Monday
Week K – Early Stage 1
Happy Monday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
sticky notes
cards numbered 1-10 (e.g. UNO cards)
Lego or blocks
2 bean bags
(or a pair of socks or a beanie)
a twirling ribbon
(or similar)
a large stuffed toy
a piece of fruit
a camera device
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
You will need:
Positive sticky notes
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
sticky notes.
Positive sticky notes
Duration: 0:52
English
You will need:
Investigate some words
It's storytime!
Read or listen to 'The Silly Seabed Song'.
The Silly Seabed Song
Duration: 5:35
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Investigate some words from the story with the teacher in the video.
Investigate some words
Duration: 5:55
Share your work with your teacher.
Word study
Word study focus: onset and rime
Let's learn about the suffix -ing and why and how we use it!
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Word study focus: onset and rime
Duration: 6:38
Brain break
You will need:
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:
a pencil
your workbook.
Swap hand scribble
Duration: 1:10
Phonics
You will need:
Phonemes and graphemes: j, v, w, x
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 5: j, v, w, x
Duration: 20:49
Virtual excursion
NSW National Parks
Are you ready to go on a virtual excursion? This week we are visiting National Parks from across NSW!
Watch the video to learn about bush tucker in Dorrigo Rainforest.
Hint! This is an interactive video. Use your mouse (or finger if you are using a touch screen) to look around!
360 Aboriginal Storytelling – Dorrigo National Park
Duration: 4:06
Mathematics
You will need:
Let's talk!
Let's explore adding numbers together!
Watch the video and join in.
Let's talk – part 1
Duration: 8:24
Watch the video and join in.
Let's talk – part 2
Duration: 8:48
Guess my number!
Let's play a number game!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
number cards 1-10 (optional)
Hint! You can use playing cards or make your own.Lego or blocks
pencils
your workbook.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Guess my number
Duration: 2:02
How to play:
Write the numbers from 1 to 10 (for example) on a piece of paper or use cards to set the number range.
Ask the other player (the ‘secret holder’) to choose a secret number within your given range.
Guess the ‘secret' holder’s number.
They will tell you whether their number is greater or less than your guess.
Try to guess the secret number in the fewest number of guesses possible, or, with only 3 guesses.
Example – playing using the range 1 to 8
What is a good strategy to guess the number quickly?
If you played the game again tomorrow, what would you do differently? Why?
Get active!
You will need:
Gymnastics at home
Let's move!
Watch the videos and join in.
You will need:
2 bean bags (or a pair of socks or a beanie)
a twirling ribbon.
Hint! You can make a twirling ribbon by attaching a regular ribbon to a ruler or pencil with a bit of sticky tape!
LaunchPad – bean bag balance
Duration: 1:43
LaunchPad – bean bag juggle
Duration: 0:36
LaunchPad – ribbon circles
Duration: 1:01
LaunchPad – ribbons floor twirls
Duration: 0:36
LaunchPad – ribbon spirals
Duration: 0:50
Creative Arts
You will need:
Downsizing – music and drama
Get ready to sing, move and act to the nursery rhyme 'Hey Diddle Diddle'!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a large stuffed toy
a piece of fruit or a vegetable
a device to take a photograph.
Hey Diddle Diddle
Duration: 13:44
Downsizing – visual arts
Let's think about the scale and proportion of the cow and the moon. Could the cow really have jumped over the moon?
John Margolies was an American photographer who captured interesting public artworks. You can see that the sculptures he has photographed are not the original size and some features are exaggerated!
Take a close look at the photos by John Margolies.
Hint! You can scroll through the images in this photo carousel.
Do you notice that he has changed the size and proportion of these objects?
Photographs by John Margolies
Collection by Margolies, J., photographer. Retrieved from the Library of Congress
Do you know of any similar sculptures or public artworks?
For example, you might know of:
The Big Banana (Coffs Harbour)
The Big Prawn (Ballina)
The Big Merino (Goulburn).
It's your turn to create a fun photographic artwork!
Find a large stuffed toy that you could use in your photographic artwork.
Position your toy next to a piece of fruit or vegetable.
Take a photo to show the use of scale and proportion.
Hint! You should notice that your toy is probably a lot larger than the fruit or vegetable.
Imagine your toy jumping over the fruit or vegetable.
Take a photo to show the difference in scale and proportion of the two objects.
Example photographic artwork
Share your work with your teacher.
Check-in survey – Creative Arts
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.