| NSW Department of Education

Framework for teaching Year 2 Term 3 Week 7 2021

Monday 23/8 Tuesday 24/8 Wednesday 25/8 Thursday 26/8 Friday 27/8

Morning English Spelling Select 10-15 words from the week 2 spelling list and practice writing them in a list. Choose 3 of these words and write them into 3 interesting sentences. Make sure you use joining words (and, because, so, but) and adjectives. Select an activity from the spelling grid. Reading Read a book of your choice for at least 10 minutes. You can read a book from PM eCollection online, Ziptales or Epic. Writing Write an advertisement to sell Kariong School. You have 1 sheet of paper to include all the information a buyer

English Spelling Look, say, cover, write, check using your spelling list. Improve these sentences by adding adjectives, joining words and further information. - The spider hid. - The light flickered. - The line was long. Select a new activity from the spelling grid Reading Read a book of your choice for at least 10 minutes. You can read a book from PM eCollection online, Ziptales or Epic. Writing Would you like to be Principal of the school? What things would you do as Principal? Would you make any changes?

English Spelling Look, say, cover, write, check using your spelling list. Editing worksheet - Edit and rewrite the 3 sentences. Make sure there are capital letters, full stops and no spelling mistakes

Select a new activity from the spelling grid Reading Read a book of your choice for at least 10 minutes. You can read a book from PM eCollection online, Ziptales or Epic. Writing Imagine you are a Year 2 teacher and it's the first

English Spelling Look, say, cover, write, check using your spelling list. Choose 3 of these words and write them into 3 interesting sentences. Make sure you use joining words (and, because, so, but) and adjectives. Select a new activity from the spelling grid Reading Read a book of your choice for at least 10 minutes. You can read a book from PM eCollection online, Ziptales or Epic. Writing Write your teacher letter and include the following: Paragraph 1 - Describe something that’s really good about working from

English Spelling Look, say, cover, write, check using your spelling list. Choose 3 of these words and write them into 3 interesting sentences. Make sure you use joining words (and, because, so, but) and adjectives. Select a new activity from the spelling grid Reading Read the attached sheet on ‘Sharks’ and answer the questions

or read a book of your choice.

| NSW Department of Education

© NSW Department of Education, Aug-211

would want to know. Use the following brochure to help you. Don’t forget to include the price! Email a copy to your teacher when you’ve finished.

Draw a picture of yourself as Principal in your office.

day of school. You'll need to make some rules for your classroom so your students can learn and be safe. Design a poster to display so all your students know what is expected of them.

home. Paragraph 2 - Explain what you find challenging about not being at school every Monday to Friday Paragraph 3 - What do you do to make your day fun? Use complete sentences with full stops and capital letters.

Writing Choose a sea animal. Write an information report of your own. What does your sea creature look like? Where do they live? What do they eat? Write any other information that is interesting. Draw a picture to match.

Break Break Break Break Break Middle Mathematics

Thinking While Moving activity Counting by 3 Shuttle Run Put out 6 cones or 6 sticks on the ground with 1 metre between each cone/stick ( 2 metres if you have a big area and you’re feeling energetic!!) An adult can have a stopwatch. Run to the first stick/cone and say ‘3’, run back.

Mathematics Thinking While Moving activity Counting by 3 Shuttle Run. Same as yesterday FRACTIONS using dividing by 2. Finding one half of a number Use counters or your 2x tables knowledge to work out

Mathematics Thinking While Moving activity Counting by 4 Shuttle Run This time put out 8 cones/sticks and shuttle run until you reach 64. FRACTIONS using dividing by 4 Finding one quarter of a number.

