Wednesday that feels like Monday, our first day of school in the treehouse

Welcome to our first day of school in the treehouse, I'm so glad you could join me! I'm writing these posts the night before after the kids are asleep and the daily chores have been done. My fingers are currently all pruney from doing the dishes, have you had that before, maybe from spending too long in the bath?

Our days will be based off what we would usually do at school but changed slightly to suit your home situation. Every day there will be spelling, daily math and reading, there will also be three other subject lessons. Wednesdays are orchestra, writing and handwork, what a great day to start!

Spelling:
Your words for the week come from the essential word spelling list #5, you may remember these lists from the end of last year when I tested you up to list 4?
Your task for today is to record the words and display them somewhere in your house, be as creative as you like with this.

am

another

away

bed

been

before

best

brother

called

car

Daily math:

Each day I will give you two word problems, work them out and email me with the answer, there may be prizes for the first to respond 😄

      1. Pet’s legs: All of Jane’s pets are either cats or birds. How many cats and birds does Jane have... 

      A) if she has 3 pets and they have a total of 10 legs. 

      B) if she has 10 pets and they have a total of 32 legs.

2. In the middle: John is both the 10th tallest and the 10th shortest in his class. How many students are in his class? 

Reading: 

Silent read and fill out your reading log, if you haven't already started this you'll need a book or piece of paper you can keep safe. Record the book title, genre, number of minutes spent reading and parent initials. 

Once you have finished a book you can do a mini book report. Record the title, author, genre, number of pages and a 🌟 rating out of 5. 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 is "amazing, I would recommend that to a friend", 1 star 🌟 is I wish I'd never read that. 

Orchestra:

Practice your violin or cello.

Writing:

Three times a week you will get a writing task. Try to finish the story the same day.

Make sure to edit your work, check for words you aren’t sure of, is there anything you could change to make it more interesting, have you got full stops and capitals in the correct places? Using a different colour pen is good so we can see your editing.  

Your task today is imagine that the year is 2080, your grandchild is visiting you. Write what you'd tell them about the time when covid-19 hit the world and we all went into lock down.

Handwork:

Embroidery Project for Handwork
Making a Class Kahu huruhuru (feather cloak)


Kia ora Class 5 families,

I hope you are all happy and well, and enjoying this opportunity for some special time together. You are all in my thoughts and I miss seeing you and enjoying the wonderful handwork that you do.
Some of you may have noticed the feather cloak hanging in the Handwork Room. This was made by Maddy’s students when in Class 5. The project was planned for Term 4 but Stacey and I feel that now, with all the time you have together as family, it is the perfect opportunity for you to make a start on this. It will help keep your fingers nimble and those creative juices flowing, while also giving you the chance to get to know more about your family history and special connections you may have to the land.
Today's job is to Interview your family to get some ideas (Sit with your family and have a korero about what is important to you all, share something of your history (you may hear some new stories) and what connects you all as a family. Ask everyone to think about what things in the natural world (particularly from the area you live in) are special to them and explore your family has connections to these.)

Remember that you have less than two hours of Handwork each week and so the amount of work you do at home should reflect this. Do as little or as much as you wish. If it is something you enjoy and it makes you feel good then by all means do as much as you like.

Take care and make the most of this time.

Arohanui
Janice

I'm so excited to see what you get up to today, please email me staceym@ch.steiner.school.nz with what you have done. I'd also love to see anything you do that isn't in today's learning, remember it's okay to be doing other stuff, baking, crafting, painting, exercise, household jobs, gardening and experiments are all very great things to be doing at the moment. The single most important thing that you should be doing is whatever works best for your family! 

Arohanui, I miss you all so much! 

Stacey