Term 2 Week 3 in Room 1.

Welcome to another wonderful week of learning!
Here are your tasks for this week.

Tuesday

Reading:
1. Pick a word/alphabet letter from the list in the back of your homework book or a new word you are trying to learn - can, look, am, like, see, the.
Read it out, whisper it, shout it. Now try some of the following activities:

- Write it in chalk
- Paint it with water on the footpath/ on the fence/ on paper
- Rainbow write it (write it down again and again copying over it with different colours
- Make the word using individual letters cut out from junk mail or magazines and then glue in the correct order.

2. Take the new word and put it in a simple sentence. Get an adult to write out the sentence on a strip of paper. Cut each word out. Put it back in the correct order. Glue it and now draw a picture to match e.g I like the dog.

BONUS. You have just done a reading and writing activity. Can you write 2 or more sentences?. Put them together and you have a mini book to read again and again!

Writing:

Over the weekend, we commemorated ANZAC Day. Did your family do something special to celebrate this national holiday?

https://www.gettyimages.co.nz/photos/anzac-day-commemorated-in-new-zealand?mediatype=photography&phrase=anzac%20day%20commemorated%20in%20new%20zealand&sort=mostpopular

Have a look at this photo. What can you see? What do you think may be happening? Where do you think this photo was taken? Have you seen a parade before?

If you get stuck you can ask somebody in your home to write the sentences for you and then you can copy underneath. You could use your alphabet caterpillar in your homework book to help you or your word list.  

Maths:

Practise counting from 1 - 20.  Count as loudly as you can.  Count as quietly as you can.  How many times can you count to 20 in 1 minute?  How many times can you count to 20 while running to your mailbox and back?  Now complete this activity below.  If you can’t print it out you could draw it onto a piece of paper and fill in the gaps.

Extra:

PE: Play a game you haven’t played for a while. Can you find enough people for Duck Duck Goose in your backyard? Enjoy some fresh air outside today!  

Phonics:  Print out this phonics sheet or draw it onto a piece of paper.  Find something outside your house that begins with the letter. Draw what you find.  Good luck!

Values: Showing resilience means you never give up even if it is hard.  Watch the Youtube clip of Sesame Street- Bruno Mars singing ‘never give up’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWp6kkz-pnQ

Wednesday

Reading:

Choose 2 stories to read on Sunshine Online, Literacy Planet or from your library shelf at home. Read 1 to somebody in your home and get them to read the other one to you.

Talk to the people around you - Where does this story take place? Is this story real or make believe? Would you recommend this story to a friend? Why or why not?

Writing

Go on a sticker hunt around the house. Find a fancy sticker and use it as motivation for your story today. See if you can think of at least 2 sentences about your sticker today.

Can you write some words down by yourself?

You can ask somebody in your home to write the sentences for you and then you can copy underneath. You could use your alphabet caterpillar in your homework book to help you or your word list.  

Maths:

Let’s practice counting again today but this time don’t start at the number 1.  Try these ones instead:

start at the number 5 and stop when you get to the number 12

Start at the number 9 and stop when you get to the number 20

start at the number 2 and stop when you get to the number 17

Start at the number 6 and stop when you get to the number 13

start at the number 4 and stop when you get to the number 19

Start at the number 7 and stop when you get to the number 16

Now complete this activity below.  If you can’t print it out you could draw it onto a piece of paper and fill in the gaps.

Extra:

PE:  Jump Jam! Choose a Jump Jam song to get up and move with! https://www.jumpjam.co.nz/quarantine/

Phonics:  We are back with the alphablocks again today but this time we are focussing on the ‘th’ diagraph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB43Qgu2Oac Listen carefully as the alphablocks tell us more about this sound. Can you think of other words that begin with ‘th’?

Values: Watch this video about water conservation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl0YiZjTqpw. 

Why is it important to save water? When do your parents or older siblings use water? What do you use water for? ( washing hands, brushing teeth, washing your pet) How can you save water around the house? 

Thursday

Reading:

Choose 2 stories to read on Sunshine Online, Sunshine Classic or Literacy Planet. Read 1 to somebody in your home and get them to read the other one to you.

Talk to the people around you - What was the problem in this story? How was it fixed? Can you think of any other solutions to the problem?

Writing:

What kinds of things have you been making at home? (such as crafts, some baking, building) How did you make it? Create a list of instructions so we could try too. 

