Thursday
Week E – Early Stage 1
Good morning!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
24 items (e.g. counters, pegs, pencils or blocks)
bucket or basket
a soft object for throwing (e.g. soft ball or socks)
a tennis or squash racquet (or similar)
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Square breathing
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Square breathing
Duration: 0:55
English
You will need:
Vocabulary – Word hunt
Let's go on a word hunt!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
What do you think the word 'strong' means?
Thinking about the word ‘strong’, go on a word hunt around your house. Find some strong objects in your house.
What do you think the word 'weak' means?
Thinking about the word ‘weak’, go on a word hunt around your house. Find some weak objects in your house.
Word hunt
Duration: 3:12
Is this too hard?
Use the words ‘big’ or ‘small’ for your word hunt.
Is this too easy?
Draw your objects and write a sentence about each object and why they are strong or weak.
Reading and modelled writing – Part 1
Let's do some reading and writing!
Listen to the story 'Let's get a pup'.
In your workbook, complete the modelled writing activity with the teacher on the video.
Modelled writing
Duration: 16:18
Share your work with your teacher.
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 ball.
If you can't find a ball, use a rolled up pair of socks!
Brain break
Duration: 1:01
Phonics
Phonemes and graphemes - h, b, f, ff
Let's practise some phonemes and graphemes.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
How many sounds do you know?
Explicit phonics instruction
Duration: 8:06
Education Live
Become a creature!
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by actor Anthony Taufa, from the Sydney Theatre Company.
We are going to become a creature from a story!
You will need:
space to move
a towel (or similar).
Mathematics
You will need:
Counting
Let's practice counting!
Watch the video to explore counting.
Paddlepop sticks 1
Duration: 7:43
The counting game
Let's play a 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?
For those who like a challenge!
Select a different target number and a 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.
Off we go
Let's watch Numberblocks!
Watch the video.
Numberblocks – Off we go
Duration: 5:00
Check-in survey – Mathematics
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
GetActive@Home
You will need:
Striking
Are you ready to move?
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
6 small soft balls (or 6 pairs of socks or similar small objects)
a bucket or basket
a tennis or squash racquet (or similar).
Striking – Part 2
Duration: 27:56
Science and Technology
You will need:
Traffic lights
Let's explore traffic lights!
Watch the video.
Traffic lights
Duration: 2:55
Listen to the traffic lights song.
Traffic Lights Song
Duration: 1:53
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
your workbook
pencils or textas.
Copy the traffic lights picture into your workbook.
Colour the lights in the right order.
Write the correct word next to each traffic light colour.
Traffic lights
Duration 1:49
Here is an example of how you might draw the traffic lights in your workbook.
Traffic lights
Digital devices at home
Let's find digital devices around your home.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
What is a digital device?
What digital devices are used in my home?
Digital devices in my home
Duration: 5:21
You will need:
pencils or textas
your workbook.
Copy the graph into your workbook.
Look around your home for digital devices.
Draw the devices onto your graph.
Digital devices graph
Check-in survey – Science and Technology
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.