Australian Curriculum: English Foundation Learning Sequence

Foundation Learning Sequence

The Foundation learning sequence contained in this post was developed by Pre Primary teacher Wendy Murray from Woodlands PS in our work as a Teacher Development School. The sequence is linked to "The Little Red Hen" through a variety of texts types including digital.

The sequence is linked to The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions. 

You can access The Australian Curriculum by clicking this link:

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

  

The learning sequence uses the Year Level Description from Foundation as direction for the types of texts students engage with and create.

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 find below some student work samples as a result of the learning sequence.

Our next Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club is on September 5 from 4pm to 5pm at Woodlands PS.  We are focusing on

Communicate: The Who, the What and the How!

  To register please go to the Institute for Professional Learning Online Calendar which can be accessed through the Portal via Professional Learning.

Or for more details please email Carlene.Thorpe@education.wa.edu.au

 

WACI Club also operates via

 The Collie-Preston and Capes Networks! 

You can register NOW on the IPL Calendar for :

 

Collie-Preston WACI Club on  17 September from 4:15 - 5:15pm at 

Bunbury Primary School on Hartog Road.   This WACI Club will focus on Expanding the Use of Literary Texts. It is a FREE event.

 

AND 

Capes WACI Club on 19 September from 4pm to 5pm at  Geographe Primary School in Busselton. This WACI Club will focus on Expanding the Use of Literary Texts. It is a FREE event.

We are excited to announce the formation of WACI Club at Craigie Heights Primary School!

You can register NOW on the IPL calendar for:

Craigie Heights WACI Club on 12 September from 3:45m to 4:45pm at 

Craigie Heights Primary School. This WACI Club will focus on the Planning with Literary Texts. It is a FREE event.

 

Copyright notice for use of Australian Curriculum material

In regards to the planning tool in this post:

© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2013.
This is an extract from the Australian Curriculum.
ACARA neither endorses nor verifies the accuracy of the information provided and accepts no responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate information. In particular, ACARA does not endorse or verify that:

• The content descriptions are solely for a particular year and subject;
• All the content descriptions for that year and subject have been used; and
• The author’s material aligns with the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for the relevant year and subject.

You can find the unaltered and most up to date version of this material at http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ This material is reproduced with the permission of ACARA.

Australian Curriculum: English Year 2 Learning Sequence

Utilising a Variety of Literary Text Types

The Year Two learning sequence contained in this post was developed by Year Two teacher Melissa Martyn from Woodlands PS in our work as a Teacher Development School.

The sequence is linked to The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions. 

You can access The Australian Curriculum by clicking this link:

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

 

 

The learning sequence uses the Year Level Descriptions from Year 2 as direction for the types of texts students engage with and create.

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. There are 13 pages to the Learning Sequence. The sequence of lessons was addressed over a 7 week period.

Our next Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club is on September 5 from 4pm to 5pm at Woodlands PS.  We are focusing on s

Communicate: The Who, the What and the How!

  To register please go to the Institute for Professional Learning Online Calendar which can be accessed through the Portal via Professional Learning.

Or for more details please email Carlene.Thorpe@education.wa.edu.au

 

WACI Club also operates via

 The Collie-Preston and Capes Networks! 

You can register NOW on the IPL Calendar for :

 

Collie-Preston WACI Club on  13 August from 4:15 - 5:15pm at 

Dalyellup Primary School on Hartog Road.   This WACI Club will focus on Assessment and the Australian Curriculum. It is a FREE event.

 

AND 

Capes WACI Club on 15 August from 4pm to 5pm at  Geographe Primary School in Busselton. This WACI Club will focus on Assessment and the Australian Curriculum. It is a FREE event.

We are excited to announce the formation of WACI Club at Craigie Heights Primary School!

You can register NOW on the IPL calendar for:

Craigie Heights WACI Club on 15 August from 3:45m to 4:45pm at 

Craigie Heights Primary School. This WACI Club will focus on the Literature strand. It is a FREE event.

 

Copyright notice for use of Australian Curriculum material

In regards to the planning tool in this post:

© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2013.
This is an extract from the Australian Curriculum.
ACARA neither endorses nor verifies the accuracy of the information provided and accepts no responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate information. In particular, ACARA does not endorse or verify that:

• The content descriptions are solely for a particular year and subject;
• All the content descriptions for that year and subject have been used; and
• The author’s material aligns with the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for the relevant year and subject.

