Week B
Stage 3
These learning activities are designed to be completed in sequence beginning on Monday
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 Genevieve Bryant
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 this video below and enjoy the song: A Thousand Words by Gen Bryant
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
Paper
Pen or Pencil
Activity
This week we have learned that the Bible refers to all Christians who follow the example of Jesus as saints. That doesn't mean all Christians are perfect all the time, it means that Christians strive to follow the example of Jesus as well as they can.
Write a letter to someone that you think is like a saint. Tell them the following:
What you've been learning about in RE
Why it made you think of them
What you have seen them do that you think is saintly
Write the letter on paper so that you can send it to them.
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
Draw a picture of someone you know that is very kind to other people. Write words around them showing ways that they are kind.
Activity too easy?
Write to as many special people as you like!
English
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:
learn about the history of words and how they develop their meanings and spelling patterns.
investigate the structure of words and how they are built using bases and affixes.
build as many related words as I can by changing PREFIXES and SUFFIXES.
record my findings as WORD SUMS.
Aligned to English outcomes
EN3-4A
Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts.
You will need
Device
Paper
Dictionary
Listen
Activity
Open the Google slides (on the right) and follow the written and audio prompts to complete your English learning activities for today.
Independent Reading as outlined on the slides.
Independent Writing as outlined on the slides.
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
Find as many words as you can in the same word family as <emissions>.
Record your findings as Word Sums.
Activity too easy?
What's a pattern or spelling rule you can find when adding suffixes to a word which ends with "it" ( that is, a short vowel <i> followed by <t> ) ?
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
Activity
Bertie Botts:
I have a packet of Bertie Botts Every Flavoured Beans.
⅓ of my packet is soap flavoured and ⅙ is dirt flavoured.
How many soap and dirt flavoured beans do I have?
Find at least 2 different answers and explain your thinking
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
What if there were 18 beans in each packet?
What if there were 12 beans in each packet?
Activity too easy?
What if I had 5 packets of Bertie Botts Every Flavoured Beans?
How many soap and dirt flavoured beans would I have then?
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