[Sile Scanlon]

Hi there

 

Its a great thing yo reflect after teaching a unit especially with younger students as they can be difgivult yo asses at times! Worthdefinatley to get feedbavk from the kids and great for futire planning ideas

[Sile Scanlon]

Assignmrnt module 5

I chose to outline a class plan for space week in an a junior infant class

I would start my week by having a chat about space with the choldren the friday before – we vould vonstrict a kwl chart and maybe the vhildren could draw pictures as space week starts on Saturday the 4th of october.

Monday:

 

We coukd start our week bu coming bacl yp our kwl chart from the werk before .

I would read a book qbout s9ace with the children , called Míp – an irish langugae story about rockets and aliens.

Tuesday

We could do a junk art construction lesson on building rockets using a variety of objects brought in ny the children.

Wednesday

We could do a station teaching lesson using aistear as a framework for play- we could organise 4 stations –

One could be using a marla/play doh to make aleins/shapes/letters

Station 2 couod be Dress up as astronauts and aleins playing driving a tockets/a space comand center

Station 3

Station three could be a ln enginering or maths  station based on sorting items into different groups using space toys

Station 4

Station 4 might be a handwtiting station making up alein vodes/langugae and pens/colirs/notebooks stencils ect

Thursday

We could look at vonsyrlations and their names for ecample orion/the nig dipper

The childrrn eould makrbtheir own constelations using spaghetti and mini marshmallows

Friday

Art lesdon based on space – speckled stars on black sugar paper to reprrsent the night sky

 

 

 

 

[Sile Scanlon]

Activity set : the moon

Junior infants

 

Intriduction

A link to a maths lesson on shape and space /3d shapes

What is a sphere ? Where would we see spheres?

 

Disvuss and pick out spheres out in the vlassroom/natute

Devrlopment :

We would d8scuss the planets and whether they appear to be spherical

The moon and its spherical shape wjay shape does it make when we see a full moon half moon?

The .more able stidents might look at langahueh like waxing /waning /strawberru moon / eclipse

Children would draw representations of the moon in their copies.

This lesson would be extended by an art lesson uding chalk amd sugar paper or tge pavement outside to draw lunar shapes

[Sile Scanlon]

Hi Ciara

 

I love this! Especially the outdoors element ….. would be lovely to do a little trail outside too – you could link a maths lesson yo this too

[Sile Scanlon]

I thought the approach to problem solving was a lovely idea to build a shelter for the toy penguin- it envourages groupwork, cooperation and peer learning / support.

It also ooens up the conversation about materials, and links storytelling in tge three little pigs and maths!

Definately going to try this one!

[Sile Scanlon]

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I”ve chosen the clothes we wear ESERO 12

My focus would be hot and cold for infants

 

The lesson would begin with a suitcase closed on the table to let the vhildren initiate a vonversation about it.

Investigation:

Whats in the suitcase ? Why would we use a suitcase ? ( travelling)

If im goung away, where would I be going? (Discuss hot/cold places) if goung to a hor country what would Ipack ? If going to a cold place. What would I pack?

Then we would open the suitcase to see all the different elements of clothing coats, scarves, sweaters,e t and shorts, beach towels, flip flops, sun cream , ect.

Why do we wear certain clothes at certain times of tge year? The children couls then do a sorting activity to sort clothes into two piles ; hot weather and cold wrather.

We might also talk about the weather and how this has an impact on what we wear.

For the children who might benifit from higher order questioning there could be a conversation about materials, cotton, wool, polyester. Ect. Where do the materials come from? (Wool from sheep, ect.)

Stem links mathnatics: sorting, counting

Aistear: langauge/gaeilge /Béarla/drámaíocht role play

Assesment for this lesson might be to draw a picture or a simple sorting activity on paper to illustrate the childrens understanding of the topic.

 

 

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[Sile Scanlon]

Activity set : lots and lots of stars !

 

Module 3

 

I would do an activity based on stars with junior infants

 

The lesson would start with this short movie but before i would ask the vhildren what do they know about stars?

 

….. id compile a slide show of the different stats for the kids and let the kids make their own constellations using dry spaghetti and mini marshmallows! They love this.

I would also plan two support activities :

 

A bisual arts lesson art – based on starry starry night by van Gogh where vjoldren would recreaye their own ight sky using think paint on A2 paper and a drama lesson based on stars based on the Irish language cartoon réaltóg – to teach language and music.

 

[Sile Scanlon]

Taking photographs is a great idea to record the chilfrens work! Im definately going to steal this idea! 👍

[Sile Scanlon]

Activity Set: The Sun and Shadows (senior infants)

i would use light and dark to teach about the sun

The intial act9voty wpuld begin with torches and paper we would turn the lights off and close the blinds to show light and dark

A4 paper would be used to make shadow,/ finger puppets and to d8scuss light and dark , and we could discuss what brings light and dark i.e sun and the rotation of the sun.

Extension activities could be a focus on night school/life in the artic circle lack of light / what would life be like if you lived like this ?

 

 

[Sile Scanlon]

Hi Karl. This is a great inquiry based activity idea! The kids will love watch the things fall to the ground and will be a memorable learning experience to teach gravity

[Sile Scanlon]

Hi

Im Síle and will be traching learning support this year.

 

i teach in a Scoil Gaeltachta with about 200 kids.My favourite space fact is that Venus is the hottest planet (about 850°F), even though Mercury is closer to the Sun.

[Sile Scanlon]

Module 1

Hi Im Sile, im a language support teacher working and supporting mostly infants and 1st class children.. My favourite space fact is  : There are tyre tracks on the moon!  due to the absence of an atmosphere. This, in turn, means there is no erosion of mankind’s tracks and prints, which still mark the lunar surface! This would really interest the children.

 

For my science based enquiry Id like to try the gravity activity

Starter question: Why do we float in space?

We would talk about (pushing and pulling) and Why is it that we don’t float into space ? Or fall off the earth?

We start by reading the book The day gravity goes Loco by Ryan Maloney and discuss what would happen if the world lost all of its gravity. This would be a trigger for the children to have a discussion about what gravity is and how we are stable on the plant. We could talk about what it might be like if there wasn’t gravity and what the world might be like if we didn’t have  it.

I’d like to try the activity where the children might try to drop various objects from above (possibly standing on a chair ) to see the effects of what may happen to the objects.

What happens to the egg when we drop it into a bowl or onto a plate ? Does it float in the sky ? The teddy bear?   a crayon? What about if i pour water what will happen then?

The children will have to investigate what happens when they attempt to see if the object falls onto the plate/classroom floor.

I will then ask a àqustion about  abalone that’s full of air. Is that going to float or fall? Why doesn’t it fall immediately to the floor? Why doesn’t water go up in the air instead of down when I pour it?

This will lead is into the discussion of how gravity is a force and how it keeps us on the ground.

 

 

 

 

 

[Sile Scanlon]

Hi

I’m a language support teacher working with infants and first class mostly. I Would love to find resource in dual languages (gaeilge agus béarla) …. is anyone aware of places where more information/resources on space can be located ?

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