Stage Two Learning Plan - Term 2 Week 3 Monday 11th May 

Helping your family today: Help tidy the lounge room. Could you dust and vacuum as well? 

     

Session  One 

*Please remember that Stage Two teachers are working at school today with half your class who are in the Purple Group. Teachers will be providing limited remote learning support.  

Listen to your teacher's morning message on Seesaw.  English Reading ❏ Listen to today’s story read by one of your teachers: One word from Sophia.MOV. ❏ Choose Option 1: A book from the PM reader App https://app.pmecollection.com.au/ Option 2: Access an eBook 

through our school library https://wollongongps.wheelers.co/ Option 3: Your own picture book.  ❏ Look at the front cover. Think about if you are able to make a connection between this book and another you have 

read. Are they about the same subject? Do they have the same characters? After reading the book discuss with an adult or sibling what connection you made in your mind as you were reading - Optional. 

Writing Warm up - Optional Task:  ❏ Use what you did over the weekend as a stimulus for writing. You can choose to write or narrate to persuade, inform 

or to entertain. If you choose to write to persuade you might choose to write a story titled ‘My weekend was the Best weekend Ever,’ if you choose to write to inform you might write a factual recount of what you did on the weekend and if you choose to write to entertain you may use what you did on the weekend as the basis for an imaginary story. 

Persuasive Writing - Students should be able to choose their own seats in class. ❏ Make sure you have seen - The Writing Process. You can refer back to this regularly to  assist 

you with your writing. ❏ Today’s writing focus is Step 1: Planning. ❏ Create a mind map with as many reasons you can think of about your topic. ❏ You will use this for your writing tomorrow.  ❏ EAL/D - Ms Doyle has created this to support you with your learning: Students Should Be  Able to 

Choose Their Own Seats In Class.   Fitness ❏ Avengers HIIT Workout - http://www.viewpure.com/sqZFz44AB78?start=0&end=0 (online). ❏ Workout - Set up a workout rotation either inside or outside. Have four stations - sit-ups, pushups, start jumps and 

squats. Rotate every 30 seconds for a total of 5 minutes (Offline).   

Recess 

   

Session  Two 

English - Phonics: Spelling Sound Waves Unit 13 ❏ Open Unit 13 (ai/ay/a_e/a). Click on and listen to the Sound Info Kit and view the phoneme and graphemes in the 

Sound Box.  ❏ Write out 10-16 of your list words and underline the focus grapheme in each word (h/wh).  ❏ Segment words using the Segmenting Tool or choose from one of the blackline masters on Sound Waves - Optional. 

 Mathematics  ❏ A problem solving activity has been set for you in Mathletics. You can work on it throughout the week - Optional. 

Daily Warm up  ❏ Quick Quiz (online). Don’t forget to mark your work using the ‘Show Answers’ button. ❏ Solve the questions below (offline): 

a) 147 + 322 =    d) 72 divided by 9 =  g) 84 x 6 = 

b) 185 - 76 =   e) $3.45 + $11.25 =  h) 3.76 m = _____cm 

c) 7 x 8 =  f) 4 x 7 =  i) 54 shared among 6 =   

Mathematics - Multiplication  ❏ Complete set activities on Maths Online (online). ❏ Activity: Multiplication using Arrays (offline).  ❏ Arrays are when you group items into rows and columns to arrive at the answer. 

 Step 1: Using a deck of cards, draw out two cards. Step 2: The first card is how many rows down you will need. The second card is how many columns across. (Example, if you draw 3 and 6, then you would have 3 rows down, and 6 columns across).  Step 3: Count the number of dots to calculate your answer. Step 4: Your turn now to use the strategy. 

1. Choose two cards from your deck of cards.  2. Follow the steps above and record your work in your workbook. 3. How many can you complete in 20 minutes? If it’s too easy, challenge yourself and try a larger number. 

Lunch 

 Session  Three 

Science: Living World What is a living thing? 

  ❏ Watch the video: It's Alive! Biology for Kids.mp4  ❏ As you are watching, make a list of the different rules that make something a living thing. ❏ Imagine a new planet has just been discovered that can support life but there is no life on it. 

Make a list of 5 living things that you think should be sent to the planet to start new life there. E.g bees, apple trees, sunflowers. Give a reason for each of your choices. 

