EDU10002 Assignment 3B: Learning activity plan 1

Teaching and learning an oral language using ICT

Your Name:

Learning Activity Retelling the Zoo experience

Title

Focus Concept Teaching and learning an oral language using ICT

Age Group 3-4 years 4-5 years Foundation Year 1 Year 2

LEARNING ACTIVITY PLAN

 The teacher asks the children to sit in a circle.

 The teacher shows children the "We’re going to the Zoo" to fill
Introduction
them with enthusiasm.
 Children watch the photos and videos they captured during the
excursion to the Zoo.
 Children look at the pictures and videos on the interactive
whiteboard (IWB) and engage in an open-ended discussion.
 The teacher asks children questions like "what animal did they
like the most or what was the favourite part of their excursion,
and why?”
 The teacher provides children with digital cameras to take
pictures of the physical environment like trees, plants, birds,
rocks, sandpits, and flowers.
Main Activity  Get the children together again and print the pictures they took.
 Display their pictures on the whiteboard and encourage children
to describe their experience while taking pictures. For example,
“do they like to spend time outdoors? Why did they choose
particular pictures?” Children's responses will be voice recorded
by other children with the educator's help.

 The whole class will listen to the voice recordings to boost

children's confidence to participate and reflect on their verbal
skills.
 The teacher will set up an indoor natural play space with
children, including plants, rocks, and wild animals, to extend
Conclusion
their real-life experience into imaginary play.
 The teacher will upload the voice recordings on the Playground
app for the parents to access.
Resources/props:
IWB, iPad, digital camera, laptop, wild animals, natural resources like plants, sticks, rocks,
plant pots, branches.

Curriculum connection:
This activity supports Early years learning framework sub-outcome 5.3: “Children express
ideas and make meaning using a range of media” (Department of Education and Training,
2019, p.45). The activity will allow children to access digital cameras to take pictures and
express their views about nature and their experience with the camera. The activity promotes
opportunities where educators support children's oral language by engaging them in various
discussions and asking open-ended questions. The voice recording allows children to listen
to their audio recordings and reflect on their oral language progress.

FOCUS CONCEPT (approximately 100 words):

Explain the role of

ICT in teaching and Information and communication technology (ICT) plays a
learning language progressive role in supporting young children to become effective
and literacy communicators and learners (Fellowes & Oakley, 2019).
ICT enables children to access knowledge and demonstrate their
imagination through language (Fellowes & Oakley, 2019). The
focus concept for this plan is to develop children's language and
literacy through engaging them in various interactions promoted by
multiple modes of technology (Fellowes & Oakley, 2019).

Provide an
example of how For example, this lesson supports access to IWB, printers, digital
ICT is used in this cameras, voice recorders which fosters their imagination. Children
Learning Activity listen and communicate their thoughts produced from the captured
Plan to support oral pictures, followed by different inquiry-based questions. Various ICT
language sources will support children to use their oral language by
development promoting opportunities to solve problems with decision-making
skills and involving conversations (Fellowes & Oakley, 2019).
 EDU10002 Assignment 3B: Learning activity plan 2

Teaching and learning oral language by supporting home language and culture

Your Name:
Learning
Activity Exploring the world
Title
Focus Teaching and learning oral language by supporting home language
Concept and culture
Age group 4-5
3-4 years Foundation Year 1 Year 2
years

LEARNING ACTIVITY PLAN

 The teacher introduces the book "Children around the world" during
group time which describes how everyone belongs to different places
and share different cultures.
Introduction
 General discussion will take place where children can name different
countries.
 The teacher displays the World map on the wall.
 The teacher explains the purpose of string in the activity.

 Teachers ask questions from children like "where were they born,
where were their parents born, how far is their country from Australia?"
 Based on the child's origin country, the educator asks children to stick
one end of the string to their picture and the other end to their origin
country. Teachers assist children with the string.
Main
 As each child completes the task, the educator asks, “if they ever
Activity
visited their origin country?”
 Once everyone finishes, diversity can be noticed and explained by the
teacher.
 Children take turns to name their language and say any sentence in
that language with its meaning in English to other children.

 Children watch the "Hello around the world” song.

 The teacher set up the multi-cultural play space with children, including
family photos, traditional costumes, and children's voices documented
Conclusion
during the activity.
 Parents welcomed to cook their traditional meal with the children.

Resources/props:
World map, string, laptop, family photos, 'Children around the world book,' children family
pictures, traditional clothes, traditional puppets.

Figure: Traditional puppets

Curriculum connection:
This activity supports sub-outcome 1.3 Children develop knowledgeable and confident self-
identities. (Department of Education and Training, 2019)
The activity allows all children to develop confident identities while explaining different aspects of
their culture like their cultural language, food, and clothes. Children feel supported by the
educators as they are asked additional questions and engaged in respectful conversations.
Different cultures are recognised while children practice saying “Hello," which also increases the
sense of belonging.

FOCUS CONCEPT
Explain the The focus concept for this plan is to include children’s home language
implications of home and culture into the curriculum who speak English as an additional
language and culture language. Including children's home language support children's
for teaching and learning as it develops their ability to learn reading and writing
learning language and (Fellowes & Oakley, 2019). Each child has their own ‘funds of
literacy knowledge’ acquired from their families, which further nurtures their
knowledge, interests, and abilities (Fellowes & Oakley, 2019).
Provide an example of For example, this lesson plan supports children's home language and
how supporting culture by participating in conversations about their origin country
home (Fellowes & Oakley, 2019). Children respond to queries related to their
language/culture in culture, which enhances new vocabulary (Fellowes & Oakley, 2019).
this Learning Activity Children's social interactions contribute to developing their oral
Plan promotes oral language through participating in discussions and the desire to express
language themselves (Fellowes & Oakley, 2019).
development.
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