SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

RE LESSON PLAN
Pre-Primary/ Pri-
mary

LESSON ORGANISATION

Unit of work: Speak from the Salvation topic: Prayer Human person Topic: Feelings
Heart and emotions

Year Level: 3 Students’ Prior Knowledge: (include faith situations/previ-

ous lessons/Units)
Key Understanding:
A1 Wondering at our feelings
This is the first introduction to this RE unit.

In previous years the students have explored the idea

of being special, how to care for friends and be able to
Learning Point(s): wonder at experiences of being human.
- To understand what feelings are
Specifically in year 1, the ‘Simply your life’ topic ena-
- To understand where feelings come from bled the students to understand what their experi-
- To acknowledge other people’s feelings ences mean, finding religious meaning of these expe-
- To understand the difference between happy and un- riences and understanding what those experiences
happy feelings reveal about God.

It is through experiences we use our thoughts and

feelings, which leads to acknowledging our feelings
within ourselves, towards others and towards God.

Spiritual and Religious Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity
eg Right choices eg Right relation- eg Inner strength eg Moderation eg Prayer eg Reconciliation eg Service
ships

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Literacy Numeracy ICT compe- Critical and Ethical be- Personal and Intercultural
tence creative think- haviour Social compe- understanding
ing tence

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histo- Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
ries and cultures
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

 Students will identify 3-5 feelings

 Students will display their understanding of why God created feelings, on an A3 poster

 Students will brainstorm ideas that will compose a prayer of thanks to God for the gift of
being able to speak from the heart as a class

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

(include Teacher Witness)

Bring in photos of myself presenting different emotions, to Gifted Student:

identify different feelings to the students.
Bring in personal photos to describe emotion in particular
settings.
No extra instruction during motivation or closure of
lesson
- Extended poster resource attached to lesson plan
- Student can move forward to Prayer homework
sheet once completed poster

Dysgraphia (Writing and reading impairment)

- No enabling prompts during motivation or
closure of lesson
- Enabled poster resource attached to lesson plan

Poster activity, enabled questions/prompts:

- Define one feeling
- Describe feeling with one word
- Illustrate a picture of a face expressing this feeling
LESSON DELIVERY attach worksheets, examples, marking keys, etc. as relevant
 Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
Align these with the segment
Gather the children to the mat area or a bigger space (outside) and ar- where they will be introduced.
range them in a circle. Hold hands in a circle and take 6 steps back.
When all children are standing in the circle ask the children to act out Whistle
10.00
these emotions using their bodies, sounds and actions.
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- Happy - Sad - Angry - Upset - Excited - Surprised - Scared
10.10
AM
Ask them a series of questions and ask them to act out how they would
feel in response to these questions:
How do you feel when you get a hug from your best friend?
I wonder why we feel ……. when you receive love from your best friend? I
wonder if all people have the same feelings?
How do you feel when you have homework on the weekend?
I wonder why we feel ……… when we do homework on the weekend?
How do you feel when you are in trouble for doing something you should
not have done?
I wonder why we feel like this when we have done something we should-
n't have? I wonder why we do things that get us in trouble?
How do you feel when you cant do something that you want to do?
I wonder why we cant do those things? I wonder why we feel upset about
these things?

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

Whiteboard and markers
Once students are back in the classroom have them sit on the mat ready
10.10 for discussion.

- Ask them to identify 3 - 5 feelings. Discuss with students why we feel this
10.20 way.
Then direct the questions about God.
AM
- Do we think God has feelings? Yes he does have feelings.
- Why do we think God gave us feelings? Discuss why and how, directing
the conversations to how we deal with our sense of emotion and how
this emotion is presented in different ways and areas of our lives

10.20
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Explain that today we are going to create a poster that is going to go on
10.35 our religion board about what we know and what we wonder about our
feelings from the heart. Once they are completed we are going to deco-
AM
rate them next lesson and display them in the classroom.

Direct students back to their desks to complete the poster attached to this
lesson plan.
Allow this time for students to independently write down what they have
learnt and reflect on questions that they may have

10.35 Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

 Assign 2 students the job of collecting the posters. Once posters are col-
10.45
lected all children are to gather at the mat.
AM
To conclude, ask the children
‘If we were to write a prayer to God to thank him for our feelings what
could we say?’

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will they be as-
sessed?)
Prompt if no response, with ideas like:
- We could thank God for giving us feelings
- We could thank God for allowing us to express our feelings
- We could thank God that we can communicate with our feelings
Inform the children that this weeks homework is to go home and write a
prayer to God thanking him for our feelings and emotions. Explain to the
children it is okay to have help from others, especially role models who
are more knowledgeable others to help them.

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

Hand out the homework sheet and get the students to put it in their home-
work bag.
Once the children have done that they can stand behind their chair ready
to go to recess.
Speak from the heart: Feelings
Name three different feelings:

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2)

3)

Choose one feeling and write a paragraph about that feeling:

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When do you feel this feeling?

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Do you think Jesus feels like you do?

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When do you think Jesus would experience your feeling?

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Do you like this feeling? Why?
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Draw a picture of what you look like when you feel your feeling:
Speak from the heart: Feelings - Enabled

Name one feeling

1)

Describe your feeling and write a paragraph about

it:

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When do you feel this feeling?

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Do you think Jesus feels like you do?

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Do you like this feeling?

Circle yes or no

Draw a picture of what you look like when you feel

your feeling:
Write a prayer of thanks
Dear parents,
During our religious education lessons students have been partaking in the topic of feelings and emo-
tions. It is important for students to understand the relationship between God and our feelings. The
student’s task is to write a prayer, thanking God for giving us feelings. It is important for the children
to include why they are thankful, what they are thankful for and the relationship it has with God.

Some suggestions to begin with:

- I thank you God for …
- I am grateful for..

My prayer of thanks:
Assessment:

Students will Highly Satisfactory Not

Demonstrated Demonstrated
Identify 3
feelings
Describe why
God created
feelings
Brainstorm
ideas to
compose a
prayer