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TERM/WEEKS: Term 1 Wk 7 YEAR LEVEL: Year 1 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM

General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural
thinking Competence Understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability

Notes about device access in the classroom: Students use their own iPads, Book Creator app is required

WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
Curriculum other
LESSON
OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES
LINKS
(Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Term 1 Observable Objective One: Order the Placing the Introduction

changes occur pictures of the leaves correctly pictures of the
Week 7 - Students to be sitting on the mat
in the sky and when using the Book Creator leaves in the
Lesson 3 - Introduce to the students that today we are focusing
landscape app. correct order.
on the season of autumn as that is the current
(ACSSU019) Objective Two: Retell key Summative season they are experiencing
aspects of the book in a group Assessment: The - Introduce and then read the book ‘Why do leaves
discussion students final change colour’ by Betsy Maestro Why Do Leaves
product that they - Class discussion of the book and what they noticed Change Colour? By
created on book about the leaves. Betsy Maestro
creator - Discuss the three activities that will be on rotation
today
Formative - Split class into the three groups and send them off
assessment: group by group to their allocated desk area.
observe the
Body
students
interaction and Autumn leaves group activity
listening skills on
the mat when - Each student will have their own iPad with the app
Students individual
story is being Book creator ready to be used for the activity
iPads
read and when - The group of students will make their way outside
class discussions with the teacher’s assistant and find a tree that is
happen currently dropping its leaves.
- Each student is required to take a picture of 4 to 5
different leaves
- Each leaf should be different and show how they
change colour
- They should begin with having a leaf that is green
and still on the tree, transitioning all the way to a
golden/brown leaf on the ground.
- Once students have taken the required pictures they
will make their way back into the classroom to the
designated area for their group.
- Students will open up the book creator app and by
using each page of the new book they will place the
leaves in the correct order of how the leaves change
throughout the season of autumn.
- Students will also place their name on the front of
the book with a little description of what they found
outside.
- Each student airdrops their work to the teachers
laptop
 - Place their iPads back where they belong and rotate
to the next group

Conclusion

- Bring all students to the mat

Students work from
- Get students from each activity that they just came
group work to display
from to discuss what they had been doing in their
to the other students
groups.
- Ask the students to raise their hand to explain or tell
the class one fact that they have learnt about the
different seasons.
- Ask the students to name all the different seasons
and one of their characteristics. One student talking
at a time.
- Talk about the work from previous lessons that has
been displayed around the classroom. What https://www.youtube.
activities did they enjoy the most com/watch?v=NavW
- If time play YouTube video about the 4 seasons WM2iTEw
YouTube video to end the lesson