Mathematics Thinking While Moving activity Counting by 4 Shuttle Run Same as yesterday. Finding one quarter of numbers. Can you find a quarter of larger numbers? Look at yesterday’s worksheet to see how to work it out. If you haven’t

Mathematics CHANCE ACTIVITIES: Questioning Students are encouraged to ask questions about the likelihood of events happening e.g. Is Mrs Dyga coming up to visit our class/home? Is Maddy’s mum going to have a baby boy or girl? Is COVID going to end next week? etc Worksheets 3 and 4

| NSW Department of Education

© NSW Department of Education, Aug-212

Run to the second cone/stick and say ‘6’ and run back. Run to the 3rd cone/stick and say ‘9’ and run back. Continue the shuttle run until you reach 36. If you are at school, or have a big family, there can be more than one set up, or you can do it as a relay. Get an adult or older person to time you. Write down your time. Practise each day and try to better your time. REVISE FRACTIONS/DIVISION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQUgBAsW2KA Worksheet 1

What is one half of 12 22 24 30 34 38 40 50 58 66 Can you work out half of even harder numbers - like some 3-digit numbers? eg 110

Worksheet 2.

finished yesterday’s worksheet, finish it today. If you have:- Find one quarter of 52, 64, 72, 96 Can all numbers be cut into quarters? Why or why not? What numbers did you find that couldn’t be cut into quarters

Break Break Break Break Break

| NSW Department of Education

© NSW Department of Education, Aug-213

Afternoon Science Material World: Solid, liquid and gas Read the instructions carefully and complete the worksheet ‘What is EVERYTHING made from?’ as best as you can.

Creative Arts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjw2A3QU8Qg Find an instrument that can play a beat. It might be a cardboard box with a wooden spoon, or an old saucepan with a ladle. March to the beat of the song, like the ants, stopping each time the ants stop to play a beat on their drums. Which verses do the ants stop and play the drum? (After verse 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10.)

Watch again, and learn the rhyming words at the end of each line. Can you make up new rhyming words for the little ant at the end of the line? (For example, instead of Number One, sucking his thumb. He could be eating a bun.)

Replace ‘The Little one stopped to suck his thumb’ with ‘The Little one stopped to eat a Bun’ Can you create new rhyming words for all the little ants?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqYft8CwLag

Wellbeing Wednesday Students, staff and parents are encouraged to use Wednesday afternoons to look after their Wellbeing. Turn off any technology and have a break from school work to engage in other activities. These could include: ● Read a book. ● Listen to music. ● Do some yoga. ● Complete a jigsaw

puzzle. ● Paint/draw a picture ● Bake a cake. ● Get some exercise.

History Lesson 1 - A case study of Port Arthur http://inq.co/class/ANB6X Code: 2460 If you do not have access to the internet. A case study- Port Arthur. Port Arthur is a significant Historical site. It was a notorious convict settlement. Look at the pictures and answer the questions, you may like to research Port Arthur further with a parent.

Science Material World: Cornflour Science experiment Complete the experiment to find out why cornflour is hard to classify as a solid, liquid or gas. This experiment will need to be done at home under the supervision of an adult. You will need: 2 cups, 1 small bowl, cornflour, water, tablespoon or mixing spoon Carefully follow the instructions on attached worksheet ‘Experiment: Solid or Liquid’. Have fun!

| NSW Department of Education

© NSW Department of Education, Aug-214

Can you count the number of legs the ant has? What do you think these ants are doing? (Preparing their ant nest so that they can get away from the rain.) Research the characteristics of an ant. Find an ant that you like, and write some interesting facts about it. Draw your ant and label its body parts. Can you find its thorax, abdomen and antennas?

Year 2 Spelling These lists have been taken from the KPS Scope & Sequence for Spelling Term 3.

Week 7

Sight words

well more named look

birthday

Focus: i_e/ igh / y / i / ie

try cry tie lie kind spider light night line ride

* When 2 vowels are side by side the first says its name the second takes a ride.

*The letter y makes the ‘i’ sound when it comes at the end of a word with no other vowels.

SPELLING ACTIVITIES Write your spelling list in

alphabetical order A-Z

Select 5 words and draw a picture for each one

Write your spelling words in order from least letters to

most letters.