❏ Choose 1 living thing that you think should definitely not go to the new planet. Give a reason for your choice. (Be kind). 

No seesaw upload for today. Students who are at school on Monday or Wednesday will receive face to face feedback from their teacher.  

Assessment: Students who are attending school today may complete an assessment with their teacher. 

Reflecting on today’s learning: What did you find interesting today? 

Stage Two Learning Plan - Term 2 Week 3 Tuesday 12th May 

Helping your family today: Help to clear the table after a meal. 

     

Session  One 

Listen to your teacher's morning message on Seesaw. English Reading ❏ Listen to today’s story read by actor Ty Burrell Mice Twice read by Ty Burrell. ❏ Choose Option 1: A book from the PM reader App https://app.pmecollection.com.au/ Option 2: Choose a text to 

read from your School Magazine. Go to https://theschoolmagazine.com.au/. Click ‘Students’ in the top right hand corner and enter your classroom code. Option 3: Your own picture book.  

❏ As you read the story try and make a connection with your prior knowledge about the subject. Explain why. - Optional.  

Writing Warm up - Optional Task:  ❏ Editing Passage: Complete the assigned editing activity on Seesaw.  

Persuasive Writing - Students should be able to choose their own seats in class. ❏ Today’s writing focus Step 2: Drafting. ❏ Number your reasons, with 1 being your strongest argument. ❏ Choose your top three to four arguments to turn into paragraphs. ❏ EAL/D - Ms Doyle has created this to support you with your learning: Students Should Be Able to Choose Their Own 

Seats In Class.   Fitness ❏ Lazy Monster Workout - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62YHdKP0RBA (online). ❏ Workout - Design a workout rotation either inside or outside. Teach mum or dad each activity at the four stations: 

sit-ups, pushups, star jumps and squats. Rotate every 30 seconds for a total of 5 minutes (offline).   

Recess 

  

Session  Two 

11.30am - Join your class for a Zoom session with your teacher.  Here is a step by step guide to access zoom - Stage 2: How to access Zoom. Your teacher will let you know their meeting ID and password through Seesaw. It is the same every week and should not change.  Zoom Guidelines for Students and Families- ENGLISH Zoom Guidelines for Students and Families - ARABIC Zoom Guidelines for Students and Families- MANDARIN 

Reminder: Only students who have permission to participate in Zoom meetings will be able to participate.   English - Phonics: Spelling Sound Waves Unit 13 ❏ Open Unit 13 (ai/ay/a_e/a). Click on and listen to the Sound Info Kit and view the phoneme and graphemes in the 

Sound Box.  ❏ Organise 10-16 of your list words by writing them in columns under either ‘ai’ ,‘ay’ , ‘a_e’ and ‘a’ (the grapheme). ❏ Play word game Unjumbler or choose from one of the blackline masters on Sound Waves. - Optional. ❏ Grammar Activity - Homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but have different spelling. Choose 

the correctly spelt word from the words on the right to complete the sentence 1. “I can’t __________ until I can lift the heaviest ___________,” cried Orlanda (weight / wait) 2. “Willow, that _____________ year old girl __________ five bowls of ice-cream!” exclaimed Ela. (eight / ate) 3. “I wonder if the ________ will slow my skateboard before I _________ through the fence?” (brake / break) 4. There once was a __________ about a whale that had an enormous ___________. (tale / tail) 5. “Why would I order a ___________ gray ___________ , when there are so many other colours?” (plain / plane ) 

questioned William.    

Mathematics ❏ A problem solving activity has been set for you in Mathletics. You can work on it throughout the week - Optional. 

