Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Here are the Middle School learning activities for this week. There is a Reading, Maths, and Language task each day. You also have the option to choose one other task to complete which could be linked to topic, visual art, fitness, science or something else. These can be found in the table at the bottom.

Middle School Home Based Learning

Term 1, Week 4 (March 1st - 5th)

Government learning from home website - https://learningfromhome.govt.nz/home

As well as daily activities, here are some websites that you might light to have a look at.

Home Alone

My name is Spoon and I am a pug. I am home alone in the daytime. My owner goes out and it is time for me to have some fun. I like to jump on all of the beds. I drink from the pond and eat the slippers. Sometimes, I like to chew up all of the tissues in the box. I slide down the stairs on my tum. Then, I run back to my bed when I hear the key turn in the door.

Answer the following questions about the text:

1. What type of dog is Spoon?

2. What is Spoon’s favourite thing to do when he is left alone?

3. Find and copy a word that rhymes with hide.

4. Number the following events from 1 to 3 to show the order that they appear in the text.

· I drink from the pond.

· I slide down the stairs.

· I liked to jump on all of the beds.

1. How do you think Spoon’s owner felt when they came back home?

Exciting Words

Think of 10 exciting words that start with the letter a, and write them down in a list. Choose 5 (or more) to write in a sentence.

Think about:

• Choosing some long and short words

• What the words mean

• How else you could write it in a sentence

Don’t forget to check

• Capital letters and full stops

• Spelling

• Interesting describing words

Extra challenge: Write your list words beginning with the letter a in alphabetical order. Remember if the first letter of the word is the same look at the next letter to help you put them in order.

Add up to 5 challenge

Write a list of all the whole numbers you can think of that when the digits are added together you get 5. You might even find some three or four digit numbers.

Here is an example:

32 3 + 2 = 5

Write your list of numbers in order from smallest to largest.

Troy’s Noisy Toy Toilet

Troy is a boy who enjoys playing with his toy toilet. His toilet has a noisy flush and it is tons of fun. However, Troy’s toy toilet really annoys his mom. Mom doesn’t enjoy the noisy sound of the flush. Mom wishes that Troy would avoid the toilet and find a new toy. Maybe Troy would enjoy playing with a silver coin? Or maybe he would like a toy boat that could take a voyage. “Don’t spoil my fun,” says Troy. I only like my noisy toilet.

Finding adjectives

Copy the sentences below and underline the adjectives (describing words).

E.g Smanatha wore a red dress.

1. The cat had pretty eyes.

2. Joshua has long legs.

3. She cut her hand on the rough log.

4. The shiny diamond sparkled in the bright sun.

5. The calm penguin looked around the pebbly beach.

6. The huge elephant drank from the murky waterhole.

7. The small dog has fluffy, brown fur.

Choose 4 of the sentences above and rewrite them with more exciting adjectives.

Choose 10 items from your home and write sentences to describe them using exciting adjectives.

Missing Numbers

Choose one of the tasks to do below. Or you could do both if you like.

a) Fill in the gaps

b) Fill in the gaps

Extension: See if you can make your own pattern with missing numbers and ask someone at home to solve it.

Sunsmart

Watch Despicable Me 2 Sun Safety Campaign.

• Write about why it is important to be sun safe?

• Write a list of things to keep you safe and be sunsmart.

• Don’t forget to miss lines, just like at school.

• Include a title and then write the instructions.

Have you got capital letters and full stops? Check your spelling.

Addition Skills

Read between the lines - looking for clues

The Race

It was the final lap of the race. The sixty-sixth lap of a hair-raising, 100 kilometer an hour madness. John was all set for the victory. Around the final bend he came, then bang…

Everything stopped. John could see flashes of red, green and blue flying past him to the finish line. He placed his head in his hands and sighed.

1. What kind of race was John in? What clues can you see?

2. How is John feeling at the end of the story? What clues can you see?

3. Why would he be feeling that way? What clues do you see?

4. What might happen after the race? Why do you think that?

Hiding Place

“10, 9, 8, 7…”

Chelsea dived in. The material was all soft and warm but she could tell she was very easy to spot. “I know,” she thought and climbed out and hid underneath. “I won’t be found here,” she said to herself.

1. What game is Chelsea playing? What clues do you see?

2. Describe Chelsea’s first hiding place? What clues do you see?

3. Who could be looking for Chelsea?

Delicious Descriptions

Choose any type of food and use your five senses to describe it.

Here’s an example to help you:

POPCORN

TASTES: Salty, warm, buttery, silky

SMELLS: Sweet, buttery, delicious

LOOKS: Bumpy, yellow and white

SOUNDS: Crunchy

FEELS: Melty, warm, greasy

Can you think of two more types of food that you could describe?

But the drones do not work. Before winter comes, all the drones are driven from the hive so that they don’t eat the honey which they did not gather.

It is not safe for children to handle bees. Bees have a painful sting that they use in their defense.

Answer the following questions about the text above:

1. How many sides does a cell in the hive have?

   1. Three

   2. Four

   3. Six

   4. Seven

2. What happens to the drones in the winter?

   1. They sleep.

   2. They find a new hive.

   3. They are driven out.

   4. They repair the hive.

3. Which is not a kind of bee?

   1. Workers

   2. Kings

   3. Queens

   4. Drones

4. Which word best describes bees?

   1. Hard-working

   2. Lazy

   3. Stupid

   4. Cuddly

Your Favourite Person

Who is your favourite person on the planet? Describe this person. What do you like most about that person?

Remember to include lots of details and descriptive words.

Extension: Draw a picture of this person.

Problem Solving

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1. Choose four different digits between 1 and 9.

2. How many possible numbers can you make using these digits?

3. Write your numbers in forwards and backwards order. ( i.e from small number to bigger number and then bigger number to smaller number).

Write a number sentence involving some of your numbers.

Extra for experts:

1. Draw hundreds, tens and ones.

2. Draw a picture to show your number sentence.

Fitness: Gonoodle

Keep your fitness up at home through fun videos and watch your monster grow.

If you don’t have a device, create your own fitness circuit. Include 5 different fitness exercises.

Kindness is “Magic”

Spread your magic by being as king as you can! Tick off the boxes as you complete them. Let’s show everyone how much you care!

Fitness Challenge: Choose one of the following exercises.

Challenge yourself to see how many you can do in a minute. Do this each day for a week and see if you improve!

Welcome back to online learning. Below are some activities that you can complete at home with your child over the next few days. Choose one or more a day, or even add your own. Keep it fun, have breaks and enjoy some family time as well.

Middle School Home Based Learning

Activities and Websites

Term 1, Week 2

Choice Board