Term One Evaluation ~ Monkey

Read Aloud Books:

Picture Books and/or Information Books - 

Australia's Deadly and Dangerous Animals - Steve Parish

DK Secrets of the Deep Revealed

Animal Homes

A Visual Introduction to Wild Cats

A Visual Introduction to Monkeys and Apes

The Horrible Science of You

Superscience Flowering Plants

Zoom! The Invisible World of Plants by Camilla de la Bedoyere

Green Eggs and Ham

Reptiles by Karin Cox

DK Plants Bite Back by Richard Platt

The Cocky, the Crow and the Hawk by Christine Nicholls

Karana The Story of the Father Emu by Uncle Joe Kirk

How the Birds Got Their Colours

Warnayarra the Rainbow Snake

The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey

Seasons in Australia ~ Summer by Greg Pyers

Fables from Africa

Plant With Seeds

Learning About Plants

Seasons in Australia ~ Autumn by Greg Pyers

Wild Predators ~ Killer Fish

Plants and Flowers by Lynn Huggins-Cooper

Wild Predators ~ Killer Insects

Chipper the Cheetah

African Elephants

Elephants

A Troop of Chimpanzees

The Antartica Book ~ Life in the Freezer

Crabs and Crustaceans

Worms

Sharks

Spider

Slugs and Snails

Koala

Australia's Most Amazing Animals

Deadly Spiders and Scorpions

The Biggest Muddy Puddle in the World

Reptiles

Living Nature Reptiles

Noisy Nora

Big Cats

Mister Teddy's Outback Adventure

Marine Animals

Joseph

Blue-Ringed Octopus: Small But Deadly

Hairy Nose Itchy Butt

Daisy Saves the Day

The Carousel

Some Bugs

Birds

Knowledge Masters Monster Animals

Can You Find Me?

The Story of Ferdinand

Horton and the Kwuggerbug

First Animal Encyclopedia

Australia's Deadly and Dangerous Animals

Secrets of the Deep Revealed

My Cat Maisie

The Gift

Alexander's Outing

Mr McGee and the Biting Flea

Where the Moon Lives

Room on the Broom

Mr McGee and the Perfect Nest

I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit

A Bargain for Frances

Police on Alert

Bertie and the Bear

Who Sank the Boat

A Birthday For Frances

Bedtime For Frances

Best Friends For Frances

Found You, Little Wombat

Eric Carle's Animals Animals

Each Pear Pear Plum

Skippy Jon Jones and the Big Bones

Funny Faces

Other Reading Activities:

Reading Eggs online program

Participated in local library summer reading program

Maths:
Maths Plus Year 1

Units 1-9 covering the following topics:

adding numbers, one-half, making 2D shapes, uniform informal length units, take away, place value, identifying features of objects, comparing areas, equal groups, number patterns, names of 2D shapes, repeated time units, counting on, half of a collection, might happen/won't happen, comparing capacity, counting on to find the difference, groups of 10, following directions, comparing mass, sharing, counting, vertical/horizontal/parallel, picture graphs, adding on number lines, numbers to 30, odd and even numbers, recognising 3D objects, addition combinations to 10, half, describing chance, make/mark/move

Diagnostic Review 1

Maths Plus Year 2

Units 1-3 covering the following topics:

10-frame addition, one-half, classifying two dimensional shapes, informal length units, subtraction strategies, revising numbers to 99, three-dimensional objects, covering area, repeated addition, skip counting, different orientations, half past, faces/vertices/edges, digital time - half past and o'clock

Handwriting:
Foundation Handwriting Year 1

Targeting Handwriting Year 1

Writing:

Institute for Excellence in Writing Curriculum

Teaching Writing: Structure and Style program

wrote letter and designed card to send to his best friend

Scripture and Character Building:

Bible Read Aloud:

Acts: 6 ~ 2 Peter: 3

Memory Verse:

Psalm 23

Aesop's Fables

Science and Technology:

Read aloud books (see above) on a variety of science topics

Began a unit study on plants

** See read aloud list for book selection **

Magic School Bus Episode ~ Goes to Seed

Magic School Bus Episode ~ Gets Planted

Magic School Bus Episode ~ Dinosaurs

Magic School Bus Episode ~ Body Mechanics

Magic School Bus Episode ~ Bats

Magic School Bus Episode ~ Gets Programmed

Magic School Bus Episode ~ In the City

Magic School Bus Episode ~ Takes a Dive

Began keeping a daily weather log ~ visually observes the weather each day and pastes relevant pictures into his science notebook.

Kingdom of Plants ~ David Attenborough DVD

"Life in the Wet Zone"

PDHPE:
walk to and from the library
walk to and from the shops
walk to and from various parks
free play at various parks

riding scooter

Creative Arts:
Attended Paul's Magic Show at local library

Socialization:
Weekly attendance of church and Sunday School

Attended his brother's 9th birthday party

Numerous play dates with friends of multiple ages

Lunch at Burger shop with numerous friends

Attended cousin's 25th birthday BBQ with extended family members

Attended family friend's 40th birthday luncheon

Other Activities:

Played a variety of board and card games

• Snakes and Ladders
• Skip-Bo
• Flinch
• Chess
• Memory
• Blokus
• Naughts and Crosses
• The Dot Game

Term School Holiday Events:

January:

Library ~ Bingo

ANSTO ~ Water Rockets

Library ~ Popsicle Stick Crafts

Library ~ Paul's Magic Show

Library ~ Play Dough Afternoon

Library ~ Fun & Games Day

April:

Library ~ Bingo

Library ~ Fun & Games Day

ANSTO ~ Spooky Science

Lego Day (hosted at a friend's church)

Taronga Zoo

Little Dynamo's Indoor Playground