"Brolga Song" - AC:English Year 2 Lesson

Our Year 2 teacher, Carlene Thorpe, has developed a lesson using The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions. You can access The Australian Curriculum by clicking this link:

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

This sequence was developed using the Dust Echoes resource of Brolga Song.

Dust Echoes is recommended by ACARA in their resources section. Please note that you will need to assess the suitability of the resources on Dust Echoes depending on the age of your students. You can view all the Dust Echoes resources by clicking this link:

http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/

Click HERE to download/view the teacher's lesson plan.When you click the link it will open in Google Docs. When that screen opens, click on FILE and then DOWNLOAD.

A copy of the visualisation grid is below. Click the picture to download in Google Docs.

 

Year 3 Australian Curriculum English Learning Sequence

Our Year 3 teachers, Melissa Bennett and Casey Finlen, have developed a learning sequence using The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions. You can access The Australian Curriculum by clicking this link:

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

 

This sequence was developed using the picture book Louisa May Pickett by Rod Clement. This text was suggested by another Year 3 teacher at the Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club during their collaborative planning session.

 

Click HERE to download/view the teacher's lesson plan.When you click the link it will open in Google Docs. When that screen opens, click on FILE and then DOWNLOAD.

Some of the tools the teachers developed for comprehension use are below.  Click the photo to download in Google Docs.

Some photos of student work samples are below. Click to enlarge.

Australian Curriculum - English Year 2 - Olga the Brolga

Our Year 2 teacher, Carlene Thorpe, has developed a learning sequence using The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions. You can access The Australian Curriculum by clicking this link:

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

 

This sequence was developed using the picture book Olga the Brolga by Rod Clement.

 

Click HERE to download/view the teacher's lesson plan.When you click the link it will open in Google Docs. When that screen opens, click on FILE and then DOWNLOAD. 

 

 

I have created a series of comprehension sheets that you can download by clicking  the picture below.

 

 

 

"The Very Cranky Bear" Australian Curriculum - English Year 2 Sequence

Our Year 2 teacher, Carlene Thorpe, has developed a learning sequence using The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions. You can access The Australian Curriculum by clicking this link:

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

This sequence was developed using the picture book The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland.

Click HERE to download/view the teacher's lesson plan.When you click the link it will open in Google Docs. When that screen opens, click on FILE and then DOWNLOAD. 

Please note this is a two page sequence of learning.

 If you would like a copy of the reflection grid we use with the Year 2 class please download by clicking the photo below. The reflections grid is an individual reflection tool that students use throughout the learning sequence to indicate their level of understanding. Each student has a photo of themselves and it is velcroed to the grid and moved along as student understandings increase. "What?" meaning - What is the teacher on about? I have no idea! "A Little" meaning - I know a little bit about what we are learning.  "A lot" meaning - I understand the learning goal now!  There is space for the children to write notes.

The Interview with The Very Cranky Bear can be viewed by clicking this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGMY90P9-7Y

You can also view the video below. Please be mindful of the Terms and Conditions for using YouTube at school.

If you would like to know how to use and create QR Codes for the classroom please utilise Google search or email Carlene.Thorpe@education.wa.edu.au

Australian Curriculum - English Pre Primary Plan

Our Pre Primary teacher, Wendy Murray, and a Pre Service teacher on prac in her classroom, have developed a learning sequence using The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions.

 

This sequence was developed using a traditional tale - The Three Little Pigs.

 

Click HERE to download/view the teacher's lesson plan.When you click the link it will open in Google Docs. When that screen opens, click on FILE and then DOWNLOAD.

 

 

Copies of templates used during this learning sequence are below. 

Click the photo to download in Google Docs.

 

 

 

 Below is a photo of some of the activities from the learning sequence. Click to enlrage or download.

AC:English - Brolga Song Learning Sequence

Our Year 1 teacher, Robyn Blekkenhorst, has developed a sequence of lessons in relation to the Dust Echoes traditional Aboriginal dreamtime text of The Brolga Song.

 

Dust Echoes is a series of twelve beautifully animated dreamtime stories from Central Arnhem Land, telling stories of love, loyalty, duty to country and aboriginal custom and law.  You can access Dust Echoes videos and study guides by clicking this link http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/

 

The sequence of lessons addresses aspects of the Australian Curriculum English content descriptions across the three strands of Language, Literature and Literacy. The learning sequence also caters for the AC Cross Curriculum Priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures.

In Brolga Song, the major theme of the story is
the importance of culture, and of
knowing one’s place in Aboriginal
society.

Click HERE to download/view the teacher's lesson plan.When you click the link it will open in Google Docs. When that screen opens, click on FILE and then DOWNLOAD.

Click on the photos below to download a copy of the graphic organisers used as part of this learning sequence.

 Some samples of student work are below. Click a photo to see an enlarged version.