Remote Learning Term 2 Week 5
Welcome to Term 2 Week 5 in Room 10/11!
Here are your tasks for the week. Please feel free to take pictures of work that you are proud of and
post them onto your blog or email them to your homeroom teacher, celeste@elmpark.school.nz
Handy websites:
Sunshine Online link
Username - elmpark
Password - elm2019
Storyline Online link
Literacy Planet link
Matific link
Sunshine Classics link
❇Note: Username and passwords are in your child's homework book and also in the email we’ve
sent out on Sunday 29 March.
Twinkl link
For any extra work you want to do with your child, have a look at this great website. It is free for a
few months.
Learning from home (government website) link
The Literacy Shed: link
Sightword lists:
Handwriting sheet:
Monday 11 May
Read a story from Literacy Planet, Sunshine Classics or from your library shelf at home.
IALT: Write dialogue (characters talking) to match the picture.
Activity: Draw a picture of your favourite part of the story. Label the characters with their names and
draw speech bubbles out of the character’s mouth. Speech bubbles can look like the examples below.
In these bubbles, write what they could be saying to one another in the drawing. It doesn’t have to be
the same from the book, it just has to make sense with the picture.
Sunshine Classics:
Log on using your username and password. You will be able to access tasks based on your Reading
Level.
Sight Words:
Say all my sight words out loud. Ask a parent for help if you are unsure of a word.
PDF for lists of sight words uploaded onto the class blog - Please refer to your child's sight word
list in their homework books. If they have completed that list, you can find the next list in this file.
Phonics:
Group A:
Complete the worksheet below:
Group B:
Complete the worksheets below.
Spelling
Pick 5 words from the sight word list to learn to spell.
Writing
IALT: describe what happened in a movie clip.
Describe how the meerkats worked as a team to save their precious fruit. What sport were you
reminded of when they were passing back and forth?
How did you feel about what happened at the end of the clip and how does this compare to how the
meerkats felt?
Always remember to use full stops and capital letters. Try using other punctuation, such as exclamation
marks.
Handwriting - Focus on the letter Q
Please refer to the letter formation sheet below:
Write a line of lowercase q
Write a line of capital Q
Write a line of both lowercase and capitals e.g. Qq
Write your full name
Write the silly sentence: The quirky queen went quack to a quail
Write numbers from 1 to 10
Maths
Place Value video link
Follow-Up Activity:
Extra for Experts!
Extra’s
Technology:
Think of 2 items you have at home and imagine you can combine them to make something new!
Eg: A table and a radio can turn into a tabio. “This is a table that has speakers, so you can enjoy
listening to music right next to you while having a meal.”
Create a drawing of your new invention and include what you have named it. Write a sentence about
what it does. Think of different items you can combine. The quirkier the better!
Movement and Music
Tuesday 12 May
Reading
Read a story from Literacy Planet, Sunshine Classics or from your library shelf at home.
IALT: recreate the end of a story by thinking about cause and effect.
Activity: You have 3 wishes. Think about what was happening half way through your story.
Pretend a genie appeared and granted your main character 3 wishes. What would they wish for and
why? Have a conversation with someone in your family about how this could have changed the end of
the story.
Sunshine Classics
Log on using your username and password. You will be able to access tasks based on your Reading
Level.
Sight Words
Say all my sight words out loud. Ask a parent for help if you are unsure of a word.
PDF for lists of sight words uploaded onto class blog - Please refer to your child's sight word list in
their homework books. If they have completed that list, you can find the next list in this file.
Phonics
Group A:
Complete the worksheet below:
Group B:
Suffixes: words with ‘ed’ at the end: link
Complete the worksheet below.
Spelling
Pick 5 words from the sight word list to learn to spell.
Writing
IALT: Write a Haiku poem about one of your favourite things.
Haiku’s are a form of traditional Japanese poetry.
There are only 3 lines of writing in a Haiku. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the last line has 5 syllables.
Here is an example below about the beach:
Sand scatters on the beach. (Sand scat-ters on the beach) = 5 syllables
Waves crash on the sandy shores. (Waves crash on sand-y shores) = 7 syllables
Blue water shimmers. (Blue wat-er shim-mers) = 5 syllables.
Now draw a picture about your favourite thing or activity and write a Haiku to go with this!
Handwriting - Focus on the letter R
Please refer to the letter formation sheet below:
Write a line of lowercase r
Write a line of capital R
Write a line of both lowercase and capitals e.g. Rr
Write your full name
Write the silly sentence: The rabbit ate the red ripe radish
Write numbers from 10 to 20
Maths
Problem Solving Activity
Can you place six ladybirds into the box so that there are just two ladybirds in every column and every
row?
Can you find other ways of doing it?
Alternatively draw a 3 x 3 box and use other items to complete this activity.
Extra Activities
Science:
Movement and Music:
Cut, fold and glue together the fitness dice below (you may need an adult to help with this). Roll the dice
and complete whatever the activity is it lands on. Try starting with 10 repetitions each time and build up
to more.
Wednesday 13 May
Reading
Read a story from Literacy Planet, Sunshine Classics or from your library shelf at home.
Read a story from Literacy Planet, Sunshine Classics or from your library shelf at home.
