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My Favourite Animal Research Project
F Pre & Primary Essentials Worksheets English Examining Literature Creating Literature Engaging With & Responding to Literature 2 Pages

My Favourite Animal Research Project

Embark on the journey of reading and discovering non-fiction texts with this animal research project. Students choose their very own favourite animal to research and answer age-appropriate question to record some information. Students will get to discover the joy and wonder of reading non-fiction texts with this activity.

We suggest this activity be complete with the aide of an assistant or parent helper.
 

Learning goals

  • We are learning to recognise the meaning of symbols in everyday situations, e.g. signs, logos, emoticons.
  • We are learning to identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts, i.e. what is real or imaginary.
  • We are learning to create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to explore, record and report ideas using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge.
  • We are learning to edit texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops, for ourselves and others.
  • We are learning to construct texts using software including word processing programs, e.g. MS Word.
  • We are learning to identify some familiar texts and their purpose, such as symbols (exit signs, school crossings, badges), stories and informative texts.
  • We are learning to create and edit short written texts to record and report ideas and events using capital letters, punctuation and correct spelling of CVC words.

Curriculum alignment

ENe-8B old Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter ENe-7B old Recognises some different purposes for writing and that own texts differ in various ways ENe-3A old Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts ENe-2A old Composes simple texts to convey an idea or message ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them ENE-HANDW-01 new Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts ENE-SPELL-01 new Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts ENE-CWT-01 new Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences ENE-RECOM-01 new Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect ENE-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
VCELY163 Construct texts using software including word processing programs VCELY161 Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops VCELY160 Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge VCELY154 Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts VCELY151 Identify some familiar texts and the contexts in which they are used

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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