Week D
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 God through the expression of liturgical feasts and seasons.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
can name the liturgical seasons of the Catholic Church
can connect feast days to liturgical seasons
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
Paper
Device
Activity
Read about the Liturgical Seasons.
Create your own liturgical wheel.
The information in the wheel should be:
Liturgical season
Feast day
Liturgical colour
Describe the key event(s) in Jesus’ life associated with each season of the liturgical year.
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
Read about the Liturgical Seasons.
In your books create a list of the Feast days you recognise
Find the liturgical colour of the feast days in your list.
Activity too easy?
Use this site to help you locate the colours of each liturgical season and create a table. Use your colour pencils to record the colour of the following feast days.
Good Friday
first Sunday of Advent
Holy Saturday
Ash Wednesday
Epiphany
Christmas
Feast of All Saints
Palm Sunday
Feast of All Souls
Holy Thursday
Pentecost
Easter Sunday
English
Learning Intention
We are learning to identify different ways an author communicates ideas in texts.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I:
can use information to make and confirm predictions about the text
can identify how the author has used story elements to engage the reader.
Aligned to English outcomes
EN2-10C
Thinks imaginatively, creatively and interpretively about information, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts.
You will need
Paper
Device
Activity
Engaging with the Text
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.
Complete Independent Reading as outlined on the slides.
Complete Independent Writing as outlined on the slides.
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
Look at the cover and make a prediction about what you think is going to happen in the story (instead of the 'Anticipation Guide').
Activity too easy?
Choose one of the statements on the 'Anticipation Guide' that you can relate to and explain your connection.
Resources
Mathematics
Learning Intention
We are learning to measure lengths in centimetres and metres.
Success Criteria
I will know I am successful when I can:
estimate lengths using centimetres (cm) and metres (m)
measure accurately using a tape or a ruler
compare measurements and find the difference.
Aligned to Mathematics outcomes
MA2-9MG Measures, records, compares and estimates lengths, distances and perimeters in metres, centimetres and millimetres, and measures, compares and records temperatures.
You will need
Paper
Activity
Long jump!
Can you jump as far as your height?
Estimate how far you think you can jump. Can you jump further than 1 metre?
Go outside and jump as far as you can from one spot to another.
Do this five times.
Measure and record your jumps in m and cm.
Show your results in a table.
What is the difference between your best jump and your worst jump?
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
Cut a piece of string, wool or a strip of paper one metre long. Start at one end and see how far along you can jump.
Activity too easy?
How close to your height can you jump?
If the longest jump in the world is 8.95 m, how close is your best jump?