Clap out and write the number of syllables in each of your spelling words.

Ask 5 questions using 5 of your spelling words. Don’t forget to use a question

mark?

Rainbow words – use different colours to write each letter in your word

Create a word search or crossword with your spelling

list

Using a dictionary, write the meaning of 5 words from

your spelling list

Write your spelling list using 2 different colours to show the vowels and consonants.

vowels = a e i o u

Write your spelling words in a word pyramid

s sp spe spel spell

Across and Down – write your words across and down,

sharing the first letter eg.

Words Within Words - Make a list of as many

smaller words you can find in the words on your spelling

list eg. watch = cat, hat

Write each of your spelling words into word boxes. Remember your body, head and tail letters.

Write your spelling list in reverse alphabetical order

(backwards) Z - A

Write your words from easiest to hardest to spell.

Why did you order them that way?

Spell your words out loud. When you say each letter, do a star jump, hop on one foot or bounce/catch a ball.

Spelling shapes – Write your spelling words inside different

2D shapes.

Fancy Letters - write each of your words in fancy

writing. Your letters could be curly or dotty.

Air Writing - write each of your words in the air with

your finger.

Scrabble Challenge: Use scrabble tiles to work out the sum of your words

Extension:

Year 2 LSCWC Spelling

My Words Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Editing Task – Wednesday

Edit and re-write these sentences

1. on my birfday i was allowed to ried on the scary rollercoaster but i startet to crie when we were waiting in the line (3 capital letters, 4 spelling mistakes, 1 full stop)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. i like to ly on the grass at nite and loock up at the bright stars (1 capital letter, 3 spelling mistakes, 1 full stop)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. wen i turnd on the lite i sor a hairy spyder I named it peter (4 capital letters, 4 spelling mistakes, 2 full stops)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

ANSWERS

1. On my birthday I was allowed to ride on the scary rollercoaster but I started to cry when we were waiting in the line.

2. I like to lie on the grass at night and look up at the bright stars.

3. When I turned on the light I saw a hairy spider. I named it Peter.

SharksThere are more than 500 different species of shark, including the great white shark, grey reef shark, hammerhead shark and tiger shark.

Where do they live?Sharks can be found in every ocean.

The most shark attacks have been in Australia, South Africa, America and Brazil.

What do they eat?

Some types of shark can be deadly, but only about 12 species have ever attacked humans.

What sharks eat depends on its species and where it is.

Most sharks are meat eaters so they like to eat fish and other sharks. Some larger sharks eat dolphins, sea lions and small whales.

Smaller sharks eat small aquatic life like clams and crabs.

Big Facts1. A group of sharks is called a shoal, school or shiver.

2. Sharks have a skeleton of cartilage but no bones!

3. A baby shark is called a pup.

photos courtesy of DarkAngel20b, Stephen Bateman1 (@flickr.com)-granted under the creative commons license-attribution.

Grey Reef Shark

School of Hammerhead

Sharks

What are they good at?Sharks can smell a single drop of blood in the water from 400 metres away.

They can hear fish moving from around 500 metres away.

Great white sharks can swim up to 28km/h!

Amazing Fact! Most shark species would die if they stopped moving. As long as they keep swimming, water keeps moving over their gills, which keeps them alive.

2. What can a group of sharks be called?

3. What don’t sharks have in their bodies?

4. What is a baby shark called?

5. Which countries have had the most shark attacks?

6. How many species of shark have ever attacked humans?

7. Name something a meat eating shark eats.

8. How fast can great white sharks swim?

1. Name two types of shark.

Questions about Sharks

The division symbol

[I Use the division symbol when dividing the groups. Division The first one has been done for you.

a Divide by 2. d Divide by 4.

can be written cJsing the division symbol CB.

•• • •••

•• • •••

•• • •••

•• • •••

0w000 � + GJ0D b Divide by 3.

•••

•••

•••

•••

e Divide by 5.

