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Topic 3 – A world with or without sharing

This primary school resource focuses on establishing strong foundations for learning about tax and super.

Last updated 12 July 2020

This primary school resource focuses on teaching values and actions to help establish strong foundations for learning about tax and super.

Overview

Tax talk

  • Sharing is good for everyone.
  • Our community shares.–

Learning intention

In this topic, students:

  • understand how the sharing of resources is good for our community
  • compare and contrast their world with and without sharing
  • recognise and use nouns and verbs to create stories
  • identify different ways that people in the community share
  • reflect on the importance of sharing to them.

Focus question

  • How is a world without sharing different from a world with sharing?

Activities

  1. Introduction – group sharing
  2. A world without sharing – big book shared reading
  3. Identifying nouns and verbs – class circle
  4. A world with sharing – class construction
  5. A school without sharing – individual literary response
  6. Sharing in the community – class circle
  7. Reflection – sharing and me
  8. Extension – individual literary response

Resources

Some resources are available as both a PDF and as accessible text. If a resource does not have a text version and you need an accessible version, email us at schoolseducationprogram@ato.gov.au.

Topic 3 resources

Australian curriculum connections

Content

  • English
  • HPE

General capabilities

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Creative and Critical Thinking
  • Personal and Social Capability
  • Ethical Understanding
  • Intercultural Understanding

Curriculum mapping

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Introduction – group sharing

  1. Use a grouping strategy to organise students into groups of four.
  2. Give each group one cup filled with counters.
  3. Groups choose the best way to share the counters.
  4. Groups share the counters.
  5. Ask:      
    • How did you decide to share?
    • Did you show kindness by listening to others?
    • How did you feel about the group’s decision? (Refer to Resource: feelings chart - PDF, 117KBThis link will download a file from Topic 1)
    • Was everyone in the group being kind?
    • Did you all agree on the same sharing choice? If not, what did you do?
    • How do you feel now?

A world without sharing – big book shared reading

  1. Explain to students that you are going to read the big book A world without sharing (PDF, 9.5MB)This link will download a file by Kathryn Sheridan.

Before reading

  1. Ask:      
    • I wonder what this book could be about?
  2. Think-Pair-Share predictions about the book.
  3. Use flashcards to discuss vocabulary in the book (Resource 1 – PDF, 122KBThis link will download a file)
  4. Elicit any pre-reading questions students may have about the book and record them on the board.

During reading

  1. Pause on each page and ask:      
  2. After you have read the line 'A world without sharing certainly would not be a world for me!', ask:    
    • Listen to how I said ‘certainly’. Can you think of another word that means the same?

After reading

  1. Think-Pair-Share: Whose prediction changed throughout the story? Why?
  2. Ask:      
    • Have you ever changed your mind about something? (For example, what you like to eat)

Identifying nouns and verbs – Class circle

  1. Display a blank chart on the wall with the headings 'Nouns' and 'Verbs'.
  2. Use the following prompts to check students' prior understanding:    
    • Let’s review what a noun is. Elicit answers and consolidate understanding by explaining that a noun is a person, place, animal or thing.
    • Let’s review what a verb is. Elicit answers and consolidate understanding by explaining that a verb is an action.
  3. Ask:    
    • What verbs are you are currently doing? (for example, listening, sitting).
  4. Reread the big book, A world without sharing – (PDF, 9.5MB)This link will download a file and for each page ask:      
    • What is the noun (thing) on this page that isn’t being shared?
    • What is the verb (action) on this page?
  5. As students identify the nouns and verbs, add these to the chart paper under the correct heading or invite students to add the words to the chart.
  6. Continue the process until the book is completed.

A world with sharing – class construction

  1. Explain to students that now we have read the big book A world without sharing (PDF, 9.5MB)This link will download a file, the class is going to write a book called A world with sharing.
  2. Jointly rewrite each page of A world without sharing using the following template:      
    • If you shared your [noun], I would [verb] and feel...
  3. Print the completed class story leaving room for illustrations.
  4. Use a grouping strategy to divide the class into nine groups.
  5. Provide each group with a page of the story. Explain to groups that they will illustrate the page they have been given.
  6. Invite groups to discuss how they will share this task. Possibilities include:      
    • Fairness
    • Turn-taking
    • Sharing pencils and other media
  7. Ask students to reflect on how they contributed to the group task and shared their resources.
  8. Display the completed story in the classroom or collate as a book to add to the class library.

A school without sharing – individual literary response

This activity may contribute to student portfolios.

  1. Brainstorm things in the classroom and add these to the word wall (desk, ruler, pencil, students, chairs, books, paper).
  2. For each noun listed on the word wall, brainstorm an action (verb) that may be associated with this noun.
    Examples:      
    • School: desk – write, chair – sit, pencil – write, book – read, playground – play
    • Home: bed – sleep, kitchen – eat, lounge – sit, bike - ride
    • Community: pool – swim, park – play, library – read, bus – travel
  3. Invite students to create a sentence that uses the noun and associated verb, such as    
    • I use my pencil to write
    • I read my book.
  4. Explain the repetitive text structure used in A world without sharing (PDF, 9.5MB)This link will download a file and put this on the board:      
    • How would I [verb] if you would not share your [noun]?
    • How would I [verb] if you did not share your [noun]?
  5. Students create a storyboard (Resource 2 – PDF, 73KBThis link will download a file) using this sentence structure.
  6. As an extension, ask students to complete the following sentence and add to their storyboard:      
    • I would feel __________ which might make you feel __________.
  7. Invite students to add additional verbs and nouns they used to the word wall.

Teacher tip

Allow any length text as long as they follow the big book’s sentence structure.

Sharing in the community – class circle

  1. Reread the big book, A world without sharing (PDF, 9.5MB)This link will download a file and for each page ask      
    • Who in our community shares their [noun] with you?

Examples:

  • Who in the community shares their ball with you? (friends, family, neighbours, teachers, coaches)
  • Who in our community shares their crops with you? (farmers, neighbour’s backyard garden)
  • Who in our community shares their care with you? (police, firefighters, teachers, doctors, neighbours, shopkeepers, family)
  • Who in our community shares their love with you? (family, pets)
  1. Discuss with students that many people share. Ask: Does this makes the world a better place for everyone. Why/Why not?

Reflection – sharing and me

  1. Pose the following question for students to Think- Pair-Share:      
    • A world without sharing is certainly not a world for me.
    • But what about you? Why?

Extension – individual literary response

Students illustrate and write a literary response to the question – But what about you? Resource 3: but what about you? template (text version) or PDF (59KB)This link will download a file.

Teacher tip

Set up a book display of other stories with the theme caring and sharing.

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Text versions of resources

The following is an accessible text version of resources for Foundation to Year 2, Topic 3 – A world with or without sharing:

We do not have accessible text versions for all resources. If a resource does not have a text version and you need an accessible version, email us at schoolseducationprogram@ato.gov.au.

For a complete list of this topic’s resources, see Resources.

Resource 3: but what about you? template

This resource is for Foundation to Year 2, Topic 3 – A world with or without sharing, activity titled Extension – Individual literary response.

Along with this accessible version, which you can either print or use online, we also have the same resource available as a PDF – Resource 3 - PDF, 59KBThis link will download a file.

Draw the world

Draw the world that you would choose to live and learn in.

Make sure your drawing clearly shows whether it is a world with sharing, or a world without sharing.

Describe your drawing

What does your drawing show?

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