The booklets contain activities in English, mathematics and other subject areas. These activities are suggestions only. The work is not compulsory and it is intended to assist families whilst children are at home from school. Children may need assistance with some of the material.

Name: _________________________ Class: _______________

Stage One Online Resources

Reading Eggs https://readingeggs.com.au/ All students have an online account for this reading website. Please see Seesaw for your childs log on details.

Matific https://www.matific.com/au/en-au/home/ All students have an online account for this maths website. Please see Seesaw for your childs log on details.

Prodigy https://www.prodigygame.com/ All students have an online account for this maths website. Please see Seesaw for your childs log on details. Teachers have assigned work for students and once this is completed they can free play at their own level. A great, fun resource to practice key concepts.

Study ladder https://www.studyladder.com.au/ All students have an online account set up for studyladder. Teachers have assigned work for students to complete.

Learning at Home

Booklet 4

Year 1

Year One Learning at Home Tasks Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 

Task 1‐ Reading Milly the monster 

Task 1‐ Reading Magic Monster 

Task 1‐ Reading Picking apples 

Task 1‐ Reading Gorillas 

Task 1‐ Reading William the whale 

Task 2‐ Writing If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? 

Task 2‐ Writing Learn about what an adjective is & plan your writing.  

Task 2‐ Writing Write a description of Marcel the monster.  

Task 2‐ Writing Draw and plan a description for your own monster.  

Task 2‐ Writing Write a description of your own monster.  

Task 3‐  Spelling Look, cover write, check Vowel Monster  

Task 3‐  Spelling Look, cover write, check Word shapes 

Task 3‐  Spelling Look, cover write, check Handwriting 

Task 3‐  Spelling Look, cover write, check Word Scramble 

Task 3‐  Spelling Look, cover write, check Word search 

Task 4‐ Mathematics‐  Fill in the missing number on the number line.  

Task 4‐ Mathematics ‐  Addition‐ adding  

Task 4‐ Mathematics ‐  Addition on a number line  

Task 4‐ Mathematics ‐  Number partitions  

Task 4‐ Mathematics ‐  Patterns  

Task 5‐ Mathematics   Counting by 2’s 

Task 5‐ Mathematics   Odd numbers 

Task 5‐ Mathematics – Measure  Area 

Task 5‐ Mathematics ‐  Area 

Task 5‐ Mathematics ‐  Estimate and measure area. 

Task 6‐ Grammar Question Marks 

Task 6‐ Grammar Boggle 

Task 6‐ Grammar Punctuation 

Task 6‐ Grammar Make a new word with a different beginning sound. 

Task 6‐ Grammar Question Marks  

 

Optional Tasks These tasks may be completed at any time during the week. 

Science Living Things‐ We are going on a backyard safari!  

History Looking at Maitland and all the historical buildings there are.   

Music The Listening Walk 

Health/PD Washing Hands 

PE Complete as many exercises as you can in 20 second blocks. 

STEM Create a treasure hunt with a map and clues 

STEM Freeze a small toy and time how long it takes to melt.  

Art ANZAC poppies 

 I spy....  Can you find the shapes?  

 ANZAC colouring page  

 

Term 2 Week One Task One – Monday Comprehension: Read the story and answer the questions. Milly the monster There was once a monster named Milly. Milly was a red monster with two sharp teeth, one large eye, and seven smaller eyes at the top of her head. Milly was a very scary monster and liked to scare children all day long.

1. What did Milly like to do all day long? ___________________________________________________

2. What did Milly look like? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Draw a picture of a Milly. Make sure you read her description so you know exactly how she looks.

Monday Task 2

Welcome back! We missed you! It was a strange holidays, not being able to leave the house much, and it got me thinking about where I would go if I could go anywhere in the world. Think about where you would go. Draw or write some words to help you plan your writing below.

Where would you go?

What activities would you do there?

What do you think would be the best part about going there?

Monday Task 2

Write about where you would go if you could go anywhere in the world here: Don’t forget to take a photo of your work and upload it onto Seesaw if you can.

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Task 3 Monday - Spelling

Look, Cover, Write and Check

Look and read the word out loud Cover the word Write the word Check your word

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

book

come

came

for

clip

club

clap

clay

cliff

click

class

clown

A blend is 2 or 3 consonant letters that are grouped together in a word and each letter sound can be heard. For example: br, fl, dr, tw.

8 words in the spelling list have the same blend. What blend is in 8 of the words? _____________

Task 3 Monday – Spelling

There are 5 vowels in the English language. They are

a, e, i, o, u.

A vowel sound is made with an open mouth. Sometimes

the letter ‘y’ can function as a vowel. Every syllable in

a word has a vowel or a vowel sound. A letter that is

not a vowel is called a consonant.

