Monday
Week H – Early Stage 1
Happy Monday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils (optional: textas)
tongs
a small ball
a container
paper
scissors
numeral cards
(0-20)
counters or objects to keep score
1-10 dot spinner
(PDF, 87KB)
a balloon
2 shoes or field markers
a variety of items that can make a sound (e.g. a water bottle)
glue (optional)
paint and items for printmaking (optional)
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Breathing colours
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Breathing colours
Duration: 0:57
English
You will need:
Would you rather...
Let's start with an activity where you need to think about which option you would rather and the reasons why.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Think about which option you would rather and the reasons why.
Would you rather...
Duration: 5:59
Reading and viewing – word investigation
It's storytime!
Watch and listen to the story 'The Little Red Hen and the Grains of Wheat'.
The Little Red Hen and the Grains of Wheat
Duration: 5:54
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Look at words from the story that sound the same but have a different meaning.
The Little Red Hen and the Grains of Wheat – word investigation
Duration: 6:07
Brain break
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Let's recharge!
It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
tongs
a small ball
a container.
Brain break
Duration: 1:28
Phonics
You will need:
Phonemes and graphemes: l, ll, ss
Let's practise some phonemes and graphemes.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
How many sounds do you know?
Phonemes and graphemes lesson 4: l, ll, ss
Duration: 13:27
Education Live
The maths of fashion
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by Kellie Hush and Eddie Woo who discuss the maths of fashion!
Mathematics
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Finding halves
Let's explore halves!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
A4 paper
pencils
scissors.
Important: Ask an adult to help you when using scissors.
Find objects around your home that are showing halves and some that are not.
Sort the objects into two groups. You can label them as halves and not halves.
Draw your finding.
How do you know if your objects are showing halves or not?
Share your work with your teacher.
Rekenrek duel – level 1
Let's have a duel with our rekenrek!
Watch the video to learn how to play.
You will need:
a rekenrek each
a set of numeral cards (0-20)
some paper
pencils.
Note! If you don't have a rekenrek, use the interactive rekenrek below.
Rekenrek duel - level 1
Duration: 4:16
Use this interactive rekenrek if you don't have your own.
Interactive rekenrek
Race to write
Let's play a number game!
You will need:
1-10 dot spinner
(PDF, 87KB)
pencils
your workbook
a partner to play the game with.
Take turns to spin the spinner and trace over the matching numeral on your game board.
The first player to complete a full row wins the race.
Gameboard
If you played the game again tomorrow, what would you do differently? Why?
GetActive@Home
You will need:
Striking
Are you ready to move?
Watch the video and join in.
You will need:
a balloon
2 shoes or field markers.
Striking
Duration:20:51
Creative Arts
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Can you see the sounds?
This week's focus is on a famous artist and musician named Wassily Kadinsky. He was thought to be able to see sounds and hear colours (synaesthesia). He used shapes and colours to represent sounds.
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Join in with the ‘Shape Song’ to the melody of Frere Jacques.
Hint! The words of the song are included in the drop down below help you.
Can you see the sounds?
Duration: 18:34
Shape song lyrics
Shape song
[Each line is echoed]
Make a square
It has 4 sides
They are even
That’s a square.
Make a triangle
It has 3 sides
The corners are pointy
That’s a triangle.
Make a circle
It is round
It has no points
That’s a circle.
Make a squiggle
It curves around
It can make a pattern
Or go anywhere.
Art, music and dance
Let's investigate an artwork by Kandinksy!
Look at the artwork called ‘Succession’ (1820-1831) by Wassily Kandinsky.
You will need:
a variety of everyday items that can make a sound (e.g. a water bottle).
Explore the shapes in the artwork.
Choose a shape and move your body to match that shape.
Freeze like a statue in this shape then choose another shape and try it again.
Do the colours change the way you move or the amount of energy you have?
Examine another shape in the artwork and think about how you could make a musical sound to match that image. You could use your voice, your body or some found items in your environment like a bouncing ball or a stick.
Visual arts – shape symbols
It's your turn to make some shape symbols into an artwork!
Create an artwork using shape symbols.
You will need:
paper and coloured pencils/textas
or
scraps of paper and glue
or
paint and items for printmaking (e.g. pasta)
Hint! Check out the example artworks to help you.
Collage sample using scraps of paper and glue
Printmaking sample 1 – using a bottle top
Printmaking sample 2 – using a bottle top and bread tag
Printmaking sample 3 – using a carrot
Printmaking sample 4 – using a carrot and pasta
Share your work with your teacher.
For those who like a challenge!
Look at the pizza example. Think about the colours and shapes that you can see.
Draw your own pizza shape in your workbook or on a piece of paper.
Add some shape toppings to each section for a ‘shape and colour pizza’. You might like to:
use lots of different shapes in each section
repeat some of the same shapes
just put one shape in each section.
Hint! You can do this by drawing them on with coloured pencils or textas, or you can cut out and glue some shapes on with coloured paper.
What would your shape pizza sound like?
Find some ways to represent your shapes as music.
Example of a shape and colour pizza
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.