Class on Air Term 1 Video 1.mp4

Direct Instruction

The learning intention for this lesson was understand how best to build a shelter for survival. Children will need to think while reading, pick up new information, and come up with new ideas and thinking.

The video shows the children deepening their understanding of what it takes to survive in the wild, using the T-Shaped Literacy approach to develop higher order thinking skills. The reading workshop is unpacking the main text.

Extended plan here

Reflection

The children had a good understanding of what a shelter is prior to this lesson, and this made it exciting to find out more about what it takes to survive in the wild. I drew on the children's prior experience to build on what else can be used to support in making a shelter. The reading workshop group I had needed further support, to pull out key information, and understand certain vocabulary. I knew my group of children in my workshop needed movement and demonstration as to what some of these problems and hazards look like in the wild and this was why I chose to get the workshop group up and role play what this looks like. The children showed a good understanding of the key points from the reading and enjoyed their new learning around shelter building.

Things to note

This is a reading workshop group, the remanding children in the Tumu Hub were working either attending a workshop or working independently.

Class Site Content

Learning Intention

Instructions

On the right you will find the link to the children's learning site. This is where the children have access to a range of different texts. The lesson shown above is around the teaching of the Main Text. Below is a copy of the text and a google slide where the children can demonstrate their new learning.