Hot tip! How to remember what the vowels are:

Angry Elephants In Orange Underpants

Visit: https://youtu.be/RUSCz41aDug

Vowel Monster!

Oh no! The Vowel Monster has been eating all the

vowels! Now the words are incomplete. Fill in the

missing letters to complete the words. Use the pictures

to help you work out what the word should be.

cl_b cl_wn

cl_ff cl_p

cl_ck cl_ss

Monday Task 4Fill in the missing numbers on the number line.

Complete the number line, You choose the starting number:

34 35 37 38 39

Task 5 – Monday https://youtu.be/cvYwow1vVQk Starting from 2, circle every second number green.

Starting from 10, circle every tenth number blue.

Helpful Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftati8iGQcs&list=PLM95cb_Szq3am4n6jJw127Q bBlDivZgIc

Monday Task 6 Question Words

Watch the video https://youtu.be/oVpfMdZm8kM to learn about question words. The following words are words that are often found at the beginning of a question. Use the words below to fill in the blanks and turn the sentences into questions.

Who What When Where Why How

1. _____________________ do you like best?

2. _____________________ does Sam get up in the morning?

3. _____________________ don’t you go to the shops, Bob?

4. _____________________ sport does Jane like?

5. _____________________ old are you Alex?

6. _____________________ do they go to every week?

7. _____________________ is Sarah’s birthday?

8. _____________________ are my books?

9. _____________________ are you doing at the moment, Jeff?

10. _____________________ does Jed live?

For more information about question marks, click on the link here, or on our QR

code.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKJIVWoBZHw

Term 2 Week One Task One – Tuesday Comprehension: Read and follow the instructions to make a magic monster.

1. Cover the monster’s body in 12 red dots.2. Give the monster 8 long arms.3. Draw six yellow eyes on the monster’s head.4. Give the monster 4 short legs.5. Draw 2 green pointy antennas on the top of the monster’s

head.6. Give the monster a big smile and a long pink tongue.7. Draw 2 small ears on each side of the monster’s head.8. Give the monster a spikey purple tail.9. Give the monster a name.

Tuesday Task 2 If you can, watch the story Monster Chef available https://youtu.be/67sAb7GBY4E It will help give you ideas for all of your writing tasks this week.

If you can’t watch the story, don’t worry! You can look at the pictures and still complete the tasks. Adjectives are words that we use to descibe a person, place or thing. eg. The loud teacher was working in the gigantic classroom without her terrific students. There are three adjectives in that sentence. They describe the teacher, the classroom and the students. Circle the adjective that best describes the picture below:

table plant knife dog

wooden hot

fast green

sharp pretty

colourful fluffy

car house tree computer square

fast windy

wooden tall

pink fat old

Underline the adjectives in the sentences below: Marcel was a monster of medium size, with crotchety horns and googly eyes. From each perfect dish he took one little bite. There were rotten bananas on apple-core cake, and a dollop of sludge on a beetle-shell bake.

Tuesday Task 2

This is Marcel. He is the monster from Monster Chef. Plan your writing in the box below by writing some adjectives (describing words) to describe what he looks like. Click https://youtu.be/qiETbwPqHaI to watch our lesson.

Task 3 Tuesday – Spelling

Word Shapes

• All letters are either tall, short or long. It is important that we write letters using the correct height or length so that it is easy to read the

word.

• There are seven tall letters. They are b, d, f, h, k, l and t. • There are fourteen short letters. They are a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x and z.

• There are five long letters. They are g, j, p, q and y.

Look at the boxes for each word. Write the correct into each word box.

Make sure that you check that the letters are the correct height or length.

clip

clown

class

come

for

cliff

click

came

club

book

clap

clay

Tuesday Task 4 Addition

1 + 5 = 0 + 5 = 3 + 2 =

3 + 3= 2 + 4 = 3 + 3 =

4 + 1 = 1 + 4 = 4 + 2 =

4 + 6 = 2 + 18 = 50 + 50 =

1 + 9 = 70 + 30 = 80 + 20 =

30 + 70 = 14 + 6 = 2 + 8 =

5 + 15 = 5 + 5 = 17 + 3 =

20 + 80 = 3 + 17 = 40 + 60 =

2 + 8 = 11 + 9 = 100 + 0 =

10 + 90 = 90 + 10 = 3 + 7 =

1 1 2

Task 5 - Tuesday https://youtu.be/7h_jrQzLa_g

Draw the following odd numbers.

3 5 9 7

Circle the even numbers green.

Circle the odd numbers blue.

Boggle Task 6 Tuesday

Boggle – Boggle –

r u n g g b i l o p c t t a e s

Instructions Find as many words in the puzzle as you can. Remember you can use any letters in any order.

r u n g g b i l o p c t t a e s

Instructions Find as many words in the puzzle as you can. Remember you can use any letters in any order.

