4Rs communication challenge

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 3 English:

• Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print, and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose (ACELY1682)
• Use software including word processing programs with growing speed and efficiency to construct and edit texts featuring visual, print and audio elements (ACELY1685)
• Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas and negotiate in collaborative situations (ACELY1676)

Year 3 Science:

• Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE051)
• Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, physical representations and simple reports (ACSIS060)

Year 4 English:

• Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features (ACELY1694)
• Use a range of software including word processing programs to construct, edit and publish written text, and select, edit and place visual, print and audio elements (ACELY1697)

Year 4 Science:

• Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE062)

Year 4 Geography:

• The use and management of natural resources and waste, and the different views on how to do this sustainably (ACHASSK090)

Syllabus Outcomes: GE2-2, GE2-3, ST2-11LW, ST2-4WS, EN2-2A, EN2-3A, EN2-6B. 

Time required: Several classes of 60 mins each.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – facilitate the process.

• Depending on the communication medium chosen by the students: art materials, computer with internet access, camera, movie camera.

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