Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities Activities for Primary 6

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Title: Eurovision DecisionArea of Learning:Mathematics and NumeracyPossible Learning Intention:Use available clues to help present information in a meaningful way.Thinking Skills/Personal Capabilities:Managing Information: Develop methods for collating and recordinginformation.Working With Others: Work with their peers to reach agreementsActivity:The children have to use two different sets of clue cards to piece togetherinformation to produce a “Top Ten” results table for the 2007 Eurovision SongContest and to solve problems based on a promotional tour for the Irishrepresentatives in the 2008 contest.Classroom Management:The pupils can work in pairs or groups of 3. They will need access to the cluecards, distance chart, a calculator and a political map of Europe showingcountries and capital cities. They will also need recording paper and pencil. Thepupils may benefit from regular review to discuss strategies and derived facts.How It Works:Challenge 11. Give each group a set of “2007 ESC Top 10 Cards”, country clues and a blankresults table. Explain that the pupils have to read the information on thecards to help them produce the “top ten” results table for the 2007Eurovision Song Contest.Challenge 21. Using the country clues list, identify which letters represents which country2. Discuss what the pupils may need to help them (e.g. calculator, map ofEurope).3. Pupils work together in their group to produce the results table.- 4 -
Challenge 31. Give each group a set of “Irish Promotional Tour ESC 2008 Travel Cards”.Tell the pupils they must read the information on the cards and answer thequestions on the question cards.2. Discuss what the pupils may need to help them (e.g. calculator, distancechart, map of Europe)3. Pupils work together in their group to produce solutions to the questioncards.Challenge 41. When the results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 are available (24May 2008) pupils can create a set of clue cards for a new “top ten” tablewhich other pupils can use.2. Pupils will need to spend some time planning how they will approach the task– roles within the group, information they will need, etc.3. Pupils draft the set of cards and produce a final copy using ICT.Metacognition:In order for learners to strengthen their thinking strategies they need time toplan, adapt and evaluate their thinking (see Reflective Thinking Grid – page 2).Making Connections:• Produce profiles of the participating countries in Eurovision 2008 (TWAU –Geography)• Design a Logo for Eurovision 2008 (Art and Design)• Watch the previews of the songs (available online for download) and write areport including type of song, description of preview video, etc.(Language and Literacy).Useful Websites:The songs in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest can be downloaded from thefollowing sites:■■■www.esctoday.comwww.allkindsofeverything.iewww.youtube.com- 5 -
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