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I enjoy reading, writing & speaking
List all the fairy tales that you know.
List all the words you can think of that are synonyms for ‘mean’ and ‘kind’.
Create a crossword about fairy tale characters and events.
I enjoy working with numbers & science
Classify all the fairy tales that you know.
Create a fairy tale and character matching activity.
Create a set of Construct a graph questions about to show S1P’s fairy tales and favourite fairy fairy tale tales. characters that can be used on the TV show ‘It’s Academic’. Create a story Make a venn map of your diagram and favourite fairy compare 2 fairy tale OR make a tales. puzzle of a fairy Design a board game about a fairy tale of your choice.
I enjoy painting drawing & visualising I enjoy doing hands-on activities I enjoy making & listening to music
I enjoy working with others
I enjoy working by myself
Choose a fairy Retell a fairy tale tale character and using pictures. draw them. Create a list of adjectives that Retell a fairy tale to the class using puppets.
Breakdown Design a list of questions that you would like to ask a fairy tale character of your choice.
Judge and Jury
Imagine you overheard a conversation between 2 fairy tale characters. Record the conversation. Use BAR to improve an item of your choice from any fairy tale. Draw and label the improved item.
Write a letter to a fairy tale character telling them what you thought about their behaviour.
Explain which fairy tale character you
If you were the wolf, what plan would you devise
Prepare a list of criteria to judge fairy tales.
Design a poster recommending a great fairy tale to a new migrant.
Create a slide show of your favourite fairy tale. Write a jingle for Cinderella’s glass slipper; the giant’s golden goose OR the three bears’ porridge.
Find some music Write a rap about a fairy tale that matches a character. fairy tale or a scene from a fairy tale. Choose a fairy tale book and read it to Prepare a survey and interview friends, the class. Use your voice effectively to family or others about fairy tales OR entertain your audience. choose a classmate to HOT SEAT a fairy tale character.
Retell a favourite fairy tale onto tape or computer.
Creating new things
Retell a fairy tale but change the roles of the ‘villain’ and the ‘hero’.
Prepare a list of criteria to assess the slide shows. Prepare a list of criteria to assess the jingles.
You are defending the giant from ‘Jack and the beanstalk’. Convince the class he was innocent and that Jack should be jailed. Write a sequel to a fairy tale of your choice.
UNIT OF STUDY: Fairy Tales
LEVEL: Stage 1
CHRISTMAS: “Blooming Smarts” Activity Matrix BODY
List 10 Christmas activities.
Read The Aust. 12 days of Christmas by Michael Salmon. Answer relevant questions.
On the 12th day of Christmas how many presents did they receive altogether? Calculate the answer.
Design a new outfit for Santa to wear in hot weather. Use a drawing program.
Write a procedure for how to decorate a Christmas tree.
Prepare a flow chart to explain Christmas traditions.
Make a puppet of a reindeer.
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Inspiration
Construct a model. Design and build a sleigh using LegoDacta.
Rank your most favourite to least favourite Christmas activity.
Use the spreadsheet to make a picture or block graph using Kid Pix stamps.
Design and make a Christmas card and front page using Kid Pix.
Annalysing
Remembering
PICTURE
Understanding
MATH/LOGIC
Applying
WORD
Find 25 Christmas words and put them into alphabetical order.
Record the information from your survey (see Group Smart activity) on a spreadsheet.
Evaluating
Debate Christmas is just a reason for shops to sell more goods.
Make a calendar for 2003 as a gift. Use drawing tools. Photo Deluxe.
List the foods that you and your family usually eat at Christmas. Database.
Read poems and learn songs with Christmas themes.
Use your reindeer puppets in a play with a friend.
Name all of Santa’s reindeer’s from "The Night Before Christmas." Sing.
Spreadsheet
MicrosoftWord
MUSIC
Kid Pix
Mime and role play a Christmas party.
Internet.
GROUP
SELF
Survey the class and record the 5 most popular toys that they would like as gifts.
Make a list of the 10 things that you would like most for Christmas.
Compare the answers you receive (see above) with someone else.
Retell the story of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.
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Use Inspiration to make a flow chart of the major events.
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Perform Christmas carols at end of year celebrations.
