Watch the "Compassion in Action" Video
Discuss what compassion is and how we can use it at school
Have a look at these three pictures. What connections or relationship would you normally expect between any of these animals?
Working in groups of three, have a look at the first page of our book for today, and predict what you think it is about, what you think will happen, and what you think has just happened before this introduction.
Why do you think it is written all over the page like this?
Now read the book Fox by Margaret Wild.
Do you think the author wrote this book to persuade us of something, to entertain us or to teach us something?
This book is a narrative - a story.
Using the 5 finger retell shown here, tell another student the important details about the book Fox.
In addition to the 5 finger retell describe which of our school values you have seen in the book, and explain how they appeared.
What kind of a friend are you?
Swiftly is another way to say quickly.
Exults means to celebrate or feel good about an achievement.
Extraordinary means really great - more than ordinary.
Despair means to feel really bad, without hope.
Complete the activity sheet.
Phonemes
You will work through the unit 1, lesson 1 online slides to learn about focus sounds in our spelling program for this year.
Complete activities 2-3 on page 6 of the student book.
When we edit writing we fix up mistakes that have been made so people can understand it clearly.
Your teacher will work through this activity with your class together, as we learn how to complete Editing Skills activities.
With a partner, see which pair can make the longest list of different nouns from the story Fox. See if you can remember some nouns that no-one else can remember!
Preview the cover - what do you predict the book is about?
Turn and talk with a neighbour - what do they think?
Read the book
An animated version of "Tuesday"
David Wiesner is both author and illustrator and he uses very few words. Is it possible to tell or write a story without words?
Wiesner invites you -the reader- to be a problem solver, using clues from pictures and your own imagination to create the story.
THINK and DISCUSS - How could YOU write the story in words?
Watch the video clip - Mojo puts its all together
Now discuss:
What kind of attitude should we have when we face a challenge?
Why is our attitude important?
Your teacher will give you a number. See how many different ways you can represent this number in 5 minutes. Write each different way in a circle. If you run out of space, you can write some more on the back of the sheet.
Your teacher will now run an activity called Number Trains/Rod Trains.
Complete pages 10 - 13 in Handwriting Conventions 3 book to revise correct way of printing individual letters.
8:50 3P + 3I (half)
9:50 3C + 3I (half)