictures into their correct column.

Brain break: The cha cha slide dance

Activity: Circle the objects that have been cut into quarters. Remember, quarters have 4 equal parts. Watch out, there are some objects there to trick you!

Activity: Cutting Shapes into Quarters. You will need:

• Playdough • Paddlepop stick

Instructions: 1. Make different shapes using

playdough. DIY No-Cook Playdough Recipe

2. Practice cutting the shapes into quarters using a paddlepop stick.

Cut and Paste Activity: Sort the halves and quarters

Fruit Ninja To play, follow the link or download the app for free. Extension question: I want to share this chocolate bar with my friend. I need to it in half. If I cut it in half, how many squares of chocolate would we each get?

dice. For 1, 3 & 5 colour half and for 2, 4 & 6 colour a quarter.

OR

Use the Picker Wheel spinner to spin and colour 1/2 or 1/4.

If you don’t have the worksheet, you can draw each fraction instead of colouring them in.

Optional extra maths game: Keep practising your addition from last week by playing a fun game of addition Bingo - ABCYA

Brain break: Shake Your Sillies Out

4.How do we know when something has been divided into quarters? Activity:

1.Colour in cupcake picture. 2.Write the person’s name that you will share your cupcake with. 3.Cut out the cupcake and the text box. 4.Cut the cupcake picture in half. 5.Glue the cupcake halves and the text box on a piece of coloured paper.

Brain break: Melting-Flow

Break 12:50-1:30 12:50-1:30 12:50-1:30 12:50-1:30 12:50-1:30 Afternoon Mindful Monday

This week is Book Week! The theme is: Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds. Our big Northbourne celebration for book week will be during Term 4.

Creative Arts Directed Drawing

Follow the instructions to complete one or both beach themed directed drawings.

How To Draw A Sandcastle

Geography Talk about the places you belong to. What places do you think a car has been to if it has a hat and a beach towel in the boot? What places do you go to?

Imagine what it would be like in different places, for example an amusement park, a rainforest, a birthday party and the dentist. What things would you see, hear or

Science

The Great Pencil Challenge!

Grab a pencil and see if you can make it: Spin? Roll? Slide? Move without touching it? Ricky, The Rock That Couldn’t Roll - YouTube

Free Choice/Music Let's make music!

Choose from the following music activities: 1.Create a short song using body percussion (Click the link

https://video.link/w/iuG5c

Mini Book Week Photo challenge from Mrs Gauci! Snap a photo of your most creative reading spot!

After watching the story with Mrs Gauci, you could do some colouring, play outside or complete a Cosmic Yoga video. Trolls | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!

How To Draw An Island

smell?Watch the ‘Koo Koo Kanga Roo – Rollercoaster’ video to help imagine.

Watch ‘The ultimate weekend adventure at Taronga Zoo Sydney’ Where was the special place in the video? Have you been there before? Can you describe what it is like there? What makes this place special and why do we need to take care of this place?

Draw a picture of your favourite place in the world and write a sentence about why it is your favourite place.

Activity: Investigate which objects can roll by pushing them down a ramp.

Discuss with a partner or family member: -How can we make an object roll? -What’s the difference between rolling and sliding? -What did all of the rolling objects have in common?

to see a fun example). Try to include the following actions: *Stomping *Clapping *Clicking 2.Make a musical shaker (All you need is a plastic bottle, rice, and some decorations!)

3.Sing along to your favourite songs. 4.Play musical statues with your favourite songs.

If you do not have access to the internet and cannot view our online texts and resources, feel free to use another book in your home or change the activity. Please hold onto your work that you do and return it to school when restrictions allow.