Week+Eight+T2+2014

buddy reading calendar, date & straws handwriting focus- mM
 * =Monday 5th May K-1= ||  ||
 * **9:15- 11:00** || **Literacy**

Big Book- Dogs & Cats - Introducing - reading & discussing

fitness- catching - demonstrate to students the standing position ready for catching. Instruct the student to stand balanced, hands lightly cupped with eyes focused on the object. Practise moving towards the ball. - Individual activity- Throw a tennis ball against a wall and catch before it bounces on the ground.

- news - writing (about news) ||  ||
 * **11:00- 11:30** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11:30- 1:00** || **Math**

- Draw a picture of a sandwich on the board. discuss how to divide into halves, quarters and then eighths. - Question students if it is cut in half if both sides are not the same size.

ES1 pg 27 S1 pg 31 ||  || - Students identify some familiar living things and record their suggestions, eg dogs, caterpillars, birds, fish, plants, farm animals and humans. - As a class students talk about and share their ideas about what living things need to stay alive. - The teacher poses the question ‘Why do we need food?’. In a guided class discussion, the students suggest ways that humans use food, eg milk gives us strong teeth and bones, and fuel/energy to do things, grow and keep us healthy. ||  ||
 * **1:00- 1:45** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **Science**
 * What do living things need to stay alive?**
 * What do living things need to stay alive?**
 * **3:00- 3:10** || **Pack up and bus** ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 30/4/14 // ||

buddy reading calendar, date & straws handwriting focus- dD
 * =Tuesday 6th May K-1= ||  ||
 * **9:15- 11:00** || **Literacy**

Big Book- Dogs & Cats - Linking to writing

fitness- - Reinforce what you do when you are catching. - students throw a tennis ball to a partner underarm and practise one handed catching/

sight word practise- they can write their words on a white board, use magnetic letters to make the words, find the words on the board, work with the teacher to parctise the words or play word bingo as a class (students choose four words and write these on an individual whiteboard- the teacher calls out words and if the students have it they put a counter on the word) ||  ||
 * **11:00- 11:30** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11:30- 1:00** || **Math**

- Discuss things that happen at night time and things that happen at day time - get students to give examples of each and record on the white board ES1 pg 57

- Discuss how can we measure the time something takes. - get students to do short everyday tasks and record how long they take using clapping. compare how long tasks take. S1 pg ||  ||
 * **1:00- 1:45** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1:45- 3:00** || This time can be used for anything- they all enjoy singing, dancing and playing games. ||  ||
 * **3:00- 3:10** || **Pack up and bus** ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 30/4/14 // ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 30/4/14 // ||

buddy reading calendar, date & straws handwriting focus- gG
 * =Wednesday 7th May K-1= ||  ||
 * **9:15- 11:00** || **Literacy**

guided reading, worksheet & reading eggs

fitness- - Reinforce what you do when you are catching. - students work in pairs. They get a tennis ball and throw it too each other counting the number of times they can go without anyone dropping it.

sight word practise ||  ||
 * **11:00- 11:30** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11:30- 1:00** || **Math**
 * -** discuss what do clocks do? what do we use them for?

- get each student to make their own clock. - discuss the hour hand and minute hand. - discuss "o'clock" time and get students to model different times on their clock.

watch the youtube videos: "What Time Is It?" - Telling the Time Song for Children Hickory Dickory Dock from Super Simple Songs

=[|clock template] = S1 pg 51 ||  || - discuss: where do we get food from? (we have looked at how we get milk and the process from cow to store) - Get students to share their faviourate foods and discuss what it is made of and where it comes from. - Discuss: where does the supermarket get food from? - choose one item such as an apple and discuss the steps it takes from a seed to being in the supermarket. ||  ||
 * **1:00- 1:45** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **Science**
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **Science**
 * **3:00- 3:10** || **Pack up and bus** ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 30/4/14 // ||


 * =Thursday 8th May K- 6= ||  ||
 * **9:15- 11:00** || **Literacy**
 * -** buddy reading

K-2 read a book with the teacher and get students to re tell the story, focusing on beginning, middle and end. Students complete the story wheel activity. 3-6 students can choose whether to use a book they have recently read or the "magic finger" which they read as a class to fill in the story wheel activity. Story wheel []

Watch a BTN Episode (choose any off the BTN website) 3-6 students draw up a before and after chart. In one column they write everything they already know about the video topic, in the second column they write what they know after watching the video. K-2 discuss what they know before and after watching the video and compare. ||  ||
 * **11:00- 11:30** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11:30- 1:00** || **Math**

Math activities math games online- abc ya
 * K-1**


 * 3-6**

15 minutes- students fill out as many times tables in the worksheet as they can.

The passing game- The leader suggest an imaginary object to be passed around the circle. The object to be passed around can be a pea, a huge ballon or a sack of potatoes etc. The object is passed from person to person and the idea is to try to keep it from falling and to indicate its size and weight by the action (no talking)
 * 3 pg**
 * 5 pg**
 * 6 pg** ||  ||
 * **1:00- 1:45** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **Art - Mime**
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **Art - Mime**


 * Charades-** divide the class into two teams. Each team takes turns having one person perform the act and the rest of the team guess. They are given one minute each time. If the team guesses correctly they get a point. Possible cards to use include (make and cut into cards)- shopping, eating, watching a movie, sleeping etc ||  ||
 * **3:00- 3:10** || **Pack up and bus** ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 30/4/14 // ||


 * =Friday 9th May K-6= ||  ||
 * **9:15- 11:00** || **Literacy**
 * -** buddy reading

All- interviewing casey and mel

K/1 Sight word testing & reading eggs

Math worksheet- 3 pg 5 pg  6 pg ||   || class dojo reward time ||  ||
 * **11:00- 11:30** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11:30- 1:00** || **Math**
 * K-1** Math activities
 * 3-6** finishing off activity time
 * **1:00- 1:45** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1:45- 3:00** || sport ||  ||
 * **3:00- 3:10** || **Pack up and bus** ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 30/4/14 // ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 30/4/14 // ||