• ••••

• ••••

• ••••

00□ G + 00□

c Divide by 4.

••••

••••

f Divide by 5.

• ••••

• ••••

•••• • ••••

•••• • ••••

•••• • ••••

�+GJ0D� 00□

EJ Use the arrays to solve the problems.

a ••••• ••••• ••••• •••••

b •••••• •••••• ••••••

C eeeee

••••• ••••• ••••• •••••

Five boys who collect stamps were given 20 stamps to share equally. How many stamps did each boy receive?

18 children were divided equally into groups of 6. How many children were in each group?

25 marbles were shared equally between 3 girls and 2 boys. How many marbles did each child receive?

/ in grocJps ofmeans� \ shared betwee-divided by

Maths - Worksheet 1(Monday)

Maths - Worksheet 2 (Wednesday)

Maths - Worksheet 3DateName

Chance Outcomes (A)

Choose likely or unlikely to describe the chance of each event happening.1

a) It will rain on a cloudy day. b) Milk will go sour in a warm room.

likely

unlikely

likely

unlikely

a) If you roll a dice, you will roll anumber between 7 and 12.

b) Ifyoujumpintoapondfilledwith water, you will get wet.

certain

impossible

certain

impossible

2 Choose certain or impossible to describe the chance of each event happening.

3 Write the correct word from the list below to complete these sentences.

a) It is that the sun will set this evening.

b) It is that the weather will be warm during summer.

c) It is to teach a pig to drive a car.

d) It is that you will travel into space during your lifetime.

likely, unlikely, impossible, certain

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

(Friday)

DateName

Chance Outcomes (B)

Write likely, unlikely, impossible or certain underneath each event to describe the chance of them happening.

1

a) I will be given an elephant for mynext birthday.

b) Aflippedcoinwilllandoneitherahead or a tail.

c) My brother will choose to wear hisshorts on a hot day.

d) If I eat pumpkin for my dinner, Iwill then turn into a pumpkin.

likely impossible

In the table below, draw a picture of a likely event and an impossible event.2

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

Maths - Worksheet 4 (Friday)

Name: Class:

What is EVERYTHING made from?

Vocabulary: solid, liquid, gas, states of matter, flow, material, classify, predict, observe, explain

1. Look at the images above. What is similar about the ocean, tree and the steam? ______

________________________________________________________________________

What is different? ________________________________________________________

2. Click and watch THREE STATES OF MATTER song video link below:

https://www.inquisitive.com/video/1828-solids-liquids-gases-song

If the above link won’t load/work try this one below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pag2zq-gE0E

With a partner (friend, family member) discuss the Name, Describe and Act thinking

routine for each state of matter (solid, liquid and gas). Use what you learnt in the video

to help you.

3. Classify (sort) the materials in the interactive game.

https://www.inquisitive.com/interactive/1792-solid-liquid-or-gas

4. Draw two more materials that could be added to the interactive game. Try to choose

materials that are not classified as the same state of matter.

Material name: ________________

Material name: _________________

Name: Class:

Experiment: Solid or Liquid?

Some materials are hard to classify as a solid, liquid or gas. Attempt the experiment to

investigate why cornflour is hard to classify.

Predict: Cornflour is a solid. Water is a liquid.

What do you think will happen when you mix them together?

Step 1: Fill half a cup with water.

Step 2: Tip the water into a bowl.

Step 3: Using a different cup, fill one cup with cornflour.

Step4: Gradually (slowly) add the cornflour to the water, stirring the mixture with a spoon

until the water and powder are fully combined (mixed).

Observe: Use your hands to explore the cornflour. What happens when you…

Explain: Think how the cornflour behaves. Explain why it is hard to classify.

Lesson 1 Case Study: The History of Port Arthur

Year 1 / 2 History The Past in the Present 1

The town of Port Arthur in Tasmania is an important historic place. Over the years, it has been a convict prison, a place for work, a town and a tourist attraction. Each use has been important to the local community.