Daily Warm up  ❏ The Numbers Game (online)  ❏ Roll a two-, three-, four- or five-digit number using dice and answer the below questions using your number (offline).  

a) Write the number as a word 

d) Create a word problem where your number is the answer 

g) Double the number  j) Halve the number 

b) Add 162  e) Is it an odd or even number? 

h) Add 327  k) Add 489 

c) Write the number in expanded notation 

f) Write the next odd number  i) Multiply the number by 7  l) Subtract 72 

 Mathematics - Division  ❏ Complete set activities on Maths Online (online). ❏ Activity: Division using the Groups Strategy (offline).  ❏ Using your answers from yesterday, divide your totals by the number of rows and place them into groups. Spread 

your tally marks evenly across all of your groups (Example: 18 divided by 3 = _____) 

 

Lunch 

 Session  Three 

 

Science: Living World Observable Features ❏ Watch the video: Animal Structures and Adaptations.mp4  ❏ Create your own animal. You can decide what kind of ears, nose, body covering it has, if it has legs or wings etc  ❏ Draw and label a picture of your animal. Give reasons for your choices. ❏ Go to Switch Zoo Online and create your own online animal. 

Seesaw Upload: Upload a photo of the strategies you have used for your daily maths warm up. 

Reflecting on today’s learning: What did you learn today? 

Stage Two Learning Plan - Term 2 Week 3 Wednesday 13th May 

Helping your family today: Help to keep your plants healthy by watering a garden or pot plant. 

     

Session  One 

*Please remember that Stage Two teachers are working at school today with half your class who are in the Blue Group. Teachers will be providing limited remote learning support.  

Listen to your teacher's morning message on Seesaw. English Reading ❏ Listen to Mr Critcher read one of his favourite picture books: The monster at the end of the book.mov. ❏ Choose Option 1: A book from the PM reader App https://app.pmecollection.com.au/ Option 2: Read Theory Option 

3: Your own picture book.  ❏ After you have read your story, draw a picture of a part of the story which you had a connection to. Explain why - 

Optional.  Writing Warm up - Optional Task:  ❏ TypingClub: Learn Touch Typing Free. Click ‘Get started’ and choose Lesson 2. 

Persuasive Writing - Students should be able to choose their own seats in class. ❏ Today’s writing focus Step 3: Editing and Revising. ❏ Re-read your paragraphs from yesterday. Edit your writing to correct mistakes and add some high modality words 

to help persuade your reader. For example: absolutely, definitely, certainly, unquestionably, clearly, obviously, impossibly, must, never, always, will, will not, has to, is, never, have to, invariably, surely, shall, undoubtedly). Refer to the editing guide The Writing Process. 

❏ Add an introduction to the beginning of your piece of writing, with a short summary of the three to four reasons you have described in your paragraphs.  

❏ Add a conclusion to the end of your writing, ensuring you clearly state your opinion (refer to the template in The Writing Process to assist you).  

❏ EAL/D - Ms Doyle has created this to support you with your learning: Students Should Be Able to Choose Their Own Seats In Class.   

Fitness ❏ Avengers HIIT Workout - http://www.viewpure.com/sqZFz44AB78?start=0&end=0 (online). ❏ Workout - Set up a workout rotation either inside or outside. Have four stations: sit-ups, pushups, star jumps and 

squats. Rotate every 30 seconds for a total of 5 minutes (offline).    

Recess 

  

Session  Two 

English - Phonics: Spelling Sound Waves Unit 13 ❏ Open Unit 13 (ai/ay/a_e/a). Click on and listen to the Sound Info Kit and view the phoneme and graphemes in the 

Sound Box.  ❏ Write out your list words and underline the focus grapheme in each word (ai/ay/a-e/a).  ❏ Play List Word Beginnings and Endings or choose from one of the blackline masters on Sound Waves - Optional. 

 Mathematics ❏ A problem solving activity has been set for you in Mathletics. You can work on it throughout the week - Optional. 

Mathematics Daily Warm up  ❏ Number of the Day (online). Don’t forget to mark your work using the ‘Show Answers’ button. ❏ Roll a two-, three-, four- or five-digit number using dice and answer the below questions using your number (offline).  a) Write the number as a word 

c) Add 725  e) Multiply it by five  g) Create a word problem where your number is the answer 

i) Is it an odd or  even number? 

b) Write the next four even numbers 

d) Double the number 

f) Add 266 to the number 

h) Multiply the number by 3 

j) Halve it 

 Mathematics - Division ❏ Complete set activities on Maths Online (online). ❏ Activity: Division using arrays (offline).  

