TERM 2 - Week 3

STORYTELLING

Observation - Kristine

STEPPING OUT
Lesson Format

1. WALT: retell the Billy Goats Gruff story by stepping out a mindmap
2. Children in a circle
3. Together the children put the visual retelling sequence cards in order.
4. Two children role model stepping out
1. rather than words - children encouraged to use actions and minimum words to explain each step
1. The children did find this hard to do - many were retelling the story word by word.
2. Limited actions
3. Teacher input needed for the children to use the actions
5. Children step out on the tennis court.
6. All in one line - choose a line to walk along.
1. did not work well as individuals
2. It was better to have all going at the some time and to do the steps and actions together.
3. Management - teacher to stand in-between the group
7. Back inside the classroom
1. Recapped on stepping out using actions.
2. Two children had a go
1. Children tend to be very quietly spoken
2. Still want to 'retell the story using words' rather then actions.

REFLECTION:

• Great to see how the actions are used in STEPPING OUT.
• Next time - get the children to work in pairs; practice in pairs and then share back to class.
• Word Vocab - for each sequence card get the children to brainstorm and share the main words used at each step - this might help for the children to STEP OUT correctly.