Curriculum Overview
At Thinkerland Preschool, we use the Nurturing Early Learners Framework (NEL) to plan for our curriculum. The 6 learning areas hold utmost importance to us as we feel that it is necessary for children to learn and develop holistically. The NEL framework allows us to provide opportunities to children to grow holistically.
Kindergarten 2
Hello! I am Teacher
Jasmine and currently
the Form Teacher
for the K2 class
this year!
Timetable
Term Overview
Term 1: Body System
In Term 1, the K2 children will be learning about the functions of the body system. The children will be exploring the body parts of human with and begin to understand how the different body parts come to place together!
Term 2: Endangered Animals (Current)
In Term 2, the K2s will be exploring the animals that are endangered and why are they endangered such as factors like pollution, overhunting and loss of habitats. Children also learnt about what we could do to help animals not become endangered. The K2s did a drawing activity on their favourite animal and how they would protect them from becoming endangered.
Term 3: Food Pyramid
In Term 3, the K2 children will be exploring the food pyramid in Term 3. Children will be shown a real life diagram of the healthy pyramid and they have to fill up the different levels of the food pyramid with food. They will be learning about healthy living and the quantities of each food category that a human should eat each day.
Term 4: Ecosystem
In Term 4, children will be learning the ecosystem, a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment.
Term 2
Lesson Overview
Farm Animals
Lesson on: Drawing and writing
In this lesson, children will learn about the definition of endangered animals and their causes. The children discovered facts that caused animals like Amur Leopard and Brown Pelican to be endangered due to loss of habitats, pollution and overhunting/overfishing. This lesson was integrated with Aesthetic & Creative expression and Language & Literacy as the children got to draw their favourite animal and write down sentences.
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Objectives:
Teacher Jasmine recording the children's responses.
Teacher Jasmine facilitating the activity.
Teacher Jasmine documenting the children's sharing of their work.
Teacher Jasmine recording the children's responses.
Teaching Techniques
Teaching Technique 1: Documentation
Documentation is the process of including samples of children’s work at several different stages of completion along with comments and explanation of activity. This is to track children’s learning and thinking.
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(Seitz, 2008)
Facilitation is the process of providing children with directions and feedback to guide in the task.
The video displayed few facilitation strategies such as asking questions and repeating what the children had shared.
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(MacNaughton & Williams, 2009)
Teaching Technique 2: Facilitation
Teaching Technique 1: Documentation
Teacher Jasmine documented the children's answers by writing it down on a paper. This allowed the children to share their thoughts with their peers and learn from one another.
2:08- 3:00
Teacher Jasmine changed the camera angle to document the artwork of the children by taking pictures.
3:16- 3:54
During the presentation, Teacher Jasmine changed the camera angle to document the process of the children sharing their work.
4:07- 6:00
Teaching Technique 2: Facilitation
0:27 - 0:43
During this facilitation, Teacher Jasmine was showing a video about endangered animals to the children. She would stop the video to facilitate learning by asking the children simple questions to check their understanding.
1:18- 1:26
Teacher Jasmine paused the video to ask the children what is happening in the picture. She received the responses from the children and built on their understanding of the situation.
1:48- 2:00
Teacher Jasmine explains the difficult terms in the video and facilitate the learning of the children by providing an example that was relatable to the children. This is to ensure that children will fully understand the concept of pollution.
3:15- 3:54
Teacher Jasmine facilitates the drawing and writing activity by helping children with difficult words and sentences. The children were required to present their artwork and explain their artwork. Teacher Jasmine then asked the other peers questions and reiterated on the points.
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