If you have already downloaded the existing Year 1 & 2 Info Lit template, (see the Goodies to Share page) you will need to download Version 2. I had forgotten to make a section for Aboriginal Perspectives Across the Curriculum.
I am now well into planning a nice little Australian Curriculum unit for Years 1 & 2, called Scary Creatures. It has a Science focus i.e. what body parts do scary creatures use to attack or to defend themselves. (That’s what reminded me to add the Aboriginal Perspectives section, because I’m using Shake a Leg by Boori Monty Pryer and Jan Ormerod to show how Aboriginal Communities used dance to teach their children to stay away from dangerous creatures).
I’m tweaking the planned sequence of activities as I teach each lesson and hope to have it available for download here before too long.
At the same time, I’m reviewing the units I taught in term 1 and (where I can) converting them into an Australian Curriculum unit. They’ll be available before long too.
What are other teachers doing? Is anyone else playing around with the new curriculum??
