Session Two

Whole Class Learning Intention: We are learning to retell stories remembering the elements
characters, setting, beginning, middle and ending. We are learning to describe
characters.

Success Criteria:
I can think about who the characters were in the story
I can think about the setting
I can think about the beginning, middle and ending of the story
I can use features and personality to describe different characters

Whole Class Teaching Independent Activity Consolidation

Resources: Focus
- Class big book
of ‘The Reading ‘The Students to now create their As a class discuss
Gingerbread Gingerbread Man’ big own Gingerbread person. Once how they could
Man’ book. finished they can describe to a describe their
- Gingerbread partner what they have created gingerbread men.
man template After the book get the and what materials they have
sheets x20 students to think, pair, used. What are they made
- Coloured share retell of the story. of?
pencils, textas Encourage them to think What might their
and crayons about their 5 finger personality be like?
retell.
Starting to think
Teacher to pick 5 about describing
students to come up and characters.
talk about each element
of the retell.

Focused Group Learning Intention: We are learning to understand that three letters are used to
- Student K make up CVC words. We are learning that most words we create need a vowel
- Student R letter in the middle
- Student O
Success Criteria:
Student A absent I can use all single sounds to create simple CVC words
I can sound out words in our book

Introduction and Group Activity Consolidation

Resources: Teaching Focus
- Whiteboard Writing on Whiteboards Reading ‘Tim’s Quiz’ (Green – Talk to the students
markers Writing words on the Stage three book) about what letters
- ‘Tim’s Quiz’ whiteboard tables that make up words.
decodable we will see in our book. Students taking in turns each Reiterate that vowel
readers x5 Teacher to say the word, page. Ensure student O is letters are used to
- Sound swap students to sound out following on with the page and make CVC words.
cards word and write it down. not getting distracted.
Discuss what we think Creating words Talk about different
the word might mean. Place all sound swap cards on letters and the
the table. Students will take it in sounds they make.
turns to take three letters to
create a word. Have a Give students some
discussion about vowel letters green decodable
and how every word we will readers to take
make has a vowel letter in it. home and practise.
Creating words using ‘sound
swap cards.