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General Capabilities:
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Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories
and Cultures

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Living things grow,

change and have off
spring similar to
themselves.
(ACSSU030).

LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science/English

The very hungry caterpillar.
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Critical and
creative thinking

Ethical Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

YEAR LEVEL: 3

In this
lesson the
children
will
understand
and
describe the
life cycle of
a caterpillar.
Capable of
using iPads,
to access
information

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

I will assess the

students
attention and
appreciation of
the story book.
I will do this by
asking them key
questions about
the book.
I will assess if
the students
have
accomplished

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

MotivationThe teacher will enthusiastically introduce the

lesson. Today we are going to look about a book
called the very hungry caterpillar.
The students will watch the video of the story book
The very hungry caterpillar be read to them, by
Eric Carle.
Lesson stepsThere will be a class discussion of the video/book.
The children will write their answers on the smart

KEY
QUESTION
S

RESOURCES

Key
questions in
lesson steps:
Do you
really think
that
caterpillars
eat all that
food? Pick 2
students to
answer.
What do
you think
they really

The very
hungry
caterpillar by
Eric Carle.
IPad
Computers
IWB

to make a
mind map.
Capable of
interpreting
and
transferring
information
.

their set task by

evaluating their
work once they
have finished. I
will assess if the
students are able
to find all the
QR codes by
checking their
work.

board.
The teacher will now select students to read the
task on the weebly site.
The task if for students to be in groups of 3, they
will scan the QR codes and write the new facts they
have learnt onto a popplet mind map. The teachers
will be walking around helping the students who
are struggling.

eat? Leaves?
Plants? Ask 3
students what
they think.
Does
anyone know
anything
interesting
about
caterpillars?

ConclusionI will also

assess the child
through the way
they are able to
communicate
their work to
their peers.

Students will be called back to the mat.

A class discussion on the task will be held.
The teacher will play a hungry caterpillar song on
YouTube.
The teacher will then introduce what the students
will be learning in the next lesson. The human life
cycle.
The children will then head off to lunch.

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SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

Lesson
closure: Key
questionsDid you like
using the
iPads and the
QR app to
find out
information
and pictures
about
caterpillars?
What did we
learn from
the lesson?

KEY
QUESTION
S

RESOURCES

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Represent and
communicate ideas and
findings in a variety of
ways such as diagrams,
physical representations
and simple reports
(ACSIS060)

Represent the
human lifecycle
using images.
Describe their
lifecycle stages in
the present and
future.

The children
will be assessed
on how well
they engaged
with the video
through
questioning.

MotivationThe teacher will enthusiastically introduce the

topic. We have already learnt play a video about a
humans life cycle. The children will learn that they
have a life cycle too.

The children
will be assessed
by the images
they have
chosen and how
well they have
completed the
task.

The students will be working individually.

The students will then be told to use google and
copy and paste images of their life cycle so far into
word. This will include, what they will look like
when they are older.
The students will be asked to label the images i.e
baby, toddler.

Lesson steps-

IPad
What are the
stages of the
human life
cycle?
What stage
have you
previously
been in?

Computers
IWB

What stage
will you be in
next?

ConclusionThe students will be asked to save their work and

come and sit on the mat.
The class will now have a discussion on their
findings.
The students will then sit back at their desks and
prepare for their maths lesson.
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SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

Wk
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Use interaction skills,

including active listening
behaviours and
communicate in a clear,
coherent manner using a
variety of everyday and

Analyse how a
butterfly is created
by watching the
video.

I will assess the

students
attention of the
video. I will do
this by asking
them key

Create a butterflys

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

This lesson will be a recap of lesson 1.

MotivationThe children will re-learn about the life cycle of the
butterfly by watching a video- Life Cycle of a

KEY
QUESTION
S

RESOURCES

Is there such
thing as a
baby
butterfly?
How do you
know there

IPad
Computers
IWB

learned vocabulary and

appropriate tone, pace,
pitch and volume
(ACELY1792)

lifecycle using the

app in the correct
order.

questions about
the life cycle of
a butterfly.

Butterfly on the interactive white board.

I will then
assess what they
have learnt
through their
production of
life cycles.

The students will then be asked to make a

butterflys life cycle using the app. Make life
cycle A Life Cycle App By Nth Fusion LLC.
The students will be working on their own, at the
mat.

Lesson steps-

isnt?
When does a
caterpillar
turn into a
butterfly?

The teacher will be walking around ready to help

anyone who may need help.
Conclusion
The teacher will ask the students to screenshot their
work so that it is saved. The class will now have a
discussion about how a butterfly is formed and
what the class has learnt.
The class will then be dismissed for lunch.
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Understand that
successful cooperation
with others depends on
shared use of social
conventions, including
turn-taking patterns, and
forms of address that
vary according to the
degree of formality in
social situations
(ACELA1476)

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

Describe the
physical
appearance of the
caterpillar.

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

The children
will be assessed Motivationon their ability
to describe the The teacher will have purchased a lot of
caterpillars. caterpillars. The teacher will place them in the
Create a pic collage
classroom for the children to see. The children will
of the caterpillars
The children
see a caterpillar in real life.
using IPads.
will also be
assessed on the
Lesson stepsgroup
discussions and The children will then be asked to take photos of
their
the caterpillars and place them onto pic collage.

KEY
QUESTION
S

RESOURCES

What did the

caterpillar
IPad
look like?
Can you
Caterpillars
describe what
the caterpillar
will turn
into?

collaboration.

The children will be taking photos individually by

turn-taking.
The students will then be asked to write some
describing words onto pic collage to describe the
physical appearance of a caterpillar.
The children will save their work.

ConclusionThe class will have a discussion each student will

be sitting in a circle and each person will say one
word that they believe describes a caterpillar.
The teacher will now say Good work today year
3s , I hope you enjoyed learning about Caterpillars
and their physical appearance.

References-

Carle, E. (1987). The very hungry caterpillar. [New York]: Philomel Books.

YouTube,. (2015). Eric Carle reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkYmvxP0AJI

YouTube,. (2015). Humans Life Cycle Video for Kids - Science for Kids. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdprpVCIhu0

YouTube,. (2015). Life Cycle of a Butterfly. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jl8P0w6X0g

YouTube,. (2015). Spring Songs for Children - Hungry Caterpillar with Lyrics - Kids Songs by The Learning Station. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-gNaNOWdg8