Year 1 TERM 3 WEEK 3 LEARNING AT HOME TIMETABLEMonday 26/7 Tuesday 27/7 Wednesday 28/7 Thursday 29/7 Friday 30/7

Morning

Check Seesaw first thing every morning for a message from your teacher and any tasks for the day

Phonics - v, ve Remember ‘v’ goes in the middle of words and ‘ve’ comes at the end. Write as many words as you can think of that include the /v/ sound. Sort them into a table based on which letters make the sound.

v ve

Phonics - v, ve Staircase Words Choose 12 of your words and write them as staircase words. Write one letter on each line until you have written the whole word. For example: a ab abo abov above

Phonics - v, ve Write sentences that include words from your word list. Challenge yourself and try to use as many as you can in each sentence. Make sure your sentences still make sense!

Phonics - v, ve Make a list of any smaller words that you can find in the words from your word list. For example: every discover

Phonics - v, ve Choose ten words. Add an ending to each word to create a new form of the word. For example give --> giving love --> lovely vote --> voted

Writing – I can plan an informative text

We are continuing focus on countries involved in the Olympic Games. This week we are learning about Kenya.

Use the links below, and facts you may already know to write facts about Kenya. Think about some subheadings you could use for these in your writing tomorrow.

https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/facts-about-kenya.html https://www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/geography/countries/country-fact-file-kenya/

Writing – I can write an informative text.

Choose one subheading, e.g. Weather. Using the facts about the weather in Kenya from yesterday, write a paragraph (3-4 sentences) about the Weather.

E.g. Weather-In Kenya each day starts off cool and then gets hot. There are 2 rainy seasons, the first is from April to June and the second one is from October to December. The hottest month is in February.

Writing - I can write an informative text.

Here is another link for more information about Kenya.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdPBljRitJM

Choose another subheading, e.g. Schooling. Using the facts about schools in Kenya write a paragraph (3-4 sentences) about Schooling.

Challenge: Include a sentence that compares schooling in Kenya with schooling in Australia.

Writing - I can write an informative text.I can include a diagram to convey a message.

Choose a different subheading from your facts about Kenya, e.g. Native Animals. Using the facts about animals in Kenya from write a paragraph (3-4 sentences) about these animals.

Challenge: Include a sentence that compares native animals in Kenya with native animals in Australia. You might also include a labelled diagram to show some information.

Writing – I can make connections from an audio text.

Use following link to listen to Naresiah talk about her life in Kenya. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7wV9DeEqw

Write some things that are similar between your life and Naresiah’s. E.g. I like to play soccer in my backyard and Naresiah likes to play soccer with her brothers.

Write some things that are different between your life and Naresiah’s life.

Reading – I can use adjectives to describe a character’sappearance, personality, thoughts and feelings.

Read one of your levelled readers on PM online. Draw or trace the outline of one of the characters in the book and write as many adjectives about the character as you can on the inside.

Challenge – put those adjectives into full sentences underneath your drawing.

Reading – I can identify and use subheadings in an information report.

Use the following link to read the information on Kenya in WorldBook. (username and password are BOTH sgps1) https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home#article/ar830943

If the words are a bit hard you may click on the speaker and follow on with the reader. The speaker is next to the start of the words and looks like this. List the 4 subheadings that are in the article.

Challenge – write information under each subheading.

Reading – I can locate describing words in a text.

Read a book at home or on PM online and list all the adjectives that you can find in the book.

Challenge – write down the sentences that include those adjectives. See if you can change the adjectives to make funny sentences.

Reading - use inference to predict the conclusion of a story.

Watch Handa's Surprise on YouTube. Make sure you read the subtitles as you go. Stop the video at 2minutes and 25 seconds. That looks like 2:25 at the bottom of the video.Write down how you think the story will end.Finish watching the story. Were you right?

Reading – I can use character and appearance adjectives to describe a noun.

Handa’s Surprise

Watch the recorded lesson for today on Seesaw.

Middle

Mathematics - I can I can use patterns on a number chart to assist in counting by twos, fives or ten

Play Addition Wars (TENS game)

Complete the ‘Number of the Day’ task on Seesaw

See ‘Skip Counting on a Hundreds Chart’ task on Seesaw

Mathematics - I can use equal groups and repeated addition as strategies for multiplication.

