Water · KG2 Integrated Learning

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: K2.6.3.1.2 - Participate actively in the shared reading of the big book which relates to the theme, answer inferential questions, and demonstrate how sentences are written with spaces between the words

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Participate actively in the shared reading of “The Thirsty Crow” big book by joining in with repeated phrases and predicting what happens next at pause points.
Answer inferential questions about the story, such as why the crow was thirsty or why the crow dropped stones into the pot.
Retell the main parts of the story using a simple story map: setting, characters, problem and solution.
Identify spaces between words in sentences from the big book by clapping or pointing when they see a space.
Write or arrange a short sentence about water with clear spaces between the words, using cut-out word cards or finger-spacing in their own writing.

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Curriculum details

Strand: All Around Us (Strand 6)
Sub-strand: Water (6.3)
Content standard: K2.6.3.1 - Demonstrate understanding that water is an important natural resource that helps all living things, human, plants and animals
Indicator: K2.6.3.1.2 - Participate actively in the shared reading of the big book which relates to the theme, answer inferential questions, and demonstrate how sentences are written with spaces between the words
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 3 (Week 27 of the year)
Term is the curriculum's own; the week within it is our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order. Follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Kindergarten Curriculum (KG1 and KG2), 2019, p. 166
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Use the Big book on the Thirsty Crow. Do a Picture Walk through the text and have learners guess what the text will be about. Read the story aloud with all enthusiasm and pause often for the learners to predict what happens next in the story. Ask simple Story map questions on the setting, characters, the problem and the resolution of the problem. Learners think-pair share and then brainstorm as a whole class how water is very important to human beings and plants