Hello not been in for a while!!

[LJ]

Hey all,

Its been a while since I have been here but really needed some advice and suddenly remember you were all here hope you can help.

I'm currently back working as a supply teacher and have been getting regular work in the same school they keep requesting me think I have nearly taught every class in the school. A p/t temporay ppa job cover has come up at the school it would suit me perfectly and applied for the job. I have been shortlisted which is great but now panicing about the teaching/interview which is next tuesday found out today I have been shortlisted.

Anyway I have to teach a 30 min literacy lesson on traditional tales which is their new unit of work which they will be started. I'll have a whole year one class so 25 children to teach any
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s? my mind has gone competeley blank. I want something that will have an outcome 30 min isnt the longest of time I stated in my personal statement that I keep my lessons both practical and visual so I'd like this lesson to reflect that any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks you

Lucy

[Wendy]

Can't come up with much, could you put them into pairs, give them pictures of characters and their titles and get them to match the character to the story title. Or you could read a story eg Cinderella and them give them an outline of the character, maybe a different character for each group and working in groups thought
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the personality of the character, what they might look like (this could be drawn), get them thinking about describing words, then feed back to rest of group. Giving them highlighters or felt tips to write with for some reason makes it more exciting!
Thats all Ive got for the moment Good Luck!

[janeb]

Hi LJ,

One of the key objectives for the literacy strand on traditional tales is sequencing so maybe you could get the children to order a story in some way?

Choose one of your favourite stories (e.g. the 3 little
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s) and ask the children to help you remember what happens. If you've got a Promethean whiteboard, there are some great
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tale images so you could create a scene to inspire the children, letting them move characters around as they recall parts of the story. If not, maybe you could use props or give a few children masks so they can act out the story with you.
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When the children move off into groups, you could set up activities such as mini zigzag books for them to draw parts of the story (LA group could sequence some
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ied pictures, HA group could add written sentences to tell the story) For less teacher input, maybe a group could work on computers or solve a puzzle on this theme?

Share the results as a plenary and maybe finish with a song if there's time (although half an hour can fly by!)?

Good luck
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