This engaging and thought-provoking lesson is the first in a series of three lessons designed to accompany the class reading of Lynne Cherry’s 'The Kapok Tree.’ This lesson covers the opening section of the text (up to the end of the bee page - ‘all living things depend on one another.’)
The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentation enables students to understand the text through:
-Making predictions;
-Understanding the key features of context;
-Retrieving key information.
The lesson includes key information about the author, Amazon rainforest and deforestation, in addition to a range of retrieval, vocabulary, inference and deeper thinking activities. The PowerPoint presentation (16 slides) guides students through each stage of the learning. For the deeper thinking research task, a worksheet/ template is provided to guide the children’s thinking (in both Word and PDF).
There is a lot of content here, so I would suggest perhaps breaking this up over two lessons. The resources are most suitable for students in lower KS2 (I originally used these resources with a year 3 class), but may be adapted for other age groups, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.
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THIS 'GREAT KAPOK TREE' BUNDLE CONTAINS ALL OF THE LESSON RESOURCES TO TEACH THE MINI-UNIT, IN ADDITION TO BOTH THE KS1 and KS2 COMPREHENSION BOOKLETS! The engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons are designed to accompany class reading of Lynne Cherry’s 'The Kapok Tree.’ Three double-length lessons are included - one each to cover the beginning, middle and ending of the text. The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations enables students to understand the text through: -Lesson 1: Making predictions, understanding context, retrieving; -Lesson 2: Retrieving, exploring the writer’s language, explaining; -Lesson 3: Retrieving, summarising key events, and understanding the writer’s intentions. Everything needed to teach the lessons is included within the resource packs, including worksheets and templates for the ‘deeper thinking activities.’ The comprehension booklets are 20 pages each, and contain a wide range of activities designed to build children's skills and understanding in relation to specific reading objectives. Children build their skills in areas such as retrieval, inference, explanation, understanding vocabulary, summarising, and understanding the writer's intentions. The resources have been tried and tested in classrooms, and have enabled children to develop a comprehensive understanding of the text and its key meanings.
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The Great Kapok Tree - Lesson Bundle!
This engaging and thought-provoking series of lessons are designed to accompany class reading of Lynne Cherry’s 'The Kapok Tree.’ Three double-length lessons are included - one each to cover the beginning, middle and ending of the text. The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations enables students to understand the text through: -Lesson 1: Making predictions, understanding context, retrieving; -Lesson 2: Retrieving, exploring the writer's language, explaining; -Lesson 3: Retrieving, summarising key events, and understanding the writer's intentions. Everything needed to teach the lessons is included within the resource packs, including worksheets and templates for the 'deeper thinking activities.' The resources have been tried and tested in classrooms, and have enabled children to develop a comprehensive understanding of the text and its key meanings. The resources are most suitable for students in lower KS2 (I originally used these resources with a year 3 class), but may be adapted for other age groups, depending upon the individual context of the school and students.
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