You can find the unaltered and most up to date version of this material at http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ This material is reproduced with the permission of ACARA.

Australian Curriculum: English Year 1/2 Learning Sequence

Poetry

The Year One/Two learning sequence contained in this post was developed by Year One/Two teacher Megan Wilkinson from Woodlands PS in our work as a Teacher Development School.

The sequence is linked to The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions. 

You can access The Australian Curriculum by clicking this link:

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

The AC:E content is written as a continuum of understandings and skills. In terms of composite classes it is important to look for the build between year levels in content descriptions. 

 

 In the "Organisation" tab of The Australian Curriculum online, there is an informative document entitled, "Implications for Teaching, Assessment and Reporting." Part of this document states: "Teachers use the Australian Curriculum content and achievement standards first to identify current levels of learning and achievement and then to select the most appropriate content (possibly from across several year levels) to teach individual students and/or groups of students. This takes into account that in each class there may be students with a range of prior achievement (below, at and above the year level expectations) and that teachers plan to build on current learning"  Therefore it is important for teachers to ascertain WHAT skills and knowledge students already bring to the learning sequence, WHAT misunderstandings they have, and then adjust/devise the learning sequence in response. The ENTITLEMENT of the students is to be provided with opportunities to learn the AC:E content - at whatever stage in their learning that content sits.  

 

The learning sequence uses the Year Level Descriptions from both Year 1 and Year 2. At both the Year One and Year Two level the sequence addresses Imaginative texts through creating spoken and written poetry and performances. You can see this is highlighted on the planning sheet below.

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. There are two pages to the Learning Sequence to address the build between Years 1 and 2.

Our next Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club is on September 5 from 4pm to 5pm at Woodlands PS.  We are focusing on s

Communicate: The Who, the What and the How!

  To register please go to the Institute for Professional Learning Online Calendar which can be accessed through the Portal via Professional Learning.

Or for more details please email Carlene.Thorpe@education.wa.edu.au

 

WACI Club also operates via

 The Collie-Preston and Capes Networks! 

You can register NOW on the IPL Calendar for :

 

Collie-Preston WACI Club on  13 August from 4:15 - 5:15pm at 

Dalyellup Primary School on Hartog Road.   This WACI Club will focus on Assessment and the Australian Curriculum. It is a FREE event.

 

AND 

Capes WACI Club on 15 August from 4pm to 5pm at  Geographe Primary School in Busselton. This WACI Club will focus on Assessment and the Australian Curriculum. It is a FREE event.

We are excited to announce the formation of WACI Club at Craigie Heights Primary School!

You can register NOW on the IPL calendar for:

Craigie Heights WACI Club on 15 August from 3:45m to 4:45pm at 

Craigie Heights Primary School. This WACI Club will focus on the Literature strand. It is a FREE event.

 

Copyright notice for use of Australian Curriculum material

In regards to the planning tool in this post:

© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2013.
This is an extract from the Australian Curriculum.
ACARA neither endorses nor verifies the accuracy of the information provided and accepts no responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate information. In particular, ACARA does not endorse or verify that:

• The content descriptions are solely for a particular year and subject;
• All the content descriptions for that year and subject have been used; and
• The author’s material aligns with the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for the relevant year and subject.

You can find the unaltered and most up to date version of this material at http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ This material is reproduced with the permission of ACARA.

Australian Curriculum: English Year One Poetry Learning Sequence

Haiku Poems

Woodlands Primary School would like to welcome Guest Bloggers , Cleo Tyler, Carly Pinnock and Karen Denning, Year 1 teachers at Bassendean Primary School.

Cleo, Carly and Karen attend the Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club and developed the learning sequence attached below in response to professional learning undertaken at WACI Club.

WACI Club is a professional learning community organised by Woodlands Primary School in its work as a Teacher Development School.

Thanks Karen, Carly, Cleo and your students  for allowing Woodlands to share your learning sequence and student work samples as contained in this blog post.

As part of The Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club participants have been engaging in developing learning sequences with a focus on Create.   In the AC:E glossary, Create is described as the ability to “develop and/or produce spoken, written or multimodal texts in print or digital forms."

Participants of WACI Club this term have developed learning sequences which span more than just the written aspect of "Create".  

The Year One learning sequence contained in this post is linked to The Australian Curriculum - English content descriptions. 

