Week+Ten+T3+2014

sight word testing buddy reading
 * **Monday 15th September** ||
 * **9:15- 11:00** || **Literacy**

2 students reading with the teacher while the other two are on reading eggs and then swap. Tash & Maddie- L16 Great Day Out Kai & Aj- L8 Making Lunch

All: - free writing of own choice - making words using magnetic letters and recording in their book.

Watch the scarecrow [|The scarecrow] Stopping the video at various intervals and discuss. Reading response: students make up a healthy meal- draw and labell. ||  || K Rainforest Math- Beads, 2D shapes, Numbers 1 Rainforest Math- 2s patterns
 * **11:00- 11:30** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11:30- 1:00** || **Math**

ASSESSMENTS- K: numbers to 20 pg130 patterns pg 128

1: numbers to 30 pg 117 number patterns pg 136 ||  || - discuss what it would be like going to a school in Sydney. - compare the students schooling experiences to that of children living in cities. - Fill in a table with the following columns: how we get to school, how many children in my class, how many children in my school, how long does it take to get to school, weekend hobbies.
 * **1:00- 1:45** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **Science**
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **Science**

[|Japanese Children] Read over the following pages: schools, food, homework etc - compare with schooling in Australia. ||  ||
 * **3:00- 3:10** || **Pack up and bus** ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn // ||

- buddy reading - calendar
 * **Tuesday 16th September**
 * - Kinder Orientation Day 1** ||
 * **9:15- 11:00** || **Literacy** ||  ||
 * || - sight word testing (preschoolers listen to book)

Tash & Maddie, Kai & AJ- read the readers they read in these groups yesterday. Preschoolers: Reading Eggs Big Book- I can & worksheet

Preschoolers: Learning the letter S - [|Jolly Phonics - S] - Reading eggs letter S activities - practise writing S on the whiteboards - S handwriting worksheet - make S with play dough.

Es1 & 1: using the alphabet cubes make as many words as they can. (They can work together)

Watch: Alphablocks- Alphabet ||  || [|Starter Activity - Patterns]
 * **11:30- 1:00** || **Math**

Preschoolers: make patterns using blocks. Then colour in the shapes to make patterns. (worksheet found at above link) K- rainforest Math: beads

ES1: cut and paste making picture patterns. (fruit)

S1: counting by 2's, 5's and 10's. -Targeting Math pg 66

- Targeting Math App if finished. ||  || - stations: art and craft, meccano, board games, puzzles, dess upps - singing and dancing. ||  ||
 * **1:00- 1:45** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1:45- 3:00** || read book
 * **1:45- 3:00** || read book
 * **3:00- 3:10** || **Pack up and bus** ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** ||

- reading with the teacher in pairs - other students making words using magnetic letters.
 * **Wednesday 17th September** ||
 * **9:15- 11:00** || **Literacy**
 * -** buddy reading & sight words.

Visiting the preschool ||  || Sit in the classroom and observe.
 * **11:00- 11:30** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11:30- 1:00** || **Scripture**

All: Calendars
 * Math**

Students count from 1 to 30 (31) on a calendar display for one month. They are then asked to discuss the pattern of days – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.

Possible questions include: ❚ is there a pattern to the days? ❚ what dates will be Tuesdays? ❚ how many Mondays will there be in this month?

ES1Describing Repeating Patterns using Numbers

The teacher makes a repeating pattern using multilink cubes

This pattern is called a ‘three’ pattern because the pattern repeats after every third cube.

Possible questions include: ❚ how many cubes are in each group that repeats? (three) ❚ how many groups are in your pattern? (three) ❚ what is the total number of cubes in the pattern? (nine)

With teacher guidance, students record the pattern using drawings. They are encouraged to use numbers in their recording

practise counting by 2's, 5's and 10's. ||  || - Discuss: what language do we speak? - Question: do you know anyone who speaks any other languages? where might you hear people speaking other languages? - Discuss what other types of communication people use- body language and gesture and why. - Get the students to work in pairs and express a thought through using body language or gesture. The other student has to try and figure out what they mean. - Practise saying hello in different languages and compare and discuss the different sounds. [|Hello all around the world] ||  ||
 * **1:00- 1:45** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **HSIE**
 * **1:45- 3:00** || **HSIE**
 * **3:00- 3:10** || **Pack up and bus** ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn // ||