Bridging the Learning Gap Between KS1 and KS2 Through Rac Ma On
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Enriching KS1 students’ learning experience to prepare them for KS2 Ma On Shan Ling Liang Primary School School Major Concerns 1. To foster self-directed learning using e-learning tools 2. To promote STEM education for integrative and applied learning 3. To develop an inquiry-based inter-disciplinary curriculum School’s existing practice KS1 (P1-3) KS2 (P4-6) General Studies taught in General Studies taught in Chinese English English reading texts: English reading texts: Mainly fiction in English Both fiction and non-fiction in lessons both English and GS lessons More shared and supported More independent reading reading Mainly print learning materials More digital learning materials Problems facing KS2 students in General Studies (GS) lessons: Students have difficulties Challenges (KS1 – KS2) 1. Grammar, vocabulary and language understanding technical words in skills getting more complex English. Students have problems dealing 2. Requiring more HOT and analytical skills in learning with difficult concepts independently. 3. Students are expected to learn more Students have difficulties coping independently with longer and more complex 4. Students are expected to read a variety of print and non-print texts information texts. Students in a wide range of text types encounter similar challenges in both GS and English lessons Problems facing KS2 students in General Studies (GS) lessons: Students have difficulties Challenges (KS1 – KS2) 1. Grammar, vocabulary and language understanding technical words in skills getting more complex English. 2. Requiring more HOT and analytical Students have problems dealing skills in learning with difficult concepts independently. 3. Students are expected to learn more independently Students have difficulties coping 4. Students are expected to read a with longer and more complex variety of print and non-print texts information texts. Students in a wide range of text types encounter similar challenges in both GS and English lessons KS1 to KS2 Challenges Coping strategies 1. Grammar, vocabulary and language - Design tasks which enable students to practise and apply skills getting` more complex more complex knowledge and skills in an integrativeintegrative manner 2. Requiring more HOT and analytical - Teach more advanced knowledge and skills in lessons and skills in learning provide opportunities for students to apply them 3. Students are expected to learn more - Vary learning modes to provide opportunities for students to independently discover knowledge by themselves (e.g. SDL, RaCRaC, lifelife-wide-wide learning learning,, project,project , STEM education ) 4. Students are expected to read a - Increase students’ exposure a greater variety of text types variety of print and non-print texts (fiction, n on nonfiction-fiction , contentcontent subject subject texts, texts , in a wide range of text types multimodal texts) 5. P4 students need to make more - Discuss more values-laden issues (e.g. self-esteem, care for decisions for themselves and for others, environmental protection) people/community around them - Improve self-esteem and self-recognition (e.g. reading 6. P4 can be an emotional time materials onProgressive self-esteem, avoidinfusion embarrassment into different in learning through sharing problemsP3 learning with puppets modules ) Timeline – Primary 3 Stage One Stage Two Stage Three (Late Nov 18 – Mid Jan 19) (Late Jan 19) (Mid Apr 19) Topic: Food Topic: Food Topic: Knowing the Community Re-design a module STEM Fun Day Project Learning Day – “Food: Using my five - Making a Molecular - Tour Around Shatin senses” Drink Stage One – Re-designing a module (Infusing content subject knowledge into communicative activities) Book Unit focus Writing tasks Speaking tasks Other KLAs Extended reading list on Epic! 3A concerned *Core GS-related readers Units Unit 5 Food, / Order and sell food at Math 1. Money Matters: Spending drinks, the school tuck shop (Math language) Money* numbers & GS 2. Money Matters: Types of Money up to 120 (Be a wise spender) 3. Cooking by the numbers & IT (Use of Epic!) Unit 6 Ingredients Write a Describe your Math 1. The sense of taste* description favourite lunchbox (Shapes, Positions) 2. What is taste? about favourite & 3. Step-by-step experiments with lunchbox GS taste and digestion (Different tastes) Unit 7 Actions & Write a recipe Role-play Master Chef GS 1. Healthy eating* utensils for a healthy and (Healthy diet) 2. Healthy snacks* delicious & 3. I can write about how to be sandwich IT healthy and happy (Use of mobile device) Stage One – Re-designing a module (Infusing content subject knowledge into communicative activities) Book Unit focus Writing tasks Speaking tasks Other KLAs Extended reading list on Epic! 3A concerned *Core GS-related readers Units Unit 5 Food, / Order and sell food at Math 1. Money Matters: Spending drinks, the school tuck shop (Math language) Money* numbers & GS 2. Money Matters: Types of Money up to 120 (Be a wise spender) 3. Cooking by the numbers & IT (Use of Epic!) Unit 6 Ingredients Write a Describe your Math 1. The sense of taste* description favourite lunchbox (Shapes, Positions) 2. What is taste? about favourite & 3. Step-by-step experiments with lunchbox GS taste and digestion (Different tastes) Unit 7 Actions & Write a recipe Role-play Master Chef GS 1. Healthy eating* utensils for a healthy and (Healthy diet) 2. Healthy snacks* delicious & 3. I can write about how to be sandwich IT healthy and happy (Use of mobile device) Unit 5 Enriching the Key words: communicative activity • Food with Math elements • Drinks at their level • Numbers up to 120 (i.e. calculations) Target sentence patterns: ‘How much is a hamburger?’ ‘It’s seventy dollars.’ ‘May I have two boxes of chicken wings, please?’ ‘Here you are.’ ‘How much is it altogether?’ ‘It’s one hundred and fifteen dollars.’ Prompts: • A menu • What the children want to order Speaking task in the textbook: Possible link with Ordering and selling food and drinks content subject area: at a fun fair Calculations (Math) (without mentioning the price) Students used both mathematical terms and knowledge in the communicative task. Extending the task to an authentic context of the school tuck shop Integrating content Food and drinks subject knowledge at (i.e. Math) into school tuck shop communicative tasks Use target sentence patterns to form Math questions to challenge their classmates KS1 to KS2 Challenges Coping strategies 1. Grammar, vocabulary and language - Design tasks which enable students to practise and apply skills getting` more complex more complex knowledge and skills in an integrativeintegrative manner 2. Requiring more HOT and analytical - Teach more advanced knowledge and skills in lessons and skills in learning provide opportunities for students to apply them 3. Students are expected to learn more - Vary learning modes to provide opportunities for students to independently discover knowledge by themselves (e.g. SDL, RACRaC, lifelife-wide-wide learning learning,, project,project , STEM education ) 4. 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