creative thinking challenge for week 3
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Home Based Learning Term 3 2021
Year 1, Week 3
Creative Thinking Challenge for Week 3
(A message from Mrs Parry)
Creative thinking is an important skill to develop! Creativity is a like a muscle, we need to use it to make it stronger and it is a skill that is essential for 21st century learners.
I would like to challenge all the students at St John’s to think creatively during HBL. I will share one question per week which will be sent out via each year group’s HBL link.
This challenge is optional and great for extending our capable learners. Students can respond in any way they like, write, draw, paint, sculpt, video, voice
memo, PowerPoint/slides, puppet shows, storybook, song, advert- any creative idea is welcome!
If you complete the challenge, email your answer to Mrs Parry [email protected]. There will be a winner each week for K-2 and 3-6 whose work will be published on FB!
This week’s challenge: Design an aeroplane for hauling nervous kangaroos.
YEAR 1 - ZOOM MEETINGS
You have 3 Zoom meetings each week.
There are 2 whole class Zoom meetings – one on Monday and one on Friday at 10am.
You now also have 1 Reading Group (RG) Zoom meeting each week.
Your parents have received an email with your reading group time and name – just as the timetable below.
Zoom code when you login to Seesaw, click on ‘Activities’, the first page will have your Zoom code.
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:00 am Wombats 1B
Platypus 1B
No zoom meetings
Kookaburras 1B
9:30 am
Giraffes 1W
Pandas 1W
Zebras 1W
10:00 am Year 1
Zoom Meeting
Lions 1W
Year 1
Zoom Meeting
11:30 am
Lemurs 1W
12.30pm Kangaroos 1B
Koalas 1B
Cockatoos 1B
Remember to only log onto Zoom at your scheduled time
Day 1 Monday
Start every morning by doing some silent reading
General Zoom meeting at 10:00am TEACHER MARKING & FEEDBACK
Your teachers read all your work and keep a list of all work completed. We will comment on your Maths and English tasks. Please
make sure your check these comments for your feedback. We will ‘like’ / acknowledge all the other tasks you complete.
English
Handwriting
1 Listen to the handwriting lesson in this link Then practise writing your M and m. Explicit Handwriting Instruction – m on Vimeo
You may like to print these sheets to help you practice your Mm and Dd.
Week 3 Handwriting worksheets
Shared reading *TEACHER FEEDBACK Read the poem,
‘The Waterfall,’ on the worksheet below.
Task: Write two interesting sentences about the waterfall
Success Criteria:
- Capital letters, full stops
- Use adjectives and interesting words
- Edit to see if it makes sense
- Check spelling and draw a picture if you wish
Please take a photo of your writing and post it on Seesaw.
(Remember to make sure the photo is clear, neat, and close)
OPTIONAL – Writing Vocabulary in 3 minutes: set a device to 3 minutes, on a piece of
paper write as many words as you know in 3 minutes. Ask an adult to mark your work. Take
a photo and post on Seesaw.
Fruit Break
Have your crunch and sip, then do some stretches.
Or this dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymigWt5TOV8
Maths
Warm Up Choose a game from your Maths and Me at Home booklet. You can find this on
our school Weebly Maths page. Task Arrays *TEACHER FEEDBACK
Look at the eggs in the egg carton
How many ways can you describe the array?
E.g. 2 rows of 6, 6 rows of 2, 6 +6
Look at the Lego piece, how many ways can you describe the array?
Prayer time
Can you find 2 other examples of arrays at your place and describe the arrays. E.g. –
chocolate, muffin trays, apps on a mobile phone, etc
Take a photo of your work and post it to Seesaw. Record your answers using the
microphone tool.
Prayer
Open this link to think about the colours of creation
(12) Rainbow by Andrew Chinn - YouTube
Reading
Use your Wushka password to log on and to open your assigned book. Listen to it, then
read it. If it is a long book, read part of it. Repeat this as you continue or repeat reading
your book every day. When you have finished, complete the quiz.
You may open other books if you want to read more.
Science
Watch the youtube video about different forms of water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSNO_8owbas
Go for a walk inside and around your house. Think about where you find water.
What do you use it for?
Who uses it?
How can you access water at home? Eg taps, bubblers etc
Take photographs of water uses and water access points. If possible locate and take
photos of the water meter.
Please take a photo of your work and post it on Seesaw.
Day 2 Tuesday
Start every morning by doing some silent reading
TEACHER MARKING & FEEDBACK
Your teachers read all your work and keep a list of all work completed. We will comment on your Maths and English tasks. Please
make sure your check these comments for your feedback. We will ‘like’ / acknowledge all the other tasks you complete.
English
Read the poem,
‘The Waterfall,’ on the worksheet below.
Find all the interesting words.
Can you find verbs, nouns, describing words?
