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English Week 8
Day 1: Language & Literacy - Designing a Newspaper (Part 1)
Learning Goals
Demonstrate understanding of the sources of information (newspaper)
Read and participate in simple independent reading behavior
Objectives
Child will be able to understand the newspaper is a source of information
Gain more knowledge about the daily newspaper
What do you need?
The Straits Times
Highlighter
A3 white paper
Markers, pencils, crayons etc.
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2. Invite your child to design their own newspaper.
Invite your child to think about what he wants his newspaper to look like.
Ask leading questions like:
-What will your newspaper be called?
-Where will you place this name on the front page
-What else will you have on the front page?
-Will you include any advertisement? If no ask why? If yes, ask what type of advert?
Give your child time to design the front page of the newspaper on an A3 paper. Support and guide where necessary.
How can you work with your child?
Revisit the newspaper experience you did on Week 6 Monday Lesson.
Revisit the front page of the newspaper and help your child recall what's on it. Reinforce the following:
(a) Name of the newspaper
(b) Headline
(c) Reporter’s Name
(d) Opening
(e) Article
(f) Sub-heading
(g) Picture
(h) Caption
(i) Advert
(j) Extra Information
Revisit the article your child showed interest in last week.
-Ask related questions about the read:
(a) What is the heading of the article that you chose?
(b) Who is reporter of the article?
(c) Is there a picture in the article? If yes, what does the picture tell you about the article?
What's next?
Continue to work on designing the front page of the newspaper.
Day 2: Language & Literacy - Designing a Newspaper (Part 2)
Learning Goals
Writing for a purpose
Show awareness of finger spacing
Objectives
Child will be able to understand importance of writing
Child will be able to understand the importance of the information
What do you need?
Daily Newspaper
Newspaper designed yesterday
Pencils
Markers/colour pencils
How can you work with your child?
Revisit what was done yesterday.
If your child is not done with his design, give her/him time to complete it today before progressing on to the plans below.
Invite your child to pick a topic they may want to write about in their newspaper. Some ideas you may share are:
-Holiday the family has been on
-Favourite sports
-Favourite cartoon
-Family
-COVID-19
-Or any other topic your child decides on...
Introduce the 5 Ws.
Who, What, Where, When, Why
Note to parents:
Keep it simple. Allow your child to take time to complete this.
Initially they will require lots of support from you especially if they are looking at a newspaper closely for the very first time. You may even need to just start with the Who and What first and leave the rest for another day.
Remember to keep it simple and most importantly fun. You may even suggest that they just stick to designing the newspaper and you can contribute the topic and write up for now.
This is just the first introduction and hand-holding your child throughout should be encouraged and celebrate every small achievement your child makes.
What's next?
Continue to work on this aspect 1 small step at a time.
Day 3: Numeracy - Time (Making a Clock)
Learning Goals
Learn how to tell time (e.g 12 o'clock)
Understand the hour and minute hand
Objectives
Child will be able to follow simple instructions to make the clock
What do you need?
2 Paper plates
Stickers (optional)
Drawing block or Cereal box for the hands
Paper fastener
How can you work with your child?
The paper plates will be used to make the clocks. The analog clock will be used as a reference for making the clocks. Place them on a table and sit with your child at the table.
Let your child know in an excited voice that, together, you all will be making your very own clocks. You can say “Guess what we are doing today? We are going to make our own clocks!”
Fold the paper plates into halves.
Have your child hold their paper plate and fold it in half. Then rotate the plate and fold it in half again. The paper plates should have a cross-like crease in the middle. You will use this crease as a reference point.
2. Place stickers (or pencil) and numbers on the clock.
Have your child place a sticker (or write the numbers with pencil) on the top of the clock face where the number 12 should be. Then referencing the analog clock, ask them to write the number 12 under the sticker with a marker. Repeat this for the numbers 3, 6, and 9.
3. Fill in the clock.
Once your child has placed stickers and numbers on the 12, 3, 6, and 9, ask them to fill in the rest of the clock. Show your kid the analog clock as a reference. Use a pencil first before going over with markers.
4. Create pie slices on the clock.
Have your child draw a line from the center of the clock to each number. Tell your child to color in each pie slice with a different color crayon.
Try starting with red at one o’clock, working upward through the rainbow for each number. This will help make the number progression more intuitive for your child than simply using random colors.
5. Make the clock hands.
Draw 2 clock hands on a drawing block paper or cereal box—a long one for the minute hand (colour it in red) and a short one for the hour hand (colour it blue). Have your child cut out the clock hands with scissors.
6. Attach the hands.
Place the hour hand on top of the minute hand. Pierce a paper fastener through the ends of the clock hands. Then pierce the paper fastener through the middle of the clock. Turn the clock over and bend the fastener ends to secure the clock hands. You may have to do this with your child looking on.
7. Hold the paper clock next to the analog clock.
Note how similar they look to your child. Ask your child if anything else needs to be added to the clock. If nothing else needs to be added, then you can move on.
What's next?
Teach your child how to tell time …. instructions can be found here: https://www.wikihow.com/Teach-Kids-to-Tell-Time
Day 4: Cooking experience - Ladybug biscuit
Learning Goals
Develop listening skills and demonstrate understanding
Being aware of the importance of taking 1 step at a time
Objectives
Child will be able to follow instructions
Child will be able to demonstrate understanding of what is to be done in each step
What do you need?
Strawberry or raspberry cream cheese
Round crackers
Mini chocolate chips
1 toothpick
Pretzel
Plate
Butter knife
How can you work with your child?
Invite your child to pick a number between 4 and 8.
Inform them to take 1 cracker.
Show your child how to spread cream cheese on the cracker with a butter knife.
Show your child how to use a toothpick to make a line down the middle.
Use mini chocolate chips to make a number combination that equals your number. Place the number combination on the wings of your ladybug.
Add 6 short pretzel legs.
What's next?
Add this recipe to the cook book.
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 dream house or dream school
Draw what you will do in your dream house/school
Date your drawings
What's next?
Discuss about the drawing.
-What shapes and lines have you used for this drawing?
-What title will you give this work?
-Why did you use the colour ____ for the _____?
-How are you feeling when you made this picture?
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