Tuesday

Week B – Early Stage 1

Hi there!

To complete today's activities, you will need:

a workbook

pencils

Lego or blocks

number cards

a ruler

Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends

Stretching

Let's get started!

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Pretend you are a superhero
Duration: 1:24

Check-in survey – Care and Connect

Icon: sharing

Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.

English

You will need:

Adjectives

Today we are learning more about describing words. We call these adjectives.

Watch the video to learn about describing words (adjectives).

Adjectives
Duration: 1:43

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Using describing words
Duration: 2:47

Descriptive language

Now it's your turn!

Find an object in the kitchen and describe it. If you can't find an object, you can describe the picture of the toaster. Remember to use adjectives. For example, silver or shiny.


  • The toaster feels like...

  • The toaster smells like...

  • The toaster looks like...

  • The toaster smells like...

  • I think toasters...

Toaster

Picture by SeDmi from Shutterstock

Reading together

It's storytime!

Listen to the story 'Old Man Emu' by John Williamson.


  • Can you think of any other books like this one?

'Old Man Emu'
Duration: 5:01

Descriptive writing

Let's practise using adjectives to make sentences more interesting.

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Using describing words
Duration: 4:59

Now it's your turn! Use adjectives to make the sentence more interesting.

  • The cat is sitting.


  • The _________ and _________ cat is sitting on the _________, _________ chair.

Share your work with your teacher.

Brain break

You will need:

Ruler

Measure it!

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: 1:14

Handwriting

You will need:

Workbook
Pencils

Focus letter: c

It's time to practise our handwriting skills. Get your workbook and your pencil ready!

Watch the video and join in the activity.


'c' handwriting worksheet (optional)
PDF file, 68 KB

Explicit handwriting instruction
Duration: 7:51

Education Live

Travel to a bigger world

Icon: watch video

Join us for today's episode of Education Live!

Today we are joined by actor Felix Jozeps from the Sydney Theatre Company.

Watch the video and join!


You will need:

  • space to move.

Education Live – Travel to a bigger world
Duration: 21:13

Mathematics

You will need:

Workbook
Pencils

Number warm up

Can you help order the Numberblocks?

Watch the video.

Can you help order the Numberblocks from smallest to biggest?

Number assembly
Duration: 2:22

Guess my number

Today we will be playing 'Guess my number'.

Watch the video and join in the activity.


You will need:

  • number cards (optional)

  • Lego or blocks

  • pencils

  • your workbook.

'Guess my number'
Duration: 2:02

After playing 'Guess my number' think about:

  • What is a good way to help you to guess the number quickly?

  • If you played the game again tomorrow, what would you do differently? Why?

For those who like a challenge!

Play the game again using numbers all the way up to 20 (or even higher!)

Geography

You will need:

Workbook
Pencils

Where are we located?

It's time to explore where we live!

Watch the video and join in the activity.

On the map in the video, can you find:

  • the fire station?

  • the hospital?

  • the dentist?

All about maps!
Duration: 10:29

Draw a map of your bedroom or your backyard.

Share your work with your teacher.

Student voice

Show how you feel about your learning today.