Record all of the words that you find.

*See if you can find more than 20*

Record all of the words that you find.

*See if you can find more than 20*

Term 2 Week One Task One – Wednesday Comprehension: Read the story and answer the questions. Picking apples Jack is going apple picking with his sister, Sally. They are going to where the apples grow, just near their house. They are going to pick ten apples and take them back home to mum. Their mum is going to use them to bake a delicious apple pie.

1. Where are Jack and Sally going?

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2. What are they going to do with the apples they pick?

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3. How many apples are they going to pick?

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Draw some pictures to show how many apples they could each pick t have ten apples altogether. Think about the friends of ten to help you.

Wednesday Task 2

Using as many adjectives as you can, write a description of Marcel, the monster in the picture, and the Monster from Monster Chef Click https://youtu.be/F_UnIx8-0Es to watch our lesson on this. If you cannot watch, there is an example below. Remember you can ‘borrow’ my ideas, but it is important to use your own ideas as well.

Don’t forget to take a photo of your work and upload it onto Seesaw if you can. __________________________________________________________________________

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Task 3 Wednesday – Spelling

Handwriting

Carefully copy the sentences onto the lines below. Hold your pencil correctly, use the lines to help you form the

letters correctly and make sure that tall, short and long letters are the correct length.

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Clive asked the girl, “Would you like to come and

watch the clever clown juggle some balls?” The girl

was reading a book and wore a clip in her hair.

Visit: https://youtu.be/ATEn4lyTypk

Wednesday Task 4Addition with a number line: https://youtu.be/aho3V_or4Ic

Task 5 - Wednesday

Area is the space inside a shape. Space that a shape covers.

I am placing playing cards over a surface, being careful to line them up and making sure there are no gaps between them. There are 24 cards on the surface.

Activity: Now it’s your turn to find the area of a surface. You can use cards, paper, books, paddle pop sticks or you can choose a different unit of measure.

Remember, make sure your unit of measure can fit together without any gaps. Place them one by one, in rows and columns.

Draw:

The area is ________________________.

Draw:

The area is ________________________. Draw:

The area is ________________________.

Draw:

The area is ________________________.

Wednesday Task 6 Punctuation

Add a capital letter to the beginning of each sentence and proper

noun (name of something) and a fullstop or question mark at the

end of each sentence.

(1) my school is rutherford public

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(2) we will go to maitland shops

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(3) i saw sam at the park

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(4) the girl hit the ball to jack

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(5) i am going to maitland pool

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6. have you seen mr brown on facebook

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Term 2 Week One Task One – Thursday Comprehension: Read the story and answer the questions. Gorillas Gorillas live in a family called a troop. Gorillas mostly eat leaves, tree shoots and some fruit. Some gorillas eat insects like ants. Male gorillas are called silverbacks because of the silver hair that grows on their back after they grow up. They can grow to be as tall as a man and they can weigh up to 200 kilograms. They are very heavy!

1. What are male gorillas called? Why?

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2. What kinds of food do gorillas eat?

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3. Why are gorillas very heavy?

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Draw a troop (family) of gorillas.

Thursday Task 2

Today you need to design your own Monster. It can be any type of monster you like.

Draw and colour it in the space below.

Once you have finished, label your monster with adjectives to describe what you can see.

Click https://youtu.be/RVcalOZdFPM to watch a lesson on this.

Task 3 Thursday – Spelling

Word Scramble

Oh no! All the letters are mixed up! Can you work out each word and write it correctly?

clip

clown

class

come

for

cliff

click

came

club

book

clap

clay

Thursday Task 4 https://youtu.be/CwZ8ofMxn30

Complete the number partitions by writing numbers

or drawing the dots in the empty circles:

7

24 13

4 9

6 4

Examples:

Task 5 - Thursday Area is the space inside a shape. Today are learning to measure a shapes area. Count the squares inside each shape, this is the area of the shape.

How many squares inside the red square? ___________

How many squares inside the purple rectangle? __________

How many squares inside the green rectangle? _________

How many squares inside the blue squares? __________

Can you draw a shape that is 6 squares big?

Online learning activity OPTIONAL: https://www.splashlearn.com/area-games-for-3rd-graders

Thursday Task 6 Initial letters

Change the initial letter (beginning letter) to make a new word.

Then write the new word in the box underneath. bat rat

b w v h

rug fish man nut

h n t g

sit wet pop jet

w p r h

bag leg tug jam

f d w m

bin log pig top

Term 2 Week One Task One – Friday Comprehension: Read the story and answer the questions. William the whale William is a big blue whale. He lives in the ocean and swims with his whale friends. William loves to dive deep down into the water and then jump high into the air. He blows water out the top of his head in a large spout and flaps his tail hard on the water when he is playing.

