LEARNING OBJECTIVES DIFFERENTIATED I CAN ACHIEVEMENT CRITERIA SUGGESTED TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES RESOURCES EVALUATION AND CROSS CURRICULAR LINKS AT1To know how people celebrate birthdays. To know that Christians celebrate Jesus’ birthday at Christmas. AT2 To respond with feeling and understanding to experiences of own and others birthday celebrations. Lower Talk about my own Birthday and the birth of a baby. Higher Say when I was born and when Jesus was born. Talk about how birthdays are celebrated at home and school including anticipation and counting the days. Refer to the class birthday chart, the months of the year & identify 25 December as the date when Christians celebrate Jesus’ birthday. Talk about how families prepare for the birth of a baby. Invite a pregnant mother in to tell pupils about her preparations. Introduce Mary and Joseph. Tell the story of the Angel Gabriel’s visit to Mary and the visit of the angel to Joseph. Birthday chart, cards, cake. Pregnant mother! Welcome new baby cards, rattle, soft toys, baby clothes etc Beginners Bible and video Books about Christmas story Counting days until Christmas Identifying own Birthday Sharing birthday celebration experiences Sharing birth of baby experiences LEARNING OBJECTIVES DIFFERENTIATED I CAN ACHIEVEMENT CRITERIA SUGGESTED TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES RESOURCES EVALUATION AND CROSS CURRICULAR LINKS AT1 To know that Jesus was born in Bethlehem Lower Re tell part of the story of Jesus birth using play people or role play Interactively tell the story of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem. Begin to assemble a crib set for display in classroom and have dressing up area set Crib set figures Dressing up clothes Play people for dressing up as Mary and Joseph Re telling/role playing story Making cards/writing
AT1To know which visitors came to see Mary, Joseph and Jesus. AT1 To know that Christmas is when Christians celebrate Jesus’ Birthday. AT2 To respond with feeling and understanding to experiences of the school’s Christmas celebrations. Higher Re tell part of the story of Jesus birth using play people or role play and using the special words we have learnt Lower Re tell part of the story of Jesus birth using play people or role play and talk about their part in the nativity play. Higher Re tell part of the story of Jesus birth using play people or role play and using the special words we have learnt. Talk about their part in the nativity play and how they felt about it. up for children to role play the story. Look at a variety of words used on birthday cards. Use some of them to make class/group/individual birthday cards for Jesus. Learn the carol Little Donkey or another to sing during the school’s nativity celebration, acting out the words. Recall who comes to visit a new baby – at home or in hospital. Recall Jesus’ Birthday story. Assess children’ learning against the I can statements as they use play people/dressing up equipment/make birthday card/respond to the school’s nativity play and Christmas celebration s. Assortment of birthday cards Little Donkey carol/journey song Away in a Manger carol/Jesus’ Birthday song Jesus’ Christmas Party by N Allen ISBN 0 09 972591 6 messages Learning words of song/singing/actions