If you get stuck you can ask somebody in your home to write the sentences for you and then you can copy underneath. You could use your alphabet caterpillar in your homework book to help you or your word list.  

Maths:

Today we are going to practice the number before and the number after. 

Try answering these questions:

What comes after the number 5?

What comes before the number 2?

What comes after the number 9?

What comes before the number 13?

What comes after the number 6?

What comes before the number 18?

Now complete this activity below.  If you can’t print it out you could draw it onto a piece of paper and fill in the gaps.

Extra:

Dance: Calling all dance enthusiasts! Have a go at following along with this.  You could get an adult to film you doing the dance once you have practised a bit and send it to your teacher or upload it onto your blog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6PmB6tMBOc

Phonics:  Today we are going to practice our listening skills in the backyard. Being able to hear and tell the difference between everyday sounds helps us to do the same with alphabet sounds. Close your eyes and listen really carefully.  What sounds can you hear outside? Which direction is the sound coming from? Do you think something big is making the sound or something small? Tell an adult the different sounds you are hearing. Remember to keep your eyes closed while you do it - no peeking!!!

Values: Respect. When we show respect to those around us, we listen attentively and use our manners. Can you think of a time when you showed respect this week? Take a photo of you making a good choice or write a story about a good choice you made.

Friday

Reading:

Today you are going to relax and listen to somebody read to you.  Ask someone in your house to read a story out aloud to you. While they read it, close your eyes and create the pictures in your mind. Have a go at retelling the story. What happened at the beginning, in the middle and in the end? Can you think of a different ending for this story?

Writing:

Go for a walk with the people in your bubble (around your garden or down the street). Put on your detective eyes. What do you notice- hear, smell, see? Come back and write a story about your walk. 

If you get stuck you can ask somebody in your home to write the sentences for you and then you can copy underneath. You could use your alphabet caterpillar in your homework book to help you or your word list.  

Maths:

What are the different ways that we can make 10?

If I have 9 how many more make 10?

If I have 3 how many more make 10?

If I have 2 how many more make 10?

If I have 7 how many more make 10?

If I have 5 how many more make 10?

If I have 4 how many more make 10?

Now complete this activity below.  If you can’t print it out you could draw it onto a piece of paper and fill in the gaps.

Extra: 

Art:  Try drawing a dog by yourself. Colour it in remembering not to go over the lines.

PE:  Jump Jam! Choose a Jump Jam song to get up and move with! https://www.jumpjam.co.nz/quarantine/

Phonics: The alphablocks are back! Watch the video.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJIuwFwW144

Write a list of all the words they made. If you’re feeling really creative, have a go at drawing some matching pictures! Read out the list to someone.

Values: You can show Responsibility by taking care of your belongings. Have a look around your room, do your toys need to be tidied up? Are all your books on the shelves neatly? Is the rubbish in the right place? When your room is tidy, check if another family member needs help to tidy their space.

Some New Ideas for This Week at Home.

Hi Everyone.

Are you looking for more ideas of learning activities you can do at home? Check out some of the ideas below. Remember students can continue working on Matific, Sunshine Online, Sunshine Classics and Literacy Planet too. We would love to see photos of any of the ideas you try or you might like to bring them along to share when we “Zoom in” together.

I have also recorded a few more books if you would like to hear me read you a story?

6. Are You My Mother?

7. Mr M’Gee and the Perfect Nest.

8. Slinky Malinki.

9. Where There’s a Bear There’s Trouble!

10. The Little Yellow Digger.

Alphabet Hunt

Hide flashcards around the house, and when your child finds one, they must say what the letter is (you could also do this with your child’s sight words).

Parachute Game

Get a flat sheet and fill the centre with ping pong balls or small stuffed animals. See how high you can toss them.

Washing machine- place some items of clothing on the parachute. Children hold the sheet & listen carefully to instructions such as faster, slower, change direction, backwards… After the clothes have been ‘washed’ the children have to ‘tumble dry’ them. This is done by encouraging them to softly bounce clothes up & down.

Number writing

Print out a calendar and write the same numbers in each square.

Alphabet/Word Game- Pick up the rubbish!

Write down letters or basic words children know on separate pieces of paper. Scrunch up each piece and ‘litter ‘ the floor. Get them to use kitchen tongs to pick up the ‘rubbish’, opening and saying each word or letter name/sound when they pick up each piece. If they get it correct, place it in their bin. Maybe change it by putting on a timer and seeing if they can better their personal times.

