Lesson video

Hi there, my name is Miss Toole and this is Oscar the owl.

Now Oscar is a very wise owl and he knows all about the world and how it's created.

And our focus in this unit is a story based on creation.

Before we start our unit, Oscar and I would like to play a game, and the game focuses on showing how we feel through our action.

So Oscar is going to tell me an emotion and I'm going to act it out and I want to see if you at home can guess what I am acting out.

Let's have a go first.

Are we ready? Ready, Oscar? Okay.

Wow, yes.

What do you think it was? It was a little bit of a combination of two, wasn't it really, Oscar? We were shocked, but then we got really excited by what was happening next.

So see if you can show me a shocked face, but then turn into excitement, yes.

All right, let's have another little go, Oscar.

Okay.

Are you ready to guess this one at home? What do you think that one was? I was showing that I was sad and I was unhappy.

So I was frowning and I wasn't rather doing much, anything exciting.

Right, we'll do one more, Oscar.

Are you ready? Oh, okay.

Are you ready to guess this one? What do you think it was at home? I was showing that I was a little bit nervous and scared and I was cuddling Oscar to help me.

See if you can have a go at showing your teddy your different emotions by the way that we act and behave.

In today's lesson, we are going to be listening to and responding to a story.

We're going to start off with some spellings.

Then it's going to be story time.

And then we're going to complete a plot matrix based on the story.

So today you are going to need a piece of paper, a pencil, and your amazing brain.

And if you'd like to, you can bring your teddy along to listen to our story.

So pause now while you go and get your resources and press play once you're ready to start today's learning.

Our spelling focus in this unit is adding the suffix -est.

Now, I wonder, do you know where we put a suffix? A suffix goes at the end of a word.

Where does the suffix go? At the end of a word? Where does the suffix go? At the end of the word.

And the suffix we are adding is -est, E-S-T.

And we add the suffix onto a root word.

And what we mean by root word is a word that already exists.

So we have our word and we add the suffix -est onto the end.

Now, by adding the suffix -est, we are making our root word the best it can be.

So for example, if I have the word tall, that is my root word, but if I add the suffix -est, it becomes tallest, and that's telling me that whoever is the tallest, nobody else can be taller than them because they are the tallest.

They are the greatest one in that category.

So today's activity looks like this.

I have put some root words onto the slide.

So you've got tall, small, bright, and sweet.

And I would like you to have a go writing down the root word with the suffix -est.

So as you can see, I've already done it for tall.

So the root word is tall, and if I add the suffix -est, it becomes tallest and I have written it down.

So if we had small and we added the suffix -est, what do you think our word would be? Smallest, and that's what I want you to write down.

Then I would like you to repeat it for bright and sweet.

So pause now and write down our three root words, but add the suffix -est onto them.

Off you go.

Now it's time to listen to the story, but I'm going to do something a little bit different this time.

I'm not going to tell you the title of the story because I want us to guess that at the end, and it gives a little bit too much away about our story.

So before we start, we're going to do our story time song.

So we're going to.

♪ It's story time, it's story time ♪ ♪ Look, listen, wow ♪ Do you think you can join in with that with me, let's go.

♪ It's story time, it's story time ♪ ♪ Look, listen, wow ♪ Okay, "In the beginning, the creator made all things, birds and bees, fish and fowl, plants and porcupines, horses, and humans.

He made it all and then had a long sleep.

When he woke, he went for a walk to see how his creatures were getting on.

Fish were swimming.

Birds were flying.

Snakes were slithering.

It all seemed to be going to plan, until he came to a human village.

He noticed the children were playing, laughing, and singing, and was pleased.

But then he saw parents working and worrying about themselves and their families.

They had no joy, only hard work and worry.

'That's not right,' he thought.

'But what shall I do?' He went off to the wise woman of the forest and asked for her advice.

She was sitting there smoking a pipe in her hut.

'The parents all are serious,' he said.

'They have no joy.

Just duty.

That wasn't my plan.

I made the world so they would have joy.

' 'So,' she said, 'you have to make something to give them a little bit of joy.

Take the best things from what you have made, the things that give you most joy and mix them together into something new and see what happens.

' So off he went out into the wild and collected his favourite things.

Moonlight shining on the water, a flower's delicate petals, pollen from a flower, and the pattern of a snakeskin.

He collected them all and then mixed them in a bag, breathed in a breath of life, and out came butterflies, beautiful butterflies of every colour in the rainbow, delicate and beautiful.

As he watched, they flew into the village.

The children laughed and chased them around the streets.

And then the parents looked up and just for a moment their work and worry went, and to see what was going on, they looked above them and each time they saw a butterfly, they smiled.

Just for a moment they felt that joy before going back to work.

And that is why, when you see butterflies, just for a moment, you find yourself smiling." So the title of our story is, "How Butterflies Came To Be." I wonder, what would bring you joy when you see it around in the world? Have a think about that.