Why is Port Arthur an important historical site?

Watch the video of child prisoner

James Gavagan and answer the questions.

1

How would you describe James’ personality?

Think of some words to describe his adventures.

Think of some words to describe his feelings.

Why do you think it is important for us to know James Gavagan’s story?

History - Thursday

Lesson 1 Case Study: The History of Port Arthur

Year 1 / 2 History The Past in the Present 2

Look at the historical pictures

of Port Arthur and answer the questions about them.

2

In the 1830s, Port Arthur became known as a place for work, including collecting timber, shipbuilding and shoemaking. Convicts were trained to work in these jobs.

How are the convicts using the timber?

Why do you think ship building was important

at Port Arthur?

How are the shoes similar or different from

shoes we can buy today?

State Library of Victoria: ML 185 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery S638

Tasmanian Archive: NS1013/1/1680

Lesson 1 Case Study: The History of Port Arthur

Year 1 / 2 History The Past in the Present 3

Look at the photo of Carnarvon.

What can you see?

What do you think is happening?

What does the photo make you wonder?

3

After the last convict left Port Arthur in 1877, the land was sold and a new town called Carnarvon was created. New places were built, including hotels, a post office, homes and even sporting clubs!

Lesson 1 Case Study: The History of Port Arthur

Year 1 / 2 History The Past in the Present 4

Look at the pictures of places

at Port Arthur and answer these questions.

4

Today, Port Arthur is a World Heritage Site and a popular tourist attraction. Visitors come from all over the world to look at the sites and to learn about Port Arthur’s history.

Which site would you like to visit

first? Why?

Which site do you think is the most

popular? Why?

Which site do you think is the least

popular? Why?

Government Gardens

Prison corridor

Old prison coal mine

Trentham CottageIsle of the

DeadConvict church

Guard tower

Lesson 1 Case Study: The History of Port Arthur Unit 2 Preserving the Past

Year 1 / 2 History The Past in the Present © Inquisitive Pty Ltd 5

Match the photos to the different stages of Port Arthur. Label them as: Work, Prison, Town or Tourist attraction.

5

Label

because

Label

because

Label

because

Label

because

Lesson 1 Case Study: The History of Port Arthur Unit 2 Preserving the Past

Year 1 / 2 History The Past in the Present © Inquisitive Pty Ltd 6

Look at the reasons why people think Port Arthur is an important historical place and fill in the missing words.

6

We can see

how life has 

.

It helps us to 

 about

our culture.

It keeps 

 of our

past alive.

We can learn

from 

that were made.

mistakes changedstories learn

Due to lockdown, the students of Kariong Public will need to be creative this year with how we celebrate Book Week 2021. Here are some fun daily activities to help celebrate the wonder of books and the joy of reading:

My Reading Spot Monday

Transformation

Tuesday

Where in the

World Wednesday

Trivia

Thursday

Favourites

Friday

Choose a whacky, weird or whimsical

reading position. Take a photo of your

own unique way of reading (e.g. in a pool, upside down,

with a pet etc.) and share it with your teacher.

Celebrate your favourite book

character’s costume. Dress

up as your favourite book

character, take a photo and share

it with your teacher. These photos will be

put together into a virtual book

parade.

Enter the world of your

favourite book. Construct a

diorama out of a shoebox and

other materials

around the house to

create a 3D representation

of a scene from a book. Take a photo

of your diorama and

send it to your teacher.

Put your knowledge of books and

emojis to the test with a literature

quiz. Try to decipher each emoji clue to a book title and

send your answers to

your teacher using the

answer sheet below.

Perhaps you could even

create some to test your teacher.

Reflect on your favourite books

using the theme of ‘Old Worlds, New

Worlds, Other Worlds’.

What is your favourite book set in an old world? A new

world? An other world?

Share your list with your teacher.

‘Book Title Emojis’ 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

‘Book Title Emojis’ Answer Sheet Question Book Title

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15