Thursday 30 April 2020

W5 Thursday Learning Blog

Good morning Reception Class ๐Ÿ˜Ž Welcome to Week 5 Virtual School!

There are 3 different learning areas for you to work on every day.
Try to follow the instructions carefully and complete the tasks according to your learning pace!

Please be prepared to share some of your work during the end of the day Zoom meeting at 11:30 am with your teachers. Don't forget to upload at least one task on Tapestry for teachers to see how hard you've been working daily! Keep up the good work ๐Ÿ˜Š

1) Library Book (Reading & Speaking)
Learning Objectives (LO): 40-60+ Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books. Enjoys an increasing range of books. Knows that information can be retrieved from books and computers. Reading ELG - Children read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common irregular words. They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.


       Spend some time listening to David Williams free audio stories for your library time! David Walliams currently uploads his audio books 11:00 am daily.


You can also use Oxford Owl to look for some audio books as well!

Oxford Owl Library

Amazon Audible provides free audio books for children at the moment for a month. 
Enjoy browsing and listening to some stories at home ๐Ÿ˜‰


Some questions to ask your child while reading together:
Parents Reading Prompts

Let's read a book with Ms. Yati about pirates!



2) Mathematics (SSM)
Learning Objectives (LO): ELG - Children use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems. They recognize, create and describe patterns. They explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them. 

There are two different types of Maths activities. Please feel free to move from one star challenge to another depending on your mastery remembering what works best for you.
Don't forget that learning is fun ๐Ÿ˜‰

Please download and work on Numbots daily if possible.

⭐ - 1 Star Challenge:

You will be using your own 2D shapes dice today to play shape hopscotch!
Draw and cut down as many 2D shapes as you can and play shape hopscotch at home.

Have a look at how Ms. Anji played shape hopscotch game ๐Ÿ˜Š


⭐⭐ - 2 Star Challenge:

We will practice how to sort 2D shapes by their properties. What are vertices?
Vertices are pointy parts (corners) in the shapes! 

Have a look at the video and try to sort 2D shapes you have at home.
Can you count how many vertices are in each shape with Ms. MJ?



2D shapes properties activity

2D Shapes Properties Poster

3) Topic (Transportation)
Learning Objectives (LO): ELG - Children use what they have learnt about media and materials in original ways, thinking about uses and purposes. They represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role play and stories.

You will be making 2D shapes collage today. You can make your favorite transportation or waterborne transportation such as boats, submarines, canoes, ships, etc with 2D shapes!

Be creative ๐Ÿ˜€

Transport Collage Craft - Simply Kinder      
      Transportation Shapes Collage Template | Transportation crafts ...





You may also use these shapes below to match accordingly. What are the shapes you see?
How many sides and vertices do each shape has? Have fun playing with shapes!

Shapes Matching Activity