App 1: The Polyglots in the Playroom

Phone

Learning intentions:

We are learning to recognise and say the word ‘hello’ in [target language].

Success criteria:

I can say hello and introduce myself in [target language].

Resources:

App 1, App 1 guide, toy phones, world map

English

1. Set up a ‘phone table’ in your classroom for conversational play-based learning experiences. Encourage students to use the target language for communicating with their classmates while they play with the phones. Australian Curriculum links (Foundation): ACELY1646
2. Students illustrate themselves with a Polyglots character having a conversation on the phone. They can write/copy/trace ‘Hello’ in the target language in speech bubbles. Australian Curriculum links (Foundation): ACELY1645

English; Humanities and Social Sciences

Generate a whole-class discussion about the places in the world that we come from. Extend this to the wider school community by having a map of the world displayed and asking a family member to place a pin on their country with a note for the word ‘Hello’. Australian Curriculum links (Foundation): ACELY1646, ACHASSK011 and ACHASSK014

English; Visual Arts

Using the information collected from the previous activity, students design and create different ‘Hello!’ posters by choosing a multicultural greeting to copy/trace/write and decorate for a whole-class display.  Australian Curriculum links (Foundation): ACELA1434, ACELY1651, and ACAVAM108

Visual Arts; Design and Technologies

Using a variety of resources, explain to students that they are going to design and create their own mazes. Provide some ideas and demonstrate with the available resources (such as straws and icy-pole sticks). Students will need to plan their maze by illustrating their ideas and explaining which materials they will use to construct it. Australian Curriculum links (Foundation): ACAVAM107, ACTDEP006 and ACTDEP007

Assessment opportunities

The apps have been developed with subject matter experts. They are aligned to and support the learning outcomes of the Australian Curriculum: Languages for F–2.

You can find specific links to the Australian Curriculum for your language on the ELLA website, in the Educator Zone App Toolkit.

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