Lesson+1+of+10

For students to be able to identify and describe the structure and function of a Koala and the ways in which a Koala interacts with other living things and its environment || In this lesson students will identify and become aware of the high frequency words that may be used throughout the unit. Student will practice reciprocal reading to increase their comprehension of a given multimodal text as a form of informal formative assessment. while they experience a range of multimodal features that can contribute to an information report. || **Science & Technology ** **LT S2.3 ** Identifies and describes the structure and function of living things and ways in which living things interact with other living things and their environment. · Identify and describe the habitat of a Koala · Identify and describe the appearance of a Koala · Identify and describe the diet of a Koala · Identify and describe the life cycle of a Koala **English ** **RS2.5 ** Reads independently a wide range of texts on increasingly challenging topics and justified own interpretation of ideas, information and events  · Contributes to a class summary after reading or viewing  · Retells and discusses interpretation of text read or viewed, with attention to main ideas and supporting details in factual texts || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Class roll with designated reading groups (four students per group) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Upper primary school dictionaries, picture dictionary, bilingual dictionary <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- [] accessed on Interactive Whiteboard or classroom computers <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Print out copies of this web page, or to have the webpage available on a computer screen. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Clipboards and pencils <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Butchers paper and large post it notes <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Digital camera <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Poster paper one per group <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Glue, markers, scissors <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Reciprocal reading cue cards, 1 per group || || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Setting the scene ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The lesson will begin with the students sitting on the floor in front of the teacher. The teacher begins the lesson by mentioning to students that they will be starting a new unit on ‘Koalas: The native Australian animal’. The teacher explains that by the end of the 10 week unit, students will be required to create a 6 slide PowerPoint presentation on Koalas. The teacher explains that before we can do this, we need to learn about Koalas in detail. The teacher asks the students ‘Can someone tell me anything that they know about Koalas?’ It is here that the teacher will gain an insight into what the students previously know before the unit commences. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The teacher then shows the students an introductory segment of a //Koala at San Deigo Zoo// (from Youtube), via the Interactive Whiteboard (3mins) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">[]. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">After viewing this YouTube clip, the teacher will ask the students the following questions: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">‘What is unique about the features of a koala?’ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">‘How does a Koala interact with other living things?’ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">‘How does a Koala interact with its environment?’ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">body features, and how do they relate to their environment and other living things? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The teacher writes in the center of the white board ‘what we you want to learn about Koalas? The teacher will write the appropriate terminology in brackets next to the students suggestions, for example: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">I want to learn about what Koalas eat (diet) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">I want to learn about where it lives (habitat) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The teacher will then write up a word bank on a large piece of butchers paper to be displayed in the classroom. The teacher will write the following terms on the paper: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">marsupials, appearance, lifecycle, adaptations, burrowing, reproduction, diet, eucalyptus, nocturnal, poisonous, habitat, wildlife, ecosystem, fur, paws, claws, concept. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">This will be the students spelling list for the week. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Modeled reading ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The teacher will then show the students the following website “Koalas” on the Kids World Almanac: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">[]. This website will be read by the teacher. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">In reading this website, particular attention is given to comprehending the relevant information. The teacher will show the students how to explore this website when searching for information, including the side bar, hyperlinks, the sound icon as well as the title. Here it is a good opportunity to point out the difference between other text genres and a factual report. In this way, the teacher will point out that the website provides factual information, which is a necessity in an information report (information reports will be further explored in the following lessons). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The teacher will then ask the students the following Hidden, Here and Head questions in reference to the reading of this website: __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Here: __ · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">What is the habitat of a Koala? · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Identify and describe the diet of a Koala · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">What do Koala look like? __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Hidden __ · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">What are some unique features of a koala? · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">What are some reasons the koalas maybe threatened? · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Why would baby koalas feel more secure in blanket pouched when Zoo keepers work with them? · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">What does a koala sound like? __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Head __ · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">What are the threats to the koala population? What evidence tells if they will become endangered? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Do you think that they are likely to be endangered why or why not? || || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Students will be seated on the floor with their clipboards and with the print out version of the web page (or view the webpage on the computer depending on the availability of the schools resources). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Each group will be assigned certain areas of the webpage to read and report to the class. This will be followed by time given to students to write and record their own individual summary of what they have learned in a few sentences. