Australian Curriculum Literature & Research units for the Foundation Year
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
(This page is always under construction!)
Literature & Research units for the Primary Library
Back to – Foundation (Prep) Years 1 & 2 Years 3 & 4 Years 5 & 6
Templates for planning with the Australian Curriculum during the Transition phase 2011-2012.
These templates combine elements of the Australian English Curriculum with the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) Thinking Processes, Personal Learning and Interpersonal Development Domains.
Foundation Literature All Years Semester 1 V4
Australian Curriculum Units updated from existing VELS units (as of April 2012)
Foundation
These units are in the order that I teach them in the Prep year so early units are simpler than later ones.
Fables (Term 1)
- FOUNDATION Fables
- Clean hands
- Goose that Laid the Golden Egg Yellow Hat
- Beginning, Middle, End Ducks and Tortoise
- Beginning, Middle, End Hare and Tortoise
- Town Mouse and Country Mouse Venn
- The Emu and the Wombat (Father Koala’s Fables)
Wild Animals (Term 2)
- FOUNDATION Wild Animals
- Baby Wild animals
- Venn diagram labels
- White Hat (wild animals)
- Zoo true book about animals
- Zoo video Baby Animals from the Wild
Beatrix Potter Author Study (Term 3)
- FOUNDATION Beatrix Potter Author Study
- Foundation Beatrix Potter author study rubric
- Samuel Whiskers T-chart
- Peter Rabbit spot the difference
- Peter Rabbit Venn Diagram (compare setting)
- Benjamin Bunny Venn Compare characters
Australian Literature
In Term 3 after the Beatrix Potter Unit, I teach ‘one-off’ lessons using CBCA and YABBA shortlisted picture books. Any resources I make for those will be found via the CBCA Shortlisted Books Resources page.
Pre 2012 units needing updating for the AC (For term 4)
VELS Level 1 Bruce Whatley Author Study See also PoMo with the Preps.
Personal Learning Journals
At the end of every library lesson, my students self-assess their behaviour. The statements are based on VELS indicators or from the learning focus in Personal Learning and Interpersonal Development domains. It is a quick and easy way to support students to reflect on how their behaviour affects their learning.
BTW I don’t start using them with Preps until Semester 2.
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Rhona said
Hi,
Just wanted to thank you for the Library PLJ self assessment… I’ll be using this in my class! :)
Rhona :)
Lisa Hill said
Thanks Rhona…a couple of tips: with little kids, it works for me if I keep the PLJs and the bigger kids keep them in their own library folders, always at the very back so that they can be found quickly at the end of the lesson. (I allow five minutes for packing up which includes doing the PLJs).
It took me a little while to manage junior classes easily. I have the children sit in four groups at their tables, and while they can choose who to sit next to, they must always sit at that particular table. I keep the children’s individual named PLJs inside brightly coloured large envelope folders in plastic envelopes labelled for each class, i.e. I have four classes at year 1 & 2 level, and four teams (Andy) Griffiths, (Christopher) Milnes, (Paul) Jennings and (Jackie) French-ies. So, for example, inside the Griffiths coloured folder, there are (inside a labelled plastic envelope) the PLJs for the kids in 1LG who sit at the Griffiths table, the ones for 1LR in another labelled plastic envelope, the ones for 2JG and so on. The tallest child at each table always has the job of getting them out and putting them away because otherwise they can dither around and take ages.
Lately we’ve also been adapting these for use as individual behaviour plans, they work well.
Cheers
Lisa