Friday
Week J – Early Stage 1
Happy Friday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
24 counters or objects (e.g pegs or dried pasta)
paper
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Drumbeat
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Drumbeat
Duration: 3:11
English
You will need:
Listen up!
Let's practise our listening skills!
Watch and listen to the video.
Gardening
Duration: 3:04
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Record 3 things you learnt from the video.
Listen up!
Duration: 1:38
Share your work with your teacher.
Creative and imaginative ways
Let's be creative!
Watch and listen to the story 'Too many pears' by Jackie French.
'Too many pears' by Jackie French
Duration: 4:30
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Think of some creative and imaginative ways they could stop Pamela from eating the fruit.
What can we do with pears? Think of as many uses as you can.
At the end of the story, Pamela is looking at the apples. Predict what you think is going to happen in the story now. Draw or write your ideas.
Creative and imaginative ways
Duration: 3:24
Share your work with your teacher.
Check-in survey – English
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Handwriting
You will need:
Focus letter: w
It's time to practise our handwriting skills. Get your workbook and your pencil ready!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook
handwriting practice sheet (optional)
(PDF, 262 KB)
Explicit handwriting instruction
Duration: 11:30
Brain break
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.
Brain break
Duration: 1:43
Education Live
Fun Friday disco!
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by Mr Young from Woy Woy South Public School.
Mr Young has organised an awesome virtual school disco – watch the video and join in!
You will need:
space to move
water
your dancing shoes!
Mathematics
You will need:
Pinch a ten
We are going to compare numbers to 10!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need to make:
a game table.
Hint! There is a picture below to help you.
You will also need:
counters (or dried beans or pasta)
a piece of paper
pencils
your workbook.
Pinch a ten
Duration: 4:47
Adapted from Marilyn Burns, Teaching Mathematics K-8
Instructions:
Take a pinch of dried beans (or counters) and determine how many you have in your collection.
Is it:
less than 10?
10?
more than 10?
Complete the chart.
Use what you know about numbers and counting to help you decide whether you have more than 10, less than 10, or exactly 10.
Play again 5 more times.
How to set up your game table
Reflection:
How did you work out how many you pinched?
What do you notice about your chart?
The counting game
Let's play another counting game!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
24 items (such as blocks, pencils, pegs, dry pasta or counters)
pencils
your workbook.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
The counting game – 24
Duration: 3:31
How to play:
Use 24 as a target number. The aim is to be the player who puts down the 24th item.
Take it in turns to place 1, 2 or 3 items into a central pile (or use a ten frame). As you do so, count on, saying the number words in the sequence as you place each item. For example:
Player 1 places down 3 items and says "1, 2, 3"
Player 2 places down 2 items and says "4, 5"
Player 1 places down 2 items and says "6, 7"
Player 2 places down 1 item and says "8", and so on until the target number (24) is reached.
Players collect a point if they say the target number.
A new target number is chosen and players play again.
Try playing forwards and backwards.
After playing the counting game, answer these questions.
How could we change the game to make it more or less challenging?
What did you notice about playing the game counting backwards? Did it make your brain work harder or was it less difficult?
Did you work out a way to play this game so that you didn't lose? What was your strategy? Did it work?
Share your work with your teacher.
For those who like a challenge!
Play the game again using a different target number and a different starting number. For example, you might start at 35 and try to get to 51.
Count in multiples. For example, you can start at 0 and aim for 85, counting by fives.
STEM
You will need:
Problem-solving
Today's challenge is to use our thinking skills and our imagination to come up with solutions to problems we face. This process is called design thinking.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Brainstorm new ways to re-use plastic bottles. Draw or write your ideas in your workbook.
Problem-solving
Duration: 12:45
Share your work with your teacher.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.