Week C
Early Stage 1
These learning activities are designed to be completed in sequence beginning on Monday
Daily Prayer
Religious Education
Learning Intention
We are learning that prayer is speaking and listening to God
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
identify items that help us to pray
create my own prayer space
ES1- Prayer
demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of prayer as very important in our relationship with God.
You will need
Watch
Listen
Items from around the home
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
What was something you can remember seeing on your class prayer space at school? Draw a picture
Activity too easy?
Can you explain how each item you have selected helps you to pray?
English
Learning Intention
We are learning that authors use words and pictures to tell a story.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
retell a story using props.
Aligned to English outcomes
ENe-4A
Demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short and predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies.
You will need
Device
Coloured
Paper
Activity
Creative Response - Mr McGee
Open the Google slides (on the right) and follow the written and audio prompts as you listen to and think about the text.
Read beautiful stories every day for enjoyment.
NB. for Parents - Encourage your child to draw, talk and 'write' every day. Beginning writing might look like a picture, scribbly marks, single letters or even some words including their own name. Accept all attempts at writing and encourage your child to tell you about their pictures and writing
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
Use the Mr McGee puppet to tell about things that happened to Mr McGee.
Activity too easy?
Make up your story about Mr McGee using rhyming words.
Resources
Mathematics
Learning Intention
I am learning to share objects into equal groups.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
I can share objects equally in more than one way
I record my thinking using pictures, words and numbers
I explain my thinking to someone else.
Aligned to Mathematics outcomes
MAe 6NA
Groups, shares and counts collections of objects, describes using everyday language, and records using informal methods.
You will need
Coloured pencils
Paper
Watch
Share
Activity
Penguins
Listen to the story 365 Penguins.
Look at the calendar for February. Choose any day of the month you like. How many penguins arrived on that day?
How many different ways could the penguins be arranged on your chosen day?
Draw some ways to organise the penguins so that it is easy to look and see how many there are.
Which way would Dad like the most? Why do you think this?
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
Choose a day on the calendar between the 6th February and the 12th February.
Activity too easy?
Choose two days on the calendar and add the number of penguins that arrived together. What are the ways this many penguins could be arranged so that you can easily prove how many there are?
Image source: Pixabay
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