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English Week 5
Day 1: Language & Literacy - Fairy Tale
Learning Goals
Show interest in the different genre of books
Book and print awareness
Points to words as you read the story
Objectives
Child will be able to decode familiar words.
Child will demonstrate understanding of story through questions.
What do you need?
Let your child choose a Fairy Tale book (e.g. Little Red Riding Hood)
How can you work with your child?
Look at the cover of the book. Spend some time talking about the cover (e.g the picture, colour etc).
Point out the Author’s and the Illustrator’s name and discuss what they mean?
Let the child read the book on his/her own.
Once read, ask questions related to story, to understand child’s comprehension skill.
Explain meaning of any unfamiliar words to build their vocabulary.
Talk about the theme and characters of the story.
Questions to ask - For example:
(a) Name some of the characters from the book?
(b) Who is your main character in the story and why do you think it so?
What's next?
Ask your child to retell the story on his/her own
An in-depth discussion of the story book - Little Red Riding Hood:
(a) What is the moral of the story?
(b) What do you think about talking to strangers or sharing info with someone unknown?
(c) What is your opinion of the little girl going alone to see her grandmother?
Listen to another version of the story on the right and discuss if there are any differences between the two versions.
Little Red Riding Hood
Day 2: Language & Literacy - Journal Writing
Learning Goals
Demonstrate emerging independent writing (using invented spelling)
Write increasing complex message
Show awareness of finger spacing when writing
Objectives
Child will understand basic writing convention
Child will develop understand that writing is for a purpose
Child will develop imagination and creativity
What do you need?
Writing book
Pencils and eraser
What's next?
Sit with your child with his/her piece of writing and talk about it.
Encourage him/her to read out what he/she has written.
Encourage your child to represent the writing in pictorial (drawing) language.
How can you work with your child?
Encourage your child to think of a topic to write about.
Alternately the child can write on the follows:
(a) My Dream
(b) If I had a wish, what would I wish for and why?
Encourage him/her list down some of the important ideas about the topic.
Encourage him/her to write few sentences using the list of ideas (encourage invented spelling).
Emphasize on staring the sentence with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
Encourage your child to date their work.
Day 3: Numeracy - Collecting Data
Learning Goals
Display awareness of Data Collection
Display awareness of Graph
Objectives
Child will able to understand number and operation
Child will be able to understand importance of data collected
Child will be able to understand how to read a graph
What do you need?
Paper and pencil
Black/coloured markers
How can you work with your child?
Discuss what Data Collection means
Encourage your child to interview family members on the below information:
(a) What is your favorite fruit?
(b) What kind of make believe pet would you like?
(c) What is your favorite ice-cream flavour?
Source: teachingthelittlepeople.com
What's next?
Find out how many lego pieces of each colour you have?
Make a 3D graph using Lego blocks
Ask questions related to his/her findings e.g.
(a) How many more red legos do you have than yellow?
(b) Which colour do you have the most?
(c) Which colour do you have the least?
Source: themeasuredmom.com
Day 4: Cooking experience - Butter Jelly Sandwich
Learning Goals
Responsibility
Understanding safety elements
Making healthy choices
Objectives
Child will be able to enjoy hands on learning
What do you need?
Plate and butter knife
Butter (or any other spread)
Strawberry jam (or any of your favourite jam)
White/Brown Bread
How can you work with your child?
Bring all the things together – bread, butter, jam, plate and knife on the table.
Go through the preparation method with your child.
Discuss the safety aspects for the experience.
Read the nutrition facts and ingredients on the bottle.
Make your child be aware of the expiry date on the bottle.
Discuss the hygiene practice (e.g washing hands, making sure the plate and knife is clean).
After the sandwich is done, talk about the cleaning up.
Discuss on the choices of White bread and Brown bread.
Discuss on the choices of low fat bread spread options.
What's next?
Enjoy the sandwich together and discuss how he/she felt of the experience
Discuss on the healthy choice symbol
Day 5: Drawing Challenge
Learning Goals
Understanding elements of art (e.g. line, colour, shape, texture)
Objectives
Child will be able to understand about different elements of art like line, colour, shape and texture.
Child will be able to imagine and think creatively.
What do you need?
Drawing book
Drawing and colouring materials
How can you work with your child?
Doing drawing challenges is a great way of improving your child’s drawing skills and creativity. Provide a drawing booklet and challenge your child to draw according to the list below:
Draw your favourite part of the day
Draw yourself
Draw your make-believe pet
Date your drawings
What's next?
Discuss about the drawing.
Use art vocabulary (e.g. line, colour, shape and texture) to talk about the drawing. For example:
I see different lines on your drawing, can you name the lines?
What are some of the colours you have used in your drawing?
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