Dear Parents/ Caregivers,

Welcome to learning at home for Week 2 Term 4. Remember our learning at home tasks give you the flexibility to plan these into your day around other commitments.

This Week’s Story Time

This week our spotlight story is PJ Mask Saves the Library! read by Mrs Virk.

Reading

This week for reading, there is a book to read each day. Each book also has some follow up activities for you to complete. There are also some skill and poem activities for you to do, this week the skill activities follow on from last week's work around nouns and verbs.

Reminder: Online resources available

Wheelers: When you follow this link https://puhinui.eplatform.co/ you will find access to a range of eBooks and audiobooks.

To sign into this digital library you will need to enter a username, which is the students first name and last name without spaces, with a full stop in between (e.g. Mary.Smith).

Password: library1

Sunshine Online provides access to a range of readers for junior children. To access Sunshine Online for digital readers please visit http://www.sunshineonline.com.au/

In the top right corner of this website, select the red login button and in the dropdown select the option ‘Student Login’

User name: Puhinui

Password: Books2015

Plurals are words that are used when referring to more than one person or thing.

For example, if there was one cat, we would say “cat”. If there was more than one cat, we would say “cats”.

Turn these words into plurals using their base word and add a ‘s’ on the end. The first one has been done for you.

1. Sock ---> socks

2. Dog ----> ______

3. Chair ---> ______

4. Door ---> ______

5. Tiger ---> ______

6. Book ---> ______

Dress-up and/or draw a picture of a silly pair of socks like the silly billy’s in the story, and write a story about the silly socks.

Verbs

A verb is an action word. Examples of verbs are, running, jumping, singing.

Can you find the verbs in the sentences below?

Example: The boy is climbing up the ladder.

1. Sarah is singing her favourite song.

2. The cat hissed at the brown dog.

3. Dad was washing the car outside.

4. Gurnoor walked home from school.

5. The children watched a movie at home.

You can make up your own simple sentences and repeat the same task.

Nouns

A noun is the name of a person, place or thing.

Write some sentences to match these pictures, then underline the noun.

Be careful, sometimes your sentence will have more than one.

1. The Zebras are cleaning each other’s backs.

Nouns and Verbs

Circle/ highlight the nouns and underline the verbs in the following sentences.

Example: Jonah ran outside to play with the dog.

1. The Hulk crashed through the wall.

2. Superman flew high into the sky.

3. Wonder Woman saved the people from the sinking boat.

4. Batman drove his batmobile as fast as lightning.

5. Spiderman climbed to the top of the building.

You can make up your own simple sentences and repeat the same task.

Write a Letter to someone

Write a letter to someone you haven’t seen for a while who’s in your family or you could even write a letter to your teacher or someone at home.

If you want to, you can watch this short video about Letter writing for kids

Writing a letter is different to writing a story. There’s 5 things you need to include when writing a letter.

You need:

1. Date

2. Greeting and the persons name that you’re writing to

3. The body of your letter (what you’re telling the person)

4. Closing

5. Your name (who the letter is from)

Below are two letters. They both have the 5 things you need: date, greeting, body of letter, closing and the name of who the letter is from. Can you find those 5 things on each letter?

Writing Instructions - How to make your favourite sandwich

“Can you please show me how to make your favourite sandwich so I can make it for my family?”

You could start your writing by telling Pongo who you are and what your favourite sandwich is, like this…..

Hi Pongo, my name is Maira and my favourite sandwich is chicken and cheese. First………

Challenge:

Can you add more detail to your opening sentence to make it more interesting for Pongo, like this……

Hi there Pongo, my name is Maira and I just love eating chicken and cheese sandwiches because they are so delicious. First…….

I bet Pongo will LOVE making your favourite sandwich and eating it too!

The Gingerbread Man - Writing a different ending to the story.

Watch the The Gingerbread Man video. You can just listen or read the words yourself.

The Gingerbread Man story.

Once upon a time a little old man and a little old woman lived in a cottage. One morning the old woman decided to bake a gingerbread man. She rolled the dough and cut it into a gingerbread man shape. She gave him eyes and a smile, buttons and a cherry for a nose. She put him in the oven. When she opened the oven to check, he jumped out and ran out the door. “Don’t eat me!” he shouted. The old man and the old woman ran after the gingerbread man. “Stop!” they yelled. But the gingerbread man kept running and he sang, “run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man!” The gingerbread man met a pig who wanted to eat him but he kept running and singing, “run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!” The pig ran after the gingerbread man too. Then he met a cow and then a horse and they both wanted to eat him but he kept running and singing his song “run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!” The cow and the horse chased him too! Soon he came to a rushing river and he knew he would melt if he crossed it but he didn’t want to be eaten!! Just then a sneaky fox came along and said, “I can help you cross the river. Climb onto my back and I’ll swim across”. The gingerbread man didn’t trust the fox but he didn’t know what else to do so he climbed on the fox’s back because the fox promised that he wouldn’t eat him. Halfway across the river the fox said, “I’m getting tired, climb onto my head.” So the gingerbread man did. When they were nearly across the river the fox said, “I’m getting really tired, climb onto my nose.” So the gingerbread man did. Then the fox flicked his nose and tossed the gingerbread man high up into the air. He opened his mouth and ….. CHOMP……. CHOMP……..CHOMP……. And that was the end of the gingerbread man.

Changing the ending of the story:

At the end of the story, the Gingerbread Man wanted to cross the river but he didn’t trust the fox. Would you have trusted the fox?

