Specialists Fortnightly Snapshot

Grade 2

Grade 2 Specialist Home Learning

Each Specialist subject have been timetabled once a week for 25 minutes. 

Monday - Physical Education

Tuesday - Art

Wednesday- LOTE Italian

Thursday - Performing Arts

Friday - Specialist catch up and work to be completed

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact the point of contact for your child's Specialist home learning via email - jones.anna-maria.a@edumail.vic.gov.au. She will then pass the message to the relevant Specialist teacher. 

Physical Education - Monday

Dear Parents,

 

Please find below this week's PE work. We appreciate how challenging this process can be for everyone so I hope that we are offering work which is user friendly. The link below gives you the work in written form if your child can read and the 3 x youtube clips give the information visually if this is best for your child.

Please remember that there is no set amount of work to get through just being active for 25/30 minutes, obviously some students will get through more skills than others which is fine.

 

Equipment required:

  • Larger ball or
  • Tennis Ball
  • A partner

 

Mascot Challenge: Throwing and Bouncing. Start on page 3.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OwM1rkCJ05KPdoc2EeHJQUPV7vpKmvtX/view

 

Throwing: Mascot Challenge Week 2 (2 minutes/43s)

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

Teaching Points for Throwing:

  1. Stand straight upright, ball in your throwing hand and stand side on to your target.
  2. Make sure your feet are shoulder-width apart.
  3. Lift your non-throwing arm to “point” at your target and shift your weight to your back foot.
  4. Lift your throwing hand so the ball is near your ear. Step forward, throw, weight onto the front foot and follow through.

 

Bouncing: Mascot Challenge Week 3 (2 minutes/29s)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrZx5JlcvWs&t

Teaching Points for Bouncing with one hand:

  1. Soft “spider fingers” to push the ball down, not the palm so should not hear slapping sounds.
  2. Push the ball down to rebound to hip height.
  3. Bounce the ball slightly in front of your body and to the side.
  4. The aim is to have control whilst moving and eventually not looking at the ball.

 

Additional Activities:

 

Attempt the Mascot Challenge games (week 4) with a partner, you will find these follow on from the bouncing activities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrZx5JlcvWs&t

 

Continue with last week's catching with Connor : https://youtu.be/f9gZjGy9vB4

Art - Tuesday

This week we will be celebrating Diwali and will be making a paper lantern.

 

'Diwali is one of India's biggest festivals. Diwali means rows of lighted lamps. It is a festival of lights and every Indian celebrates it with joy. During this festival, people light up their houses and shops. They worship Lord Ganesha for good welfare and prosperity and Goddess Lakshmi for wealth and wisdom.'

 

 

Watch this video on how to make your own paper lantern:

 

You will need:

2 sheets of A4 coloured paper (if you don't have coloured paper you can decorate one piece of paper with colour pencils or texta, do the decoration before you start the task)

Glue...glue stick or pva

Scissors

Stapler

Coloured tape… if you don't have this you can decorate with texta or something else crafty like glitter!

REFLECTION:  

Once you have completed your lantern, I’d like you to reflect on what you learnt…Some questions to ask yourself…

Had you heard of Diwali? What’s something new you learnt? 

Did you find anything too hard with this task?

What did you love about this task?

LOTE Italian - Wednesday

Week 5 Grade 2

                                                                                    Mi piace soccer. Goal!!!    

Parent tips: Italian Apps  Molto bene  and  ABC learn Italian maybe used along with the activities set.Molto bene app has games and interactive activities which the students love to work on.There is also a Department website called Languagesonline (Italian). However you will need to be on a computer to use this as it needs Flash abode to link into the interactive activities and worksheets.

Our learning intentions are to use preferences and communicate about foods you like and cities of Italy you like. Mi piace

Task 1.

Practise days of the week with the following song on the link and follow the words on the PDF provided

https://youtu.be/3kDvl00JX5Y  Video of days of the week

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jo72IViJcWzPEf50U5_Q4m16HG1CNwoh PDF

 

Task 2.

Use the song in this clip to practise preferences and saying what you like. So you are being communicators.

http://somup.com/cYfUnLi58I  Video of song

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jo72IViJcWzPEf50U5_Q4m16HG1CNwoh  PDF (w/sheet)

Task 3.

Identify the cities and landmarks you like. Mi paice …… watch the link as I take you on a journey to Italy

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYfUnPBjRM

Performing Arts - Thursday

GRADE 2-  WEEK 5

 

In today’s lesson, we’re returning the story of ‘Jack and The Beanstalk’.

We’re going to look at two different sides of the same story: Jack and the Giant.

For today’s lesson you’ll need your notebook (or paper) and a pencil to write with.

 

Task 1: Click on the link below to watch a clip below showing Jack and the Giant with Judge Jenny.

You’ll hear two different sides to the same story. Who will you believe?

https://vimeo.com/23588470

 

Task 2: Once you’ve watched the video clip, think about the questions that Judge Jenny asked at the end. Try giving an answer to each one (you don’t need to write your answers down, you can just say them out loud)

  • Was Jack right to climb the beanstalk?
  • Was the Giant right to protect his land, or could he have been friendlier?
  • Do you think Jack was ‘just looking’ at the hen?
  • Was the Giant right to say his terrifying poem to frighten Jack away?

So now you might have two different perspectives on the character of Jack.

Think: Is Jack the hero of the story? A brave and likeable boy who tries his best to make a better life for himself and his mother? Or, is he a naughty boy who tells lies and steals from others?

 

Task 3: For this task you’ll use the idea of something called a ‘character cross-over’.

What this means is that you will take on the role of both Jack and the Giant and argue the points of view for both characters.

Standing up, you’ll first be the Giant. Present your argument: “You came on to my land.”

Now you will become the character of Jack. Turn your body to face the other way (as if you are facing the Giant) and give your response: “I didn’t know it was your land, there were no fences”.

 

Keep changing from one character to another for as many “arguments and responses” as you can.

You can argue as Jack or the Giant, then turn and give your response.

Clink on the link below to see 'Character Cross-Over Instructions' sheet.

Character Crossover.pdf

Or click on this link to see me demonstrating 'character cross-over' for you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEx8Q2HLrVk

 

Hint: Use the information from the video clip to help you come up with ideas if you can’t think of any of your own.

 

Task 4: In your notebook, write some questions that you could ask of Mr. Giant to better understand his point of view.

Use open-ended questions that would help you to gain more information from Mr Giant.

 

Remember: Open-ended questions or statements can begin with the following words: why, how, what, describe, explain, tell me about..., or what do you think about...