Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten)
Week9–Early Stage 1
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Literacy
– Reading
Log on toPMeCollectionand read your new text. Next: Be a farmer! We
have been learning about animals and how to write facts about
animals. This week you are going to choose which farm animal to
write about! Your task today:
1. Watch the video on class dojo. 2. Look at the Day 1 (Monday)
task in your pack.
Re-read yourPMeCollectiontext. Next: Be a farmer! Your task
today:
1. Watch the video on class dojo. 2. Look at the Day 2 (Tuesday)
task in your pack.
Log on toPMeCollectionand read yournewtext. Next: Be a farmer! Your
task today:
1. Watch the video on class dojo. 2. Look at the Day 3 (Wednesday)
task in your pack.
Re-read yourPMeCollectiontext Next: Be a farmer!
Your task today:
1. Watch the video on class dojo. 2. Look at the Day 4 (Thursday)
task in your pack.
Activity: Watch the video link about hearing and recording sounds
in words. Complete the CVC worksheet in your pack.
Word Work: 1. Watch the video link about the sounds 'k’ and
‘w’.
2. Cut and sort your pictures 'k' & 'w'. 3. Challenge: draw
pictures or take photos at home that start with'k' and 'w'.The
letters and pictures are in your pack.
Activity: Read, make and write the sight words on your butterfly
card or word tower. You can use your letter tiles to make your
words and write them on your whiteboard. Check that they look
right!
Word Work: 1. Watch the video link about the sounds ’e’ and
‘v’.
2. Cut and sort your pictures 'e' & 'v'. 3. Challenge: draw
pictures or take photos at home that start with'e' and 'v’.The
letters and pictures are in your pack.
Memory game! Use yourletter tilesto make a game.Find all the
lettersyou have that say‘k’ ‘w’ ‘e’ and ‘v’.Put them face down.
Pick up two.Say the letter name the sound it makes.Ifboth letters
are the same, you have a match! Iftheyare not the same put them
back and try again!
Maths
Warm up: Choose a number card between 1 and 10. Say the number
before and after. Challenge: use larger numbers! Next:Watch the
video to learn about addition. Then:Complete the Monday maths task
in your learning pack. Talk about the task with a family
member.Sharea photo of yourlearning in your portfolio!
Warm up: Practise counting forwards to 30 and backwards to 0 using
your number chart. Practise writing these numbers on your mini
whiteboard. Next: Watch the video and learn about addition number
sentences. Then: Complete the Tuesday maths task in your learning
pack. Talk about the task with a family member.
Warm up: Roll your dice. Count out that many counters. Make 2
groups: can you make them equal? Next:Watch the video to learn
about addition on a number line. Then: Complete the Wednesday maths
task in your learning pack. Talk about the task with a family
member.
Warm up: Roll your dice. Collect that many counters to make a
group. Roll your dice again and collect that many counters to make
another group. Which group has more or less counters? Next:Watch
the video to learn about making 10. Then: Complete the Thursday
maths task in your learning pack. Talk about the task with a family
member.
Opt-inactivity: Use your counters and dice to make up an addition
and subtraction game! Can you write rules for your game?
Play your game with someone at home!
Free Choice Grid
Choose at least one activity from the grid. Have fun! Share some of
your learning on your portfolio.
Choose at least one activity from the grid. Have fun! Share some of
your learning on your portfolio.
Choose at least one activity from the grid. Have fun! Share some of
your learning on your portfolio.
Choose at least one activity from the grid. Have fun! Share some of
your learning on your portfolio.
Choose at least one activity from the grid. Have fun! Share some of
your learning on your portfolio.
Early Stage 1 – Term 3, Week 9
Free Choice Grid – Early Stage 1
Healthy Body, Healthy Mind R U OK? Activities Springtime Quiet Time
Activities – Resources are in pack
Get Active Sing and dance along with the Learning Station
What Makes a Good Friend?
Think about what makes a good friend!
Using the template in your pack, draw a picture of yourself being a
good friend.
Bean in a Bag Its Springtime so let’s
grow some beans! Follow the instructions in your pack to grow your
own Bean in a Bag.
ABC TV ABC TV has many educational videos that you can watch while
at home. Follow the program on the next page to find out when you
can watch certain shows.
Mindfulness Play the silence game: try to stay as silent as
possible with your body and voice. Set a timer for one minute and
try not to make any noise until the timer stops. Draw or write
about what you heard or noticed. Take some time to do one of the
meditations from the Smiling Minds app. Remember you can listen to
them in other languages and your family can do it with you.
Smiling Mind - Belly Breathing
Gingerbread Outline
Think about how you look, sound and feel when you are happy and
when you are sad.
On the Gingerbread outline, draw what you would look like, sound
like or feel like when you are happy and when you are sad.
Collect a rainbow Using the sheet in your pack, go on a ‘colour
matching nature hunt’. Match the things you find in nature to the
colour circles, stick them on the sheet using glue or sticky tape.
Share a picture on your Dojo portfolio.
Handwriting and Letter Knowledge Practise writing your letters
correctly on the sheets in your pack. You can practise writing your
letters on paper or on a whiteboard first, if you have one at home.
Remember to sit correctly and hold your pencil with the correct
grip. You can use your playdough to make the letters as well.
Being safe at home Draw and write about ways you can stay safe at
home. Think about safe places to keep medicine and poison, how to
be safe in the kitchen and around water.
Nominate a Great Friend – Form Think about all the children in your
class. Nominate a student who you think is a great person… someone
who is kind, caring and respectful! Post a picture on your
portfolio.
