Day 2
Welcome to Day 2!
Watch the video to help you get started.
Day 2 video
Duration: 1:01
To complete today's activities, you will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
spaghetti pasta or straws
play dough
English
Speaking and writing – Describe the cats (part 1)
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the pictures of the cats in the video.
Describe the appearance of both cats, including their:
colours
shapes
size
age
patterning.
Describe how you think they would feel.
Describe the cats (part 1)
Duration: 2:08
Reading and writing together – Inferring
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch and listen to the story 'Ginger' by Charlotte Voake.
'Ginger'
Duration: 5:41
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Join the teacher in the video looking at why the cats behaved in certain ways.
Hint! It doesn't tell you in the story why the cats did certain things but you will 'infer' the reasons why.
Inferring
Duration: 4:35
Handwriting – Focus: ur, er
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in.
Explicit handwriting instruction – Focus: ur, er
Duration: 8:01
Have a go at the activity sheet.
Hint! You can do these activities on plain paper or in your workbook if you prefer.
Handwriting practice sheet – Stage 1
Handwriting_practice_sheet_Stage1.pdfDownload: Handwriting practice sheet – Stage 1
(PDF file, 30 KB)
Care and connect
Five senses
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Five senses
Duration: 1:17
Mathematics
Number – Staircase patterns
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the episode of Numberblocks.
Numberblocks – Step Squad
Duration: 4:41
Watch the video.
Hint! There are 4 parts to this activity. This is part 1.
Staircase patterns – part 1
Duration: 6:09
Draw the staircase pattern we've made in the video, continuing down the other side.
Watch the next video and join in the activity.
Hint! This is part 2.
Staircase patterns – part 2
Duration: 1:45
Draw what the staircase will look like if I continue building it up and down the other side, using twos.
Watch the next video and join in the activity.
Hint! This is part 3.
Staircase patterns – part 3
Duration: 5:53
How many blocks are there altogether?
Draw pictures to show your thinking and how you worked out the answer.
Watch the last video and join in the activity.
Staircase patterns – part 4
Duration: 8:27
How many blocks are there altogether?
Draw pictures to show your thinking and how you worked out the answer.
Make your own staircase structure that is different to the two we made. Draw it and then describe it.
Use the interactive blocks below. If you have blocks or Lego, you can use those instead.
Hint! Click and drag the blocks to move them around the board.
Brain break
Body percussion
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Body percussion
Duration: 1:14
Let's keep learning!
STEM – Pasta building challenge
You will need:
spaghetti pasta or straws
play dough
Today's STEM challenge is to design and make different buildings and structures using spaghetti pasta or straws and play dough.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Hint! You can download the instructions for this challenge:
(Doc, 4.6MB)
Pasta building challenge
Duration: 2:37
Materials needed
First building
Improved building
Challenge!
Add a weight to your building.
Will it still stay up?
Do you need to make changes to your building?
Look at buildings with interesting shapes, such as the Sydney Opera House.
Make an unusual building.
"Sydney opera house" by jimmyharris is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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