Lesson+plans

 hi​ ​ ​​​​ =* Plan a sequence of four lessons through which students will respond to the inquiry you have established. Each lesson will be 50 minutes in length. Each lesson will build on the one before and provide multiple ways for students to publish their findings. = = =

I thought it might be a good idea to create a new page to put down our ideas for the lessons. Hopefully we can gradually edit our ideas on here until we have the perfect lessons!!! ​ Are you all ok if I delete the vels progression points. After all the discussion posts Sharon has made it clear to include only lesson activity sequences. Actually Faye considering you did all this work perhaps you can hit the delete button. (Lisa) You are completely right Lisa and I only wish that presentation was up before i wasted time looking them up!! All gone now.

Here are some values that my school uses: Friendliness, Care, Accepting differences, Respect, Including others, Responsibility. Not sure if we should mention what we mean by values somewhere in either the first lesson where we could introduce them to the students (during brainstorming maybe) or if we just leave it as intuitively understood. Lesson 1: Vels Link: English - Speaking and Listening Activity sequence Lesson 2: Vels Link: English - writing Lesson 3: Vels Link: Mathematices - measurement chance and data Lesson 4: Vels Link:

Lesson 1: Tuning In

 * Introduce inquiry based topic question - What values support our community?
 * ​Students to brainstorm values of the community (in table groups), supported by whole class creation of a KWL chart.
 * "I think" ICT resource to be viewed on Electronic Whiteboard
 * Students to write a sentence in answer to "I think community means..." (and share with group)
 * Students to create a wordle using the sentence created.

Lesson 2: Finding Out
Lesson Plan 2: Finding out
 * Circle time warm up activity. Students to choose a picture card from a collection within the circle. Taking it in turns students are to interpret what value they deem the picture to represent and why?
 * N eighbourhood Charter resource (students work in computer lab - independently)
 * Teacher to create a list of "possible" community problems. Students to choose a problem to solve and represent the issue and solution on a poster in groups of two for classroom display. Posters to be supported by written text in a variety of fonts on word and web based images.

Lesson Plan 3: Finding/Sorting Out

 * Students to create a list of values as a whole class collaborative task using a wiki.
 * Student to create a survey using the class values list. Survey to be created using web based resource;
 * []​ or [|http://www.surveymonkey.com]
 * Survey staff members and students from grade ???  in regards to their rating of a set of values.
 * Students to record data in a bar graph using microsoft excel spreadsheet. (Bar chart graph web site : []
 * Results to be published in the school newsletter. (all students or selected?)
 * Results to be published in the school newsletter. (all students or selected?)

Lesson 4: Conclusions
Word Count of Lesson sequence 353
 * For Students to photograph images that represent a positive school community or that represent the values of the school community.
 * Students to use powerpoint to present their findings in response to What makes a harmonious community. or Students to create a powerpoint to represent what values underpin their community.
 * Students to give an oral presentation supported by the powerpoint.
 * Selected powerpoints to be published on the school intranet.