You can access The Australian Curriculum by clicking this link:

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

The learning sequence uses the Year Level Descriptions from Year One. At the Year One level the sequence addresses Imaginative texts through creating spoken and written poetry. You can see this is highlighted on the planning sheet below.

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. There are two pages to the Learning Sequence.

Some examples of student work as a result of the learning sequence are pictured below.

A copy of the rubric used for assessment purposes is also below. Please click to view a larger version.

Thanks again to Cleo, Carly and Karen for being willing to share with an audience beyond WACI Club. It is wonderful to know that the professional learning provided by Woodlands PS in its work as a Teacher Development School is having continuous and substantial impacts on teacher planning.

Our next Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club is on August 8 from 4pm to 5pm at Woodlands PS.  We are focusing on sharing punctuation across the modes learning sequences and assessing for learning.  To register please go to the Institute for Professional Learning Online Calendar which can be accessed through the Portal via Professional Learning.

Or for more details please email Carlene.Thorpe@education.wa.edu.au

WACI Club also operates via

 The Collie-Preston and Capes Networks! 

You can register NOW on the IPL Calendar for :

 

Collie-Preston WACI Club on  13 August from 4:15 - 5:15pm at 

Dalyellup Primary School on Hartog Road.   This WACI Club will focus on Assessment and the Australian Curriculum. It is a FREE event.

 

AND 

Capes WACI Club on 15 August from 4pm to 5pm at  Geographe Primary School in Busselton.
This WACI Club will focus on Assessment and the Australian Curriculum. It is a FREE event.

We are excited to announce the formation of WACI Club at Craigie Heights Primary School!

You can register NOW on the IPL calendar for:

Craigie Heights WACI Club on 15 August from 3:45m to 4:45pm at 

Craigie Heights Primary School. This WACI Club will focus on the Literature strand. It is a FREE event.

 

Copyright notice for use of Australian Curriculum material

In regards to the planning tool in this post:

© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2013.
This is an extract from the Australian Curriculum.
ACARA neither endorses nor verifies the accuracy of the information provided and accepts no responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate information. In particular, ACARA does not endorse or verify that:

• The content descriptions are solely for a particular year and subject;
• All the content descriptions for that year and subject have been used; and
• The author’s material aligns with the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for the relevant year and subject.

You can find the unaltered and most up to date version of this material at http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ This material is reproduced with the permission of ACARA.

Australian Curriculum: English - Year Three Learning Sequence "Imaginative Narratives"

The Year Three learning sequence contained in this post was developed by Year Three teacher Casey Finlen in our work as a Teacher Development School.

The sequence is linked to 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 following texts:

Just Another Ordinary Day by Rod Clement

Please note this is a DIFFERENT sequence to the one posted in our blog in 2012.

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.

The Australian Curriculum is currently at Version 5.0 and has been updated to include AC:Geography! Please remember the most up to date version can always be located online. Woodlands PS documents are kept up to date with current versions and changes that are made.

Our next Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club is on Thursday July 4 from 4pm to 5pm at Woodlands PS.  We are focusing on the Language Sub Strand of Text Structure and Organisation: Punctuation thread. This will also include information in regards to the impacts on whole school and classroom planning.  

 

 To register please go to the Institute for Professional Learning Online Calendar which can be accessed by clicking this link:

Institute for Professional Learning Calendar

Or for more details please email Carlene.Thorpe@education.wa.edu.au

We are excited to announce the formation of WACI Club for

 The Collie-Preston and Capes Networks! 

You can register NOW on the IPL link above for :

 

Capes WACI Club on 26 June from 4pm to 5pm at 

Dunsborough Primary School

 

AND 

Collie-Preston WACI Club on  20 June from 4:15 - 5:15pm at 

Cooinda Primary School in Bunbury

 

We would like to share with you another blog that is so very helpful with Australian Curriculum.

Saywers Valley Primary School is a Teacher Development School for AC:History. They have a fantastic blog to assist teachers with planning with AC:H.  

Please visit their blog 

HERE

 

 

Copyright notice for use of Australian Curriculum material

In regards to the planning tool in this post:

© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2013.
This is an extract from the Australian Curriculum.
ACARA neither endorses nor verifies the accuracy of the information provided and accepts no responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate information. In particular, ACARA does not endorse or verify that:

• The content descriptions are solely for a particular year and subject;
• All the content descriptions for that year and subject have been used; and
• The author’s material aligns with the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for the relevant year and subject.

