Title: Reading: Are we there yet Writing: Are we there Maths: Chance

yet?
Curriculum Literacy Literacy Mathematics
area and
topic:
Date and 23/11/16 9.15-9.50 23/11/16 10.10- 10.50 23/11/16 1-1.45
time:
Learning To explore a map of Australia in relation to Focusing on using spaces To understand that all
outcomes: the places that the family visited from Are between words, capital numbers of a dice have
we there yet? letters, full stops and the same chance of
To recognise and identify the states of letter formation. occurring, although our
Australia on a map. results/data can differ.
Learning Use icy pole sticks to create the shape of Model students a sentence Students roll dice and
experience/t Australia. Use cut out names of places the on whiteboard record the number that
ask details: family visited and place them on the Dear Nan and Poppa, they got on the 10x10
correct spot on icy pole stick map. Today we went to grid.
Question students regarding location of And we did Once completed, students
states. colour code their grid (all
Students cut out map of Australia to create 4s pink, ect.) and create a
a jigsaw and paste into books, labelling the tally recording the number
states. that scored the highest
and the lowest.

Resources: Are we there yet? Alison Lester. Writing handout. Paper and pens.
Map of Australia. Dice.
10X10 grid.
Assessment Locating places from Are we there yet? Students letter formation Students questioning
strategies on a map of Australia. and ability to create a text techniques.
and criteria Locating the states of Australia on a map. based off Are we there Ability to make
for analysing Questioning techniques will be used to yet? connections between the
assessment assess students understanding. numbers on the grid.
data: Writing task will be used Recognising which
as unit assessment. numbers occur most.
Recognising that these
numbers differ.
Ways the Individually Individually Group work and
students will Think, Pair, Share. individually.
learn:
Evaluation: Activity engaged students well and Reading activity was This activity was highly
allowed them to explore the states of extended as students engaging for students. I
Australia in depth. The student engagement levels where was able to extend
conversation that was taking place high and learning that was students though
throughout the entire lesson was taking place was very highlighting patterns and
worthwhile, meaningful and provided valuable. Students had creating addition and
further/deeper thought. little time to complete this subtraction sums from the
activity, so we discussed data collected. Students
what the students would were able to make
write about, and will use comparisons regarding
this activity for another data.
day.
Supervising
teacher
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