Week B

Stage 3

These learning activities are designed to be completed in sequence beginning on Monday

Daily Prayer

Thank you for my Life!

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

Resources: Paper, pencil,

Complete this prayer:

Dear God,

Thank you for family.
Write down the names of all the family members that you want to thank God for.

Thank you for friends.
Write down the names of all the friends that you want to thank God for.

Thank you for each moment I play.
Write down your favourite games

Thank you for the food I eat.
Write down you favourite food

Thank you every day

Amen.

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 to identify how Scripture and our Catholic community can support us in following the example of Jesus.

Success Criteria

I will know I am successful when I:

  • can identify what the New Testament tells us about saints

  • can recognise ways that my community is and/or could be saintly

Outcomes

S3 Christian Life- demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of Christian life as a response to God’s love of us and of all creation in leadership and service of others and care for the earth.

You will need

The activity you choose will determine the equipment you need.

Activity

Choose a creative way to promote different ways of living a saintly life. You get to choose your audience (who?) and your format (what?).

Some suggestions below.


Who?

  • whole school or parish community

  • next year's Kindergarten students

  • families

  • people from a non-Christian background


What?

  • poster

  • short movie or trailer

  • radio interview

  • podcast

  • Google Slide presentation

  • brochure


Remember to refer to your learning from this week.

Questions to support my thinking

Activity too hard?

  • Start by naming things that people do to live like Jesus. Ways that they are kind, welcoming, inclusive, generous, loving etc


Activity too easy?

  • Find a way to share your work with a real-life audience.

English

Learning Intention

We are learning to compose imaginative texts eg. poetry that reflect our understanding of the world.

Success Criteria

I will know I am successful when I compose a simple poem based on the structure of the poems shared which:


  • expresses my ideas and feelings using interesting language.

  • is arranged in lines or groups of lines of different lengths.

  • may use patterns of repetition, rhyme or rhythm or figurative language.

  • sounds effective when it is read aloud.


Aligned to English outcomes

EN3-8D​

Identifies and considers how different viewpoints of their world, including aspects of culture, are represented in texts


You will need

Device

Lead Pencil

Listen

Google Doc

Paper

Coloured

Listen

Book

Pen

Activity

  • Open the Google slides (on the right) and follow the written and audio prompts as you create and publish an original poem about climate change.

  • Independent Reading as outlined on the slides.

  • Independent Writing as outlined on the slides.

Questions to support my thinking

Activity too hard?

  • Use some of the words provided for you in the word bank or write an Acrostic Poem.


Activity too easy?

  • Can you write more poems to fit the pattern?

OR

  • Write a poem in a different poetic form eg. Haiku or rhyming verse - preferably not an Acrostic Poem.

Week B FRIDAY

Mathematics

Learning Intention

We are learning to calculate fractions of a collection.

Success Criteria

I will know I am successful when I:

  • prove my thinking using numbers, pictures and words

  • show at least 2 ways to show my thinking

  • calculate the fractions in a collection and explain how I know.

Outcome

MA3-7NA

Compares, orders and calculates with fractions, decimals and percentages.


You will need

Paper

Lead Pencil

Activity

What’s it Worth?

If black is worth 1 ½ , what are the values of the other colours?

What is the total collection of the tiles?



Questions to support my thinking

Activity too hard?

  • What if the black is worth 1 ? What are the values of the other colours?

  • What is the total collection of the tiles?



Activity too easy?

  • What if the black is worth 2⅙ ? What are the values of the other colours?

  • What is the total collection of the tiles?


Image source: mathforlove.com

Brain Breaks





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 activities.

Week B Brain breaks K-6