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:
make the sign of the cross
explain why we make the sign of the cross
ES1- Prayer
demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of prayer as very important in our relationship with God.
You will need
Watch
Paper
workbook
Coloured
Activity
Watch the video Sign of the Cross
Draw or print a picture of yourself
Draw a small cross on each place you touch when you make the sign of the cross
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
Can you explain or teach someone in your home how to make the sign of the cross?
Activity too easy?
What ways could you teach others how to make the sign of the cross
English
Learning Intention
We are learning how authors use words and pictures to tell a story.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
can match pictures that rhyme
can hear the beginning sounds of words.
Aligned to English outcomes
ENe-5A
Demonstrates developing skills in using letters, simple sound blends and some sight words to represent known words when spelling.
You will need
Device
Coloured
Paper
Activity
Working with Words - Mr McGee
Open the Google slides (on the right) and follow the written and audio prompts as you listen to the story 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?
Look for things that start with the 'm' sound and say the word.
Activity too easy?
Walk around your house and identify the sounds that different things start with.
Resources
Mathematics
Learning Intention
I am learning to show equal groups in rows and columns in different ways.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
show equal groups in rows and columns in more than one way
record my thinking using pictures, words and numbers
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
Paper
Share
Activity
Chocolate Block
How many squares of chocolate are in this chocolate block?
Work it out two different ways.
Can you arrange the squares of chocolate a different way but still with equal rows and columns?
Describe what you did using the words ‘rows’ and ‘columns’. How many rows do you have? How many columns do you have?
Draw your chocolate block and write some numbers and words to explain what you did.
Imagine there was one extra row added to the chocolate block. How many squares would you have then?
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
How many squares of chocolate are there? Try not to count by ones.
Image source: Pixabay
Activity too easy?
A big bite has been taken out of this chocolate block! How many pieces of chocolate were there before some of it was eaten?
Thursday Wk 6.m4aClick play to hear the question.