Primary Whole Class Lesson Plan

Day: M T W T F
Year: Year 1

Date: 28/8/15

Learning Area: Maths

Time: 11.20 12.05

Topic: Position

Curriculum content description:

ACMMG023 Give and follow directions to familiar locations.

Students prior knowledge and experience:

Previously covered in term 1
Will require a revision of positional language

Learning purpose:
To be able to follow directions using positional language in order to arrive at a
familiar location.

Learning objectives:

Evaluation:

On completion of this lesson,

students will be able to:

Using a questioning along the treasure hunt

route.
Getting children to demonstrate positions
physically.
Use questioning while watching slide show.

To have an understanding of
positional language (left, right,
under, over, up, down, forwards,
backwards, through)
Be capable of following a basic set of
instructions that uses the positional
language in order for them to arrive
at a familiar location.

Preparation and Resources:

http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/1566306/
Preprepared slide show displaying postions
Treasure box containing treasure (Gold chocolate coins)
A written list of directions to a familiar location within the school grounds

Catering for diversity

Keep the positional language simple.

Have a group discussion on the mat about the different positions before heading
During the treasure hunt position child/ren towards the front of the line to be sure
they understand.
If there is any behavioural issues during the treasure hunt child/ren will be taken out
of the line and placed at the back of the lie with the class teacher.

Timi
ng:

Learning Experiences:

11.2
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Ask children to sit quietly on the mat.

Wait for attention
Talk about what positional words are.
Show slide show of positional words
Talk about the position as the slide plays
Get children to show a different position by asking one or two children to
stand and give them a position to demonstrate.

1. Introduction:

Hand up who can demonstrate ?

Show the Youtube clip treasure map.

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Explain that I have a list of instructions and we are going to follow them
and see where they lead us.
Get children to get hats on and get into given order
Line children up in boy/girl order
Explain that we need to stay in this order, there is to be no pushing in.
Check who is in front of you?
Who is behind you?
Make sure that you stay in that order.
Follow the list of the directions, leading the way, to our familiar location.
Find the treasure box
Walk quietly back to class.
Hats away and sitting on the mat.
2. Sequence of learning experiences:

We will have a group mat discussion about the different positions.

Children can demonstrate different positions
Watch a short video that uses positional language
Together as a group we will follow a list of directions that uses positional
language in order to arrive at a familiar location.
3. Lesson conclusion:

Go over what we have learnt

Ask the students what some of the positions were that we used on our
treasure hunt.
Replay the slide asking individual children what each position is.
Ask some different students to again demonstrate given positions.

11.5
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Lesson Evaluation:
The lesson ran really well. The children were very engaged from the beginning. They
were all eager to have a go at answering questions and participate.
The weather on the day turned out to be very wet, this meant that I needed to alter
my lesson slightly as we were unable to go with the original plan. I managed to do a
modified route that kept us undercover.
If I was to do this lesson again I would be sure to take on all the advice from my
mentor teacher and be sure to position myself better when giving directions. Make
sure that I am giving clear hand signal so as not to confuse the students and have a
back up plan prepared earlier.
Over all I think that this was a great activity that involved all children and had them
all thinking about the positions that we were using.

Treasure Hunt Instructions.

Get into a nice straight line
Walk slowly so everyone can keep up
Walk through the door
Step down the step and out the door
Walk forward and go under the table and stop at the pole
Turn right and walk straight
Continue past the water fountains
Stop when you get to the table
Turn left at the office and continue walking and
weave your way in and out through 4 poles
Continue walking past the staff room
Stop when you get to the undercover area
Turn left and walk up the step onto the stage
Walk forward and stop at the next set of steps
Turn right and go down the steps
Walk forward in a straight line towards the drink fountain
Stop at the drink fountain
Turn left and walk towards the bench
Go over the seat, under the table and then over the next
seat
Turn left and walk straight towards the purple bin
Stop when you get to the purple bin

Continue to walk around middle block in an anti

clockwise direction
Hands up who can tell me which way that is?
Follow the path until we get to the corner of room 6
Follow the path until we come to the corner and turn left
Stop at the playground
Turn right and go up the ladder, through the tunnel and
slide down the firemans pole.
Line up along the edge of the playground
Can you see the X marks the spot?