Introduction/explicit learning (Linked to syllabus)
EN1-10C thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts. ST1-2DP-T uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity. Inventors Prompt: Can you make a telephone to communicate with a friend? How does it work? Year 1 had the opportunity over the last couple of sessions to plan, collaborate and create string telephones in the inventor’s center. It was noticed that the students were finding it challenging to work ‘what’s next’ after they created, decorated and experimented with their phones. This week’s focus is to give students some direction and opportunities to further their learning and move to the ‘what’s next’ part of our learning. Introduction: Look at the ‘Together we…’ flowchart. Explain to students that to be successful learners in learning centres, we need to work through each process/step of the flowchart. We need to read the prompt carefully, then Plan, Create, Share and Think what’s Next in our learning. Explain that today we are going to focus on what’s next in our learning once we have finished creating our sting telephones. Display- the explanation/steps on how to make a string telephone on the IWB. Watch video - The Science of the String Phone! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yqB2KFwJCo -Explain that once they have made the string phone their job is to experiment with how it can be used. -They may talk into the phone and ask their partner to write down the message they heard, in order to test if it works. -They can try using a different cup (paper or polystyrene) to test which material works better. -Model how to write a sentence about which phone worked best. Display -some challenges students may try on the IWB. For example, try making a 3 way telephone and write about how to use it. TPS- Why it may be important to write an explanation on how to use the phone for someone who has never used a string telephone? Teacher models- how to write an explanation on how to use a string telephone for a friend to follow, once they have completed their experiments/challenges. Explain how to think about each step by first role playing using the phone and then drawing the image and writing the explanation to match for each step. Students TPS- how they may explain each step in their own words using action words at the start of each step. Teacher explicitly models- how to write an explanation using the student’s responses. Share with year 1 during reflection.
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