Language

The Day the Crayons Quit

This funny picture book is by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by the very talented Oliver Jeffers. This version is sensible but I also like the one by Books Alive (also on YouTube) because it has lots of funny British accents, including a terrible Scottish one!

After you've read/listened to the story, you might feel inspired to show us your creativity. Here are a few follow-up ideas:

• Can you think of any other 'overworked' items in your house? (In my house that might be the coffee machine, or a basketball or the washing machine). Write a letter of complaint from one of them.

• Draw or paint something using unexpected colour combinations.

• Imagine you are Duncan and write a reply to one of the crayon's letters. Remember to respond the individual crayon's concerns. 

• Survey your own crayons/pencils/pens. How many colours do you have? Which ones have you used the most. Can you make a graph or table to show this? Or you could think of another way to show this such as lining up colouring pencils in size order to show which ones have been sharpened the most.

Danny the Champion of the World Chapter 10

Letters in nature

See if you can find letters in nature to make words, then create a story or a poem.

Rohan found some letters in nature too!

Joke of the day

What do you call a bee that can't make up their mind?

A Maybe

If you have any good jokes you'd like us to share, email Mireille and we can post it here for other children to smile at!

Let's read together!

You have all enjoyed Roald Dahl's classic book, and you've all asked me to keep going. So here is the next chapter! Get comfortable, maybe get a piece of fruit or some water, and enjoy the next chapter. And let me know whether I should add another chapter tomorrow!

How are you feeling?

Here's another story to listen to, and maybe it inspires you to do a creative follow-up as well. Enjoy!

Create your own Lockdown Journey of Learning Diary

Record your daily activities and work cycle, in your own Journey of Learning diary.  Be as creative as you can imagine, add photos, draw, write and bring to school after this Lockdown is over.

Visit the library from home

The Digital Library is open! You can access library collections via https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/

We bring you eAudiobooks, eBooks, eMagazines, online newspapers, reference sources, online courses, streaming movies and music - enjoy the Library from Home, just use your library card number and password / PIN.

Do you have friends or family who don't have a library card? Let them know they can join online and use this cool stuff straight away.

Tutira Mai Nga Iwi

Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shGg8hOK7b0 and learn the actions to the song. Remember: only watch the one video on the link, and do not click on anything else after the video! Turn off AutoPlay on YouTube.

Use https://maoridictionary.co.nz/ to translate words of the song.

Spelling and Sight Words

Have a look at these sight words. Can you read them all? Ask your parents or siblings for a spelling test. Which colour do you think you should be working on? 

Here are some suggestions for spelling this week:

·      ·      Write the words in chalk on your driveway

·      Write the words on paper and stick to a suitable wall. Say the word out loud, and then throw a ball to bounce off that word.

·      Write two sets of each word, and play Memory

·      Across the Room: Read the word on your computer screen or printed sheet. Run to the other side of the room (or garden) and write the word on paper.

·      Build the words out of play-dough

·      Use these words to do your Handwriting in beautiful cursive

·      Write each word in different ways: bubble writing, backwards writing, left-hand writing, mirror writing… get creative!

If you know all the words above, try some Homophones. These are words which sounds the same, but have different spellings and meanings. Try writing a sentence with each word to show the word's meaning.

You are the Teacher

Here is an opportunity for YOU to be the teacher, and tell me what you think should be here! I'll explain it here, have a look:

The following is from Teacher Jessica with her Story and follow up for the class.

Story: When a Dragon Moves in.

Follow up: 

1.Create  something imaginative. Explain what you made.

2. Invite a person from your bubble to see your creation. Ask them to describe what they see.

3. Could they see the same thing as you? If not, what did they see?

Poetry and Grammar

Choose any poem that you like. Underline all the verbs in red, and all the adjectives in blue. You could do this physically with pen and paper, or on a device.

Choose three adjectives and write as many similes for each as you can.

Here are some of my favourite poems:

Macavity: The Mystery Cat

Please Mrs Butler

Chocolate Cake

Waiting at the Window

Make a Covid-19 Time Capsule

Thank you to Amy and Jonty who sent us this idea.

https://www.newfieldschool.co.uk/my-2020-covid-time-capsule-sheets/

Click on the link, and then on the PDF file to open and save to your computer. You could choose to print it, or use the ideas to make your own.

ANZAC Day

On ANZAC day we remember the soldiers who fought in the wars. 

Here is a story about Anzac day, called My Grandad Marches on ANZAC Day

Here's another story, called ANZAC Ted. It's about a child who takes their favourite teddy bear to school for Show and Tell, but nobody likes the bear.

For your follow-up, here are some choices:

• Write or draw what ANZAC day means for you here in New Zealand. How does it make you feel to think that people fought in wars? Is the 'war' the world is fighting against COVID-19 different to other wars? Have you ever been to a war memorial? 

• Find out more about Anzac Cookies. 

• Write a letter to a soldier in one of the World Wars. What would you like to ask him?

• What jobs did women do in the wars?

• Were any of your ancestors in either of the World Wars? Find out more about this person, and what they did in the war.

Louisa's Wordsearch

Louisa made this wordsearch, and would like to share it with all of us. Can you find all of Louisa's words? Can you find any more words? For a follow-up, you could make a word search of your own, using your spelling words or the names of the people in your family.

Chester’s Way

Find this story on Storyline Online. Listen to it, and then think about the follow-up:

The story ends with Victor moving in. What do you think will happen next? Draw or write your response.

Creative Writing

Write (or type) a story of your choosing. It can be:

·      True

·      Based on truth

·      Totally fictional

Remember the no-violence rule in made-up stories!

Feel free to email or WhatsApp it to Mireille and Rachael.

For a fun way to generate ideas, try this website: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/

Te Reo

Make a list of ten things you can see in your house (nouns). Go to https://maoridictionary.co.nz/ and find the Maori word for each of your nouns. Show your work in a creative way.

Make a colourful chart showing the names of colours in Maori. Use your imagination to find a fantastic way to represent this! Email or WhatsApp Mireille and Rachael a photo of your work.

Library Lion
Handwriting

Click on the Storyline Online website on the right side of this page. It's the one that says, 'Books, books, books!'

Search for ‘Library Lion’. It’s one of my favourite stories!

Listen to the story.

Follow-up:

What kind of rules are normally ‘always’ rules, but something changed? Do you have any examples? Write or imaginatively create your follow-up, and email it to Mireille.

Please practice your handwriting.

Autumn Poems

I've been noticing that every day the trees in my garden and in my street are changing colour.  It made me think of some beautiful poems I've read about autumn.  Here are some I'd like to share.

And my favourite - from Winnie the Pooh

A Rather Blustery Day words

Literacy task:

1. Read the poems and watch the Winnie the Pooh clip.
2. Have a think about what autumn LOOKS LIKE/FEELS LIKE/SOUNDS LIKE/SMELLS LIKE
3. It might be helpful to write some of these describing words (adjectives) down or draw a picture before beginning to write your poem.
4. Write your poem (it doesn't have to rhyme, or if you want to you could think about some rhyming words for every second line).
5. Edit your poem.
6. Publish with some autumn colours and drawings.
7. Email it to Mireille and Rachael - let us know whether you'd like us to post it on the 'Sharing' page.