Week D
Stage 2
These learning activities are designed to be completed in sequence beginning on Monday
Daily Prayer
Social-Justice-2021-Prayer-Card-Cry-of-the-Earth-1.pdfReligious 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 identify the church liturgical season of Advent
can connect feast days to liturgical seasons in Advent.
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
Research what the Liturgical colour for Advent means and how are Christians called to live this out through the season of Advent. (6 lines)
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
View: Advent Youtube clip
Find 5 images that show the meaning of Advent. Write 2 sentences for each image explaining the connection to Advent.
Activity too easy?
1. Recall a time in your life when you celebrated something important for you or a family/friend member.
2. How did you celebrate?
3. How does advent help Christians prepare for Christmas?
4. At Christmas, christians celebrate the ….
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 recognise the use of figurative language in texts, eg. idioms and discuss their effect
can identify creative language features that contribute to engagement.
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
Scissors and Glue
Activity
Working with Words
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?
Choose one idiom from the story to illustrate the meaning.
Activity too easy?
Ask an adult to help you research the origin (how it came to be) of one of the idioms discussed in this session.
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 cm and m
record measurements in cm and m
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
Ruler
Activity
How tall?
Some people say that you could grow to be twice as tall as you are when you are two years old.
Can you predict how tall these two year olds will be when they grow up?
Joe
91 cm
Helen
82 cm
Kel
86.5 cm
Deng
94.5 cm
Paris
87 cm
What is the difference between their adult heights?
Questions to support my thinking
Activity too hard?
What is double 60 cm? Is this more than one metre?
Activity too easy?
Find out or estimate how tall you were at two years old.
Predict your adult height.
How close will you be to the height of the other adults in your family?