‘I Spy’

With newspapers/ junk mail. Choose a letter and children have to search for it and circle with a crayon or pen. You could make the sound of the letter and they have to identify the sound and find it on the page.

Shape Hunt

Call out names of shapes, ask your child to find an object around the house that has the same shape. To challenge them, put on a timer (eg. 20 seconds to find the object) or get children to race each other.

Toilet roll rocket

Make a rocket out of 2 toilet rolls. Draw some windows and your face looking out of the rocket.

    

Sock Puppet

Find an old or odd sock that you do not need to wear anymore. Give the top part of it a face. You could sew buttons on for eyes/nose, scrap bits of material for the mouth and hair, or you can use wool/string for hair - the choices of materials are endless - use your imagination. If you want to keep it very simple, you could draw the face on your sock. You could even add arms, legs and clothes. Put it on your hand/arm, and see how it looks. NOW………you can talk and sing to your puppet, read a story to your puppet, count to your puppet…………………MAYBE your puppet can talk, sing, read, and count to you?

Family Interviews

Interview people in your family about their school life. Use something as your microphone - a hairbrush works well :)

Ask questions like:

• What did mat time look like?

• Did you sit at a table or a desk?

• Did you sit with others?

• Where did the teacher teach from?

• Were your lessons on a board or from a book?

• What did you find tricky at school?

• What was your favourite subject at school and why?

• What did you do at break times?

Something to make together

Flashlight

Turn off all the lights in your room and read a book with a flashlight. Use the flashlight to draw letters on the walls. Ask mum or dad to draw a letter and see if you can guess what it is.

Number reading

Go for a walk around your street with your parents. Read the numbers on each letterbox. Guess what the next number might be.

House Hunt

Find one thing in your house for every letter of the alphabet. Put a note on them with the letter e.g. M for microwave, B for bed, L for Letterbox. Make your own house alphabet using pictures of the items.

Scavenger Hunt

When you go outside in your own garden or walking with your family you can use this template or make up your own to help you hunt for lots of different things in the environment. You will not find a squirrel because they don’t live here but maybe you will see a tree, a bird or an insect that is native to New Zealand. How many things can you find? Remember to be gentle with living creatures and leave them in their own homes.

        

Colours In Nature

Go on a treasure hunt to find as many different coloured things as you can in your backyard. Next on a piece of paper sort them into groups of the same colour.
How many different colours have you found?
What colour is most of the things you have found?
What is a colour you have not found yet?
Using scrap paper and glue make one of these with your colours.

A crown a pattern

an insect or your very own masterpiece.

Use Water Wisely 

Look around your house and draw the different ways you use water.
For example, washing clothes, washing ourselves, watering the garden….
Watch this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl0YiZjTqpw
We have not had a lot of rain in Auckland over Summer, so we need to save our water supply.
Make a sign with words and pictures to remind your family to use water wisely.
Here are some words to help you make your sign.
Use water wisely. Don’t waste water. Turn off the tap.
Have a short shower.
Remember though it is still important and O.K to use water to wash your hands properly.

Sorting Out Waste

Use the poster to help you find things in your house that you can recycle.
Some plastic can be made into new things by being recycled.
Look at plastic containers and bottles to find the number in a triangle. These things can be recycled.
How many things have you found that can be recycled?

Write: I found ____ things that can be recycled.
What numbers did you find on the plastic bottles and containers?
Write: I found these numbers ____________________________.
Draw the things you have found that can be recycled.
Make sure your family puts them in the recycling bin for collection.

COVID - 19 Time Capsule

This would be a special keepsake for you and your family. Great to print off and complete, and if no printer then you could copy it.

Click on the link below:

PAGES BY LONG CREATIONS

Patterns

Can you make a pattern using things from your home?
Try using pegs or socks or blocks or something else.
Pegs - red, red, blue, red, red, blue, red, red... What comes next?
Can you make a different peg pattern?
Socks - Big sock, big sock, little sock, little sock, big sock... What comes next?
Can you make a different sock pattern?
Can somebody else add to your patterns?
Look around you now, can you spy some patterns from where you are sitting?

