Gembrook Primary School Remote Learning Tasks

Grade 1/2 Learning Tasks Term 3 Week 2 FridayREADING

Learning Intention:I can identify the traits of the character's personality.Success Criteria:I have identified my character's personality and appearance.Learning Resources Required: Exercise book, pencils, post-it notes, levelled reader.Learning Task:Note: You will have to read a narrative (fiction) book today to complete the task.

1. In narrative stories we have different story elements. Today we will be focusing onthe importance of the story element characters. In narrative texts all charactersare made up, however to interest the reader the characters need to seem real.The author does this by describing our characters in detail and tells us how thecharacters in the book think, feel and act. This insight into the characters gives lotsof detail to the reader and helps us gain a strong sense of the charactersappearance (outside traits) and personality (inside traits).

2. Today we are going to be focusing on the inside traits of characters.3. Read The ‘Gruffalo’s Child’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAP9QmiRYQc4. Track your thinking by using ‘Gruffalo’s Child’. Describe the main characters inside

traits from the book. When describing the characters' inside traits, think abouttheir actions, thoughts and feelings and how this shaped the character. Forexample:

5. Move onto 20 minutes of independent reading (remember to read a fiction text)and track your thinking by describing the characters inside traits from theirindependent reader. They are to write down any word choices the author used todescribe the characters personality.

Extension Learning Task: Note down any good word choices the author used to describethe characters outside traits or describe how the Gruffolo’s child inside traits changedthroughout the story. E.g. think about how the Gruffolo’s child felt about the mouse atthe start of the story compared to how she felt about the mouse at the end of the story.WRITING

Gembrook Primary School Remote Learning Tasks

Learning Intention:I can develop my writing stamina.Success Criteria:I have written about a free choice topic or have completed the task below.Learning Resources Required:Exercise book, pencils, and an iPhone/tablet/computer.Learning Task:Today is a flexible learning time for writing, students can choose activities from thefollowing:

1. Free choice writing: choose a genre to write in. This could be; recount, narrative,informative, or poetry. Select a topic and begin writing! Draw an illustration tomatch your writing. Remember to draw neatly and use lots of colour OR

2. Watch: https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/giant-aussie-dinosaur/13380610A new species of dinosaur has been officially announced as the largest ever foundin Australia. To find out more about the discovery and some of the other reasonsit’s such ‘big’ news, watch the clip above and synthesise what you know and yourinformation.

Extension learning task:Use adjectives (describing words, beautiful) and adverbs (describe an action word,quickly) to make your writing more interesting. Edit and revise your writing, and use adictionary to check your spelling.BREAK: ensure students have a well-earned break with a snack, rest, and a game/physicalactivity.MATHS

Learning Intention:I can identify number facts to equal a certain total.Success Criteria:I have:

● recorded different ways to make 10 and 20.● found patterns to help solve the problem

Learning Resources Required: Exercise book, pencils, and an iPhone/tablet/computer.Learning Task:

1. Watch ‘The Perfect Ten Problem’: https://pbskids.org/peg/games/perfect-102. In The ‘Perfect Ten Problem’, Peg and Cat both give scores to make 10. For

example, Peg gave a 7 and Cat gave a 3. How many different ways could Peg andCat make the perfect score of 10?

3. What if the perfect score was 20? How many different ways could they make 20?Extension Learning Task:What if there was another judge? How many ways could the three judges make 20?Taking it further: Practice building to 10 and building to 20 by playing the Smoothie Mathsgame: https://www.ictgames.com//mobilePage/smoothie/index.htmlSPELLING

Learning Intention:I can extend my written and oral vocabulary.Success Criteria: I have inquired about the different parts of my vocabulary word.Learning Resources Required: Exercise book, pencils, and an iPhone/tablet/computer.

Gembrook Primary School Remote Learning Tasks

Learning Task:1. Watch ‘The Snail and The Whale’ by Julia Donaldson and look out for our vocab

word for this week 'immensely':https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmMnaSkeKqQ

2. Click on the link below to discover the meaning of 'immensely'.3. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/'immensely'#4. In your book record:

● The vocab word and its definition.● List 3-4 synonyms and antonyms for the word 'immensely'.● Write a sentence using the word 'immensely'.● Draw a picture that matches your sentence

Extension Learning Task:Using the letters in the word 'immensely', how many smaller words can you make? Forexample, ‘in’.BREAK: ensure students have a well-earned break with lunch, rest, and a game/physicalactivity.PE

Learning Intention:I can use and practice key skills of digging and setting using a balloon.Success Criteria:I have hit the balloon and ball and kept it off the ground using my volleyball skillsLearning Resources Required:1 volleyball/soft round ball, 1 balloon, and an iPhone/tablet/computer.

Learning Task:Warm upPick two of the following warm up tasks to complete.

● 2 laps of your backyard● 20 star jumps● Dance to your favourite song● Jump on the trampoline for 2 minutes● Ride your bike around a small chosen area twice● 1 minute running on the spot● 30 seconds of hill climbers● Throw and catch a ball off the wall 10 times

Volleyball at home practice:● Please follow link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foj6A4WWgCg● Students are to complete all these skills with a balloon before moving on and

trying any with a soft larger volleyball.● Pause the video and perform the action for 1 minutes before moving on to the

next one.Focus - Dig:

○ Anticipate the ball.○ Get your forearms under the ball.○ Lean into the ball as you make contact.○ Dig the ball at the midline of your body if you can.

Gembrook Primary School Remote Learning Tasks

Focus - Set:○ Have your right foot slightly in front but stay balanced.○ Your shoulders, hips and feet should face your target.○ Knees are bent and your back is straight.○ Hands are above your head.○ Hands are in the shape of the ball.

Remember: we are the beginning stage; perfect practice makes perfect!Keep trying even after making mistakes.

This week we are asking that you upload ONE learning task response to share with yourteacher. Please choose a piece of work that you are most proud of. The learning task willneed to be submitted for evaluation and feedback via the Compass Learning Task tab byFriday 5pm.

Please refer to the link for instructions on how to upload the learning tasks:https://youtu.be/YWiLyJ0P6CQIf you are unsure of what is required, please contact the school and a message will be sentto your child's teacher: (03) 5968 1313 or gembrook.ps@education.vic.gov.au.

Learning Task:Please upload a copy of ONE piece of work that you are most proud of from this week. Thiscould take the form of your writing, a reading response or a maths task.