3 lesson cards, each followed by its sheet. Print the lot, or choose pages in the print dialog.
Spelling Bee
Putting letters in order until they make a word
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Say a short word slowly, one sound at a time (c … a … t), and have the class say the whole word back.
On the projector
The class sounds out the word together, and a helper drags each letter into its slot in order.
Open it with /play/spelling-bee/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Magnetic or cut-out letters: in pairs, build three words from the game, then one of their own.
Questions to ask
What sound does this word start with?
What sound comes next?
Can you say the whole word?
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Spelling Bee
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Say the word together. Trace it, then write one letter in each box. Say each sound as you write it.
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Lorikeet's Opposites
Opposites: big and small, full and empty, up and down
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Simon says, with opposites: "Stand up! Sit down! Hands up high! Hands down low!"
On the projector
Before each tap, the class shows the answer with their bodies (big arms for big, curled up for small), then a helper taps it.
Open it with /play/lorikeets-opposites/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Opposites hunt: pairs of children find two things in the room that are opposites (a full box and an empty one) and show the class.
Questions to ask
What's the opposite of up?
Can you find something big and something small in this room?
Is the bath water hot or cold today?
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Lorikeet's Opposites
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Say what each picture on the left shows ("big!"), then find its opposite on the right and join the dots with a line. Then act them out together: can you make yourself big, then small? Up, then down?
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Flying Fox's Story Order
Putting a story's pictures in order: first, next and last
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Act out a three-step story together (wake up, stretch, eat breakfast), then do it in the wrong order. Which way works?
On the projector
Read the story together first. Then show the muddled pictures and let the class call out "first!", "next!", "last!" while a helper taps.
Open it with /play/flying-foxs-story-order/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Story strips: children draw three boxes (first, next, last) for a story they know and tell it to a partner.
Questions to ask
What happened first in the story?
What happened just before the end?
What do you think happened after the story finished?
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Flying Fox's Story Order
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: These pictures are from Numbat Can't Sleep, one of the Little Roos stories to listen to. Cut them out along the dashed lines, talk about what's happening in each, then stick them in order: first, next, next, last. Retell the story together using the pictures. Last, draw what happened after the end.