Now that you have listened to the story, we're going to check our understanding of the story and that's to see, do we know what happened? Now to check our understanding, we're going to complete something that's called the plot matrix.

So on your piece of paper, I would like you to draw a plot matrix and you need to have the six boxes.

So if we're going to be exploring where this story took place, who is the main character, what was the problem in our story, how was the problem solved, what was the solution, what was the ending, and what learning we can take from our story.

So pause the video now, draw your plot matrix, and then once you've got it on your piece of paper, you can press play.

Amazing, you should have your plot matrix ready to go.

So the first thing we're exploring is where did our story take place? So our story is "How Butterflies Came To Be." Where is the setting? Where did our story take place? Our story took place in the world.

It was the creation.

So our story took place on the world.

So in our where box, we're going to draw a picture of the world.

And I have written a word next to it just to help me remember it's the world.

So pause now and have a go at doing your picture to show where the story took place.

And once you've done that, you can press play.

Now that you've done where, we're going to be exploring who.

Who is the main character in our story? They are a loving character.

They are a caring character.

And they are very creative.

Can you remember who was the main character? There are lots of other characters, but who was our main character? Our main character was the creator.

So in your who box, you need to draw a picture of the creator 'cause he was our main character.

So pause now while you draw your picture of the creator, and then once you've got your creator done, press play to carry on.

Now we're going to explore what was the problem.

So we have our world and our creator creates everything, but what problem did our creator come across as he went for a walk? Can you remember? The problem was that the children were all having fun, but the parents were worried and he didn't see any joy.

So you're going to draw a picture to represent that.

I have got mine here with an unhappy face, and I've written the label there was no joy.

The problem was there was no joy on the Earth.

So pause now while you do your problem and then press play once you've got your picture done.

So our problem was that there was no joy.

So what was our solution in our story? How did the creator find an answer to his problem? What did he have to go and do? He went to visit someone.

Can you remember who we went to visit? We went to visit the wise old woman in the forest.

And what did she tell him he needed to do? He had to collect all his favourite things and put them into the bag and he blew a breath of air in.

So my picture for solution, we've got the wise old woman and I've got the bag because that was how he was going to solve his problem.

So pause now and draw your picture for the solution.

So remember, it's the wise old woman, and it's the bag.

Draw your picture and then press play once you're ready to move on.

So what happened in the end? He solved the problem, and what happened in the end.

And how was it a happy ending? What did our creator see? He saw butterflies come out of the bag and everyone was happy.

The butterflies spread happiness.

So our ending was that the parents and the children were all happy.

So pause now to do your picture for the ending and then press play once you've got it down.

So what do you think we learned from our story on "How Butterflies Came To Be"? What do we need to think about about the world around us? What can we learn from our creator and everything that is around us? I think the learning is that you need to look for joy around you.

You might have a different idea or something very similar to my answer.

So I want you to pop it down in your learning box and then press play when you're ready to move on.

Now we have a completed plot matrix.

So have a look at the screen and you can see my plot matrix.

We've got where, who, problem, solution, ending, and learning.

Press pause to check yours looks very similar to mine.

And then when you're ready, you can press play and move on with today's lesson.

Now that you've listened to the story and we've checked out understanding, I wanted to find out what was your favourite part of the story? My favourite part of the story was when the butterflies flew out of the bag.

Oscar, what was your favourite part of the story? Oscar's favourite part of the story was at the end when everyone was happy watching the butterflies.

I wonder, at home, could you say in a full sentence, what your favourite part of the story was? My favourite part of the story was.

Thank you, and I'm really glad that you joined in.

Now to end today's lesson, we're going to sing a song based on what we like.

So I'm going to say the words and then you can repeat at home.

Oscar, I'm just going to sit you here just for now.

So it goes.

♪ I like clouds in the sky ♪ ♪ I like clouds in the sky ♪ ♪ I like birds flying by ♪ ♪ I like birds flying by ♪ ♪ I like swimming in the sea ♪ ♪ I like swimming in this sea ♪ ♪ I like climbing up a tree ♪ ♪ I like climbing up a tree ♪ ♪ I like singing, too ♪ ♪ I like singing, too.

♪ ♪ But most of all, I like you ♪ ♪ But most of all, I like you ♪ Thank you for joining in.

Let's have a go, Oscar, at singing it all together.

Are we ready? One, two, three.

♪ I like clouds in the sky ♪ ♪ I like birds flying by ♪ ♪ I like swimming in the sea ♪ ♪ I like climbing up a tree ♪ ♪ I like singing, too ♪ ♪ But most of all, I like you ♪ I wonder what else do you like to do? Do you think you could put it in a song and sing it to the people around your house, telling them what you like.

Thank you for joining in and I hope you've enjoyed today's learning and we'll see you in the next lesson, bye.