Year 5 - Text Types: A Galactic Exploration Year 6 Is there a better way

Is there a better way of teaching Probability and Chance to a bunch of Year 5 students than using the age-old Rock

In this lesson

You don’t have to hunt for different texts

Our lesson plan walks you through exactly how to implement the Jigsaw Method - the perfect way for your students to read and dissect one text

starting with the enigma of shipping containers

Year 5 - Text Types: A Galactic Exploration Year 6 Is there a better wayYou need to cover different text types with your class narratives, information texts, and procedures to name a few. Wouldnt it be great to cover some informal texts too blog posts, emails, maybe even a debate? Oh, but how will you hold your students attention as you throw text after text at them? Also, where are you meant to find the perfect, age appropriate examples without scouring through the Internet for hours and hours? Well, we encountered this