The following maps Paying It Forward, Year 3 and Year 4, Topic 3: Rights, rules and responsibilities to the Western Australia syllabuses.
Mapping for topic 3 Year 3
English
Language for interaction
- Understand that successful cooperation with others depends on shared use of social conventions, including turn-taking patterns, and forms of address that vary according to the degree of formality in social situations (ACELA1476) – activities 2, 4, 5
Interacting with others
- Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas and negotiate in collaborative situations (ACELY1676) – activities 2, 5, 7
- Use interaction skills, including active listening behaviours and communicate in a clear, coherent manner using a variety of everyday and learned vocabulary and appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume (ACELY1792) – activities 2, 4, 5
Creating texts
- 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) – activity 3
- Use software including word processing programs with growing speed and efficiency to construct and edit texts featuring visual, print and audio elements (ACELY1685) – activity 3
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Inquiry and skills
- Draw conclusions and give explanations, based on the information and/or data displayed in texts, tables, graphs and maps (e.g. show similarities and differences) (WAHASS35) – activities 5, 7
- Use decision-making processes (e.g. share views, recognise different points of view, identify issues, identify possible solutions, plan for action in groups) (WAHASS36) – activities 2, 5, 6, 7
- Reflect on learning, identify new understandings and act on findings in different ways (e.g. complete a KWL chart, propose action in response to new knowledge) (WAHASS39) – activities 3, 5
- Present findings and conclusions in a range of communication forms (e.g. written, oral, visual, digital, tabular, graphic), appropriate to audience and purpose, using relevant terms (WAHASS37) – activities 3, 5, 6, 7
Civics and citizenship
- Communities make decisions in different ways and voting is a way that groups make decisions democratically (ACHASSK070) – activity 5
- Who makes rules, why rules are important and the consequences of rules not being followed (ACHASSK071) – activities 6, 7
Health and Physical Education
- Actions in daily routines that promote health, safety and wellbeing: healthy eating appropriate levels of physical activity (ACPPS036) – activity 3
- Basic rules in a variety of physical activities and ways in which they keep activities safe and fair (ACPMP050) – activity 4
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Mapping for topic 3 Year 4
English
Language for interaction
- Understand that social interactions influence the way people engage with ideas and respond to others for example when exploring and clarifying the ideas of others, summarising their own views and reporting them to a larger group (ACELA1488) – activities 2, 5, 7
Interacting with others
- 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) – activities 1, 2, 4, 5, 7
- Use interaction skills such as acknowledging another’s point of view and linking students’ response to the topic, using familiar and new vocabulary and a range of vocal effects such as tone, pace, pitch and volume to speak clearly and coherently (ACELY1688) – activities 2, 4, 5
Creating texts
- 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) – activity 3
- 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) – activity 3
HASS
Inquiry and skills
- Draw conclusions and give explanations, based on the information and/or data displayed in texts, tables, graphs and maps (e.g. show similarities and differences) (WAHASS35) – activities 5, 7
- Use decision-making processes (e.g. share views, recognise different points of view, identify issues, identify possible solutions, plan for action in groups) (WAHASS36) – activities 2, 5, 6, 7
- Reflect on learning, identify new understandings and act on findings in different ways (e.g. complete a KWL chart, propose action in response to new knowledge) (WAHASS39) – activities 3, 5
- Present findings and conclusions in a range of communication forms (e.g. written, oral, visual, digital, tabular, graphic), appropriate to audience and purpose, using relevant terms (WAHASS37) – activities 3, 5, 7
Civics and citizenship
- The importance and purpose of laws (e.g. to maintain social cohesion, to reflect society's values) (ACHASSK092) – activities 6, 7
Health and Physical Education
- Strategies to ensure safety and wellbeing at home and at school, such as: following school rules identifying and choosing healthier foods for themselves (ACPPS036; ACPPS040) – activity 3
- Basic rules and scoring systems to keep physical activities safe and fair (ACPMP050) – activity 4
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Mapping for topic 3 general capabilities
Literacy
Comprehending texts through listening, reading, and viewing element
- 1.3 Listen and respond to learning area texts – activities 1, 4, 8
- 1.4 Interpret and analyse learning area texts – activity 5
Composing texts through listening, reading, and viewing element
- 2.1 Compose texts – activities 3, 5, 6, 8
- 2.2 Compose spoken, written, visual and multimodal learning area texts – activities 3, 5, 6, 8
- 2.3 Use language to interact with others – activities 2, 4, 5, 8
Grammar knowledge element
- 4.3 Express opinion and point of view – activity 8
Visual knowledge element
- 6.1 Understand how visual elements create meaning – activity 3
Information and Communication Technology capability (ICT)
Creating with ICT element
- 3.1 Generate ideas, plans and processes – activity 7
- 3.2 Generate solutions to challenges and learning area tasks – activities 3, 7
Managing and operating ICT element
- 5.1 Select and use hardware and software – activities 3, 7
Critical and creative thinking
Generating ideas, possibilities and actions element
- 2.1 Imagine possibilities and connect ideas – activities 5, 8
- 2.2 Consider alternatives – activity 5
- 2.3 Seek solutions and put ideas into action – activity 5
Reflecting on thinking and processes element
- 3.2 Reflect on processes – activity 5
- 3.3 Transfer knowledge into new contexts – activity 8
Analysing, synthesising and evaluating reasoning and procedures element
- 4.1 Apply logic and reasoning – activities 5, 6, 8
- 4.2 Draw conclusions and design a course of action – activity 5
- 4.3 Evaluate procedures and outcomes – activity 5
Personal and social capability
Self-awareness element
- 1.1 Recognise emotions – activity 4
- 1.2 Recognise personal qualities and achievements – activity 8
- 1.4 Develop reflective practice – activity 8
Social management element
- 4.2 Work collaboratively – activities 2, 4, 5, 8
- 4.3 Make decisions – activity 5
Ethical understanding
Understanding ethical concepts and issues element
- 1.1 Recognise ethical concepts – activities 4, 5, 6
- 1.2 Explore ethical concepts in context – activity 5
Reasoning in decision making and actions element
- 2.1 Reason and make ethical decisions – activity 5
- 2.2 Consider consequences – activities 5, 6, 7
- 2.3 Reflect on ethical action – activity 5
Exploring values, rights and responsibilities element
- 3.2 Explore rights and responsibilities – activities 1, 2, 3
- 3.3 Consider points of view – activities 5, 7
Intercultural understanding
Interacting and empathising with others element
- 2.3 Empathise with others – activity 2
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