Step 1: Draw two cards from a deck of cards. This will be your two-digit number. (Example: 15) Step 2: Draw a third card. This will be how many columns you will divide your first number into (Example: 7) Step 3: Create an array using the numbers from steps 1 and 2. (Example 15 divided by 7) 

 Answer: 15 Divided by 7 = 2 r 1  (Sometimes your answer might have a remainder - which is when you don’t have a full row of dots). 

❏ How many can you complete in 20 minutes?  ❏ Challenge yourself, can you do this with a three-digit number? 

Lunch 

 Session  Three 

 

Science: Living Things ❏ Listen to today’s story read by Mr McQueen. Three 3-6.mp4. ❏ Create a table of different animals and how many legs they have.  ❏ Try to remember as many animals from the story as you can.  Write 

each animal in the correct column. ❏ Add as many other animals as you can think of for each column.  Look 

at the example in the picture to help you. ❏ Go to this website to complete a jigsaw puzzle from the book  Three. 

https://jigex.com/bkdt   

No seesaw upload for today. Students who are at school on Monday or Wednesday will receive face to face feedback from their teacher. 

Assessment: Students who are attending school today may complete an assessment with their teacher. 

Reflecting on today’s learning: Which activity was your favourite today and why? 

Stage Two Learning Plan - Term 2 Week 3 Thursday 14th May 

Helping your family today: Help to clean up by sweeping the floor, deck or verandah. 

     

Session  One 

Listen to your teacher's morning message on Seesaw. English Reading ❏ Listen to today’s story: Storyline Online. ❏ Choose Option 1: A book from the PM reader App Option 2: Reading Eggs/Eggspress Option 3: Your own picture 

book.  ❏ Whilst you are reading the story, draw a mind map to show all of the connections you have made - Optional. 

Writing Warm up - Optional Task:  ❏ Use a Pobble365 image https://www.pobble365.com/ or a family photo as inspiration to write an imaginative story. 

Persuasive Writing - Students should be able to choose their own seats in class. ❏ Today’s writing focus Step 4: Publishing. ❏ Publish your piece of writing using a computer or your best handwriting. Ensure that your published work shows no 

signs of your editing and revising. ❏ EAL/D - Ms Doyle has created this to support you with your learning: Students Should Be Able to Choose Their Own 

Seats In Class.   Fitness ❏ Lazy Monster Workout - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62YHdKP0RBA (online). ❏ Workout - Design a workout rotation either inside or outside. Teach mum or dad each activity at the four stations: 

sit-ups, pushups, star jumps and squats. Rotate every 30 seconds for a total of 5 minutes (offline). 

Recess 

  

Session  Two 

English - Phonics: Spelling Sound Waves Unit 13 ❏ Open Unit 13 (ai/ay/a_e/a). Click on and listen to the Sound Info Kit and view the phoneme and graphemes in the 

Sound Box.  ❏ Organise your list words by writing them in columns under either ‘ai ‘ay’ a-e’ ‘a’ (the grapheme). ❏ Play Grapheme Trek or choose from one of the blackline masters on Sound Waves - Optional. 

 Mathematics ❏ A problem solving activity has been set for you in Mathletics. You can work on it throughout the week - Optional. 

 Daily Warm up   ❏ Bingo (online). 

❏ Roll a two-, three-, four or five-digit number using dice and answer the below questions using your number (offline).  a) Write the number as a word 

c) Add 248 to it  e) Multiply it by two  g) Create a word problem where your number is the answer 

i) What are the next five odd numbers? 

b) What is the next even number 

d) Triple the number  f) Add 651 to the number 

h) Multiply the number by 5 

j) Halve it 

 Mathematics - 2D Shape ❏ Complete set activities on Maths Online (online). ❏ Activity: Two-dimensional shapes (offline). 

Step 1: Use a ruler to neatly draw each of the 2D Shapes into your book. Step 2: Write down how many sides, vertices and angles each shape has.  

 ❏ Can you complete this in 20 minutes?  ❏ Challenge: What other 2D shapes do you know? Are there any other properties to these shapes which you can 

include? 

Lunch 

 Session  Three 

 

Science: Living World Grouping Animals ❏ Watch the video: Animal Classification for Children - FreeSch.mp4  ❏ Have a look at this map of Perth Zoo. Can you tell how they have grouped the animal exhibits together? 

Now it’s your turn to design your own zoo.  ❏ Using the animals that are in Perth Zoo reorganize the exhibits into groups. 

