Packs – Hanna Salyer

 

Text: Packs – Hanna Salyer

lesson plan by Andrew Moffat www.no-outsiders.com

Enquiry question: Are we stronger together?

RSE links: Families and people who care for me- that families are important for children growing up because they can give love, security and stability

Success Criteria: I know why we are stronger together / I can give examples

Starter: what are the names given to different groups of animals? For example, birds group in a flock; does anyone know different names for animal groups? List the ones we know and then add more to the list as you read the book.

Main: Read “Packs” (but not the authors note at the back) and the discuss

-          How many different animal group names did you know/ have you learned?

-          What are the different reasons animals group together?

-          Look at these video clips of bats in Austin, Texas. Over 1 million bats live under the bridge and every night at sunset they come out.

This video explains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LBoZIO3Seo

And this one shows what it looks like when you are on the bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6GlUhK9hSs

This video shows a huge herd of wilderbeast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxWWXX6dxzk

What do all these videos have in common? Which do think is most impressive- why?

What do these videos tell us about animals?

After this discussion read the author’s note at the back of the book and discuss:

“The diversity on our planet helps us all thrive” – what does this mean?

Activity: the pages of the book describe many different animals, but there is no page to describe humans. What do humans do in groups, how do we work together? Children create a page and an image to go in the book about humans. Study the language used by the author to describe the animal groups and encourage children to think of interesting adjectives and expanded phrases to make their human groups sound interesting.

Plenary:  return to the enquiry question; how are we better together? Is this lesson linked to No Outsiders? How?

 No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat

www.no-outsiders.com

 

 

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