Unit Title:

How we share the planet

Living things in our care share the same basic needs, need nurturing to survive and are important to us.
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Organizing Theme: Focus:

How we share the planet Science, Language

Proposed Dates: Concepts:

September 2928th Responsibility, Causation, Connection

Central Idea: Inquiry Into:

Living and Non-Living things in our environment What living things need to survive and stay healthy Our responsibility towards living things in our environment How animals and plants are needed

Teacher Questions

What are living and non-living things? What do living things need to stay healthy? How do we care for plants and animals? How do plants and animals help us? Related concepts: Care, Living and Non-Living, Survival

Possible learning experiences these may take place in individual subject time, or within the Unit of Inquiry Literacy: Reading Literacy: Writing Math
Procedural text recipes, following instructions for planting Explanations We will be reading non-fiction texts relating to living and non-living things. Listening centers Students will use listening centres to listen to stories about caring for living things. Students will draw and paint still life pictures of real plants, animals and food. Centres: Pictures of animals for punching, cutting and sticking activities, using stampers and punchers to assemble animal pictures.

Music The Arts

Visual art

P.E. ICT

Data Handling: sorting: seeds by size shape and colour. Pattern and Function: Patterning using seeds. Number: Counting (focus on number value), using seeds Measurement: Estimating and comparing the heights of plants grown in class. Students will: Learn to distinguish between speaking and singing voice Introduced to a number of different songs about animals (Farm animals/different size animals) Connecting to the EC Music concert. Encouraged to participate in group singing Introduced to simple percussion instruments Involved in activities which encourage responses to sound and silence. Fruit and vegetable printing Still life drawing using various medium. Art work relating to The Hungry Caterpillar (printing) Collage art work connected to the Bad Tempered ladybird- Art work will be used at the EC music concert Painting on natural materials leaves etc. large 2D art of Palm trees Wax resist fish/fish prints Explore the difference between living and nonliving things using FLASH CARDS (children must do different things e.g. stand up or sit down, move or freeze, run to one side or the other depending on whether the card represents a living or non-living object.) Using same flash cards get pupils to act or move like the different objects e.g. PENCIL, BUTTERFLY, BIKE, CAR, WORM etc.
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Library

Read The Rainbow fish and creating rainbow fish to tell stories with. Telling/creating stories with animal puppets. Watching Sid the seed Books: Can you Cuddle like Koala John Butler The Smallest Whale Elisabeth Beresford Frans Flower Lisa Bruce and Rosalind Beardshaw Home in the Sky Jeannie Baker Mr Archimedes Bath Pamela Allen The Hungry Donkey Heather Amery Theres a house inside Mummy Giles Andreae and Vanessa Cabban Visit to garden centre or Ripe Company Desert animals farm Visit from local police dog Visit from childrens pets at home.

Field Trips/ Special Guests