Memory Game

Choose 6 or 7 objects from around the house, for example, apple, a toy, salt shaker, fork - anything ! Now place these objects on the floor or on a table, take time to memorise what is there, then cover with a cloth. Choose a person who will secretly take one of the objects away, and put it out of sight while you and the rest of the people playing are closing their eyes. Now take the cloth off the objects, and you have to guess which object is missing - which object has been taken away?

The Big New Zealand Easter Egg Hunt.

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2020-04/nzegghunt-A4b.pdf

Welcome to Term 1 Week 10 in Room 1.

Here are your tasks for this week. You will notice that work has been set for Friday which is also Good Friday. It is completely optional whether you do work on this day, save that work for another day or do not complete it at all.

Please feel free to continue taking pictures of work that you are proud of and post them onto your blog or email them to me, your classroom teacher. Remember that this is flexible online learning so please feel free to fit the work in around your family schedule.

Mrs Kerr has recorded herself reading stories and uploaded these onto Youtube. The daily link you see on this blog post is to a different story each day. I hope you enjoy them.

Finally, if you’re still looking for extra things to do remember to check out the “Science in a Van” live daily at 12:45 https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceinaVan


Monday

Reading:
Choose 2 stories to read on sunshine online, literacy planet or from your library shelf at home.
Read 1 to yourself and one to somebody else in your home.

Choose one of the stories and go on a punctuation hunt. How many full stops, commas, question marks, exclamation marks and speech marks can you find? Write down the title and how many you found of each punctuation mark.

Spend 10 minutes doing tasks on sunshine online or literacy planet.

Writing:
Have a look outside your window. What can you see outside today?
Write a sentence about it. If you get stuck you can ask somebody in your home to write the sentence for you and then you can copy underneath.

Maths:
Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc This is a video about counting to 100, and you get some exercise at the same time. When you have finished watching, then grab a piece of paper, and pen/pencil, and write down as many numbers as you can.

Extra:

Stories with Mrs Kerr.

PE: Jump Jam! Choose a Jump Jam song to get up and move with! https://www.jumpjam.co.nz/quarantine/

Phonics: Watch some alphablocks and pay attention to the different letters and the sounds they make https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9zLaORHG1U (parents this is quite a long clip so you may only choose part of if for your child to watch and join in with).

Values: This week our values lessons are all about Resilience. Read this story with your family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuVAWTjf6B8. In the story the boy and his dad try new things and show resilience when they keep trying. What is a skill that you learnt and had to show resilience? Take a photo or video of you doing your skill and share with your teacher.


Tuesday

Reading:
Choose 2 stories to read on sunshine online, literacy planet or from your library shelf at home.
Read 1 to yourself and one to somebody else in your home.

Practise reading a story by yourself and then ask someone to record you reading it out aloud. Send the video to your teacher or upload it to your blog.

Writing:
Write a note to 1 person in your class. Draw a picture to go with it. Put it in an envelope with their names on it. Keep it, to give to your friend when you return to school.

Maths:
Maths Challenge 1!

How many cups of water does it take to fill a pot?
Then guess how many jugs will fill a pot. Write down your guess and then count.
Did you guess right? How many more cups were needed?

Maths Challenge 2!

How many windows at the front of your home? How many at the back?
Add them together. How did you do it?
Choose a window to look out from. Then count how many windows on other homes you can see.

Extra:

Stories with Mrs Kerr.

PE: Enjoy some fresh air outside today! Play in the backyard, ride your bike, play on the trampoline or ask somebody at home to take you for a walk - just remember to keep your distance from other families that might be doing the same.

Phonics: Today we are looking at the first sounds in words. Ball, bat, big, bus. What is the first sound in all these words? Make the sound “bbbbb”. How about tall, tap, tip, tug. What is the first sound in these words? Make the sound “tttttt”. Now think about the first letter in your name. What sound does it make? What other things can you find around your house that start with the same letter? Either take photos or draw pictures of the different things you find.

Values: Showing resilience means you have a can do problem solving attitude. Watch this video about how Elmo Joins In (Part 1). https://www.sesamestreet.org/toolkits/challenges What do you think Elmo should do when he wants to play with someone? What if they say no? Talk to someone in your family about what you should do when you have a problem.


Wednesday

Reading:
Choose 2 stories to read on sunshine online, literacy planet or from your library shelf at home.
Read 1 to somebody in your home and get them to read the other one to you.
Look at your sight words in your homework book. Practise reading them and writing them. How many can you remember without any help?

