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Week 3: Bird Count
This week you will practise long a: a_e, make a simple inference using a picture plus words in the text, and maths: skip-count in 2s and 10s and notice number patterns.
TERM 3 • WEEK 3
Bird Count
Make a simple inference using a picture plus words in the text.
Maths: Skip-count in 2s and 10s and notice number patterns.
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Sound Lab — Hear It
Hear it. Tap it. Blend it.
Sound Lab — Read It
Read the words
Focus: VCe <a_e> for long a Words: game, made, late, same, cake, safe Heart words: make, have Smooth sentence: We made a safe game.
Word Work — Spell It
Build the word
Trace or write the words.
Read & Talk
Read, listen and think
At the bird feeder, Maia sees birds arrive in pairs. There are 2, then 4, then 6 birds. She thinks two more birds may make 8.
Make & Write
Your turn to write
Finish: “I think the next number is ___ because ___.”
Draw here
Maths Mission
Maths mission
Count by 2s: 2, 4, 6, __, __.
Count by 10s: 10, 20, __, 40.
What comes after 14 when counting in 2s?
What comes before 50 when counting in 10s?
Maths Challenge
Try a little more
There are 5 pairs of birds. How many birds?
Choose the pattern that counts by 2s: 3,5,7 or 2,4,6.
Mini Mission
Away-from-screen mission
🌿
Make a skip-count pattern with objects, claps or steps. Count in 2s to 20 or in 10s to 100.
Game Break
Number Trail: Bird Count
1
Read: game
2
Trail: +2 from 6
3
Read: made
4
Trail: +10 from 30
5
Read: safe
6
Trail: +2 from 14
7
Read: cake
8
Trail: +10 from 70
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