Tuesday
Week E – Early Stage 1
Hi there!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
something to balance (e.g. pebbles)
blocks or Lego
dice
a family photograph
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Stretch those bodies out!
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Mountain ragdoll pose
Duration: 0:48
English
You will need:
Listening – ABC KidsNews
Let's listen to a story about skateboarding!
Listen to the first story from ABC KidsNews about skateboarding.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Tell somebody something you learnt from this story.
What was the most interesting part of this story?
Writing about the news story
Duration: 0:42
Reading – Rhyming words
It's storytime!
Let's listen to the story 'My Spaghetti ABC' by Deborah Niland.
My Spaghetti ABC
Duration: 8:24
Watch the video and join in the activity.
What did you notice about how this book is written?
Did you notice the rhyming words: hands-strands, glasses-passes, up-pup, mum-yum?
Think of all the words the rhyme with ‘mum’.
Draw and label all the rhyming words for mum.
Can you think of words that rhyme with ‘chin’?
Draw and label all the rhyming words for chin.
Rhyming words
Duration: 0:42
Is this too hard?
Listen to the story 'My Spaghetti' by Deborah Niland.
Is this too easy?
Can you think of rhyming words for eat?
Can you find any other books that have rhyming words?
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:
something to balance.
You could try a pack of cards, pebbles from the garden or even a broom!
Make sure you don't use anything that can break and be careful of your surroundings.
Brain break
Duration: 1:16
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: 14:42
Education Live
Character illustration
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by the creator of 'How to Train Your Dragon'! Cressida Cowell shows us how to draw and create interesting characters.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
paper
pencils.
Fictional characters activity
Duration: 1:40
Mathematics
You will need:
Subitising
Yesterday we practised our subitising skills. Today we are going to practise some more!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Subitising 6 – One less than
Duration: 6:00
Where can you find examples of 'one less than' around your house? For example:
Do you have one less spoon in your kitchen compared to how many forks there are?
Do you have one less pair of socks than someone else in your house?
Is there one less cow in the top paddock compared to the bottom paddock?
Draw details of where you find examples of ‘one less’.
Share your work with your teacher.
Building towers
Let's build some number towers!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
some blocks or Lego
a dice, numeral cards 1-6 or a spinner
pencils
your workbook.
Building towers
Duration: 7:14
If you were to play the game again tomorrow, what is one thing you would do differently? Why?
Draw a picture in your mathematics workbook that shows the towers you built in order of shortest to tallest.
Share your work with your teacher.
The number 5
Let's explore the number 5!
Watch the video.
Numberblocks – Five
Duration: 5:00
History
You will need:
My family
Let's draw our families!
Watch the video.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
After you watch the video, have a go at drawing your family and label each member.
My family
Duration: 2:21
This is an example drawing.
What does family mean to you?
Who is in your family?
Can you write a sentence to go with it?
Example drawing
Family photograph narrative
Let's look at photographs!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
your own family photo
your workbook
a pencil
a device if you wish to voice record your story.
Family photograph narrative
Duration: 2:09
After watching the video:
Use a family photograph to create either a written or voice recorded (oral) story.
What do you think is happening in the photograph?
How many people can you see?
Who do you think is in the photograph?
Where do you think they are?
When do you think this photograph was taken?
Pretend you are someone in the photo telling us the story of what is happening. Who is there and how they are part of your family?
Check-in survey – History
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.