Story of a River

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 3 English:

• Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features (ACELY1680)
• 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)

Year 4 English:

• Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts (ACELY1692)
• Interpret ideas and information in spoken texts and listen for key points in order to carry out tasks and use information to share and extend ideas and information (ACELY1687)

Year 4 Science:

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

Syllabus outcomes: ST2-11LW, EN2-1A, EN2-4A, EN2-6B.

General capabilities: Critical and creative thinking.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability OI.9.

• This activity requires considerable preparation – please see the Preparation Instructions at the end of the Teacher Worksheet
• You will also need a printed copy of the Student Worksheet to read to the students.

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Communication
• Critical thinking

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