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A Day At The Beach - Drawing Predictions
Learning Intention: Make predictions about a selected text drawing on personal experiences.
A Day At The Beach - Drawing Predictions
Learning Intention: Make predictions about a selected text drawing on personal experiences.
- Whiteboards
- Markers
Foundation - AC9EFLY05
- I can make a prediction about the text using drawings.
- I can reflect on my own experiences at the beach.
- I can describe a memory of going to the beach to my partner.
Modelled
Bring attention to the lesson’s learning intention.
Introduce the text ‘Magic Beach’ by Alison Lester and ask students to share their own experiences from going to the beach.
- What things did you see?
- How did it make you feel?
- What did you do?
Look at the front cover and back cover of the book and discuss what it might be about.
Guided
Before reading the text, model how to make a prediction.
Explain that making predictions is when we guess what might happen in the story by using the pictures as clues.
Distribute whiteboards and markers to students.
Ask each student to draw 4 pictures on their whiteboards of things they might find at the beach. Eg. shells, bucket, umbrella, sand castle.
Read the text to the students and each time a student finds an item they have drawn in the book’s illustrations they can cross off their own picture.
At the end of the text, see how many of the students were able to cross off all of their pictures.
Independent
Break students into pairs with mini whiteboards and markers.
Ask students to each describe a time when they went to the beach. While each student describes their experience, ask their partners to draw an interpretation of the story without showing the other person.
Once completed, ask students to share their drawings with one another and see if they were accurate.
This lesson is a great way to introduce the theme of ‘A Day At The Beach’ as it encourages students to reflect on their own personal experiences.
- Support Students: Print pictures of objects found at the beach to help guide students when completing the drawing activity.
- Extension Students: Ask students to write a sentence to describe their partner's beach scene.
Perfect for ‘Beach’ themed lessons for the younger grades.
- Formative assessment:
- Could my students draw different pictures to make a prediction?
- Were they able to locate these images within the text?
- Could they reflect on their own ‘beach’ experience to share with their partner?
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