Play Addition Wars (TENS game)

See ‘Spotty Petals’ task on Seesaw

Mathematics - I can make arrays as a strategy for multiplication

Play Addition Wars (TENS game)

See ‘Arrays’ task on Seesaw

You might like to watch this song about arrays. You can sing along. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzFbUZ8VjEg

Mathematics - I can describe a path from one location to another using position language

Play Addition Wars (TENS game)

See ‘Position’ task on Seesaw

Mathematics - I can represent and describe the position of objects in everyday situations and on maps.

Play Addition Wars (TENS game)

See ‘Mapping’ task on Seesaw

Challenge – Say your number patterns out loud using only the numbers in the patternse.g. 3, 6, 9, 12 How far can you go?

Challenge -Instead of rolling dice to select the number of petals and number of spots, select a 1-10 number card.

Challenge -Use your 1-10 number cards to select the number of rows of columns.

Challenge -Write instructions on another path around your home. Try to use as many different position words as you can.

Challenge -Have a go writing some code at https://studio.code.org/hoc/1

What do you notice about the numbers?Brain Break - Treasure hunt!

Set a timer for 2 minutes and see how many purple things you can find in your house.

Brain Break - Dice Movements

Pick 6 movements and label each movement to a number one through six. Roll the dice and whichever number comes up, do that movement!

Brain Break - Balance Practice!

Balance something on your head such as a bean bag, soft toy or paper plate. See how many laps of the room you can do without the object falling off. If you are up for a challenge, try with one eye closed.

Brain Break - Riddle

What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?

Brain Break - Learn to Juggle.

Watch the video and have a go yourself. If you don’t have scarves or tennis balls, you can use any small, light objects or balls.

How to Juggle for Kids

Afternoon

Science – Materials

Try and find something around your house that looks similar to the print/pattern of what the ladies are wearing below

Technology – LIVE camera: Kenya African Waterhole

What animals can you see at the waterhole in Africa?https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-watering-hole-animal-camera

Don’t forget the time in Africa will be different to our time

Geography – Kenya

Look up the following information:

1) Which continent is Kenya in?2) What do you think the climate/weather is like in Kenya?3) What animals could be found in Kenya?

Visual Arts – Kenya’s National Flag

Draw Kenya’s National flag. Use any material you like to design their flag. Pastels, chalk, paint, crayons, pencils, markers etc

PDHPE – Escape the lionsOne person is the ‘lion’ and the other is ‘mtu,’ (people). The goal of the mtu is to capture the lions’ treasure, which are beanbags (or any other object).The lion is blindfolded and the mtu must try to take a beanbag from the lion without being captured.Set a timer to one minute and see if you can capture the treasure. If there are more players, then there could be more lions or more mtu.

TENS GameTo start each Maths session your child might like to start with a warm-up game for 10 minutes. These games are designed to help improve numeracy understanding and skills. There are 5 different difficulty levels for this game. Select the appropriate level and allow them to practise at this level for the week. Level may need to be adjusted depending on progress.

Addition Wars!Resources:

playing cards (picture cards removed) Whiteboard and marker OR paper and pencil

Play with someone in your home. Take turns at flipping over one card each. The person who flips the card with the bigger number wins the round.

Play with someone in your home. Take turns at flipping over 2 cards each and add the cards together. The biggest number wins the cards. Play until there are no cards left.

Play with someone in your home. Take turns at flipping over 2 cards. Place one card up and oneon your forehead. Your partnertells you the sum of the cards and you need to work out the number on the card on your forehead.

Play with someone in your home. Take turns at flipping over 2 cards. Place one card up and one on your forehead. Your partner tells you the sum of the cards. You need to work out the number on the card on your forehead and double the total.

Play with someone in your home. Take turns at flipping over 2 cards. Place one card up and one on your forehead. Your partner tells you the doubled total of the cards. You need to work out the number on the card on your forehead.

Useful Links

Miss Stacey’s Live Dance Class (Monday 26 July 12.15pm): https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72432172317?pwd=MkZ2NFU5MVNOVTRFMXUxekEzbnc1QT09Meeting ID: 724 3217 2317

Passcode: dance

Pm Online: https://app.pmecollection.com.au

Readings Eggs: https://readingeggs.com.au

Mathletics: https://www.mathletics.com/au/