List the ideal presents for the members of your family.
Make a slideshow about why I like Christmas.
Plan a Christmas Party. What do you need to organise to make it a success?
Add sound effects to your Kid Pix Christmas slide show.
Write an advertisement or poster to promote Carols by Candlelight.
What is your favourite Christmas tradition. Why?
Celebrate the class party. List ideas to improve it next year.
Sing and record your carol. Ask people for their impressions of it.
Use digital camera.
Kid Pix Studio.
Internet.
Make a Christmas jigsaw.
Interpret your survey results (from above). Write about it.
Evaluate Christmas using a concept map.
What are the differences between poor and wealthy Christmases.
How would you feel if everyone forgot you on Christmas day? Write a journal entry.
Creating
Design a poster advertising Christmas to your classmateslist the benefits and develop a slogan
Design and build a replacement for the reindeers who are on holidays.
Design and make a 3D Christmas tree decoration that can hang up.
Nutrition / Food /
Predict what Christmas will be like in the future. Discuss.
Compose a Christmas carol and present it using instruments you have made from classroom items.
Invent a machine to wrap Christmas presents instantly
Write a letter to Santa. Email. Imagine if there were no presents. Create a web using Inspiration.
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES Spacial
Verbal / Linguistic
Logical / Mathematical
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Kinesthetic
Musical
Remember
Tell how you feel when selecting food to eat.
In groups, gather pictures of healthy / nutritious foods.
Make a food collage.
Mime how you feel when: • hungry • full.
Make a kitchen symphony using utensils eg beaters, spoons, tongs, pots, graters etc.
List foods at a party.
Group fruits and vegetables - graph the favourites.
Understand
Compile a list of healthy junk food.
Talk to your partner about your favourite snack.
Create a food ‘maze’.
Mime eating different foods - guess what they are eg pie, mango, apple, banana, soup
Sing ‘Ten Fat Sausages’ or ‘Mustard on a sandwich’.
Write a menu for a health shop.
Conduct a survey on how much fruit is eaten at school each day.
Applying
Create a mind map on ‘Keeping healthy’.
Play ‘celebrity heads’ with fruit / vegetables / meat / dairy etc.
Design a poster for ‘keeping healthy’.
Demonstrate some movement exercises for keeping fit.
Clap rhythm of words associated with food eg sticky bananas, pineapple, watermelon.
Create a glossary of cooking terms eg whisk steam knead stir-fry.
Make a time-line or flow chart or checklist of personal care habits in a day.
Analysing
Express your feelings about ads on T V about food.
Interview a food eg potato, hamburger, pizza, lettuce.
Develop a jigsaw puzzle of a food item.
Teach other students how to: * wash hands * peel an apple * clean teeth * play a game.
Develop and perform a ‘jingle’ for food advertising.
Write a recipe for a ‘healthy’ dish.
Do a PMI on a food group.
Evaluating
Imagine how you would feel if you avoided vegies and fruit?
Talk to someone about ideas for improving people’s diets.
Collect food ads from magazines.
Develop a diet / fitness program for yourself or children.
Make a ‘food’ instrument and evaluate its effectiveness.
Complete a report on a food including: origin, recipe, drawing its taste, when to eat it etc.
Plan a healthy meal and gain costings for ingredients.
Discuss.
Creating
Make a class book with individual’s favourite recipes. (Must be healthy.)
Design a morning tea menu for school. (Healthy and reasonably priced.)
Nutrition / Food /
Design a wall mural related to ‘keeping healthy’.
Make a fruit salad or soup or stir-fry vegies.
Perform a musical item. (Sing, move, food instrument.)
Write a poem eg food, fitness, cleanliness
Start with an answer and make up questions.
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Remember
Tell how you feel when selecting food to eat.
In groups, gather pictures of healthy / nutritious foods.
Understand
Compile a list of healthy junk food.
Applying
Spacial
Verbal / Linguistic
Logical / Mathematical
Kinesthetic
Musical
Make a food collage.
Mime how you feel when: • hungry • full.
Make a kitchen symphony using utensils eg beaters, spoons, tongs, pots, graters etc.
List foods at a party.
Group fruits and vegetables - graph the favourites.
Talk to your partner about your favourite snack.
