Class on Air T4 L2 Friendship 2.mp4Direct Instruction
Children are learning to identify keywords which when combined with prior knowledge, will help with understanding.
The children are also learning to identify at least one important idea and justify why it is important.
The children will gain a good understanding of what qualities make a good friend.
Reflection
What a lovely reading group, this poem was hard to find as I wanted a poem that had a simple clear meaning but also had a few challenging word choices to unpack for my reading group. The children came with a good prior knowledge of what makes a good friend and this helps with them infer what each sentence was telling them about friendship. The children could rely on what the important parts were and put these into the content of their own lives. The children noticed the simple rhyming and ending of words which created a simple mini-lesson within the whole picture lesson I was looking for. The children went on to talk about what part they found important and what part about being a friend could they improve on. This poem supported the children in creating their follow-up tasks.
Learning Intention
Identify key words which when combined with prior knowledge, will help with understanding.
Identify at least one important idea and justify why it is important.
Instructions
On the right-hand side is a link to the reading site where the children access all their learning, texts and follow-up tasks. Below is a copy of the poem text "A Friend" and a copy of the digital modelling book used during teaching.
Harper
Alexi
Ash
Mark
Manaiakalani Education Trust
PO Box 18 061, Glen Innes
Auckland, New Zealand
