Higher Order Questions: What do we celebrate on St Valentine’s day? Why is it important to show people we care about them? Lower Order Questions: Who was Claudius? Why was marriage outlawed? Language / Literacy Opportunities: Vocabulary: Valentine, love, kindness, the children will develop literacy as they complete the piece of recount writing based on the history of Literacy: St Valentine. the children will develop oral language as they brainstorm at the beginning of the lesson about Oral language: who St Valentine was. Content of Lesson: Methodologies/ Teaching Strategies Lesson Introduction: Talk and The teacher will begin the lesson by telling the child tomorrow is a very Discussion: important day, Valentine’s day. listening, The teacher will ask the children what Valentine’s Day is and how and why questioning, we celebrate it. brainstorming, The teacher will engage the children in a brainstorming session about St think, pair, Valentine’s Day, where it originated from and so on. share. The teacher will the KWL chart with the children. Learning: Lesson Development: group work. Active The teacher will show the children a power-point presentation about the history Learning: of St Valentine. hands on The teacher will tell the children what St Valentine did, where he lived, how experience. long St Valentine’s Day has been celebrated for, and Valentine’s Day traditions. Skills through The children must then go on a Valentine’s Day fact hunt. They will locate Content: Valentine’s Day facts hidden around the classroom and surmise the information observing, on the cards. predicting, The children will then write a piece of recount writing about the history of St investigating Valentine. and
Higher Order Questions: What do we celebrate on St Valentine’s day? Why is it important to show people we care about them? Lower Order Questions: Who was Claudius? Why was marriage outlawed? Language / Literacy Opportunities: Vocabulary: Valentine, love, kindness, Literacy: the children will develop literacy as they complete the piece of recount writing based on the history of St Valentine. Oral language: the children will develop oral language as they brainstorm at the beginning of the lesson about who St Valentine was. Content of Lesson: Lesson Introduction: The teacher will begin the lesson by telling the child tomorrow is a very important day, Valentine’s day. The teacher will ask the children what Valentine’s Day is and how and why we celebrate it. The teacher will engage the children in a brainstorming session about St Valentine’s Day, where it originated from and so on. The teacher will the KWL chart with the children. Lesson Development: The teacher will show the children a power-point presentation about the history of St Valentine. The teacher will tell the children what St Valentine did, where he lived, how long St Valentine’s Day has been celebrated for, and Valentine’s Day traditions. The children must then go on a Valentine’s Day fact hunt. They will locate Valentine’s Day facts hidden around the classroom and surmise the information on the cards. The children will then write a piece of recount writing about the history of St Valentine. Methodologies/ Teaching Strategies Talk and Discussion: listening, questioning, brainstorming, think, pair, share. Learning: group work. Active Learning: hands on experience. Skills through Content: observing, predicting, investigating and
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