LEARNING FROM HOME - WEEK 1, TERM 3 2021

Year 1 Weekly Overview

Thursday

9:00 -11:00

EnglishReadingChoose a book to read aloud with a parent/carer.Before reading the book, talk about whether you think the book isinformative (non-fiction) or imaginative (fictional story). How can you tell?

HandwritingFind and complete the lowercase ‘e’ handwriting page in your workbook.

Phonics - ‘sl’ and gl’This week in our phonics lessons we are practising consonant blends.Consonant blends are a group of 2 or 3 consonant letters together, thateach retain their own sound when pronounced in a word.

Today we will be practising the consonant blends ‘sl’ and ‘gl’.In words like ‘slow’, ‘sled’ and ‘slip’ we pronounce both the ‘s’ and the‘l’ to make the sound ‘sl’. In words like ‘glad’, ‘glue’ and ‘glum’ wepronounce both the ‘g’ and the ‘l’ to make the sound ‘gl’.

Find and complete the ‘sl’ and ‘gl’ pages in your workbook.

WritingIn our writing lessons this week, we are learning to write personal recounts. Remember arecount is a type of text that retells something that has happened in the past.

Recounts always follow a particular structure.

Personal Recount-Structure

Orientation and Background InformationThis section introduces the recount and tells :-Who was there?What is the event?Where did the event happen?When did the event happen?

Series of Events in Time Order with Personal CommentsThis section tells all the things that happened in the correct time order(chronological order).It may include personal comments to explain how the writer felt aboutthe event as it was happening.

Concluding SentenceThis section tells what the writer thought of the event overall.

Find and read ‘Personal Recount Sample-Our Local Walk’ in your work book. Can you see thethree different sections (Orientation, Series of Events and Concluding Sentence) in this text?Look at the ‘Structure of a Recount-Our Local Walk’ page in your workbook to see if you werecorrect.

Find the ‘Personal Recount-Surprise!’ inyour workbook. Cut out the sentencesfrom the recount and sequence them inthe correct order on the templateprovided in the workbook.

RECESS

11:30-1:10

MathsWarm Up: Watch this video and count along.ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss-azuApvA0

Activity 1Name the number that comes before and after the given number:

___ 7 ___ ___ 15 ___ ___ 13 ___

___ 20 ___ ___ 34 ___ ___ 67 ___ ___ 49 ___

Challenge___ 100 ___ _____ 127 _____ ______ 409 _______

Place Value RevisionWatch the video by following this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F3AycEDksY

Activity 2:Dice GameIf you have real dice at home, usethem. Otherwise use the dicemaking worksheet to make yourown dice first.Roll 2 dice and record the largest 2 digit number you canmake out of the two dice. For example, if I rolled a fiveand a six, the largest number I can make is 65.

When you have rolled ten times, then order the ten numbersfrom smallest to largest. You might like to use the place value chart.

Challenge: If you like, use three dice to write three digit numbersremembering to write the hundreds, tens and ones in the correct place.

Activity 3Complete Place Value Worksheet. Identify the value of the number in thetens column.

NAIDOC Week ActivityGo to the following link and find the Little J & Big Cuz videocalled ‘Territories’.https://iview.abc.net.au/video/ZW1230A005S00

Think about the following questions.

● Where is the possum, and where do you think itcame from?

● Why does Big Cuz suggest they split their roominto individual territories?

● What is the cranky magpie protecting?● Do you think the magpie will chase Little J and Big Cuz to school, or just in the

backyard?● What does Levi bring to ‘Animal Show and Tell’?

Physical Education - Joe WicksFollow the instructions on the Body Coach video.https://youtu.be/d3LPrhI0v-w.link

LUNCH TIME

2:00 -3:00

GeographyThis Term we are beginning the subject called Geography and this iswhere we study the world around us.Watch the story of Tiddalik the Frog. You may remember the story fromlast term. https://youtu.be/0y3Ta5xcKV4.linkAfter you have watched the following video, discuss the following questions with someone.

● Why did the other animals try to make Tiddalick laugh?● Do you think Tiddalick was greedy?● What could this story teach us about sharing?

This story is from the Wollembi valley in the Hunter Valley of NSW. If you are able to, look atthis area on a map or Google Earth. This story is connected to the rock formation below.

Why do you think this rock might have inspired the story of Tiddilick? Rocks are what we call anatural feature. This is something made or produced by nature. Can you think of any othernatural features? Go to the ‘Natural Features Mindmap’ page of your workbook and writedown your ideas. Keep your ideas for future lessons.Natural features are often used in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, particularlystories that tell how something came to be the way it is. What natural features are in the storyof Tiddalik? If you don’t have these already, add them to your mind map. Go to the ‘NaturalFeatures’ page in your workbook. Choose four natural features that you know and draw apicture of them. Optional Activity: Think of a joke that you would tell Tiddilick to make himlaugh and tell it to someone in your family.

