Tuesday
Week F – Early Stage 1
Hi there!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Sensory sensation
Let's get started!
Listen to the audio and join in the activity.
Sensory sensation
Duration: 1:27
Week F CC Early Stage 1 Stage 1 Tuesday Sensory Sensation.m4aCheck-in survey – Care and Connect
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
English
You will need:
Speaking – describing
How well can you describe a setting?
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the picture of the jungle treehouse.
Describe what you can see.
Describe the setting
Duration: 2:28
Reading and viewing
Let's explore this picture some more!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the picture of the jungle treehouse.
Imagine it is the place (setting) in a story.
Draw or write who you think would live here?
Why would they live here?
Draw or write the activities you could do here.
Reading and viewing
Duration: 6:17
Is this too hard?
Draw a treehouse in your workbook.
Is this too easy?
Describe the treehouse in 2 sentences.
Share your work with your teacher.
Brain break
Let's recharge!
It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!
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Brain break
Duration: 1:39
Handwriting
Focus letter: b
It's time to practise our handwriting skills. Get your workbook and your pencil ready!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook
handwriting worksheet (optional)
(PDF file, 140 KB)
Explicit handwriting instruction
Duration: 14:38
Education Live
Vocal warm-ups
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by Bella Taylor Smith from The Voice!
We are going to have some fun with vocal warm-ups. Watch the video and join in!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Hint! You can use Chrome Music Lab (below) if you don't have an instrument.
Education Live – making music
Duration: 2:05
Chrome Music Lab
Mathematics
You will need:
Balancing numbers 1 – part 1
Let's look at balancing numbers! There are three parts to this activity so let's start with part 1!
Watch the video.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
Balancing numbers 1 – part 1
Duration: 0:34
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
Balancing numbers 1 – part 2
Let's look at part 2 of this activity!
Watch the video.
Balancing numbers 1 – part 2
Duration: 1:11
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
Write down your estimates:
How many more bears are needed to make the scales balance?
Hint! How many bears have the same mass as the Hulk?
What's an estimate that is way too high?
What's an estimate that is way too low?
What do you think is a reasonable (good) estimate?
Balancing numbers 1 – part 3
Let's look at part 3 of this activity!
Watch the final video.
Balancing numbers – part 3
Duration: 4:34
(This video is inspired by the work of Dan Meyer)
Create a drawing to represent your thinking around the problem: 'How many bears are equivalent (the same) in mass to the Hulk?'
The number 7
Let's explore the number 7!
Watch the video.
Numberblocks – Seven
Duration: 5:00
Representing numbers on a dice
Are you ready for a number challenge?
This challenge is based on the Numberblocks video you just watched.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
Hint! You may want to watch the Numberblocks video again or look at the picture to remind you of the dice patterns that Six had on his body.
(Captured from Numberblocks 7 video)
In the Numberblocks video that you just watched, Six had all the dice patterns from 1 to 6 on his body. If 7 had a dice pattern, what do you think it would look like?
Draw 3 different ways that it could look on a dice.
Ask people at your house which one is their favourite representation of 7 and why.
Share your work with your teacher.
History
You will need:
In my lifetime
Today we are going to think about your life so far and create a timeline. I wonder how far back you can remember?
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
The past means it’s already happened.
The present means what is happening right now.
The future is what might happen next week, next month, next year and beyond!
In my lifetime
Duration: 5:37
Create your own timeline.
You need to include:
one event from the past
one event from the present
one event in the future.
Example timeline
Timeline of my life, © Pippa Miller, 2021.
For those who like a challenge!
In the future, when you grow up, what do you want to be? Why?
You can draw a picture, tell a friend or family member, or write it down!
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.