Reading
We recommend that your child/ren read 15-30 minutes daily, depending on their age or ability.
Picture Quilt
“What pictures do I see in my mind when I am reading?”
After you have completed your daily reading, use the hexagon template to draw one of the pictures you saw in your head when you were reading. Include all the details that you can.
Remember to bring this back to school with you to add to your class display.
After you have completed your daily reading, use the hexagon template to draw one of the pictures you saw in your head when you were reading. Include all the details that you can.
Remember to bring this back to school with you to add to your class display.
| Hexagon |
What Strange Things can you Imagine?
Activity One
Take a really good look at the image from Imagine a City by Elise Hurst.
What can see in the image? What does the image make you wonder about? Is there anything you find strange in the image?
Activity Two
Make a list of other strange things that you could write about. Make sure you keep it safe and bring it back to school with you as you can put it in your Writer’s Notebook as some writing seeds.
Activity Three
Choose one of your writing seeds and bring it to life! Write with lots of details so whoever reads it can ‘see’ the story in their head.
Take a really good look at the image from Imagine a City by Elise Hurst.
What can see in the image? What does the image make you wonder about? Is there anything you find strange in the image?
Activity Two
Make a list of other strange things that you could write about. Make sure you keep it safe and bring it back to school with you as you can put it in your Writer’s Notebook as some writing seeds.
Activity Three
Choose one of your writing seeds and bring it to life! Write with lots of details so whoever reads it can ‘see’ the story in their head.
‘All the Ways to be Smart’
Activity One
Read / watch ‘All the Ways to be Smart’ by Davina Bell.
What did you like about this book? You can share your thoughts with a family member or carer, or you could write them down.
Activity Two
Use the ‘I’m a Proud Peacock’ template to write down all the ways you are smart, and colour it in. Remember to bring this back to school with you to add to your class display.
Read / watch ‘All the Ways to be Smart’ by Davina Bell.
What did you like about this book? You can share your thoughts with a family member or carer, or you could write them down.
Activity Two
Use the ‘I’m a Proud Peacock’ template to write down all the ways you are smart, and colour it in. Remember to bring this back to school with you to add to your class display.
| Proud Peacock |
Name Template
Activity One
Print or draw your name using bubble letters. Inside each letter, draw something that is close to your heart (something that you really care about).
Remember to bring this back to school with you to add to your class display.
Activity Two
Choose one of the things that is close to your heart and write about why it is important to you.
Print or draw your name using bubble letters. Inside each letter, draw something that is close to your heart (something that you really care about).
Remember to bring this back to school with you to add to your class display.
Activity Two
Choose one of the things that is close to your heart and write about why it is important to you.
Small Moments
Think about where you are sitting right this very minute. What can you see, hear, smell, taste, touch and how do you feel?
Write a short paragraph about this small moment in your day.
You might want to think about a special memory you have and write about a small moment in that.
Write a short paragraph about this small moment in your day.
You might want to think about a special memory you have and write about a small moment in that.
