LEARNING FROM HOME - WEEK 4 - TERM 3 - 2021 Year 2 Monday and Tuesday Overview Hello Year 2! Welcome to Week 4 of Learning from Home! We are so proud of the hard work you are all putting in. Remember to try your best to complete the work. Many of you must be watching the Olympic Games. It’s been so great to see so many Australian athletes participating. On Monday our Zoom class session will be a ‘Green and Gold’ theme so we can support our inspiring athletes. You may have an Australian jersey you want to wear, or you can just wear the green and gold colours. Just a reminder that tasks which have the yellow star, need to be completed and submitted through Seesaw. Your teacher will then mark it and give you feedback on this task . Keep up the good work! From Mrs Perry, Mrs Loftus, Miss Zhan, Miss Duignan, Miss Modesto and Mrs Sian
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LEARNING FROM HOME - WEEK 4 - TERM 3 - 2021
Year 2 Monday and Tuesday Overview
Hello Year 2!
Welcome to Week 4 of Learning from Home! We are so proud of the hard workyou are all putting in. Remember to try your best to complete the work.
Many of you must be watching the Olympic Games. It’s been so great to see somany Australian athletes participating. On Monday our Zoom class session willbe a ‘Green and Gold’ theme so we can support our inspiring athletes. You mayhave an Australian jersey you want to wear, or you can just wear the green andgold colours.
Just a reminder that tasks which have the yellow star, need to be completedand submitted through Seesaw. Your teacher will thenmark it and give you feedback on this task .
Keep up the good work!From Mrs Perry, Mrs Loftus, Miss Zhan, Miss Duignan, Miss Modesto and MrsSian
LEARNING FROM HOME - WEEK 4 - TERM 3 - 2021
Year 2 OverviewMonday
Morning EnglishReadingWatch ‘The Lorax’ on Youtube - make sure you read along as the words light up.
The Lorax - Read Aloud Picture Book
Think of adjectives that describe the Lorax, the Truffula Trees and theBar-Ba-loots.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun. They can be words thatdescribe their looks or their personality.
Use your five senses to help think of a range of adjectives:
1. What does it look like?2. What does it feel like?3. What does it smell like?4. What does it taste like?5. What does it sound like?
Remember to only use the sense if it is appropriate.
Complete ‘The Lorax Adjectives’ worksheet.
Write a paragraph with at least five sentences thatdescribes either the Lorax, the Truffula Trees or theBar-ba-loots. Remember to proofread and edit your workusing “CUPS.”
WritingWe listened to the story ‘Hey, Little Ant’ last week. (You can listen to it againhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/ehH6l6v5sYM)
In the story, the boy and the ant are trying to persuade each other to agree with their point ofview. Think about some situations where you might need to persuade others?For example:
● How do you convince a friend to play a certain game?● Or get your parents to cook a favourite meal?● Or persuade a teacher to do a special activity?
Watch ‘Persuasive Writing For Kids: What is It?’https://www.youtube.com/embed/hD9arWXIddM video on YouTube.Think about:
● What is persuasive writing?● Why do people write persuasive texts?● What different types of persuasive texts are there?
Watch Miss Duignan’s Powerpoint video Exploring Persuasive Texts. You can also access thison Seesaw.Look at the structure of persuasive texts, as outlined on the slides.Press pause and complete the ‘Persuasive Text Structure’ worksheet using the heading‘Children Should Not Eat Fast Food.Once you have completed the worksheet, go on to the next slide to check your answers.
RECESSTry to sit outside or go for a walk to get some fresh air.
Middle 11:30am - Zoom Call- Green and Gold Theme!
Don’t forget to wear green and gold to support our Australian Olympic athletes. You may wantto dress up as your favourite Olympian or wear a sport outfit.
We will be doing our Spelling pre-test, so remember to bring a pencil and piece of paper.
‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie – oi, oi, oi!
Brain Break:
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, blast off!
Imagine you’re a rocket ship going to the moon.Count backwards starting at 5. After saying eachnumber, squat down lower and lower. When yousay blast off, jump up into the air and land back onyour feet.
Pretend you’re on the moon, walking and moving in slow motion.
Time to come back to Earth! Count backwards from 5 in slow motion, slowly squatting lowerand lower. When you get to zero and it’s time to ‘blast off’ back to normal speed!
Mathematics
Warm up: Fill in the number of the day.Number of the day: 45Here is an example of how to complete theworksheet.
SubtractionWe are going to revise the different strategies to solve subtraction problems. The first strategywe will look at is the ‘split strategy’.
Watch the video Year 2 Week 4 Split Strategy Revision.mp4 to remind you how to set out thesplit strategy.Have a piece of paper and pencil ready!Complete the ‘Two-digit subtraction riddle’ worksheet using the split strategy and then solvethe riddle. Please show your working out!
