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TEACHER Felicia Fee
YEAR
1-2 |
LEVEL
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DURATION
2-3 |
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Strand Achievement Objectives to be Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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Culture and Heritage
Customs and traditions associated with participation in cultural activities
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Students will be able to:
- Explain ways people celebrate birthdays in New Zealand and other countries.
- Describe five birthday traditions.
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Supporting Achievement Objectives
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Learning Outcomes
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English Level 1
Presenting
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Students will be able to:
Present ideas in picture form showing the
sequence of events in planning a birthday party.
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Mathematics Level 1
Within a range of meaningful contexts, students should be able to read
aspects of time, including days of the week and clocks (to hours and half
hours).
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Students will be able to:
State when their birthday is and mark this on a
calendar.
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Processes
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Learning Outcomes
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Inquiry
Students will demonstrate skills as they collect, process and
communicate information about human society.
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Students will conduct an inquiry into traditions and customs associated with
birthdays in New Zealand and other countries.
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Requirements
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| Settings: | New Zealand, Asia, Europe, The Pacific and other settings. |
| Perspectives: | Multicultural |
| Essential Learning About New Zealand Society (ELANZS): |
Characteristics, roles and cultural expressions of the various groups living in New Zealand.
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Assessment
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Formative Assessment Activities
Summative Assessment Activity
See assessment sheet.
This has been set out so that it can be included
in a sample book to show parents what their child has achieved in the unit.
- Draw five things which you think are the most important
birthday traditions.
- Draw two pictures, one of how you celebrate your birthday and the other
showing how someone in another country would celebrate their birthday.
Assessment Schedule
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TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your
students, and to fit the time available:
- Starters
- Introduce Q-Bear (or something similar) as
someone who is having a birthday. Show his birthday on a calendar.
- Explain how excited he is about his birthday, etc (Q-Bear's birthday
was a date set three weeks after this introduction so that there was plenty
of time to work towards the big party). Tell the children that they are
going to plan a party for him.
- Discuss birthdays with the class and record on a calendar or chart the
day and month of each child's birthday.
- People all over the world have birthdays and celebrate them in their
own special way. How do we celebrate our birthdays? Brainstorm
and list these features.
- Developing Understanding
What are our customs and traditions for celebrating a birthday? Write these
on one side of a chart. Where did these ideas come from? Read Happy Birthday
by Gail Gibbons. Complete the chart by linking the customs and traditions
with the origin described in Happy Birthday.
Discuss birth customs like naming a baby, christening and burying the
whenua (placenta). Help the children to find out what their birth stone
or flower is or what part of the Zodiac they were born under. Ask
children to bring a baby photo to school and make a small poster with this
information on it.
Discuss changes which happen to the way birthdays are celebrated as people
get older, eg. How does Mum, Dad, Grandma, etc. celebrate their birthday?
- An inquiry - How do people in other countries celebrate their birthday?
The National Library has a
good collection of books which will provide information for this inquiry.
Also there are School Journal stories which focus on the customs and traditions
associated with birthdays, and Internet sites that give information for teachers
(see Resources).
Using these books and journal stories develop the inquiry using this focus
question: "What does this story tell you about birthday traditions in ______________?"
- Collect and record information
Read stories to the children and ask them to draw (or write) the birthday
tradition they heard in the story. Do this for as many countries as time
allows. For each story, collate the children's ideas by gluing their drawings
or writing on a big chart, or if many are expressing the same ideas, choose
a few to highlight and build up a chart with all the traditions found
as you read more stories to them.
- Make valid generalisations supported by evidence and communicate
findings
Collect and record as much information as you can about birthdays around
the world, making some class statements about traditions that are similar
in some countries and others that are unique.
Record these generalisations on large pieces of colourful paper strips
and display them around the pictures and drawings the children have
done.
- Evaluate steps and findings
Formative Assessment
Draw a Venn diagram and compare the birthday traditions of other countries
with the birthday traditions listed by your class earlier in the unit.
Some traditions will be the same and can be included in the overlapping
part of the Venn diagram.
