The activity set I would choose is the Sun and shadows. The focus of my lesson would be what makes shadows. I taught a similar lesson to 2nd class before where we explored how light makes shadows. To begin the lesson I would place a picture of two children on the whiteboard standing outside in the sun. I will engage the students in a discussion based on this picture. I would ask questions like what do you notice about this picture? Where are the children? How do we know they are outside? This discussion will elicit vocabulary from the students such as the sun and the shadows of the children. The main activity of the lesson would focus on the children making their own shadows. I would give each pair a torch and two cardboard shadow puppets. The students would then walk to different parts of the room and use the torch to make shadows. I would also encourage the students to make shadows or their hands or feet as well. At the end of the lesson I would create another group discussion for the children to share their findings . I would use a slideshow of shadow pictures to check for understanding of the lesson for example I would ask the children to give me a thumbs up if it was a shadow picture or not and I would encourage some students to explain their reasoning behind their decision.
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