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">For students with additional needs sentence stems such as those below can be used. //__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">I have learned the strategy of __////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">(name of strategy) to help me….(what the strategy does) // //__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">I was having difficulty with… __////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">(some part of learning this that kept you from getting it right) __and this was because…__(name of what was wrong) // //__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Next time I will try…. __// //__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">I particularly like the word(s) __////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">(name of word or word family) __because it is__ (name of something special about this word). // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">After reading and writing, students will work together to create a word bank with the difficult words they came across in the text. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Students present their difficult words to the class. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Students remain in their groups. Each group creates a poster using the website information given to them. However, students are allocated one of the five headings (Appearance, Habitat, Movement, Diet and Lifecycle) to create a poster by writing basic information about that heading and draw an illustration that supports their written text. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">During this activity the teacher can provide additional support to student who may be struggling with the material. A picture dictionary, or bilingual dictionary can be used to assist ESL learners. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The supplementary web page <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">[] From the Kids World Almanac can be used as an alternative or additional article for practice. |||| <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Teacher will… <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The teacher groups children into groups of four. The teacher will give each group a print out version of the information article from the website just observed (this will be the reciprocal reading material). It is assumed that the teacher has had a few prior reciprocal reading lessons where she/he has facilitated explicit instruction in the procedures and behavioral expectations of reciprocal reading. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Facilitate **r****eciprocal reading procedures** according to the cue cards. A different nominated volunteer group member for each step of the process will lead the small group in reading and completing their worksheet. Dictionaries can be used for reference. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Predicting ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Reading ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Questioning ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Summarizing ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The teacher will then ask each group to share their difficult words with the class. The teacher will discuss these difficult words with the class and then add them to their class word bank on the butchers paper (only words that have not been listed already). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The teacher then scaffolds how she/ he could organize this information under five main headings. The teacher then writes the following 5 headings on the whiteboard and explains that these will be our headings to categorize the information we find on Koalas. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The 5 headings: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Appearance, Habitat, Movement, Diet and Lifecycle **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">It is these headings which will relate to the units indicators: · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">describe the **appearance** of a Koala · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">describe the **habitat** of a Koala · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">describe the **diet** of a Koala · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">describe the **movement** of a Koala · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">describe the **lifecycle** of a Koala || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">As a whole group, students report and present their posters to the whole class. The teacher refers back to the introductory clip of Koalas and the pre-reading predictions to demonstrate how the class has provided **information** or facts about the key concepts **habitat, appearance, diet, lifecycle**. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">These posters will be stapled together to create a class book on Koalas to be displayed in the classroom. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Teacher systematically observes students throughout the lesson making mental notes/ writing on a post it note about their performance and participation of students. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Teacher observes which students were able to work in groups, engage in reciprocal readings and create a poster that related to one key heading. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Did the students enjoy and engage with the activities in the lesson? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Were the time frames accurate? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Were there any areas of the lesson the students struggled with? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- What area/s could be modified to improve the lesson? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">- Did the lesson meet the learning abilities of the students? ||
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Unit Topic: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Koala: A Native Australian Animal unit |||| **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Curriculum Link: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Science and Technology  || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Yr Level: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Stage 2 Year 4  ||
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Lesson Number: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1/10 |||| **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Lesson Topic: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Unit Introduction  || **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Learning Area(s): **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">English and Science and Technology  ||
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Unit Aim: **
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Lesson Focus: **
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Lesson Outcome: **
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Resources: **
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Lesson Outline **
 * __<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Introduction: __
 * **__<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Teaching strategy/Learning __****<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">__Activity:__ **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Students will ……
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Concluding strategy: **
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Concluding strategy: **
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 1.7pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">**<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Assessment: **
 * **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Self-reflection **