The Gingerbread Man thought he had to cross the river with the fox’s help but was there another way he could escape the old man and the old woman?

How could you help him escape? You can think of the wildest and wackiest ideas in your imagination!!

Here’s the Gingerbread Man waiting for you to change his story……...

Thinking of ideas to change the ending:

Do a brainstorm on paper to think of ideas to change the ending, here is an example:

You can use as many ideas from your brainstorm that you want.

For example, 3 ideas from the brainstorm were used and here is part of the story ending.

When the Gingerbread Man came to the rushing river, a green speed boat suddenly came to help him. He jumped into it and it took him across the river. Then the Gingerbread Man got superpowers and he ran very fast but suddenly a big eagle swooped down and he jumped on the eagle’s back……...

Challenge:

Can you add some WOW words to your story like Mrs V did?

Challenge: Can you add some detail to your story. In my plan, I know I am going to talk about bright yellow petals, not just yellow petals. This makes it easier for the reader to picture what they look like. I could even add more detail and say “The yellow petals are as bright as the sun”.

Writing an Acrostic Poem

Acrostic poems are fun to write! Here’s two acrostic poems called SPRING and RAINSTORM.

How to write an acrostic poem

1. First you choose a word. Any word. Maybe the name of an animal, a season, something you like to play, the name of a person, any word at all. I’m choosing the word “elephants”.

2. Then you write the word down the left side of a piece of paper. Write each letter on a different line. Like this:

E

L

E

P

H

A

N

T

S

3. Then you’re going to think of a few words or a sentence about your topic word that starts with the first letter. I’m going to think of a sentence about ‘elephants’ that starts with the first letter, E.

“Extra long nose to eat with and smell “ or “ Ears that are huge and flap around”

I’ll choose one of these sentences and write it beside the first letter E. Like this:

Extra long nose to eat with and smell

L

E

P

H

A

N

T

S

4. Then you can do the same with the second letter. I’ll think of a sentence about ‘elephants’ that starts with the letter, L.

“Large and lumpy legs to walk around” or “Loose grey skin that is very wrinkly.

I’ll choose one of these sentences and write it beside the second letter L. Like this:

Extra long nose to eat with and smell

Loose grey skin that is very wrinkly

E

P

H

A

N

T

S

5. Continue thinking of sentences about your topic word that start with each letter. Then write each sentence beside the letter.

Here’s my acrostic poem about ‘elephants’ and a picture:

Extra long nose to eat with and smell

Loose grey skin that is very wrinkly

Ears that flap and swing in the breeze

Powerful trumpet sounds they make

Huge and heavy animals that can run

African elephants are big and strong

New baby elephants are super cute

Two hard tusks that are beside their trunk

Slow moving animals that live in herds

You can write a short acrostic poem or a long one.

Here’s a short acrostic poem. Here’s a longer acrostic poem.

Challenge:

• Can you add some WOW words and extra detail to your acrostic poem.

• Write an acrostic poem about someone in your family and then read it to them.

Reminder: Online resource available

Matific: Follow this link https://www.matific.com/nz/en-nz/home/ and access the website by using the login your teacher gave you.

This week, our maths activities are all about subtraction with a focus on two strategies called “counting back in 1’s” and “counting back in 10’s”.

Strategy two- Counting back in 10’s

Watch this video to see the counting on in 10’s strategy being taught by Miss Dreadon

Here is a hundreds board. You already know how to count forwards in tens from any number, but now can you try counting backwards in tens from any number?

Try starting from 100 and going up the board to count backwards

If we start from a different number, like 86, the pattern goes

• 86

• 76

• 66

• 56

• 46

• 36

• 26

• 16

• 6

What patterns do you notice?

Can you try counting backwards in tens from these numbers:

77 62 43 89 56

Now let’s use our skills to work out this problem:

Word problems

Each day pick one of these word problems to practise the subtraction strategies to solve the daily problems. For an extension, you can choose your own numbers to fill in the blanks.

What do plants need?

To grow a plant you need 5 main things: air, water, light, soil and space.

Watch this video The needs of plants

Listen to this fun song to help you remember.

Light

Light is extremely important for plants. Plants use light for a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process where plants use light to help make their own food. Plants trap light from the sun with their leaves. Without light plants will starve and die.

Potato Maze Experiment

Can you make your own potato maze?

Watch this video to help you create your own maze

What you will need:

• 1 potato

• Cardboard box

• Extra cardboard pieces

• Tape

Instructions

1. In a cardboard box cut off some extra cardboard and make a maze like structure

2. Place your potato at the end of the maze away from the sunlight (if you want you can put your potato in a cup with some soil in it and a splash of water)

3. Watch and wait this may take a couple weeks.

Science behind it

Sunlight helps plants make their own food by a process called photosynthesis.

Plants will bend and move in order to reach the sunlight so that they can make their own food to help them grow.

Life Cycle of a Plant

We now know what we need to grow a plant, but what is the life cycle of a plant?

Just like how we grow from a baby, to a child, to an adult, plants grow too.

First, we have a seed. With the right water, soil and light the seed will begin a process called germination.

Germination is when the seed pops out a small root that grows down and a shoot that grows up towards the light.

Next, more roots grow and a seedling grows. This is where you have a small plant with some leaves.

Finally, the plant will fully grow with a thick stem, roots and leaves. It will then begin to flower. Some plants will grow flowers that will then turn into fruit or vegetables.

Plant growing experiment