Writing:
It’s Easter weekend this weekend! Create an Easter card for somebody in your family. Here are some different ideas you might like to try:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9iw4TbKlmg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whhsRrZfWXM

Remember to write an Easter message inside your card.

Maths:
Today get your family to all make a paper plane, decorate it. Go outside and fly your planes. Measure to see whose plane flies the farthest. Who came first?, who was second?

Extra:

Stories with Mrs Kerr.

PE: Jump Jam! Choose a Jump Jam song to get up and move with! https://www.jumpjam.co.nz/quarantine/

Phonics: We are back with the alphablocks again today but this time we are focussing on blending sounds together. Watch and listen carefully as the alphablocks blend the sounds together to make the words. Try joining in with them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqtkjJTSZjw

Values: Watch the second video Elmo Joins In (Part 2) https://www.sesamestreet.org/toolkits/challenges .How did Elmo join in and start playing superheroes with his friends? What did he do to make sure everyone could play the game? Write or draw a picture of a game that you like to play with your family or friends.


Thursday

Reading:
Words aren’t just in books or online - words are everywhere! Today you are going on a word hunt. Look around the house for as many words as you can find. Can you read these words? Can you recognise some of the letters in those words? Take photos of some of the words you find if you can, or get a pen and paper and write some down. Get someone in your house to help you read the ones that are tricky.

Writing:
Have a look at the writing you did on Monday about what is outside your window. Have a look outside your window. What can you see outside today? Is it the same or different as Monday? What are some different things you can see today?
Write a sentence about it. If you get stuck you can ask somebody in your home to write the sentence for you and then you can copy underneath.

Maths:
How about going on a Teddy Bear Hunt today. Walk around your neighbourhood with an adult and count how many bears you see in people’s windows. You could record different categories on a piece of paper e.g big/smaller than your paper, or bears and other types of soft toy. Which house/ street had the most bears on display?

Extra:

Stories with Mrs Kerr.

Dance: Boogie down to Justin Timberlake by practising the moves and doing the dance. You could get an adult to film you doing the dance once you have practised a bit and send it to your teacher or upload it onto your blog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seg8bLgxV1g

Phonics: Today we are going to practice our superhero listening. Being able to hear and tell the difference between everyday sounds helps us to do the same with alphabet sounds. Close your eyes and listen really carefully. What sounds can you hear? Tell an adult the different sounds you are hearing. Get somebody in your house to make different sounds and you try and guess what they are. Remember to keep your eyes closed while you do it - no peeking!!!

Values: Make good choices. What is a good choice you have made at home this week? How have you been making good choices? Take a photo of you making a good choice or write a story about a good choice you made.


Friday

Reading:
Today you are going to relax and listen to somebody read to you. Ask someone in your house to read a story out aloud to you. While they read it, close your eyes and create the pictures in your mind.
Spend 10 minutes doing tasks on sunshine online, sunshine classic or literacy planet.


Writing:
Let's get outside and do some writing in this beautiful weather!
Put some water in a bucket or ice-cream container, whatever you have, and if you don’t have a paint brush, then you can use an old toothbrush or piece of sponge. On a concrete patch outside, write all the letters you know (what sounds do they make?), write your name too. Maybe you can also write some of your ‘high frequency words’ that you have been learning in your homework book, or you may remember some of the words from our word cards that we use at writing time. Have a go !!!


Maths:
Today you are going to play cards. A lot of card games require you to read/recognise, and use numbers in the right way, for example, snap, go fish, and last card. If you do not know how to play these games, then ask a family member to teach you. You can play snap all by yourself too ! Once you have learnt these games, they will be a lot of fun for you to play over and over again.
Now go to www.matific.com - complete at least 4 tasks that your teacher has set.

Extra:

Stories with Mrs Kerr.

Art: Draw a teddy bear, add a bow or maybe your bear could be holding a balloon. Colour it in and place it in the window for others to see.




PE: Jump Jam! Choose a Jump Jam song to get up and move with! https://www.jumpjam.co.nz/quarantine/

Phonics: The alphablocks are back with a short video today! Watch the video. What word did they make? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsmUXOzQGjU
What other words can you think of that rhyme with the word “man”? Write them down.

Values: Talk to somebody at home about all the different ways you have shown resilience this week. Write a list together or take a photo of you doing one of these things to share with your teacher.

Mrs Kerr :)