Main: Lower achieving pupils Access to should be given more books about Roman Detectives concrete areas to research, Roman life, Tell children that they will be researching the Roman way of life. They will be researching under e.g. home and family access to the different headings: internet Technology information to support Religion understanding, e.g. find out 4 Art things about a Roman home. Home and family Farms Provide visual support four – counters / picture of Roman Arrange the children into groups in order to carry out a jigsaw activity. ‘home’ home Each group will have a different area of Roman life to research. They can research by looking at books, information sheets, internet etc. Ask each group to find out 4 facts that they could share with Provide direct links to a others. What don’t we know? What might the rest of the class find interesting? What is the new single relevant internet site information? Provide book on Romans the children into new groups and each child tells the members of their new group their 4 facts. with two levels of text When they have done this, the children return to their original groups and share the information they difficulty have found out. TA to support achieving At the end of the session, each tells the class the four facts that they found out about their children in recording their 4 particular aspect of Roman life. facts using Talking Tin or similar Plenary: Each child must tell everyone what they think is the most fascinating fact that they have found out about Roman life today How could they use this skill in day to day conversations? To be aware of what the listener already knows and check before giving more information Assessment for learning: Traffic lights children to self assess did they take into consideration what Homework: Ask the children to go home and – – the listeners (the rest of the already knew about the Romans? Did they repeat this information? Or did tell someone about the fascinating fact they they add to it? found out today Year 3 Lesson Plans
Main: Roman Detectives Tell children that they will be researching the Roman way of life. They will be researching under different headings: Technology Religion Art Home and family Farms Arrange the children into ‘home’ groups in order to carry out a jigsaw activity. Each group will have a different area of Roman life to research. They can research by looking at books, information sheets, internet etc. Ask each group to find out 4 facts that they could share with others. What don’t we know? What might the rest of the class find interesting? What is the new information? the children into new groups and each child tells the members of their new group their 4 facts. When they have done this, the children return to their original groups and share the information they have found out. At the end of the session, each tells the class the four facts that they found out about their particular aspect of Roman life. Lower achieving pupils should be given more concrete areas to research, e.g. home and family information to support understanding, e.g. find out 4 things about a Roman home. Provide visual support – four counters / picture of Roman home Provide direct links to a single relevant internet site Provide book on Romans with two levels of text difficulty TA to support achieving children in recording their 4 facts using Talking Tin or similar Access to books about Roman life, access to the internet Plenary: Each child must tell everyone what they think is the most fascinating fact that they have found out about Roman life today How could they use this skill in day to day conversations? To be aware of what the listener already knows and check before giving more information Assessment for learning: Traffic lights – children to self assess – did they take into consideration what the listeners (the rest of the already knew about the Romans? Did they repeat this information? Or did they add to it? Homework: Ask the children to go home and tell someone about the fascinating fact they found out today Year 3 Lesson Plans