The poem is full of interesting verbs!
Task List all the verbs in your book.
SPELLING *TEACHER FEEDBACK
Suffixes
Watch the video Series 1 Episode 21 Year 2: Suffixes : ABC iview
Can you find any words in the poem that have suffixes added to them?
Please take a photo of your work and post it on Seesaw
OPTIONAL – Writing Vocabulary in 3 minutes: set a device to 3 minutes, on a piece of
paper write as many words as you know in 3 minutes. Ask an adult to mark your work. Take
a photo and post on Seesaw.
Fruit Break
Have your crunch and sip, then do some stretches.
Time to get active https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9q4U2P3ig
Maths
Warm Up Choose a game from your Maths and Me at Home booklet. You can find this on
our school Weebly Maths page.
Task 1 – Seesaw Task *TEACHER FEEDBACK
Arrays in Multiplication
Read the instructions carefully.
Reading
Use your Wushka password to log on and to open your assigned book. Listen to it, then
read it. If it is a long book, read part of it. Repeat this as you continue or repeat reading
your book every day. When you have finished, complete the quiz.
Prayer time
Prayer
Open this link to think about the colours of creation
(12) Rainbow by Andrew Chinn - YouTube
Religion We are caretakers
of God’s Garden
Watch the story of creation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pBXhx0XUxI
Draw a picture about God’s creation.
Geography Our Beaches
We are so lucky to live near some beautiful beaches. Which is your favourite
beach? What do you do there? How do you care for the beach?
Complete the worksheet attached below and tell us all about your favourite
beach.
Please take a photo of your work and post it on Seesaw.
Day 3 Wednesday
Start every morning by doing some silent reading
TEACHER MARKING & FEEDBACK
Your teachers read all your work and keep a list of all work completed. We will comment on your Maths and English tasks. Please
make sure your check these comments for your feedback. We will ‘like’ / acknowledge all the other tasks you complete.
English TASK *TEACHER FEEDBACK
Read the poem,
‘The Waterfall,’
Complete the comprehension sheet below.
Spelling task *TEACHER FEEDBACK
Read the poem. Can you hear any words with the /i/ sound? Use the chart at the end to
make a list of all the words that have this sound. Remember to use the visual and hearing
strategies. (scroll to end of document) and add words that fit in each column. You may
like to use the Wushka books or to go on a word hunt.
Take a photo of your work and post it to Seesaw.
OPTIONAL – Writing Vocabulary in 3 minutes: set a device to 3 minutes, on a piece of
paper write as many words as you know in 3 minutes. Ask an adult to mark your work. Take
a photo and post on Seesaw.
Physical movement
Watch the Go Noodle video to get you up and moving!
It will also help you practise your syllables!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psUPYR235O8
Fruit Break
Have your crunch and sip, then do some stretches.
Or do this dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPCGfa44bF0&t=4s
Maths
Warm Up Choose a game from your Maths and Me at Home booklet. You can find this on
our school Weebly Maths page.
Task Seesaw *TEACHER FEEDBACK
Arrays as ‘Groups of’
Read the instructions carefully.
Religion We are caretakers of
God’s Garden
Prayer
Open this link to think about the colours of creation
(12) Rainbow by Andrew Chinn - YouTube
Task 1 Think What does it mean to be a caretaker? Where are there caretakers in our
community? Examples are:
o Lighthouses
o Gardens ( e.g. Botanic Gardens
o Historic houses
o Family stories, history, photographs, heirlooms by each person who wants to
remember their family heritage
o Those who care for the sick and disabled
o Those who care for the elderly
o Those who care for the young children
o Parents and caretakers of their home and family
Task 2
Draw some of these caretakers doing their job. List some of the things they do.
Please take a photo of your work and post it on Seesaw.
Reading
Use your Wushka password to log on and to open your assigned book. Listen to it, then
read it. If it is a long book, read part of it. Repeat this as you continue or repeat reading
your book every day. When you have finished, complete the quiz.
Personal
Development and
Health
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon - By Patty Lovell | Kids Books Read Aloud - YouTube
Watch the video about Molly Lou Melon.
Molly was very special.
Answer the following questions in your book.
1.What lessons did she learn from her Grandma?
2.How did she use these lessons to help her at school?
3.What did the kids at think of her?
4.Why did the bully want to be Molly’s friend at the end of the story?
Please take a photo of your work and post it on Seesaw.
English Spelling– Diagraph patterns that make the /i/ sound
i_e ight y other slide night
why I
Day 4 Thursday
Start every morning by doing some silent reading
TEACHER MARKING & FEEDBACK
Your teachers read all your work and keep a list of all work completed. We will comment on your Maths and English tasks. Please
make sure your check these comments for your feedback. We will ‘like’ / acknowledge all the other tasks you complete.
