Re Lesson Plan Pre-Primary/ Primary

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
RE LESSON PLAN
Pre-Primary/
Primary
LESSON ORGANISATION
Unit of work: Prepare Salvation topic: Advent/Christmas Human person Topic: people
prepare for special times
Year Level: Year 1 Students’ Prior Knowledge: (include faith
situations/previous lessons/Units)
Key Understanding:
A.1 wondering at experiences of preparing
Students have a basic understanding of the
experiences when waiting an example could be a
birthday or Christmas.
Learning Point(s): Students can name feelings people experience when
A.1.1 identify ways in which people prepare for special waiting for special times
times An example lesson is the teacher talks with the
children about times when they have waited for
something, an example, waiting for their birthday, a
new baby, or a bus, and during the activity inviting
the children to draw, sculp with play dough or role-
play the feelings they experienced.
Spiritual and Religious Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity
eg Right choices eg Right eg Inner strength eg Moderation eg Prayer eg Reconciliation eg Service
relationships
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative behaviour Social understanding
thinking competence
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement with Sustainability
histories and cultures Asia
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
 Students can identify the way people prepare for special times
 Students can acknowledge and identify one body part that contributes to preparing for special times
through prayer
Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

(include Teacher Witness) Choose One from:
• Gifted
 Teacher prepares prior activity sheet on preparing • Sensory impaired
• Learning difficulty:
for special times
Learning difficulty: Students with learning difficulties
 White board markers
can use the example provided at the start of the
 Teacher prepares and cut our prayers lesson of the community Christmas tree.
 Anecdotal notes and checklist Students with learning difficulties, EA will be helping
Teacher witness:
Teacher can draw on personal experiences of and engaged with the students who require the help
acknowledging times when the teacher has had to more than others who are of higher competence.
prepare for special times an example being Christmas or
birthday or preparing for the birth of her niece and Choose One from:
or/nephew • ADHD :
• Intellectual disability
• Physical disability
ADHD: The student with ADHD, teacher will give
instructions one at a time and repeat if necessary,
teacher were possibly will use visual charts including
pictures and colour coding.
LESSON DELIVERY attach worksheets, examples, marking keys, etc. as relant
Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
.
 Prior to the commencement of the lesson, as a class we have
had a classroom checklist, every student has had a role when
preparing for the Classroom Christmas tree.
 Students roles would include baublel duties, tinsel duties,

ornaments, light duties, star duties. Etc
 When the children have completed their role, students would

come quietly to the checklist and mark their name down as Classroom Checklist
completed their duty.
 Students will be quietly sitting on the floor, cross legged in front

of the classroom Christmas tree which will be all completed
5 min
 Teacher will congratulate students on completing the classroom
checklist and working together to do the community classroom
Christmas tree
 The purpose of the community Christmas tree is as people

prepare, they need to work together, come together each having
a role and job to do, sharing the jobs as we prepare for this
special time of Christmas.
 This leads us into preparing for special times using our

classroom example as a guide and help
Teacher will pose wonder questions
10  Teacher will start a brainstorm based off wonder questions, White board marker
min about preparing for special times, extending and prompting White board
students where needed
 4 subheadings will be as follow
I wonder why people prepare for special times – the classroom example
being Christmas
I wonder how people feel when they prepare to celebrate special times?
I wonder what makes these times special?
I wonder what preparations for special times need to be made? Students
can use the classroom examples for preparing the classroom community
Christmas tree for prompting
Before the students go back to their assigned seats, the teacher will
explain and model the lesson to the children
 Teacher will go over activity with the students and talk about
what the students might do while they are waiting for a particular
event and how they prepare for it.
 Teacher will ask if there are any questions, to make sure all
children understand the set task.
Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

 Students will quietly go back to their assigned desks, once the
teacher is happy all children understand the set task
5 min
 Desks are grouped from extending students to enabling students
that need extra attention
 Children make cartoons titled ‘preparing for…’ and illustrating

what they do to prepare for a particular special time, students are Preparing for special times
required to draw, with students who are capable and have time activity
can write underneath what they have drawn.
15
min
 Students who need extra attention and help can use the example
and references from the community Christmas tree to start them
off
 Teacher will be walking around making anecdotal notes on the

children’s work and progress, and EA and teacher will be going Anecdotal notes
around assisting students were needed
Prayers
 Students will be asked to write a prayer
10
min  Students will be provided with the opportunity to thank God for
the body parts they use that help to prepare for special times.
 Teacher will provide cartoon cut outs of different body parts an

example being eyes, hands, legs. Students will choose the body
part that best suits themselves on what bests helps them prepare
for special times, and be asked to write their prayer on to them.
Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)
5 min  Students will come back to the mat with their prayers
 Teacher will select a few prayers that the children wrote to read
out in front of the class
 Everyone will read their prayer silently and start transition
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

2 min
 To transition to the next lesson, I need to explain to the students
that they are going to recess so we will have to go get their hats,
wash their hands and walk quietly and line up at the door
patiently waiting for the teacher to let them go to recess.
Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will they be

assessed?)
 Could students identify preparing for special times – through
anecdotal records and checklists
 Could students identify one body part that helps them contribute
to preparing for special times- through anecdotal notes and
checklists.
Activity sheet 1
Preparing for……
Example of Prayer
Thankyou God,
For my hands that help
me do kind things for
people
Amen

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Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

 Students roles would include baublel duties, tinsel duties,

 When the children have completed their role, students would

 Students will be quietly sitting on the floor, cross legged in front

 The purpose of the community Christmas tree is as people

 This leads us into preparing for special times using our

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

 Children make cartoons titled ‘preparing for…’ and illustrating

 Teacher will be walking around making anecdotal notes on the

 Teacher will provide cartoon cut outs of different body parts an

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will they be

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