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 * The teacher provides opportunities for students to demonstrate their current level of understanding through verbal and non-verbal means.
 * They explicitly teach relevant knowledge, concepts and skills.
 * This content is represented in multiple ways.
 * The teacher provides strategies to enable students to connect and organise new and existing knowledge.
 * They assist students to represent their ideas, using language and images to engage them in reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing. The teacher explicitly teaches the language of the discipline.
 * They progressively assess students’ understanding and structure opportunities for students to practise new skills.

Activity 1: __Pirate Pad__ "Areas of Attention" - 10 mins > Look at graph compiled from spreadsheet - Click the following link to discuss online;  [] (cannot be embedded)  __Wordle__
 * __Learning Intentions__**
 * __Learning Outcomes__**
 * Data collated from previous lesson = Explore (Water Sources in and Around the School)
 * Whole Class - Interactive White Board
 * Individual Student Activity
 * 5 minutes to write some ideas about the results.
 * Cut and paste ideas into Wordle [|http://www.wordle.net/] or/
 * Enter the url of the piratepad results into the Wordle home page.
 * Create a "Beautiful Word Cloud' (learning intention to assess the language/key terms of the unit).

(New) __Pirate Pad__ "Water - What We Know So far" - 10 mins __Wordle__ Click the following link to create Word Cloud; []
 * Individual Student Activity
 * 5 minutes to write some ideas = linking existing knowledge with new learning.
 * Cut and paste ideas into Wordle or/
 * Enter the url of the piratepad results into the Wordle home page.
 * Create a "Beautiful Word Cloud'
 * (learning intention to assess the language/key terms of the unit).

__Questions__ - Connecting and organising new and existing knowledge + Reflection - Verbal Discussion You-Tube Video media type="youtube" key="espNKMCZ1kU" height="315" width="560"
 * What do we notice about the Word Clouds?
 * What language do we associate with Water?
 * What are our more used words?
 * Are there any vocabulary words we don't understand?
 * What might these terms/ words mean?
 * Consider- how does water effect me, my family, my community, my state, my country, the global community?
 * __Activity 2:__**
 * While watching the video, students think about the main ideas of the video and reflect on their learning in the unit so far.
 * Watch video
 * Students compile an online- (real-time) mindmap, summarising the key terms and main ideas of the unit, A-Way with Water.
 * Summarise the main ideas of the video using text or drawn images.
 * Summarise your own prior knowledge and new learning on the unit, A-Way with Water.
 * Respond to peer feedback, suggestions and submissions.

 Click the following link to access the SCRIBLINK program. Use any of the text and drawing tools to represent your ideas and summarise your learning. []

__Reflection__ - Verbal Discussion
 * Why is Water important?
 * Why do we care what happens to our water?
 * Why should we care?
 * What vocabulary do we use when talking about water? List
 * What have we learnt so far?
 * What do we still need to find out?
 * What can we do to go further with this topic? - Elaborate?