Week+Eleven+T1+2014

- revision of sight words
 * =Monday 7th April= ||  ||
 * **9:15- 11:00** || - Testing students on all sounds learnt this term.

- spelling worksheets - reading eggs ||  ||
 * **11:00- 11:30** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11:30- 1:00** || TEN- Students roll two dice. They cover one and count on. Tash- roll two dice, add together, roll one dice and add on, keep a running total.

-counting forwards and backwards - skip counting

cooking for the farewell ||  || - read the book Johnny cakes - discuss the text type and how it differs from how the birds got their colours. - make johnny cakes.
 * **1:00- 1:45** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **Quiet reading**
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **Quiet reading**

** Homework ** ||  ||
 * **3:00- 3:10** || **Pack up and bus** ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 26/3/14 // ||

- finish testing AJ on words - watch phonics song & revise unkown sight words and sounds.
 * =Tuesday 8th April= ||  ||
 * **9:15- 11:00** || - morning circle

Book Study: How the birds got their colours

Before Reading: - review the title of the book ad identify the author and illustrator - revisit the text. discuss the key events and characters - students take turns to retell the sequence of the story. -Discuss what are dream time stories? - Inform the students about dreamtime stories [|Dreamtime Info] [|Dream time Info] - read the book

after reading: - discuss have you changed any of your thoughts about the book now knowing more about dream time stories? - is there anything you noticed when reading this time that you hadn't before

cooking for the farwell ||  ||
 * **11:00- 11:30** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11:30- 1:00** || TEN- Students roll two dice. They cover one and count on. Tash- roll two dice, add together, roll one dice and add on, keep a running total.

- counting forwards and backwards - skip counting

cooking for the farewell ||  ||
 * **1:00- 1:45** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **Quiet reading** ||  ||
 * **3:00- 3:10** || **Pack up and bus** ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 26/3/14 // ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 26/3/14 // ||

Get the students to get out their passage. Get the students to follow along with their finger while the teacher reads and then everyone reads.
 * =Wednesday 9th April= ||  ||
 * **9:15- 11:00** || Book Study: how the birds got their colours

- review the title of the book and identify the author and illustrator - revisit the text. discuss the key events and characters - students take turns to retell the sequence of the story.

Inform: today we are going to listen to a different dreamtime story.

Discuss: - what is a dream time story? - who is it written by?

-Watch the following youtube Aborginal dreaming story: [|Platypus]

Discuss: - what happened in this story? (beginning, middle and end) - who was in the story? - what is the moral of the story - is there any similarities between this story and how the birds got their colours. ||  ||
 * **11:00- 11:30** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11:30- 1:00** || TEN- Students roll two dice. They cover one and count on. Tash- roll two dice, add together, roll one dice and add on, keep a running total.

- counting forwards and backwards - skip counting.

cooking for the farewell. ||  ||
 * **1:00- 1:45** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1:45- 3:00** || Decorating the cake ||  ||
 * **3:00- 3:10** || **Pack up and bus** ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 26/3/14 // ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn 26/3/14 // ||