You can find the unaltered and most up to date version of this material at http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ This material is reproduced with the permission of ACARA.

Australian Curriculum: English - Year One Learning Sequence "Rhyming Verse"

The Year One learning sequence contained in this post was developed byYear One teacher Claire Poole in our work as a Teacher Development School. 

The sequence is linked to 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 following texts:

To Town by Joy Cowley 

Poem: Danny O' Dare the Dancing Bear by Shel Silverstein

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.

The Australian Curriculum is currently at Version 5.0 and has been updated to include AC:Geography! Please remember the most up to date version can always be located online. Woodlands PS documents are kept up to date with current versions and changes that are made.

Our next Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club is on May 30 from 4pm to 5pm at Woodlands PS.  We are focusing on Assessment and Moderation using AC:English.  To register please go to the Institute for Professional Learning Online Calendar which can be accessed by clicking this link:

Institute for Professional Learning Calendar

Or for more details please email Carlene.Thorpe@education.wa.edu.au

We are excited to announce the formation of WACI Club for

 The Collie-Preston and Capes Networks! 

You can register NOW on the IPL link above for :

 

Capes WACI Club on 30 May from 3:45 - 4:45pm at 

Geographe Primary School in Busselton 

 

AND 

Collie-Preston WACI Club on  20 June from 4:15 - 5:15pm at 

Cooinda Primary School in Bunbury

 

We would like to share with you two blogs that are so very helpful with Australian Curriculum.

York District High School is a Teacher Development School for AC:History. They have a fantastic blog to assist teachers with planning with AC:H.  Please visit their blog 

HERE

 

Dalkeith Primary School has a wonderful blog that assists teachers with all things "techno". This is particularly useful for the AC:E content descriptions from the Print and Screen thread in the sub strands of Text Structure and Organisation and Creating Texts.  Please visit their blog

HERE

 

Copyright notice for use of Australian Curriculum material

In regards to the planning tool in this post:

© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2013.
This is an extract from the Australian Curriculum.
ACARA neither endorses nor verifies the accuracy of the information provided and accepts no responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate information. In particular, ACARA does not endorse or verify that:

• The content descriptions are solely for a particular year and subject;
• All the content descriptions for that year and subject have been used; and
• The author’s material aligns with the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for the relevant year and subject.

You can find the unaltered and most up to date version of this material at http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ This material is reproduced with the permission of ACARA.

Australian Curriculum: English - Year One Learning Sequence "Create Poetry"

TheYear One learning sequence contained in this post was developed byYear One teacher Jenny Russell in our work as a Teacher Development School. 

The sequence is linked to 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 text,

"Ten Small Koalas" by Beverley Randall 

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.

Our next Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club is on May 30 from 4pm to 5pm at Woodlands PS.  We are focusing on Assessment and Moderation using AC:English.  To register please go to the Institute for Professional Learning Online Calendar which can be accessed by clicking this link:

Institute for Professional Learning Calendar

Or for more details please email Carlene.Thorpe@education.wa.edu.au

We are excited to announce the formation of WACI Club for

 The Collie-Preston and Capes Networks! 

You can register NOW on the IPL link above for :

Collie-Preston WACI Club on  21 May from 4:15 - 5:15pm at Tuart Forest Primary School in East Dalyellup

AND 

Capes WACI Club on 30 May from 3:45 - 4:45pm at 

Geographe Primary School in Busselton

We would like to share with you two blogs that are so very helpful with Australian Curriculum.

York District High School is a Teacher Development School for AC:History. They have a fantastic blog to assist teachers with planning with AC:H.  Please visit their blog 

HERE

Dalkeith Primary School has a wonderful blog that assists teachers with all things "techno". This is particularly useful for the AC:E content descriptions from the Print and Screen thread in the sub strands of Text Structure and Organisation and Creating Texts.  Please visit their blog

HERE

 

Copyright notice for use of Australian Curriculum material

In regards to the planning tool in this post:

© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2013.
This is an extract from the Australian Curriculum.
ACARA neither endorses nor verifies the accuracy of the information provided and accepts no responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate information. In particular, ACARA does not endorse or verify that:

• The content descriptions are solely for a particular year and subject;
• All the content descriptions for that year and subject have been used; and
• The author’s material aligns with the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for the relevant year and subject.

You can find the unaltered and most up to date version of this material at http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ This material is reproduced with the permission of ACARA.