You might choose to group them according to where in the world they come from or according to type or classification of animal. For example: birds together, marsupials together.  

❏ Draw your Zoo design. 

Seesaw Upload: Upload an audio recording of yourself reading. You may choose to read from a PM reader, from Reading Eggspress, a picture book or a novel. 

Reflecting on today’s learning: What did you find challenging today and how did you overcome the challenge? 

Stage Two Learning Plan - Term 2 Week 3 Friday 15th May 

Helping your family today: Help put the dishes away from the sink or dishwasher. 

    

Session  one 

Listen to your teacher's morning message on Seesaw. English Reading ❏ Listen to today’s story read by Miss Carratt: Little Bird's Day.mov ❏ Choose Option 1: A book from the PM reader App Option 2: Choose an article from Read Kids News Online 

https://www.kidsnews.com.au/ Option 3: Your own picture book.  ❏ Discuss what connections you have formed with the books you have read this week - Optional. 

Writing Warm up - Optional:  ❏ Free choice - Choose to write for any purpose. Be creative! For example: you could design a comic strip, write a 

poem, create a recipe, compose a song or rap, write a story, etc.  Persuasive Writing - Students should be able to choose their own seats in class. ❏ Today’s writing focus Step 5: Sharing. ❏ Share your writing with a family member and with your teacher (via Seesaw). 

 Fitness: Athletics - Shot Put. ❏ Watch a warm up game you can do at home and the shot put technique with Mrs Quinn - Shot Put (online). ❏ Practise shot put using a tennis ball, potato or sock (offline). The shot should be placed at the base of the first three 

fingers, which should be evenly spread but not stretched, with the little finger and thumb supporting the shot. The shot is then placed under the chin with the elbow held high. 

❏ Follow the 3 steps in my video or diagram below 

❏  ❏ How far could you place the shot? 

Recess 

  11.30am - Join your class for a Zoom session with your teacher.  

 Session  

Two 

Here is a step by step guide to access zoom - Stage 2: How to access Zoom. Your teacher will let you know their meeting ID and password through Seesaw. It is the same every week and should not change.  Zoom Guidelines for Students and Families- ENGLISH Zoom Guidelines for Students and Families - ARABIC Zoom Guidelines for Students and Families- MANDARIN Reminder: Only students who have permission to participate in Zoom meetings will be able to participate.   English - Phonics: Spelling Sound Waves Unit 13 ❏ Open Unit 13 (ai/ay/a_e/a). Click on and listen to the Sound Info Kit and view the phoneme and graphemes in the 

Sound Box.  ❏ Write a list of 10 other words that contain this week's graphemes. ❏ Segment words using the Segmenting Tool or choose from one of the blackline masters on Sound Waves - optional. 

 Mathematics ❏ A problem solving activity has been set for you in Mathletics. Today is your last day to complete your task - 

Optional. Daily Warm up  ❏ Free choice: Choose your own activity- Quick Quiz, Number of the Day, Bingo or The Numbers Game (online). ❏ Roll a two-, three-, four- or five-digit number using dice (offline).  ❏ Write as many different ways in which you can represent the number in ten minutes. For example, if your number is 1 

426 you may include: 1 000 + 400 + 26 , 1400 + 10 +10 + 6, 500 x2 + 426, etc. Mathematics - 2D Shapes ❏ Complete set activities on Maths Online (online). ❏ Activity: Properties of shapes (offline). 

Step 1: Draw a picture of the five shapes onto pieces of paper. Put them face down in a pile. Step 2: WIth a partner play a guessing game. One person chooses a shape from the pile (don’t show anyone). Step 3: The person without the shape has to guess what shape the other person is describing. (For example, my shape has four equal sides, four vertices (corners) and is flat. Answer = Square). 

 

Lunch 

 Session  Three 

 

Learning Journal Reflection ❏ Complete your weekly reflection in your ‘Learning Journal’.  ❏ The question for this week is: What do you want to learn more about, and why? ❏ Think carefully about this question, as well as all the learning you have engaged in this week. 

Seesaw Upload: Upload your published persuasive writing ‘Students are able to choose their own seats in class.’ 

Reflecting on today’s learning: What are you proud of today?