LEARNING FROM HOME - WEEK 1, TERM 3 2021

Year 1 Weekly Overview

Friday

9:00 -11:00

EnglishReadingRose meets Mr Wintergarten By Bob Graham

Listen to the story for a second time to make sure you havehad a good look at the characters and the setting.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qIGaY55qYwAs you are watching or reading the book, notice the coloursBob Graham uses.

What colours are used in the different houses? For example:the Summers family home is depicted in glowing red, yellowand green. These colours represent happiness, love and safety

in the Summers family. By contrast Mr Wintergarten’s home is represented with the use ofblack, grey and brown to give a gloomy, foreboding, lonely atmosphere.

Look at the scene near the beginning of the story showing the Summers family home in theforeground and Mr Wintergarten’s home in the background.

Draw a picture of the Summers home in the middle of the A4 piece of paper in your booklet.Think carefully about which colours you would use torepresent the happy, joyful feeling in this family. Aroundthe outside of the picture write some adjectives(describing words) to describe the Summers family.

On the next page in your booklet, draw another picture ofMr Wintergarten’s home and consider the colours to show his loneliness and misery. Aroundthe outside of the picture write adjectives (describing words) to describe Mr Wintergarten.

Phonics - ‘pl’ and ‘cl’This week in our phonics lessons we are practising consonant blends.Consonant blends are a group of 2 or 3 consonant letters together, thateach retain their own sound when pronounced in a word.

Today we will be practising the consonant blends ‘pl’ and ‘cl’.In words like ‘please’, ‘plant’ and ‘plum’ we pronounce both the ‘p’ and the‘l’ to make the sound ‘pll’.In words like ‘clap’, ‘click’ and ‘climb’ we pronounce both the ‘c’ and the ‘l’to make the sound ‘cl’.

Find and complete the ‘pl’ and ‘l’ pages in your workbook.

GrammarThis week we are learning about adverbs. Adverbs are wordsthat tell us more about verbs. Adverbs can also tell us howand often end in ly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94aFcx6oliY

Watch this video explaining Adverbs a little more.

Find and complete the grammar worksheets in your workbook.

RECESS

11:30-1:10

MathsWarm UpWatch the Big Number Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0dJWfQHF8Y

Activity One: Skip CountingRevise Skip counting by completing this worksheet:

Activity 2: Ordinal NumbersOrdinal numbers tell us the position something is in. Youhave probably used ordinal numbers when having a race with your friends.

Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IAIrsUIcUo

Activity 3:Turn the following numbers into ordinalnumbers by adding ST, RD, ND or TH. Thefirst one has been done for you:

1st2___3___4___5___6___7___8___9___10___

Activity 4: Complete the following worksheet on ordinalnumbers:

Problem Solving:Emma finished 11th place in the Athletics Carnival runningrace. Her friend James came 3 places in front of her.Isabelle came 4 places behind her.

1. What place did James come?_______2. What place did Isabelle come? _______

NAIDOC Week ActivityGo to the following link and find the Little J & Big Cuz video called ‘Goanna ate my Homework’.https://iview.abc.net.au/video/ZW1230A005S00

Think about the following questions.

● What objects did Little J collect for his treasure box?● Which animals were represented in his collection?● Which animals did Nanna teach Little J to track?● What is the ‘proper way’ to collect Emu eggs?● How did Little J know that a goanna took his emu eggs?

Optional Activity: Go to the following link and play the game.https://www.littlejandbigcuz.com.au/games/game_3/

Physical Education - Olympic Movement CardsGo to the ‘Olympic Movement Card’ pages in your workbook. Choose at leastfour of the cards and do the activities on them.

LUNCH TIME

2:00 -3:00

Olympics Activity

This week we have been learning about the Olympics. Look at the following PowerPoint tolearn more about the history of the Olympics.

t-t-28132-the-olympics-past-and-present-powerpoint_ver_4.pptxWhat is a sport that you think could be included in the Olympic Games?

Each county that competes in the Olympic Games wears a special uniform to represent whichcounty they come from. Usually the uniforms contain meaningful colours from the country.For example, Australia’s uniform has green and yellow because these colours are part ofAustralia’s culture. Look at the uniforms below. Can you guess what countries they are from?

Today you are going to design an Olympic uniform for the Australian team. Think about the coloursneeded: green and gold or black, red and yellow for indigenous Australians. What symbols or patternswill you include? For example, a kangaroo or Uluru. Go to the ‘Uniform’ page in your workbook anddraw your uniform onto the outline of a person. Tell someone in your family about your design andwhy you chose it.

Returning WorkFeel free to share your Snakes and Laddersgame or a photo of your Olympicmedals with your class teacher.