Gembrook Primary School Remote Learning Tasks

*Please note, there will be no Webex sessions today, due to 1/2 staff planning day.*

Grade 1/2 Learning Tasks Term 3 Week 9 TuesdayREADING:

Learning Intention:I can make an inference.Success Criteria:I have made an inference to deepen my understanding of a text.Learning Resources Required:Exercise book/lined paper, pencils, and an iPhone/tablet/computer.Learning Task:Inferring: An inference is a smart guess, theory or conclusion made about a text or acharacter in a text. To make an inference we must make a logical connection betweenclues from the text - what the text actually said, and our schema - what we know fromour own experiences.

1. Watch Miss Watson read ‘Our Home, Our Heartbeat’ by Adam Briggs here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQxnnMV4glY

2. Use the prompts in the anchor charts below to assist you in making inferencesabout the text:

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3. Track your thinking by making inferences about the text:○ What do you think the characters are saying?○ What does the author mean by ‘Our home, our heartbeat.’ How do you

know?4. Move onto 15-20 minutes of independent reading. Books can be accessed via

Epic Books or Reading Eggs. Students can also use their own readers fromhome.

Epic class codes: (NOTE: EPIC is only available during school hours).● 1F- kqg2856● 1V- exv8906● 2W- lzb7693● 2B- xkr0081

Extension Learning Task:Track your thinking by using another comprehension strategy such as: visualising,predicting, making connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world), determiningimportance, questioning, and summarising.WRITING

Learning Intention:I can follow a recount structure to retell an event by using descriptive words.Success Criteria:I have used the 5W’s to write the introduction of my personal recount.Learning Resources Required:Exercise book, pencils, and iPhone/tablet/computer.Learning Task:Personal recount: to retell a special event or experience in an entertaining way. Althoughwe can’t do many things we would normally do at the moment, we can remember andreflect upon special events we have experienced in our lives.

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1. Using your brainstorm from yesterday, pick a topic to write about.2. Write your title at the top of the page.3. In an introduction/orientation, we need to include the following:

○ What is the event?○ When and where did it happen?○ Who was there?○ Why did it take place?

4. Watch for an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n4Mk91vjlM5. Write your own introduction/orientation. For example:

Extension Learning Task:Recounts can often be about longer events, your challenge is to pick one part of a smallerevent and describe that part in lots of detail in the next few days.BREAK: ensure students have a well-earned break with a snack, rest, and a game/physicalactivity.

MATHS

Learning Intention:I can identify the different seasons.Success Criteria:I have created a display that shows the weather features associated with each season.Learning Resources Required:Exercise book/lined paper, pencils, household objects, and an iPhone/tablet/computer,Learning Task: SeasonsWatch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=061ePX3k-hAIn the southern parts of Australia, the year is divided up into 4 seasons: spring, summer,autumn and winter.

Gembrook Primary School Remote Learning Tasks

1. In your workbook, complete the following:2. What is the current month?3. What is the current season?4. What other months are in this season?5. Draw a picture that shows what the weather and environment is like in this

current season.Extension Learning Task: Divide your page into quarters. In each part, write each season,the months of each season and a picture to show what the weather and environment islike in each season.SPELLING

Learning Intention:I can extend my written and oral vocabulary.Success Criteria: I have inquired about the different parts of my vocabulary word ‘hoarse’.Learning Resources Required:Exercise book, pencils, and an iPhone/tablet/computer.Learning Task:

1. Watch ‘Zog’ by Julia Donaldson, and look out for our vocab word 'hoarse', for thisweek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIfisxC8DuU

2. Click on the link below to discover the meaning of 'hoarse'.https://www.dictionary.com/browse/hoarse

3. In your book record:● The vocab word and its definition.● List 3-4 synonyms and antonyms for the word 'hoarse'.● Write a sentence using the word 'hoarse'.● Draw a picture that matches your sentence.

BREAK: ensure students have a well-earned break with lunch, rest, and a game/physicalactivity.

ART

Learning Intention:I can explore and practice the use of visual conventions in artworks.Success Criteria:I have explored and practiced the use of visual conventions in artworks.Focus artwork

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Learning Resources Required:● White A4 Sheet● Grey led or a black fine liner● Ruler

Learning Task: What can we do with the Art Element: Line (Patterned drawings)This week we are going to learn some amazing designs that can be drawn using the artelement, line.Watch the following videos

● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVJoxIwgj6Y● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y19KUAXKFnM● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8PpYI3cPbE● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW7-uVzhavs&t=19s1. Divide your A4 sheet into twenty little squares, first draw three vertical lines (black

lines) and then draw four horizontal lines (red lines) using your ruler.

2. Use these squares to do your pattern drawings.3. Watch the videos and follow instructions to draw the patterns to fill your squares.4. Be creative and come up with your own line patterns as well.

Remember to take photos of your artwork and share your artwork on Padlet if youwish: https://padlet.com/dharmdee/LD4_art2021T3Instructions to upload your work onto Padlet

1. Click the link above.2. To add your artwork, click on the pink plus button on the bottom right hand

corner of the screen.

3. It will open up another small screen as below.

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4. Type in your name and a title.5. Describe your artwork and what inspired you to do this.6. To attach the photo, use the bottom links (the arrow) and follow the prompts.

7. Your work will be automatically saved.8. To edit, click the pencil mark on the right-hand side of the new small screen. It’ll

pop up when you hover your mouse over the screen.Please make sure you adhere to appropriate school rules and protocols on the‘responsible use of online media and technology’.PHYSICAL ACTIVITYPlease choose an activity from the grid provided.