LUNCH TIMESit with your parents/carer/sibling outside and have a healthy lunch. Try to play a game or handball or go
for a walk.
Afternoon Geography
The ‘Natural Wonders of the World’ is a collection ofmagnificent places and displays that occur naturally.These are:
● Rio Harbour – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.● The Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.● Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA.● Aurora Borealis, Various Places.● Victoria Falls, Zambia and Zimbabwe.● Paricutin, Michoacan, Mexico.● Mount Everest, Nepal and China.
We are very lucky because there is one right here in Australia! The Great Barrier Reef, whichis in Queensland, has been chosen as one of the naturalwonders of the world because it is beautiful, important andunique.
Go to the following link and watch thevideo about the Great Barrier Reef.https://clickv.ie/w/kg8qTo access ‘Clickview’:Username: use your DoE sign inPassword: (the same ones you use for
Mathletics orZoom).
Write important information from the video using the ‘Great BarrierReef’ mindmap worksheet.
**If you have finished all your work, you may want to work on the Week 4 Project -
Potato Olympics. This is posted on Seesaw. Remember this is an OPTIONAL activity**
ReadingLog into Seesaw and read ‘Earth Rocks!’Answer the comprehension questions that follow.Remember to read the information carefullybefore you answer the questions.
WritingWatch Miss Duignan’s Powerpoint videoStructure of a Persuasive Text Powerpoint. (Youcan also watch this on Seesaw)Press pause to complete the ‘Sequencing’worksheet about Dogs, by placing numbers 1-6into the boxes to correctly order the text.Continue to the next slide to check your answers.Go through the whole Powerpoint video andcomplete ‘Sequencing 2’ about Homework.You will need to place the numbers 1-4 into the boxes to correctly order the text.Remember to use the connectives to help you order the arguments.
SpellingWatch the video ‘Spelling Rule Lesson: Adding theSuffixes -ful and -fully’https://www.youtube.com/embed/mPcDqoWnJ3g
Remember:● For most words you can add the suffix -ful.● If the base word ends in a vowel + y, then just add the suffix –ful.● If the base word ends in a consonant + y, then change the 'y' to an 'i' and then add the
suffix.
Use the following words to add the suffix ‘ful’ or ‘ly’ and write the answers ‘FUL and LY Sorting’worksheet
RECESSTry to sit outside or go for a walk to get some fresh air.
Middle Mathematics
Warm up: Number of the day: 78The second strategy we are going to revise is the ‘jump strategy.’Watch the video Year 2 Week 4 Jump Strategy Revision.mp4 to remind you how to use thejump strategy.Remember to have a piece of paper and pencil ready.
Complete the ‘Practising Jump Strategy’ worksheet.If counting backwards is a little tricky for you, use the Hundreds Chart to help you.
Fast Finisher: Time yourself on the subtraction maths drill. How fast can you complete it?
Brain BreakTable Top Push-ups:Place your hands on the side of a table, desk or benchtop sothat your fingers are almost touching. Take 2-3 steps awayfrom the table. Lower your chest to the table so that your chesttouches the table and push back up. Repeat 10 times.
Library
This term we are reading the books nominated for the Children’sBook Council Awards in the Early Childhood category. Our booktoday is called ‘Anemone is not the Enemy’ by Anna McGregor. Lookat the cover of the book and discuss with a grown-up what younotice and what you think the story might be about.Enjoy listening to the story ‘Anemone is not the Enemy’ on StoryboxLibrary here:https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/stories/anemone-is-not-the-enemy
Username: lindfieldPassword: stories405
After listening to the story, complete the ‘Anemone is not the Enemy’ worksheet in yourworkbook. You will be drawing and labelling a rock pool and describing why the rockpoolsetting is important to the story.
LUNCH TIME
Afternoon Science
Water is one of Earth’s Treasures.Walk around your house and find out 4 different wayswater is used in your home. Complete the ‘Science -Water: One of Earth’s Treasures’ worksheet.Draw a picture and write a sentence about how it isused. **This task is to be submitted on Seesaw formarking**
On your worksheet, list 5 things that have never required water. Think really carefully. Forexample, if you said, “reading a book.” Think about…
● What is paper made from? Trees!● What do trees need to grow? Water!
So even reading a book needed water at one point! Make sure you show your thinking byexplaining how it doesn’t need water.
A drought occurs when it doesn’t rain for a long time. You can watch the read aloud ofDrought by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley to see what can happen if there is no water.https://www.youtube.com/embed/goAhkZNhDek
**If you have finished all your work, you may want to work on the Week 4 Project -
Potato Olympics. This is posted on Seesaw. Remember this is an OPTIONAL activity**
