After watching an aboriginal animated dream time story we were asked to retell the story using a concept map creating using Inspiration. There were several stories to choose from, I chose a story about two sisters who lost their creation powers after succumbing to the seductive whispers of men. Sound familiar? The link is below.
http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/dustEchoesFlash.htm
This website also contains teacher notes relating to each story. The retelling of the main parts of the story is a common activity in the worksheets. The recommendation is you give the children a sheet with sentences relating to the story and the children label them in order using numbers. A bit bland, but still a worthwhile activity. Other variations I have seen are to cut the sentences up and place them in order or to create a story board through illustrating the sentences. Using Inspiration is I guess an electronic version of this!
1st attempt
Although the story was retold, it was a little difficult to follow.
2nd attempt!!!
Simpler to follow
Simpler to follow
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| 2nd attempt!! |
It occurred to me that some children may also have trouble sequencing their story in a way that is easy to follow. For younger children it would be good to have a model for them to follow or perhaps we do one as a class on the electronic whiteboard before moving to our own examples. Perhaps even start with arranging cut out pictures and sticking them onto card before moving to inspiration.
TASK 2 Chocolate Maths
The idea is to create lessons that centre on chocolate or other real life examples.
• Present packets of MandM to children (can use stars, confetti or other non food items)
• Students to gain knowledge in the areas of chance and data and using graphs to present findings
Ideas for engagement:
• Guess information regarding product, such as weight, look at nutritional panel, guess how many of each colour could be in the pack ect.
Activity:
• Create a graph of the colours of the MandMs
Further activities:
• Draw on real life examples to add depth to the activity
• Students could compare results
• Chance and data - guess the contents of the next packet
• Compare your data with the average on the MandM website
• Draw on MandM website to get ideas
• Link in an excursion to a chocolate factory
TASK 2 Chocolate Maths
The idea is to create lessons that centre on chocolate or other real life examples.
• Present packets of MandM to children (can use stars, confetti or other non food items)
• Students to gain knowledge in the areas of chance and data and using graphs to present findings
Ideas for engagement:
• Guess information regarding product, such as weight, look at nutritional panel, guess how many of each colour could be in the pack ect.
Activity:
• Create a graph of the colours of the MandMs
Further activities:
• Draw on real life examples to add depth to the activity
• Students could compare results
• Chance and data - guess the contents of the next packet
• Compare your data with the average on the MandM website
• Draw on MandM website to get ideas
• Link in an excursion to a chocolate factory
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| Website http://www.m-ms.com.au/about/products/milkchocolate.html |
Obviously chocolate is not always an appropriate "real life example" to draw on. Other ideas:
• Survey of cars driving past the school gate
• Children's lunch boxes or pencil cases
• Number of letters in children's names
• Football teams followed
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