Week C
Stage 2
These learning activities are designed to be completed in sequence beginning on Monday
Daily Prayer
Religious Education
Learning Intention
We are learning to recognise qualities in the lives of Saints.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
can name the qualities that led to their sainthood.
S2: demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of prayer as having many different forms, and as being intrinsic to the Mass and the celebration of the liturgical year.
You will need
Device
Book
Activity
Select a saint of your choosing and examine their prayer life.
How did they pray?
What experience did they have to start them to want to pray?
How important was prayer to them?
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
How is prayer real for the saint?
Activity too easy?
Watch the two clips and answer the question below:
What makes someone a saint? (3 sentences)
English
Learning Intention
We are learning to respond to texts.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
use ideas from the text as an inspiration to compose.
think of, and include, reasons to support my ideas.
Aligned to English outcomes
EN2-10C Thinks imaginatively, creatively and interpretively about information, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts.
Activity
Responding and Composing
Open the Google slides (on the right) and follow the written and audio prompts as you think about the text.
Complete independent reading as outlined on the slides.
Complete independent writing as outlined on the slides.
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
Can you write a list of all of the reasons why dogs make great pets?
Activity too easy?
Can you support your ideas with creative elaborations that add humour?
Mathematics
Learning Intention
We are learning about fractions and decimals.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I can:
draw a picture to show my answer
explain my thinking
show my answers using decimals.
Aligned to Mathematics outcomes
MA2-7NA Represents, models and compares commonly used fractions and decimals.
You will need
Paper
Activity
More Cupcakes!
Today the baker is preparing cupcakes for a birthday party.
She knows that 0.5 of the cakes should be chocolate and 0.25 should be lemon. The rest can be any flavour.
She also knows that there are two dozen cakes in total.
How many would be chocolate?
How many would be lemon?
What about the rest?
What might this cook like?
Draw and label your thinking.
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
What is half of 24?
What is one quarter of 24?
Activity too easy?
What if tomorrow the baker baked four times as many cakes?
