Week A

Stage 3

Daily Prayer

Let's Pray Together!

Begin with the Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Close your eyes and take 3 deep breaths, breathing in and out three times

Watch the video below Let's Pray Together! 3 min of guided prayer and follow the instructions

Conclude with the sign of the cross.

Religious Education

Learning Intention

We are learning that Jesus is truly God and truly man


Success Criteria

I will know I am successful when I…

  • Explain the ways in which Jesus is remembered today

  • Reflect on the influence of Jesus on the lives of the Saints

S3 Jesus -

demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of Jesus, present in our lives in many ways, offering hope to the world.

You will need

Device with Internet

Google Doc

Activity

Saints are people who were influenced by Jesus and followed him closely when they were alive.

Saints come in many shapes and sizes and have existed at many times and in many places throughout history. So what makes them all saints?

Open up this sheet and see if you can figure out what makes up a saint.


Literacy

Learning Intention

We are learning to create new forms of imaginative texts which incorporate character, setting, narrative voice, dialogue and events.

Success Criteria

I will know I am successful when I …


  • think imaginatively about events, situations and characters in texts

  • creatively express my understanding using visual arts which will support readers of the text.

Outcomes

EN3-7C​

Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections, between texts when responding to and composing texts.


You will need

English Book

Coloured

Texta/pencil

Paper

Device

Paper

Watch

Book

Pen

Share

Activity

Following the slides on the right...

  1. Plan your comic strip frames to retell a single event from the story using a Thinking Strip.

  2. Create your Comic strip using frames and graphic elements such as captions, speech bubbles and thought bubbles.

  3. Daily Independent Reading and Writing.

Prompts to support my thinking


Activity too hard?


Activity too easy?

  • In your comic, retell the story from the point of view of the Mimis, starting with the moment when the Mimis first encounter the boy.

05 Stage 3 The Mimis Week A 2022 FRIDAY

Prompts to support my thinking


Activity too hard?


Activity too easy?

  • In your comic, retell the story from the point of view of the Mimis, starting with the moment when the Mimis first encounter the boy.


Resources

Numeracy

Learning Intention

We are learning to use knowledge of the properties of odd and even numbers to select and apply appropriate strategies for addition and subtraction.

Success Criteria

I will know I am successful when I…

  • explain my thinking

  • find many solutions

  • prove my thinking in different ways

Outcome

MA3-5NA Selects and applies appropriate strategies for addition and subtraction with counting numbers of any size.

You will need

Pencil

Print

Worksheet

Activity

PART 1: TESTING CLAIMS - ALWAYS, SOMETIMES, NEVER (Adapted from Nrich)

In this investigation you will be exploring whether claims are always, sometimes or never true. • Read the following claims and decide if they are always true, sometimes true or never true. • How do you know?


PART 2: WRITING CLAIMS Have a go at writing your own ‘claim statements’ about one of the following processes: • Adding • Subtracting • Multiplying • Dividing Write three versions of your claim: • One that is always true • One that is never true, and • One that is sometimes true. Test them out on a family member at home!

Click the image to view the activity

Image source: Pixabay

Questions to support my thinking

Activity too hard? Use blocks or counters to add the totals

Activity too easy?

Part 1:

For the ‘sometimes’ cards, rewrite them so that they are always or never true (See below)

Resources

Brain Break



Be sure to take a break at least every hour or so.


There are some ideas in the slideshow, but feel free to come up with your own ideas.

Brain Breaks Week A