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Space Town Part 3 ‐ School‐based Curriculum Development (GE Integration) August 2016

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Space Town Part 3:School-based Curriculum Development (GE Integration)

NET SectionCDIEDB

Objectives

• To understand a holistic approach for school-based curriculum development

• To understand the GE Support Packages

A Holistic ApproachA holistic approach focuses on everything the learner needs to know to communicate effectively.

It can provide students with opportunities for full participation across all lessons and develop students’ awareness of learning.


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Space Town

Space Town connects all areas of English learning into a holistic curriculum.

Units of Work, GE Support Packages and Textbooks

GE Scheme of Work


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Units of Work and GE Support Packages

My Sister – Unit Outcomes GE Scheme of Work

Textbooks andGE Support Packages

GE Scheme of WorkTextbook Overview

GE Support PackageEach package includes:• Rationale• GE Support Package Overview• Suggested Websites and Apps

List• Lesson Overview• Lesson Schedule Template• Resource Preparation • Lesson Plans, Resources and

Worksheets• GE Optional Worksheets• Lesson Plan Templates• Textbook Appendix


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GE Lesson OverviewLessons 1 to 12 are developmentalMaintain the sequence of the lessons

Lesson 1 to 8: • vocabulary and language structures

taught in context

Lesson 9 to 12: • e-learning• dictation and self-assessment• reading strategies• writing strategies

Parts of the Lesson PlanEach lesson plan includes:• Learning Intentions• Warm-ups • Activities• Time (35 mins lesson)• Steps• Purpose • Resources

GE Student Booklet Each booklet includes:• Suggested Websites and

Apps List• High Frequency Words• Phonics Chants• Vocabulary• Songs / Chants• Worksheets• Self-assessment• Notes Page


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Unit of Work Writing Task GE Lessons 1 to 8

• Name and AgeLesson 1

• GreetingsLesson 2• Introducing

FriendsLesson 3

• ToysLesson 4

• ColoursLesson 5

• I Like My ToyLesson 6

• Capital Letters and Full StopsLesson 7

• Jumbled WordsLesson 8

Unit 1: My Sister

• Name and AgeLesson 1


• GreetingsLesson 2



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• Introducing FriendsLesson 3


• ToysLesson 4


•ColoursLesson 5



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•I Like My ToyLesson

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•Capital Letters and Full StopsLesson 7


• Jumbled WordsLesson 8



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Activity

Formative assessment?

Self-directed learning?

e-learning?

• e-learningLesson 9

• Dictation and Self-assessmentLesson 10

• Reading StrategiesLesson 11

• Writing StrategiesLesson 12

GE Lessons 9 to 12

e-learning in GEResources:

• Interactive PowerPoints, videos, audio

• Suggested websites and apps list

• Reading Town Series app

Each package includes a dedicated e-learning lesson to expose students to multi-modal learning experiences


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P1 to P2 Progression

GE Lesson 9: e-learningLearning Intentions: • Use interactive technology to read, revise and practice learning intentions in the unit

Lesson Plan:• Websites• Apps: Reading Town, others

Reading Town 1:Modes of Reading

• Listen

• Read by Myself

• Record Myself


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Reading Town in GE

Formative Assessment in GEEach package includes opportunities for: • Sharing • Group/pair activities• Consolidation

Planned formative assessment lessons:• Phonics and HFW Dictation (lesson 10)• Self-assessment (lesson 10)• Rubrics (lesson 12)





GE Lesson 10


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GE Lesson 10:Dictation and Self-assessment

Learning Intentions: • Consolidate letter/sound relationships and high frequency words

• Consolidate the learning intentions of the unit

P1 to P2 Progression: Dictation

P1 to P2 Progression: Self-assessment


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GE Lesson 11

Reading Strategies Lesson • Lessons progress from P1 to P3 to develop

students’ basic competency skills through assessment for learning

• Students apply learnt reading strategies (Unit of Work and GE lessons)

• Students learn how to use a range of reading strategies systematically with familiar language

Progression of Lessons P1 P3


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GE Lesson 12

Writing Strategies Lesson• Lessons progress from P1 to P3 to

develop students’ basic competency skills through assessment for learning

• Students apply process writing strategies (Unit of Work lessons)

• Students learn how to use process writing systematically with familiar pictures

Progression of Lessons P1 P3


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After the Lesson: Formative Feedback

Things to be aware of• In 1st term of P1, grammar is not part of the rubric

framework

• In 1st term of P1, “details” are mainly adjectives of numbers, colours, a sentence not modelled in the lesson, etc.

• When students write simple sentences, punctuation and spelling is often correct

• When students begin to write a variety of sentences, punctuation and spelling errors may appear more often

How to inform learning and teaching

• Keep a record of students’ reading and writing strategies

• Regularly allow students opportunities to refer back to previous reading and writing tasks to look at their own progress


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Self-directed Learning in GE

• The Self-directed Learning Activity Booklet can be used in GE lessons

• Self-directed learning activities are planned into GE lessons

Self-directed learningwith e-learning

Planning Schedule and timetables

– Establish a schedule at the start of the year

– Timetable Lessons 1 to 12 for each unit

– Timetable additional lessons for each unit


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Sample P1 Schedule

Timetabling a Term

How to plan additional lessons

• GE Optional Worksheets• Textbook pages• School‐based dictation• Reading Town• Project learning• Excursions

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