AGQTP+project+-+Plants+Anthea+Garth+Natimuk+PS


 * Natimuk **** Primary School **

Discussion Questions, KWHL chart, Brainstorm. || Picture book Collection, Specific websites, Non-Fiction collection. Excursion. || Folder in electronic portfolio, Evaluating information on Websites. Collage, Contemporary diagram, Display, Map, Photostory. || KWHL chart, Rubrics. ||  KWHL chart. Audio, Kinaesthetic, Kinaesthetic. ||  **Assessment:** ** Rubric ** ||  ||   ||  Can name 4 flower parts. ||  ||   ||  **Rubric** || || || Can name 4 flower parts. || || ||
 * ** Learning Plan ** ||
 * ** Focus question for this unit: ** || What are the different parts of plants? What is the life cycle of flowering plants? What are some uses of trees? How do seeds travel? How do seeds grow? ||
 * ** Strategies: ** |||||| ** Whole Class. ** ||
 * ** Term: ** || 2 || ** Weeks: ** || 12 ||
 * ** Sessions: ** |||||| Humanities ||
 * ** Learning **
 * outcomes: ** || ** What skills from the Information Literacy program do we want students to learn/practise? **
 * What learning outcomes do we want students to achieve? ** ||
 * ** Orienting: ** || Walk around school ground looking at the various shrubs and trees, looking at leaves, seed/seedpods, bark and any evidence of creatures living on or in trees/ eating parts of plants. ||
 * ** Defining: ** || ** Have students had an opportunity to negotiate the research topic and/or contribute to the assessment rubric? **
 * How will we assess the level of prior knowledge each student has? **
 * ** Locating: ** || ** What resources will be used? **
 * Have appropriate Internet sites been listed on Loeliger's Links? **
 * Is there evidence of real world experiences? **
 * ** Selecting & Organising: ** || ** What note taking or note making strategies will we encourage students to use? **
 * Will we work with the TL and halve class size or work with a student(s) with lower literacy levels? ** ||
 * ** Presenting: ** || ** What format is the presentation to be in? **
 * ** Evaluating: ** || ** What type of assessment will be used? **
 * ** Pre-level **
 * Assessment: ** || ** How will we assess the level of prior knowledge each student has? **
 * How will we link this to the research? ** ||
 * KWHL chart, Discussion questions. ||
 * ** Thinking **
 * Strategies: ** || ** What thinking skills do we want to incorporate in this unit? **
 * What thinking tool/s will work best with this topic? ** ||
 * Questioning techniques.
 * What graphic organisers will we use? **
 * What learning styles will we employ? **
 * ** ITC **
 * Competencies: ** || ** What ICT competencies do we want students to demonstrate in this topic? ** ||
 * Word Processing, Interactive whiteboard, Digital still/video. ||
 * ** Habits of Mind: ** ||
 * Persisting, Questioning and problem posing, Applying past knowledge to new situations, Gathering data through all senses. ||
 * ** IN THE CLASSROOM ** ||
 * ** Activities: ** ||
 * Introduction to plants and using this information to make a photostory presentation. ||
 * ** Skills, Knowledge and Understandings: ** ||
 * Learning how to use the program photostory ||
 * ** Resources: ** ||
 * Digital camera, clipart, photostory program on class computers, own photo \story presentation to show children ||
 * ** Session 1: ** || ** Walk around the school ground looking at various shrubs and trees looking at leaves, seeds/seedpods, bark and any evidence of creatures living on tree/ eating parts of tree. **
 * Digital photos taken off trees/shrubs and leaves taken off trees/ shrubs. **
 * Photos put on student on Server for children to use. ** ||
 * ** Session 2: ** || ** Leaves from shrubs and trees sorted into categories e.g. round, heart shaped, spear shaped etc. ** ||
 * ** Session 3: ** || ** Pictures from clipart transferred onto class files. The pictures were all about plants. ** ||
 * ** Session 4: ** || ** Show students my own photostory about trees, to give them an idea of what is required, or an idea of what they could do. ** ||
 * ** Session 5: ** || ** Show students the Plants pictures saved from clipart to give them an idea of what is available to use in clipart. ** ||
 * ** Session 6&7: ** || ** Make a class photostory about the theme on plants. **
 * -use leaves and tree/shrub photos. **
 * -children help in matching leaves to trees/shrubs **
 * -children help to create text. **
 * -children choose colour for text. **
 * -children choose position of text. **
 * -children choose transition from one photo to text. **
 * -children record text. **
 * -children choose the background music for the photostory. ** ||
 * ** Session 8 + ** || ** Grade 2 children make individual Photostory about plants. **
 * Grade 2 children can then show Grade 1 children how to do a photostory. **
 * Preps do a group Photostory. ** ||
 * ** Developing ** ||  Student  ||  Teacher  ||  ** At Expected Level **  ||  Student  ||  Teacher  ||  ** Above Expected Level **  ||  Student  ||  Teacher  ||
 * Can name 1 shape of leaves. ||   ||   ||  Can name 2 shapes of leaves.  ||   ||   ||  Can name 4 shapes of leaves.  ||   ||   ||
 * Can name 1 way seeds can travel and be spread. ||   ||   ||  Can name 2 ways seeds can travel and be spread.  ||   ||   ||  Can name 4 ways seeds can travel and be spread.  ||   ||   ||
 * Can name 2 uses for a tree. ||   ||   ||  Can name 3 uses for a tree.  ||   ||   ||  Can name 4 uses for a tree.  ||   ||   ||
 * Can name 2 flower parts. ||   ||   ||   Can name 3 flower parts.
 * Can match 1 leaf to its plant on the IWB or computer. ||  ||   || Can match 2 leaves to its plant on IWB or computer. ||   ||   || Can match 3 or more leaves to its plant on IWB or computer. ||   ||   ||
 * Can make 1 photo story slide with a sentence typed in. ||  ||   || Can make 2 photo story slides with at least one sentence and speech added. ||   ||   || Can make 3 photo story slides with sentences and speech. ||   ||   ||
 * **Developing** || Student || Teacher ||  **At Expected Level**  || Student || Teacher ||  **Above Expected Level**  || Student || Teacher ||
 * Can name 1 shape of leaves. || || || Can name 2 shapes of leaves. || || || Can name 4 shapes of leaves. || || ||
 * Can name 1 way seeds can travel and be spread. || || || Can name 2 ways seeds can travel and be spread. || || || Can name 4 ways seeds can travel and be spread. || || ||
 * Can name 2 uses for a tree. || || || Can name 3 uses for a tree. || || || Can name 4 uses for a tree. || || ||
 * Can name 2 flower parts. || || || Can name 3 flower parts.
 * Can match 1 leaf to its plant on the IWB or computer. || || || Can match 2 leaves to its plant on IWB or computer. || || || Can match 3 or more leaves to its plant on IWB or computer. || || ||
 * Can make 1 photo story slide with a sentence typed in. || || || Can make 2 photo story slides with at least one sentence and speech added. || || || Can make 3 photo story slides with sentences and speech. || || ||