IALT: Find and explain the meaning of new or unknown words
Activity: See if you can find 3 new words in your story. Write them down on a piece of paper and find
out what the meaning is using your dictionary or click on the link for the kids online dictionary link
Think of a sentence to make using the word. See the example below:
Word: Roam
Meaning from the dictionary: to go or go over from place to place without a plan
Meaning from the dictionary: to go or go over from place to place without a plan
Sentence: I am going to roam the big hill with my dog.
Sunshine Classics
Log on using your username and password. You will be able to access tasks based on your Reading
Level.
Sight Words
Say all my sight words out loud. Ask a parent for help if you are unsure of a word.
PDF for lists of sight words uploaded onto class blog - Please refer to your child's sight word list
in their homework books. If they have completed that list, you can find the next list in this file.
Phonics
Group A
Blends: words beginning with ‘br’ at the start: link
Complete the worksheet below:
Group B
Suffixes: words with ‘ly’ at the end: link
Complete the worksheet below.
Spelling
Pick 5 words from the sight word list to learn to spell.
Writing
IALT: Add punctuation correctly.
When writing your story, remember to use your capital letters at the start of the sentence or if it is a
name. Don’t forget your full stops at the end! Here is a short song to remind you link
Handwriting - Focus on the letter S
Please refer to the letter formation sheet below:
Write a line of lowercase s
Write a line of capital S
Write a line of both lowercase and capitals e.g. Ss
Write your full name
Write the silly sentence: Silly sausages sizzle softly.
Write numbers from 20 - 30
Maths
IALT add and subtract numbers in equations
Problem Solving - You could always use some real gummy bears to make it more exciting!
Extra Activities
Science/Art:
Try some magic paper towel artwork link
Movement and Music:
Follow along with Sonic the Hedgehog
OR
Go for walk with your family and see how many you can spot:
Thursday 14 May
Reading
Read a story from Literacy Planet, Sunshine Classics or from your library shelf at home.
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IALT: Understand and retell the story by completing a book report
Activity: From the book you have read, make a book report to show your understanding. Below is a template you can use or else you can create your own on a piece of paper including the following headings below. You will need to add some pictures.
Headings: Title, Characters, Setting, What happened, Favourite part and a picture of the front cover of the book.
Template
Book Report Example
Sunshine Classics
Log on using your username and password. You will be able to access tasks based on your Reading Level.
Sight Words
Say all my sight words out loud. Ask a parent for help if you are unsure of a word.
PDF for lists of sight words uploaded onto class blog - Please refer to your child's sight word list in their homework books. If they have completed that list, you can find the next list in this file.
Phonics
Group A
Complete the worksheet below:
Group B
Complete the worksheet below.
Spelling
Pick 5 words from the sight word list to learn to spell.
Writing- Dream Jars
IALT: describe a dream using adjectives
Watch this short clip of the BFG link
Write about a dream you have had recently. Remember to use your adjectives to make your writing creative and interesting.
Be creative and create your writing into a dream jar! Have fun! Here are some examples of what you could do
Handwriting - Focus on the letter T
Please refer to the letter formation sheet below:
Write a line of lowercase t
Write a line of capital T
Write a line of both lowercase and capitals e.g. Tt
Write your full name
Write the silly sentence: The tiny turtles tipped tea.
Write numbers from 30-40
Maths
IALT write the numbers that either come before, after or inbetween
Problem Solving
Can you spot the 10 differences?
Extra Activities
Art:
Learn to make your own Rain Stick. link
Movement and Music:
Follow along with the Ducktales
OR
Have a fun, competitive game with your family link
Friday 15 May
Reading
Read a story from Literacy Planet, Sunshine Classics or from your library shelf at home.
IALT: compare characters in a story.
Activity: Choose 2 characters in your book. In the chart below, write the characteristics (personality) of one of the characters on the left. Do the same for the second character on the right hand side. In the middle part, write any words that match up for both characters.
Sunshine Classics
Log on using your username and password. You will be able to access tasks based on your Reading Level.
Sight Words
Say all my sight words out loud. Ask a parent for help if you are unsure of a word.
PDF for lists of sight words uploaded onto class blog - Please refer to your child's sight word list in their homework books. If they have completed that list, you can find the next list in this file.
Phonics
Group A
Complete the worksheet below:
Group B
Words ending in ‘er’ link
Spelling
Pick 5 words from the sight word list to learn to spell.
Writing
IALT: Write a piece of writing explaining what happens to a seed.
Watch the following video: link
In a few sentences, write about how seeds become plants, then seeds again.
Success Criteria:
- It is in order (eg use words like first, then, after that, finally).
- Use verbs (doing words). Eg. Falls, blows, rests.
Handwriting - Focus on the letter U
Please refer to the letter formation sheet below:
Write a line of lowercase u
Write a line of capital U
Write a line of both lowercase and capitals e.g. Uu
Write your full name
Write the silly sentence: Una put up her unique umbrella
Write numbers from 20 to 30
Maths
Introduction to measurement tools video
Follow-Up Activity: link
Extra for Experts:
Extra Activities
Mindfulness
Rainbow breath link
Geography
Have a wonderful weekend!
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