Reply To: Module 2 – The Moon, the Earth and the Sun

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Aideen Lineen
Participant

    The activity set I would choose for my class would be ‘The Planets’. I think this one would be the most suitable for the Junior classes as I can see how it can be integrated across the curriculum. I would start by having ‘Space’ or ‘The Space Station’ as my Aistear/Oral Language theme for the month and use the Planet song as a stimilus for the lesson. I think this is also a great way to integrate music into this theme. I love the activities provided with the hula hoops as I think they would be a fantastic as a P.E. lesson or a number of P.E. lessons over a few weeks. It incorporates basic movement skills and also dance which can be a challenging strand for the Junior Classes however I think it is very nicely presented in this activity. I also think the hula hoop activity where the children have to land on a hula hoop when a planet is called is an effective assessment strategy. I would also include some art activities in this-the children would work in groups to paint their own planets and we would create a class Solar System to display.

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