All my Christmas lessons packed in here:
A 3 lesson unit of script writing, with WAGOLLs, progressions and full story
Two circuit lessons
Two maths lessons (revising FDP, Time and Measure)
A couple more small activities
Currently delivering this to two P6 classes but could be used from P4 to P7 with ease.
5 Circuit lessons, all one slide each (and linked to the Global Goals) that aim to be easy access for both teachers and pupils:
Conductors
Circuit Diagrams
Morse Code Machine
Doodlebot
Windmills
A quick lesson that explores mortgages and sees pupils using their knowledge of multiplication and percentages to garner an underatanding of how the property market works.
Following on from ‘They Change’ and ‘From Beneath’ this is another whole class story that is aimed at upper primary/early secondary pupils.
What would happen to Earth without the Moon? A thrilling tale that rockets from laughs to deep dilemma . Peppered with cliffhangers and deep questions, this story is sure to keep your class on the edge of their seats throughout. Another wonderful story from Mr Minchin, delighted to see that links can be made to the Global Goals and UNCRC in every chapter.
Twelve Chapters in all (12 lessons) each no more than two A4 pages, meaning you print these out easily enough and distribute to your class. In my own setting, our P6 and P7 pupils have iPads and I airdrop the chapters to them using the Notes app, which allows for read aloud, word lookup etc
I usually task the class with 3 reads - one in their head, the other with their partner and a third taking turns with paragraphs. By P7, you can often drop this to two reads.
The tasks are designed to follow the same pattern every lesson. Some quickfire questions to consolidate key concepts, a comprehension task (I would have mine do this in their jotters/books) and then a creative, hands on task (again, having iPads means the class can use Clips/Keynote/Sketchbook/Minecraft and more but very easy to adapt to your setting if you lack the ICT).
Here is a full unit of work. I delivered this over 7 weeks, with a whole Wednesday dedicated to an Engineer each week. At the end, we had the pupils create their own STEM museum for the whole school to come and view.
The day largely followed this model:
Play with K’nex/Blocks
Maths
Outdoor Game
Literacy (Podcasts)
Art
Lunch followed by another Game/STEM challenge
20 min speed write
Ethics Debate
Minecraft Models (using Redstone)
6 full days of learning here - biggest upload yet and it’s a big file!
These are the slides I used for my ‘Habitat Wednesdays’ last year, where we immerse the class in a whole day of learning around a specific biome. The day followed rough format:
Morning block play (building a Habitat with k’nex etc whilst researching)
Tabletop maths play (dice and spinners - then jotter work)
Games outside
Poetic Writing
Music (using Garageband but could just use percussion)
Art (painting progression)
Paired Dance
6 stories, all written by pupils with accompanying tasks, backdrops and soundtracks.
We would usually airdrop a story to pupils and have them read twice (once alone, second time paragraph at a time with their partner) before coming to the carpet to tackle the Quickfire Questions as a whole class.
The Comprehension activity is completed in jotters and the creative task is very free and pupil led.
First resource I’ve ever charged for - spoken with the pupils and they are happy to share and for all funds raised to go towards P7 camp
This is a 10 lesson long unit that saw my class using Keynote to create various graphs, charts and interrogate their data.
You could very easily use this and have your class create the graphs in their jotters - but Keynote is a wonderful app for quickly compiling data and allows for more time in a lesson to analyse and discuss what is being shown.