Wednesday
Week B – Stage 1
Welcome to Wednesday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
pencils
Number visuals worksheet (optional)
(PDF file, 22KB)
obstacle course materials e.g. cones, towels, pillows (optional)
dictionary
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Healthy habits
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Healthy habits
Duration: 2:17
English
You will need:
Speaking to an audience
Let's explore some nursery rhymes!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Let's practise speaking!
Duration: 2:03
Building vocabulary
It's storytime!
Listen to the story 'Rocky and Louie'.
After listening to the story:
Write down any words that are new to you in your workbook.
Look these words up in a dictionary and write down what they mean.
'Rocky and Louie'
Duration: 9:27
Is this too hard?
Listen to 'Rocky and Louie'.
What sports do Rocky and Louie play?
Is this too easy?
Listen to 'Rocky and Louie'.
Compare Rocky and Louie to two characters from another book that you have read. What similarities and differences do you notice?
Compare and contrast
Let's compare! What does a fast car and a cheetah have in common?
Watch the video.
Let's write!
Duration: 4:20
How does a car and a cheetah move?
What shape and size is a fast car and a cheetah?
What colours are cheetahs and fast cars? Can they be the same?
What sounds do they both make?
Where would you see a fast car? Where would you see a cheetah?
What do they both do?
Share your work with your teacher.
Brain break
Colours
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: 0:59
Check-in survey – Brain break
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Sight words
You will need:
Focus words: would, what, friend
We are learning to read and write words quickly. Let's practise some more!
Today, we will learn the words:
would
what
friend.
High frequency sight words
Duration: 11:35
Education Live
Animals of the week
Today we meet a number of creatures from under the sea as we take a virtual trip to the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium. Watch the videos to meet turtles, swordfish, sea stars and more!
Mathematics
You will need:
Subitising
We are going to practise our subitising skills.
Watch the video and join in.
Can you tell which number is behind the door?
What's my number?
Duration: 4:33
Number visuals
We are going to do a number talk together.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
coloured pencils
YouCubed number visuals activity
(PDF file, 22 KB)
After watching 'YouCubed Number talks':
Complete the YouCubed number visuals activity. Or, use your workbook to write down the different ways each number visual is made up of other numbers.
How many different ways did you come up with?
PDHPE
You will need:
Food rainbow
Let's learn what it means to eat a 'rainbow' of foods!
Watch the video to learn about the activity.
Eating a rainbow of healthy food
Duration: 12:17
Now it's your turn to create a healthy lunchbox.
Design a healthy lunchbox that contains many different colours from the food rainbox.
Think about what you watched in the videos to give you some ideas of foods to choose from.
Share your work with your teacher.
Obstacle course
Let's get creative and plan an obstacle course!
Watch the video to learn about the next activity.
Hint! If you need them, the instructions are also below.
Obstacle challenge
Duration: 1:00
Obstacle course – instructions:
Plan an obstacle course in your backyard, lounge room or anywhere else with enough space that you can safely move around. You may do this together with family members in your home.
Use materials from your home to design your obstacle course. For example: buckets, towels, ropes, pegs, pillows, blankets.
Draw a picture of your obstacle course and label the main parts.
Show where the start and finish lines are.
Draw arrows to show which way you need to go.
Example osbtacle course
For those who like a challenge!
Complete the obstacle course:
hopping
skipping
galloping
Which was the hardest one for you?
Virtual Excursion
Meet Bailey!
Let's check out Bailey's special role at the Australian National Maritime Museum.
Watch the video.
Watch our seagulls: Bailey on the chase
Duration: 1:31
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.