English
TASKS *TEACHER FEEDBACK
1 Click on the link to listen to the story read to you
Storyline Online - Sophie’s Masterpiece
2 Use the Character’s feeling grid at the end of this document to answer the questions about
character’s feelings.
- How do the characters feel about Sophie? How do you know this?
- How does Sophie feel about each of the character’s reaction to her?
- Why was Sophie “close to tears” when the young woman found her?
3 Use some of your answers to write a show no tell pretending you are either Sofie or another
character in the story. Follow the success criteria.
Success Criteria:
- Capital letters, full stops
- Use adjectives and interesting words
- Edit to see if it makes sense
- Check spelling
Please take a photo of your writing and post it on Seesaw.
OPTIONAL – Writing Vocabulary in 3 minutes: set a device to 3 minutes, on a piece of paper write
as many words as you know in 3 minutes. Ask an adult to mark your work. Take a photo and post
on Seesaw.
Fruit Break
Have your crunch and sip, then do some stretches.
Or do this dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhfkYzUwYFk
Prayer
Prayer
Open this link to think about the colours of creation
(12) Rainbow by Andrew Chinn - YouTube
Maths
Warm Up Choose a game from your Maths and Me at Home booklet. You can find this on our
school Weebly Maths page. Task 1 Chance *TEACHER FEEDBACK
Think and list words associated with chance. E.g. will happen, might happen, won’t happen,
probably, certain, etc.
Think and write 5-10 questions and ask an adult to answer using ‘chance’ words.
E.g. Will it rain today? Will tomorrow be my birthday? Will Santa visit on Saturday?
Take a photo of your work and upload it to Seesaw please.
Reading
Use your Wushka password to log on and to open your assigned book. Listen to it, then read it. If
it is a long book, read part of it. Repeat this as you continue or repeat reading your book every
day. When you have finished, complete the quiz.
Remember only complete the quiz when you have finished reading the book with
understanding at least 2 times by yourself.
Science
Water
Have you ever been to the beach and explored rock pools? What did you see in them? Join Tom
and his family as they go looking for sea creatures in rock pools. What are some of the animals
they find?
Have you ever seen a crab at the beach? Can you move like a crab?
Watch this video clip about creatures that live in the rockpools.
https://education.abc.net.au/home?j=1683755&sfmc_sub=95149563&l=17215_HTML&u=43559461
&mid=518000040&jb=5002&utm_so
You might like to read about some of these amazing creatures.
Pick books from the following site They have wonderful photographs and interesting information
about the creatures that live in or near water.
Unite for Literacy
Character’s feeling grid
How do the characters feel about
Sophie? How do you know this?
How does Sophie feel about each
of the character’s reaction to her? Why was Sophie “close to tears”
when the young woman found her?
Day 5 Friday
Start every morning by doing some silent reading
Zoom meeting 10am
TEACHER MARKING & FEEDBACK Your teachers read all your work and keep a list of all work completed. We will comment on your Maths and English tasks. Please
make sure your check these comments for your feedback. We will ‘like’ / acknowledge all the other tasks you complete.
English
TASK *TEACHER FEEDBACK
1 Click on the link to listen to the story read to you
Storyline Online - Sophie’s Masterpiece
2 Reading comprehension
Use the Character’s traits grid at the end of this document to answer the questions about
the character.
What is the character doing?
• What is the character saying?
• What is the character thinking?
• What do these details tell me about the character
Please take a photo of your work and post it on Seesaw. Remember to take a close up
photo.
OPTIONAL – Writing Vocabulary in 3 minutes: set a device to 3 minutes, on a piece of paper
write as many words as you know in 3 minutes. Ask an adult to mark your work. Take a photo
and post on Seesaw.
Fruit Break
Have your crunch and sip, then do some stretches.
Or this dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP0wgVhUC9w
Maths
Warm Up Choose a game from your Maths and Me at Home booklet. You can find this on
our school Weebly Maths page.
Task 1 Seesaw activity *TEACHER FEEDBACK
What are the chances? Read the instructions carefully
Task 2 Seesaw activity *TEACHER FEEDBACK
Chance – things that will/won’t happen. Read the instructions carefully
Reading
Use your Wushka password to log on and to open your assigned book. Listen to it, then read
it. If it is a long book, read part of it. Repeat this as you continue or repeat reading your
book every day. When you have finished, complete the quiz.
Visual arts We will be investigating patterns on animals’ coverings.
TASK
1 Watch the video about how to draw animal patterns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WahIyCJeI0g,
2 Have a go drawing these four animal patterns
Please take a photo of your work and post it on Seesaw.
What is the character doing? What is the character
saying?
What is the character thinking?
What do these details tell me
about the character?
Character’s traits
Sofie’s masterpiece
Draw the character