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Junior Team Planning Term 1 2010
Junior Team Planning Term 1 2010
Junior Team Planning Term 1 2010
JUNIOR SCHOOL
TERM ONE 2010
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale
KEY COMPETENCIES
Term 2
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale
TOPIC – Author Study
ACHIEVEMENT OBJECTIVES
English – Narratives: Speaking, Writing and Presenting
AO IDEAS: Form and express ideas and information usually drawing from
personal experiences and knowledge.
Science – Material World: Chemistry & Society
AO Find out the uses of common materials and relate these to their observed
properties.
Week 1 -2
• Introduce Author: Lynley Dodd
• Author Study through books, cd roms, library, internet and pictures.
• Lynley Dodd Profile Chart (Reading Activity Handbook Chapter 5 p59
Sheena Cameron)
• Set up Book Display: share some of her books.
Week 3-4
• Select a book to focus on. Share what the story is about.
• Book review on the selected book (Reading Activity Handbook Chapter 3
p54 Sheena Cameron).
Week 5-6
• Character Study: Draw and write about the selected character (Publishing
and Display Handbook p58 Sheena Cameron).
• Character Storyboard (Publishing and Display Handbook p101-102 Sheena
Cameron)
• Plan and collect appropriate materials to make costumes or props.
Week 7-8
• Make costumes or props (Reading Activity Handbook p47 Sheena
Cameron: Mask Making)
Week 9
• Mini-production: Monday 29th March 1st Block
• Book Week
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale
Science: Children to talk about how they made their product (costume/prop)
(Teacher Observation)
1B – Choose appropriate materials to make product.
1P – Share why they have chosen their selected materials.
1A – Give feedback on a buddy’s product focusing on the materials they used.
Resources
www.mallinsonrendel.co.nz/hairymaclary.asp
www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/doddlynley.html
Sheena Cameron: Reading Activity Handbook/Publishing & Displays Handbook
New Curriculum Document
ENGLISH
ACHIEVEMENT OBJECTIVES
Speaking, writing and Presenting Listening, Reading and Viewing
Writing - Narratives
Ideas (level 1)
AO – Form and express ideas and information usually drawing from personal
experiences and knowledge.
www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/exemplar/eng/index
Processing Strategies
AO – Acquire and begin to use sources of information, processes and
strategies to identify, form and express ideas
REFER TO FIRST CHANCE PLANNING
Comprehension Strategies
REFER TO FIRST CHANCE PLANNING (re-creative writing, Reading To)
Prior knowledge Inferring Questioning
ENGLISH
SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES
We are learning to:
Oral Language
Integrated into topic and first chance writing program
Written Language
Weeks 1-9 Integrated with the first chance writing program
Transactional Writing (Narratives)
Comprehension Strategies
Weeks 1-9 Reading to
Visual Language
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale
Weeks 1-9 integrated with topic study (Observation Drawings, Visual Images,
Scrap book)
ENGLISH
LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Oral Language
Week 1-9 Integrated with Topic and First Chance writing program
Written Language
Week 1-9 Integrated with Topic and First Chance writing program
Comprehension Strategies
Week 1-9 Integrated with Topic and First Chance reading to
Visual Language
Week 1-9 Integrated with Topic and First Chance writing program
STRAND MATHS
Geometry & Measurement – Shape &
Transformation
Achievement objectives
(Level 1 & 2) Weeks 8-9
STRAND MATHS
Geometry & Measurement
Specific Learning Outcomes
STRAND MATHS
Geometry & Measurement
Learning Experiences
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale
Week 8-9
Refer to:
www.nzmaths/shapemakers
www.nzmaths.co.nz/resource/shape-makers
www.nzmaths.co.nz/resource/pattern-matching
www.nzmaths.co.nz/resource/making-patterns
Week 9
Assessment – Name the shapes: Triangle, square, circle, rectangle, hexagon,
oval, diamond and octagon.
Orally identify shapes that have been transformed: reflected, rotated and
translated.
ASSESSMENT
RESOURCES
Refer to websites above
Numeracy
As per need
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale
THE ARTS - Drama
ACHIEVEMENT OBJECTIVES
We are learning to
Act out a character and a scenario from a story.
Develop and share personal experiences to match the character and story.
Warm up: Freeze Frame – Move to music and freeze when music stops (on-
going).
Drama elements: space, body awareness, time and energy, relationships.
Week 1 - 2
Author study: read and share books of Lynley Dodd.
Relate personal experiences to some of the stories.
Link main ideas from two books.
Week 3 – 4
Select a book to focus on and develop ideas about the characters in the book.
Draw and paint characters.
Week 5 – 7
Choose a character from the selected book and role play.
Begin acting out the story: scenes of the story.
Week 8
Assessment: (Drama on CM)
-based on selected drama elements.
Week 9
Mini-production and book week (Monday 29th March – First Block)
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale
RESOURCES
Lynley Dodd
Sheena Cameron
Dance and Drama Bites for Juniors – Essential Resources
ASSESSMENT – Self Assessment/ Teacher observation
Student Self-assessment (student folders)
Teacher observation notes
Marking criteria
Practical Knowledge
AO explore a variety of materials and tools and discover elements and selected
principles.
Developing Ideas
AO investigate visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations, observations
and imagination.
Visual Arts
LEARNING EXPERIENCES
INTEGRATING WITH TOPIC STUDY & DRAMA
Week 1- 9
Character Study
Refer to Topic Study and Drama planning.
Resources
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale
MAORI
Greetings & Feelings
AO Make connection with known culture(s).
MAORI
Specific learning Outcomes
We are learning to:
MAORI
Activities
Week 1 - 2
Week 3 – 4
Week 5 – 6
Week 7 -8
Introduce themselves and how they are feeling e.g. “Ko Stephanie ahau. E
ngenge ahau”
Week 9
Reinforce as above
Resources
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale
ICT (Integrated with Topic Study)
SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES
We are learning to
ICT
LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Week 1 – 9 (on-going)
Basic Computer skills - identifying features of Computer, logging on/off
Week 1 -9
Camera focus
LIBRARY
SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES
LIBRARY
LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Week 2 – 9
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale
Health & PE
Swimming & Jump Jam
Achievement Objectives
Movement, Concepts and Motor Skills
Health & PE
Specific Learning Outcomes
We are learning to
Talk about how to be safe at home, school and local environment based
on water safety.
We are learning to
Practise and use basic movements and skills in Jump Jam and Swimming.
Organisation – Jump Jam: Week 1 – Thursday last block; Swimming starts Week 2
2.00 Line up outside Rooms 9 and 10 under the sails. Sort out Swimmers and
Non-Swimmers.
Jump Jam
2.40 Pack up
Swimming: Norma/Stephanie/Rhonda
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale
Term Schedule
Week 7
Book Week
Junior School Team – Vasati, Stephanie, Shobhna, Tema, Joyce, Norma, Rhonda,
Dale