Wednesday May 20

Literacy

Today is the last day of our look at Community Helpers, so we found a video that

includes many different helpers. Maybe one day when you’re all grown up, you may

choose to be a Community Helper!

Community helpers video

Using the worksheet below, see if you can fill in the missing word in each sentence.

You can do this orally with a family member. You could then come up with your own

sentences, using other community helpers you may have seen or heard in the video.

Math

Today you are going to use your imagination and what you know about patterning to

create a necklace. Use items you can find around your house. Suggestions are: fruit

loops, cheerios, buttons, beads or pasta. You can also make a bracelet using paper

and stickers. You will also need some yarn or string. If you are using stickers, you

will need to cut out a piece of paper approximately 2cm wide and long enough to go

around your wrist and then when it’s all done, you can tape/glue the ends together.

Choose whatever type of pattern you want based on the number of different items

you want to use. For example-If you are using fruit loops and want to only use fruit

loops, you can choose two or three different colours and make a pattern or if you

are using beads and want to only use beads, you can choose two, three, or four

different coloured beads and make a AB, ABC or ABCD pattern. You may want to use

one colour of fruit loops and plain cheerios and you can make a simple A B pattern.

The possibilities are endless. Have fun.

Extension or Challenge: You have decided to make a bracelet using three different

colours of beads. The first bead is red, the second is green and the third is blue. If

this pattern repeats, what colour is the 7th bead, the 10th bead and the 13th bead?

You see flowers in your garden. The first flower is yellow, the second flower is pink,

the third flower is purple and the fourth flower is white. If this pattern repeats,

what colour is the 5th flower, the 8th flower, or the 11th flower?