1. Where does William live?

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2. What does William love to do?

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3. Write something you know about whales.

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Draw a whale jumping high into the air and leaving splashes as he swims.

Friday Task 2

Using as many adjectives as you can, write a description of your monster. Click https://youtu.be/7aMvTyxko5c to watch our lesson on this.

Don’t forget to take a photo of your work and upload it onto Seesaw if you can. __________________________________________________________________________

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Task 3 Friday – Spelling

Word Search

Find the spelling words in the word search. Words can be either across or

down. Can you find them all?

clip

clown

class

come

for

cliff

click

came

club

book

clap

clay

Friday Task 4 https://youtu.be/Jl7EwPp6HQ0

Complete the next 3 parts of the patterns:

2, 4, 6, 5, 10, 15, 10, 20, 30,

Have a go with your own pattern in the last box.

Task 5 - Friday Estimate means to have a guess of what you think the answer could be.

Activity: Estimate the total number of squares, then check the number of squares.

Estimate_________

Number of squares_____

Estimate_________

Number of squares_________

Estimate_________

Number of squares_________

Estimate_________

Number of squares_________

Estimate_________

Number of squares_________

Question Marks Task 6 Friday

The main question words are

what who where why when how

Choose a question word and add to the sentence

1. _________________ is your name?

2. _________________ are you going on Saturday?

3. _________________ are you going to the park?

4. __________________ do you make a chocolate cake?

Now try writing some question sentences yourself 1. ________________________________________________________________________

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2. ________________________________________________________________________

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3. ________________________________________________________________________

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4. ________________________________________________________________________

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Science Lesson – Living Things – We Are Going On A Safari!

Watch the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr5gTgdoBuQ&feature=youtu.be

A living thing is something that eats/drinks, moves, grows and reproduces (makes babies).

Explore your backyard. How many living things can you see? Complete the following

activity:

Is It Living? Look at the “thing” in the first column. Think about if it moves, grows/changes, breathes, eats/drinks or make babies. Put a X for no, a ✓ for yes or a ? for unsure in each box.

Does it move all by itself?

Does it grow and change?

Does it breathe?

Does it need food and water to survive?

Does it reproduce?

worm

car

Soccer ball

Flower

Dog

Chicken nuggets

History What historical (really old) buildings can be seen in Maitland?

We are looking at how things have changed throughout our local history. Many of the historical buildings in Maitland were built around 1850. That is over 150 years ago! Here are a few buildings that have been built throughout history. Do you know of any other buildings or structures in Australia that have a historical importance? Hint: Sydney has a really big bridge.

Match the picture to the name of the building:

1. Maitland Goal

2. Maitland Post Office

3. Fire station

Draw a picture of a historical place that you have seen locally in Maitland:

Optional Music activity

The Listening Walk Listen to The Listening Walk by Paul Showers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLs4r8lHUSg or, make a list of all the sounds you might hear on a walk around your area. Materials needed: paper, pens/textas/pencil

Activity:

With an adult go for a walk around your local area or sit in your backyard. Make a list of all the sounds you can hear and where you heard them. Draw a picture to show each sound you heard. Use your voice, body or an object from home to recreate the sounds you heard.

My Listening Walk

Wash Your hands

Before eating or touching food

After patting animals After going to the toilet

After playing with friends and equipment

After coughing or sneezing

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ith our eyes. They spread very easily and som

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ake us very sick. W

ashing our hands regularly can help stop the spread of germs and

diseases. Colour this poster to remind you w

hen to wash your hands. Ask

your grown up if you can stick it near the sink.

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Optional PE Activity Complete the following activities. Write down how of each while you count to 20.

STEM Activity 1:

Create a treasure hunt for someone in your house. You need to create a map and add some clues for them to find the hidden treasure.

(You could make a card for the person and hide that as the treasure)

MAP

CLUES:

1. ______________________________________

2. ______________________________________

3. ______________________________________

4. ______________________________________

5. ______________________________________

6. ______________________________________

STEM Activity 2

Freeze a small toy or coin and see how long it takes to melt.

Instructions:

1. Find a small toy or coin

2. Place item in small container and cover

with water

3. Place in freezer and wait for it to freeze.

4. Take out and place on towel or paper towel.

5. Video or time the item to see how long it takes to melt.

6. Upload a video or photo for your teacher to see.

Answer:

How long did it take for your item to melt? ____________

Activity:

Draw a picture of the item melting:

Optional Art Activity: ANZAC Poppies Materials: Piece of plain paper, pencil, water paints, pencils, textas etc to colour in final product.

Use this link: https://www.artforkidshub.com/draw-poppies/ to watch the video and follow instructions. OR, use different colours to colour in each section of the attached Poppy. Cut and display in your window.

Optional Activity: I Spy

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