Week A

Stage 3

Daily Prayer

Prayer Song!

There are many different ways to pray. For many people, listening to a Music helps them feel closer to God. We will take time now to listen to his worship song by Fr Rob Galea.

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

Click on the video below to listen!

Conclude with the sign of the cross

Note: Please use the whole prayer or parts of it to suit your child’s age and needs.

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…

  • Name the ways Jesus showed that he is the Son of God

  • Explain what a miracle is

S3 Jesus -

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

You will need

Read

Paper

Stationary

OR

Google Doc

Activity

Choose one of the following Miracles of Jesus to read about:


Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Mt 14:13-21

Jesus Walks on Water Mt 14:22-32

Lazarus Raised from the Dead Jn 11:17-44


Complete the 'Step Inside' Thinking routine after reading your chosen passage:

1. Select a person who witnessed the miracle

2. What did the person see? How were they feeling?

3. What might that person know or believe?

4. What might the person care about?


Questions to support my thinking

Activity too hard?

Create a Headline that captures the miracle in the passage


Activity too easy?

Complete the Step Inside thinking routine for each of the passages

Literacy

Learning Intention

We are learning how words are built and how they are related through their shared meanings and morphemic structure.

Success Criteria

I will know I am successful when I:


  • identify and use bases, affixes (prefixes and suffixes) to build word families.


  • use word inquiry tools such as Word Sums to represent my findings about words, their meanings and spelling.


  • use dictionary resources to explore word meanings and their origins.

Outcomes

EN3-4A ​

Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts.


You will need

Google Slides

Device

Dictionary

Lead Pencil

English Book

Listen

Activity

Follow the slides (on the right) to...

  1. Learn about the structure of words and how they are built using BASES and AFFIXES.

  2. Investigate the structure of words chosen from the Mimis text - “chanted” and “inspired”.

  3. Build as many related words as you can, recording your findings as WORD SUMS.

  4. Identify the patterns used to build words with BASES and AFFIXES.

05 Stage 3 The Mimis Week A 2022 FRIDAY

Questions to support my thinking

Activity too hard?

  • Use the table of prefixes and suffixes on the Task pages (Slides 9 and 11) to help you.

  • Use a dictionary to help you find related words or check for correct spelling.


Activity too easy?

  • Try the Bonus Challenge Task on Slide 13.

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

Worksheet

Pencil

Activity

PART 1: ODD AND EVEN NUMBER PROPERTIES: MAKING CLAIMS


A claim is something that is thought to be true.

Claim: When adding two odd numbers together, the total is always an even number.


  • Prove that this is always true.

  • What happens when you add two even numbers together?

  • Finish this claim: When adding two even numbers together the total is always an _________ number.

  • What happens when you add one odd number and even number together?

  • Finish this claim: When adding one odd and one even numbers together the total is always an ________ number


PART 2: NUMBER MAZE (Sourced from ReSolve)

Using the knowledge about the properties of odd and even numbers that you have developed, explore this Number Maze.

Instructions for the Number Maze

  • You need to move from 5 at the start through to 14 at the end.

  • You can use horizontal, vertical and diagonal movements.

  • Add together the numbers of each box you pass through.

  • The aim is to finish with an odd total.

Questions to support my thinking

Activity too hard? Use concrete materials to add totals

Activity too easy? How many different paths can you find through the maze?

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