RESOURCES TO SUPPORT LEARNING TRAJECTORIES

RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR LESSONs/ TRAJECTORIES FOR STAGE 2 LEARNERS

LESSON 1: MATHS
Content: Multiplication
Reasoning skills: Mathematical reasoning and problem solving

Resource 1:  "Depth & Rigor" short extract from the 5 Principles of the Modern Maths Classroom. Click here to download

Resource 2: Low-Floor and High-Ceiling Tasks: This professional learning resource and others can be found at reSolve. Also on the site are a range of inquiry-based classroom activities organised by grade level. 

LESSON THREE: GEOGRAPHY
Content: Places Similar & Different
Reasoning Skills: Acquires and communicates geographical information using geographical tools

There are a few resources on the South Australian website.

Resource 1: Geography animation

Resource 2:  A series of questions to promote deeper thinking about geography

LESSON 2: HISTORY:
Content: What changes occur when cultures impact with each other?
Reasoning skills: locate information from sources, identify different points of vie
Resource 1: Video, "The Great Migration"

Resource 2: The "Bring it to Life Guide", a resource from South Australia DOE web resource, "Making the Australian Curriculum Come to Life For Us" Click here to download

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LESSON FOUR: ENGLISH
Content: Responds to a text that expresses viewpoints of the world similar & different to their own
Reasoning Skills: Think in ways that are imaginative, creative, interpretive & critical

Resource 1: The Jan Farmer-Hailey presentation, "Year 3-6 Reading Workshop: Let's Talk Text" which is located on the NOII NSW website
Resource 2:  A series of questions to consider when engaging with texts from the wonderful South Australian website, "The essence tree"