Notes
Step 1: Look at the Cover
Step 2 + Step 3: Listen and Watch
Step 4: Add your Voice
Step 5: Share and Evaluate your work
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| Synopsis | A story about a young rabbit who finds a seed on an autumn day and takes it home and plants it. As it sprouts, the rabbit is thrilled to watch it grow “a hundred feet tall.” |
| Lesson access | via url-link or QR-Code |
| Equipment for child | tablet, phone or laptop, internet connection, perhaps headphones |
| Materials | dictionary (online or paper), craft materials |
| Language Skills | listening, vocabulary (verbs), speaking (read aloud) |
| Cross-curricular Links | science, geography, maths, music |
| Values | love and friendship, growth and change, care and patience |
| World Event Day | World Tree Day |
| Look | Do you notice anything unusual about the rabbit? |
| Look | What is the rabbit holding in his paws? |
| Look | What shape is the rabbit’s nose? |
| Check | Which parts of a tree do you know in English? |
| Calculate | How high is 100 feet in meters? |
| Predict | What do you think is the connection between the rabbit and the tree? |
| Check | Look up the meaning of the words ‘seed’, ‘height’ and ‘boughs’ in your dictionary. |
| Part A | Listen and watch for general understanding and enjoyment. |
| Part B | Listen and watch again and answer the questions, pause and replay when you need to. |
| Where does rabbit find the seed? | |
| What does rabbit promise the seed? | |
| What does rabbit do with the seed? | |
| How does rabbit feel about planting a seed? | |
| Why did the seed grow? What did rabbit give the seed? | |
| What did the tree say ‘thank you’ for? | |
| Why does rabbit have to move the tree out of the jar? | |
| Which friends come with him to replant the tree? | |
| What does the tree hope rabbit will do? |
| Review & Sing- Along | Watch the story again and repeat the chorus and then sing along with the author. Sing-Along |
| Review & Move | Watch the story and stretch as tall as you can each time you hear ‘100 feet tall’. |
| Review & Play | Listen for the rhyming words in the story. Play a rhyming bingo game with family members or classmates. |
| Research | Check the meaning of the expression ‘to stand tall’. Who stands tall in this story? |
| Personal response | Does size matter when you stand tall? Is it important to stand tall? How can you help somebody to stand tall? |
| Create | Colour in rabbit’s growing tree. |
| Observe | Look out of the window, can you see any trees? What type of trees are they and how tall do you think they are? |
| Think | What do you think is the message of this story? |
| Your opinion | Which is your favourite part of the story? Why? |
| Share | Send your work to your teacher or share in your virtual classroom. |
| Evaluate | Complete the evaluation sheet to reflect on your learning. |
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Part A: Read and complete. You can write or say your answers. You can do this on your own, in pairs or in a class discussion.
Part B: Think about how well you did. Choose and draw the smiley face that fits best.
Notes
| Synopsis | A story about a young rabbit who finds a seed on an autumn day and takes it home and plants it. As it sprouts, the rabbit is thrilled to watch it grow “a hundred feet tall.” |
| Lesson access | via url-link or QR-Code |
| Equipment for child | tablet, phone or laptop, internet connection, perhaps headphones |
| Materials | dictionary (online or paper), craft materials |
| Language Skills | listening, vocabulary (verbs), speaking (read aloud) |
| Cross-curricular Links | science, geography, maths, music |
| Values | love and friendship, growth and change, care and patience |
| World Event Day | World Tree Day |
Step 1: Look at the Cover
| Look | Do you notice anything unusual about the rabbit? |
| Look | What is the rabbit holding in his paws? |
| Look | What shape is the rabbit’s nose? |
| Check | Which parts of a tree do you know in English? |
| Calculate | How high is 100 feet in meters? |
| Predict | What do you think is the connection between the rabbit and the tree? |
| Check | Look up the meaning of the words ‘seed’, ‘height’ and ‘boughs’ in your dictionary. |
Step 2 + Step 3: Listen and Watch
| Part A | Listen and watch for general understanding and enjoyment. |
| Part B | Listen and watch again and answer the questions, pause and replay when you need to. |
| Where does rabbit find the seed? | |
| What does rabbit promise the seed? | |
| What does rabbit do with the seed? | |
| How does rabbit feel about planting a seed? | |
| Why did the seed grow? What did rabbit give the seed? | |
| What did the tree say ‘thank you’ for? | |
| Why does rabbit have to move the tree out of the jar? | |
| Which friends come with him to replant the tree? | |
| What does the tree hope rabbit will do? |
Step 4: Add your Voice
| Review & Sing- Along | Watch the story again and repeat the chorus and then sing along with the author. Sing-Along |
| Review & Move | Watch the story and stretch as tall as you can each time you hear ‘100 feet tall’. |
| Review & Play | Listen for the rhyming words in the story. Play a rhyming bingo game with family members or classmates. |
| Research | Check the meaning of the expression ‘to stand tall’. Who stands tall in this story? |
| Personal response | Does size matter when you stand tall? Is it important to stand tall? How can you help somebody to stand tall? |
| Create | Colour in rabbit’s growing tree. |
| Observe | Look out of the window, can you see any trees? What type of trees are they and how tall do you think they are? |
| Think | What do you think is the message of this story? |
| Your opinion | Which is your favourite part of the story? Why? |
Step 5: Share and Evaluate your work
| Share | Send your work to your teacher or share in your virtual classroom. |
| Evaluate | Complete the evaluation sheet to reflect on your learning. |
