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ES1 Date, calendar Etc S1 spelling challenge: 5 minutes to write as many words that use the rule individually "dropping the final e when adding ing) eg hope +ing = hoping, ride +ing = riding. share words with each other and see which word they both have.
 * **Thursday 24th July** ||
 * **9:20- 10:15** || **Literacy**

Spelling/Sight words: K/1: Grace, Zane, Callum and Blake (with teachers aide) flash card identification of words. Practise writing words on whiteboard (use flash cards if necessary) Maddison, Sienna and Ellouise (work with teacher) flash card identification of words. Practise writing words on whiteboard – make a list of unknown words and practise these. Yr 2: Sam and Fletcher place their spelling words into sentences and read them to each other.

Handwriting- v Personal News ||  || EISTEDFOD PRACTISE- computer>facility>teacher>curriculum>eistedfod>what's your excuse ||  ||
 * **10.15-10.25** || **Crunch n Sip** ||  ||
 * **10.25-11.20** || **Learning Support- Literacy** ||  ||
 * **11:20- 11:45** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11.45-12.45** || **Learning Support- Math** ||  ||
 * **12:45- 1:10** || **RFF** ||  ||
 * **1:10- 1.55** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1.55-3.15** || **Music K-6**
 * **1.55-3.15** || **Music K-6**
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn // ||

ES1 Date, Calendar Etc S1 spelling challenge:[|Spelling rules] Plurals- ending in es
 * **Friday 25th July** ||
 * **9:20- 10:15** || **Literacy**

Personal news (as missed yesterday) Spelling/Sight words: K/1: Grace, Zane, Callum and Blake (with teachers aide) flash card identification of words. Practise writing words on whiteboard (use flash cards if necessary) Maddison, Sienna and Ellouise (work with teacher) flash card identification of words. Practise writing words on whiteboard – make a list of unknown words and practise these. Yr 2: Test each other on their weekly words

Reading groups- grammar/ comprehension/ vocab/phonemic awareness ||  || All: teacher asks students to make a line from shortest to tallest. The teacher asks questions eg who is the tallest, shortest, who is taller than___?
 * **10.15-10.25** || **Crunch n Sip** ||  ||
 * **10.25-11.20** || **Math**

ES1 Am I taller or shorter? Students move independently around the classroom and identify three objects that are taller than or shorter than themselves. Record by drawing and labelling. worksheet:

S1 Measure with one unit Students are given one specific unit (e.g. one popstick, streamer or 1 m ruler). Measure and compare objects in the classroom or playground, such as the circumference of the tree. worksheet: ||  || All: - discuss how people grow and change - discuss how animals grow and change
 * **11:20- 11:45** || **Recess** ||  ||
 * **11.45-12.45** || **Science**

2-6 Discuss: how can you research a topic? - what are valid sources of information? what are not?

-Group leaders to check on experiment, take photos and report back to class.

Students choose one of the following to research the life cycle of : -butterfly - frog - chicken

K-1 Read the book- the hungry caterpillar. Discuss what happens to the caterpillar and how he changes. Discuss how people change in their life eg grow bigger, loose baby teeth etc. [|Butterfly Lifecycle Video] [|Butterfly Lifecycle] labelling and colouring in worksheet ||  || EISTEDFOD PRACTISE- computer>facility>teacher>curriculum>eistedfod>what's your excuse
 * **12:45- 1:10** || **Scripture** ||  ||
 * **1:10- 1.55** || **Lunch** ||  ||
 * **1.55-3.15** || **Science/ICT**
 * **1.55-3.15** || **Science/ICT**

2-6 Story jumper- students design and make their own book based around the life cycle of their chosen topic. K-1 Take photos of living things and non living things and make a video on the ipads. ||  ||
 * || **Dismissal** // Natasha Dunn // ||