Draw a Garden of Flowers Follow the directions, step by step, to
draw a beautiful flower garden. Share a picture on your
portfolio
Springtime activity sheet Try to find all the words that are hidden
in the find a word included in your pack!
Fruit Kebab Draw your own delicious fruit kebab on the sheet
provided in your booklet. Try using a variety of fruits and
remember to label your drawing
Certific-MATE Give one of your friends a certificate for being
a
good friend to you.
Complete the certificate in your pack and send a picture of it to
your teacher.
Spring Scavenger Hunt Use a pencil to mark off the items you see,
hear, feel, or smell from the Springtime Scavenger hunt sheet in
your packs.
Make a bee Colour in the pieces of the bee. Once it is all coloured
in, carefully cut it out and using glue, stick it together to look
like the little be in the picture.
. Get your heart pumping Before you begin try to find your
heartbeat and count how many times it beats in 30 seconds and write
it down. Enjoy the fun workout and once you have finished check
your heartbeat again, counting how many times it beats in 30
seconds. Was your heart beating faster after you finished
exercising?
What would you do?
On the worksheet in your pack, read the sentences in each box and
circle all the things you could do to help out a friend.
Colouring in Colouring in the Springtime picture. Take care &
try to stay in the lines.
Spring Sentences Using the list of Spring Words found in your pack,
make up some sentences. Try to use joining words to make your
sentences even more interesting (and, but, because, for, so etc)
Underline the word you used, you may like to draw a picture to go
with it. Take a photo of your work and send it to your
preferences.
Learn with ABC TV Education
On ABC ME and iView
ABC TV Guide
10.00am – Maths
Program: Titch and Ted do Maths - Fractions About: Titch and Ted
complete a series of odd jobs, learning all about fractions as they
go.
10.45am – Science
Program: Bushwhacked! Bugs - Egg Fly Butterfly About: Kamil meets 9
year-old Lola as they witness nature at its very best!
10.25am – Social Studies
Program: What’s for dinner? - At Poppie's Place About: Meet Poppie
who has Thai and French roots in her family. But what happens when
the two cuisines collide? Spring rolls and macaroons, that's what.
Ooh la laa!
10.05am – PDHPE
Program: Tell me a Tale - Helpful About: One a hot day, Elijah and
his brother want to go swimming in the pool, but first they must
help their Grandad to clean out the leaves and get rid of a cheeky
cane toad
10.10am – English
Program: Mini Lessons: English - Writing an Explanation Text About:
In this lesson, you will learn how to write a type of explanation
text about the life cycle of a caterpillar. Alex demonstrates the
important features of writing a life cycle diagram.
Early Stage 1 – Term 3, Week 9
GEPS Kindergarten
Be a farmer! (Day 1 - Monday)
This week you’re going to choose which farm animal to write
about!
Next week, you’re going to video yourself giving a farmer
talk!
You can share your farmer talk with friends and family!
We have been learning about animals and how to write facts about
animals.
Your task today:
1. Watch the video on class dojo.
2. Look at the pictures and choose one animal you want to learn
about and write about.
3. Draw a detailed picture of your animal.
4. Add labels to your picture. Include adjectives and technical
words.
5. Describe your animal to someone at home!
Horse:
Duck:
Rabbit:
Goat:
Texture words smooth, soft, fluffy, furry
Technical words hooves, horns, beak, feathers, fur, tail
Early Stage 1 – Term 3, Week 9
Be a farmer! (Day 2 - Tuesday)
We have been learning about animals and how to write facts about
animals. We
can write facts about what the animal looks like and what it
does!
When we find out about an animal and write factual sentences about
what we
know, we are writing an information report.
Your task today:
1. Watch the video on class dojo.
2. Look at your labelled drawing. Think of a sentence to say what
your animal looks like.
3. Say your sentence out loud.
4. Write your factual sentence down. Read it out loud. Fix any
mistakes!
5. Use your word cards to help you.
Horse:
Duck:
Rabbit:
Goat:
Don’t forget to log on for the zoom on Tuesday!
During the zoom we’ll come up with success criteria for creating
the BEST farmer talks!!
Early Stage 1 – Term 3, Week 9
Be a farmer! (Day 3 - Wednesday)
Information reports include facts. We can find out facts about
animals by
reading books and other texts!
Your task today:
1. Watch the video on class dojo.
2. Scan the QR code to find out about your animal.
3. Read and listen to the text.
4. What did you learn? Add new words or ideas to your drawing.
Horses:
mare
Be a farmer! (Day 4 - Thursday)
Your task today:
1. Watch the video on class dojo.
2. Re-read the text (click the arrow to listen to the story
being
read aloud).
3. Choose some new ideas to add to your information report.
4. Say the sentence out loud then write it down.
5. Read the sentence you wrote out loud. Fix any mistakes!
6. Use your word cards to help you.
Horses:
Ducks:
Rabbits:
Goats:
Next week (week 10):
Be a farmer! (Filming)
Talks are an interesting way to share information. Your audience
can
find out what you know about a farm animal by listening to what
you
say!
When we video the talk, we can watch it lots of times and share
it
with other people. This means we need to make sure it’s our best
work!
Your task today:
• Watch the video on class dojo (in Monday’s morning post)
• Practise reading your farmer report until it sounds smooth!
• Dress up so you look like a farmer in the video!
• Use the success criteria (posted on Dojo) to keep you on
track.
• Ask someone in your family to video you reading
your information report.
• Show your detailed animal drawing as part of your
talk (make sure it’s your best work and ready for
publishing!)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday