LESSON PLAN

INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
NAME

Literacy Big Book Reading

SCHOOL

CLASS

Reception

DATE

LESSON
RATIONALE

Glen Osmond PS
rd

3 June 2015

TIME

11.00AM 11.30AM

Students have had two lessons reading The Giants Ice Cream by Jill Eggleton, illustrated by Kelvin Hawley.
In previous lessons, students have predicted the ending of the story and identified rhyming words. Students
have been developing skills in story retell, as well as gaining phonological awareness, through recognizing
sounds (phonemes) and syllables in spoken words.

CONTENT

Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts (ACELT1783).

DESCRIPTION

Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text
(ACELT1578).

(AUSTRALIAN

writing knowledge (ACELY1651).

CURRICULUM)
LESSON

Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning

The students will:

Identify common sight words throughout the text.

Create and illustrate an alternative ending to the text.

ASSESSMENT

Illustrate understanding of text through drawing.

Accurately transfer abstract textual concepts into pictorial representations.

SUPPORT

Teacher will write the alternative ending next to the students illustration.

EXTEND

Students may write their alternative ending next to their illustration.

The Giants Ice Cream, written by Jill Eggleton, illustrated by Kelvin Hawley.

English books.

Colouring pencils.

Glue sticks.

Task cards.

OBJECTIVES

RESOURCES

LESSON OUTLINE
INTRODUCE (10 minutes)

Introduce the big book The Giants Ice Cream by Jill Eggleton, illustrated by Kelvin Hawley. Guide students through
main events and sequence of events, to develop summarizing skills.

EXPLORE (15 minutes)

Reread the text, asking students to identify any sight words they recognise eg) the, said, he, for, so, and, me. If a
student identifies a sight word, ask them to sound it out.

Students to think-pair-share an idea for an alternate ending to the text, to develop inference skills.

Students to draw a picture that illustrates their ending, using lots of detail and colour.

Hand out the English books and task cards to the students. Students to glue the task cards into their books and
complete the picture beneath.

Teacher to assist in writing the ending to stories where necessary,

REFLECT/SUMMARISE (5 minutes)

Students to put their English books and pencils away, and sit together on the floor in preparation for following lesson.