Create a food ‘maze’.
Mime eating different foods - guess what they are eg pie, mango, apple, banana, soup
Sing ‘Ten Fat Sausages’ or ‘Mustard on a sandwich’.
Write a menu for a health shop.
Conduct a survey on how much fruit is eaten at school each day.
Create a mind map on ‘Keeping healthy’.
Play ‘celebrity heads’ with fruit / vegetables / meat / dairy etc.
Design a poster for ‘keeping healthy’.
Demonstrate some movement exercises for keeping fit.
Clap rhythm of words associated with food eg sticky bananas, pineapple, watermelon.
Create a glossary of cooking terms eg whisk steam knead stir-fry.
Make a time-line or flow chart or checklist of personal care habits in a day.
Analysing
Express your feelings about ads on T V about food.
Interview a food eg potato, hamburger, pizza, lettuce.
Develop a jigsaw puzzle of a food item.
Teach other students how to: * wash hands * peel an apple * clean teeth * play a game.
Develop and perform a ‘jingle’ for food advertising.
Write a recipe for a ‘healthy’ dish.
Do a PMI on a food group.
Evaluating
Imagine how you would feel if you avoided vegies and fruit?
Talk to someone about ideas for improving people’s diets.
Collect food ads from magazines.
Develop a diet / fitness program for yourself or children.
Make a ‘food’ instrument and evaluate its effectiveness.
Complete a report on a food including: origin, recipe, drawing its taste, when to eat it etc.
Plan a healthy meal and gain costings for ingredients.
Discuss.
Creating
Make a class book with individual’s favourite recipes. (Must be healthy.)
Design a morning tea menu for school. (Healthy and reasonably priced.)
Design a wall mural related to ‘keeping healthy’.
Make a fruit salad or soup or stir-fry vegies.
Perform a musical item. (Sing, move, food instrument.)
Write a poem eg food, fitness, cleanliness
Start with an answer and make up questions.
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES & BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
UNIT OF WORK
UNIT OF STUDY: Celebrations Multiple Intelligen ces Verbal I enjoy reading, writing & speaking
Mathematical
I enjoy working with numbers & science
YEAR LEVEL: Stage 1 Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels
Knowing
Understanding
Applying
Analysing
Creating
Evaluating
List the things we celebrate
Prepare a talk on your favourite celebration
Design an invitation to your celebration
Why do you prefer one celebration over another
Plan an end of term celebration as a class
Discuss which celebration the class likes the most
Make a calendar of celebrations involving class members and collect a media file including photos
Make a picture graph of events children in the class celebrate
Classify celebrations into family and community categories
Carry out a PMI on your chosen celebration
Make up the customs and symbols for your celebration
Discuss if everyone feels the same about special days and events
Visual I enjoy painting drawing & visualising
Kinaesthetic
I enjoy doing hands-on activities
Musical I enjoy making & listening to music
Interpersonal I enjoy working with others
Intrapersonal I enjoy working by myself
Decorate the room for your special celebration
Draw images of different celebrations that are important to you and your family
Dress up for a special celebration
Categorise the pictures and add them to the wall display
Compare three celebrations using a Venn diagram
Make a collage of pictures of celebrations from around the world
Has everyone illustrated their celebrations in exactly the same way? Why?
Practise the customs you will be using at your celebration role play
Make the food for your celebration
Make the decorations for your celebration
Hold your celebration
Learn the song “Celebration�
Listen to different celebration songs eg Christmas carols, Easter Birthday
Create some dance movements to enhance the performance of ‘Celebration
Do all celebrations have special songs?
Create your own celebration song or rhyme
Perform your song with movement at assembly
In your group list the things that are special about the celebration in the picture
As a class discuss common things and differences in the celebrations in the pictures
Report, with your group, the celebrations you investigated. Record details on a class chart
Work with your group to make a planning checklist.
Prioritise the celebrations you investigated in your groups
Find out about a celebration from another country
Write about your feelings for the celebrations that are important to you
Tell us about a celebration from another country that you found interesting
With your group investigate three different kinds of celebrations eg religious, cultural, national, community or family What would you change about your favourite celebration
Complete an X chart on celebrations
Write a report on your favourite celebration