- Sample Book
Assessment Activity
See assessment sheet. This has been set out so that
it can be included in a sample book to show parents what their child has achieved
in the unit.
- Draw five things which you think are the most important birthday traditions.
- Draw two pictures, one of how you celebrate your birthday and the other
showing how someone in another country would celebrate their birthday.
- Planning a Party
(At this point in the unit the children will use what they know about birthdays
to plan their own party for the class Bear.)
Make a 'shopping list' of all the things they will need for Q-Bear's party.
The Teacher will provide guidelines such as costs. Who will provide materials
and what materials are available? Who is invited? What games shall we play?
In groups or pairs the children draw or write the sequence of events for
their party and share their ideas with the class. The teacher collates these
ideas and uses them to plan the party.
Formative Assessment:
For homework, make a present for Q-Bear. Discuss appropriateness of presents.
What would Q-Bear like? (Note: I was amazed at the creativity of parents
and children on this activity. Presents included decorated honey jars, sleeping
bags, delightful cards, hats and clothing).
Set aside a morning or two afternoons to prepare for the party. Parent
help will be needed to make the time run smoothly. Aim to have parents at
each activity. Set up activity stations for
the children to create everything needed for the party.
- Culminating Activity - The Party!
Have a clear outline for the the party. Write this on the board or on a chart
so that everyone knows what is happening. Ask parents to bring a plate of
party food and ask some to be in charge of putting the food out ready while
you are working with the children. Play games, sing songs and include visitors
in these. Include some traditions that come from other parts of the world.
For example in Mexico they have a piñata and in Holland they raise
the birthday person on a chair once for every year of their age.
Give Q-Bear his presents and display them in a special place for everyone
to see. Enjoy the party food together.
(NB. The best time to have this party is at the end of the day so that
children can go home with their parents. Parties can be very exciting and
the children will be tired!)
Online Projects for Students
- The Day I Was Born
Students use the Internet to collect data about what was happening in the
world on the day they were born, record their data, and write a summary of
their information.
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RESOURCES
Electronic:
Print
- School Journals:
- Vakaruru, W and N My Birthday Present JJ 3: 14-18 1987
- Raerino, K Birthday Party Pt 2 No 2: 2-8 1997
- Bailey, C. Mele and Palangi Party Pt 1 No4: 22-26 1989
- Rasmussen, L. Birthday Party Pt 2 No 4: 8-12 . 1995
- Junior Reading Books:
- Birthday Balloons - (PM - Blue 2)
- A Birthday Cake For Ben - (PM Red 1)
- Make a Talking Card - (Galaxy - Orange)
- Mr Bumbleticker's Birthday - (Foundations - Red 2)
- Paul's Birthday - (Young Australia - Blue 2)
- Is Tomorrow My Birthday? - (Reading Discovery - Scholastic)
- The Birthday Sleepover - (Ready-to-Read - Blue 2)
- My Birthday Surprise - (Foundations - Yellow 3)
- Bruno's Birthday - (Literacy Links - Yellow 1)
- The Birthday Book - (Books Brink 2)
- Library Books:
- Gibbons G. (1987) Happy Birthday Holiday House
- Milne, A. A. (1996) Eeyore's Birthday Dutton
- Hoban, R. (1968) A Birthday For Frances Harper and Row
- Zolotow, C. Mr Rabbit and the Lovely Present Puffin
- Iwasaki, C. Momoko's Birthday Bodley Head
- Barrett, J. Benjamin's 365 Birthdays Puffin
- Rushton, L. Birth Customs Wayland
- Hissey, J. (1994) Ruff Hutchinson
- Arnold, C. Everybody has a Birthday Franklin Watts
- Knight, M. Welcoming Babies Tilbury House
- Butler, D. (1993) Birthday Rain Random House
- Beaglehole H. (1993) Two Tigers Shearwater
Other
- Q-Bear - Lions Quest Life Skills (NZ)
Inc. 3/ 223 Annex Road , Christchurch, New Zealand. Ph. (03) 338 3623, Fax (03) 338 3945
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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