A fun reading lesson for grade 1/2 students that explores the elements of problem and solution in everyday contexts. Here we’ve agreed on a definition and used sticky notes to create an anchor chart of problem and solution pairs for future reference.

4 Lessons

Grade: 1-2

Narrative - Problem And Solution

This mini unit will explicitly step students through the skill of identifying a problem and the solution in a story, using a selection of picture books. The unit begins by defining what makes a problem and a solution, identifying them in context, placing the problem and solution within BME sequence and exploring the strategy of ‘Writers License’ to spruce up small moments. The lessons that form this mini-unit can be adapted to suit older year levels with a simple text switch, to assist the development of narrative writing.

A fun reading lesson for grade 1/2 students that explores the elements of problem and solution in everyday contexts. Here we’ve agreed on a definition and used sticky notes to create an anchor chart of problem and solution pairs for future reference.

4 Lessons

Grade: 1-2

Narrative - Problem And Solution

This mini unit will explicitly step students through the skill of identifying a problem and the solution in a story, using a selection of picture books. The unit begins by defining what makes a problem and a solution, identifying them in context, placing the problem and solution within BME sequence and exploring the strategy of ‘Writers License’ to spruce up small moments. The lessons that form this mini-unit can be adapted to suit older year levels with a simple text switch, to assist the development of narrative writing.

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Essential Question/s

What makes a problem and a solution and how do they contribute to the narrative?

General Capabilities

Critical and Creative thinking
Literacy

Lessons

4 Lessons

Lesson 1

A fun reading lesson for grade 1/2 students that explores the elements of problem and solution in everyday contexts. Here we’ve agreed on a definition and used sticky notes to create an anchor chart of problem and solution pairs for future reference.

Lesson
Reading | Writing

Narrative - What Is A Problem Is There A Solution

Grades: 1-2

Identify and define a problem and its solution.

Lesson 2

A simple reading lesson for grade 1/2 students that explores the elements of problem and solution in fictional texts. Here we’ve identified the problem and solution in Dragons Love Tacos and charted these to create a problem and solution bank from stories featured in our weekly read aloud and mentor texts. Students use sticky notes to explore their taco loving dragons' big problem.

Lesson
Writing

Narrative - Identifying Problem And Solution

Grades: 1-2

To identify the problem and solution in a fictional story.

Lesson 3

An enjoyable reading lesson for Year 1/2 students that explores the elements of problem and solution in fictional texts. Here we’ve identified the problem and solution in ‘Ernest the Moose Doesn't Fit’ by Catherine Rayner and correlated them with the Beginning, Middle and End of a Narrative sequence.

Lesson
Writing

Narrative - Where Do Problem And Solution Fit Within BME

Grades: 1-2

Find the problem and solution in a text and plot it as part of a narrative sequence.

Lesson 4

A confidence building writing lesson for Year 1/2 students that calls on personal experience to timeline an event. Here students prepare a Writers Licence, choosing where to embed a dramatic problem into their otherwise ordinary moment in time.

Lesson
Reading | Writing

Narrative - Writers Licence

Grades: 1-2

To embed a problem and solution in an ordinary, everyday context.

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