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|Year: Year 2 | |Lesson Coverage: Coconut Shy |

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|Curriculum Covered: KS1 |

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|English |En1 Speaking and listening |

| |2a,c, 3a,b, 8d |

| |En2 Reading |

| |1b, 1f |

| |En3 Writing |

| |2a, 3c, 4a,b,e,g, 5a-e |

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|Science |Sc2 Life processes and living things |

| |1b, 2b,g |

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|ICT |Knowledge, skills and understanding |

| |1a, 5b |

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|Art and Design |Exploring and developing ideas |

| |1a, 4a |

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|About the Game |

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|This game is based around the traditional hangman concept. The player has to guess the food related word before they knock all |

|the coconuts off the shy. When a letter guess is made, correct letters appear in the grid above the coconuts and incorrect |

|letters result in losing a coconut. The player begins with 6 coconuts. ‘Coconut Shy’ should be used when all children have had|

|experience working with upper case letter names and are confident with letter sounds. Most children should have acquired good |

|subject knowledge by Year 2. |

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|In ‘Coconut Shy’ an appropriate difficulty level is selected by choosing the length of the word to guess. The choice ranges |

|from 3-9 letter words. The 5 letter word choice is most appropriate for children in Year 2. The main learning objectives within|

|this game are: |

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| |To sound and name letters of the alphabet |

| |To recognise lower case letters |

| |To match lower case to upper case letters |

| |To attempt to read food words containing 5 letters |

| |To write each letter of the alphabet |

| |To spell other words containing 3,4 and 5 letters |

| |To identify healthy foods |

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|The 5 letter words available in the game are: |

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|Salad |Herbs |Melon |Cream |Mango |

|Fibre |Peach |Sugar |Grape |Liver |

|Lunch |Bread |Lemon |Olive |Syrup |

|Onion |Pasta |Apple |Trout |Beans |

|Bacon |Pizza |Scone |Flour |Cress |

|Swede | | | | |

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|When playing the game, children use their mouse to click on the letter they think appears in the mystery word. The mouse is |

|represented on screen by a white hand. |

|Lesson Plan |

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|Before online activity |Talk to the children about healthy foods. |

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|Additional resources | |

|Paper | |

|Pencil | |

|Pen | |

|Coloured pencils | |

|Picture dictionary | |

|Food pictures | |

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| |Activity Questions: |

| |Do we always eat healthy foods? |

| |What are healthy foods? |

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| |Look at the foods used in the game and talk to the children about them. |

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| |Activity questions: |

| |How many letters has each word? |

| |How many words are there? |

| |When do we eat salad? |

| |Do you like salad? |

| |What is in a salad? |

| |What is fibre? |

| |Where do we find it? |

| |Do we eat cereal for breakfast? |

| |What time do we eat lunch? |

| |What do you eat for lunch? |

| |How many meals do we eat a day? |

| |When do we use onion? |

| |Where does it come from? |

| |Does it always have to be cooked? |

| |Where does bacon come from? |

| |When do we eat it? |

| |What is an olive? |

| |Where does cress come from? |

| |What do we use flour for? |

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| |Activity 1: Drawing Food |

| |Ask the children to write out the 5 letter words used in ‘Coconut shy’ and draw a picture|

| |to accompany each. Some children may need to take this work to the computer area to help|

| |them identify the words when playing the game. |

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|During online activity |Introduce children to computer and keyboard. |

| |Help children with the computer start up procedures and entering of the My School Lunch |

| |website. Ask the children to select the ‘For Fun’ section. |

| |Ensure that all children have selected ‘Coconut Shy’ and then number 5 to indicate the |

| |length of the word to guess. |

| |Encourage children to try and read the ‘How to Play’ instructions. |

| |Ensure all children have selected ‘CLICK HERE TO START’. |

| |Talk to children about what they can see, coconut shy, coconuts, stands, blank flags and |

| |alphabet grid. |

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| |Possible online activity questions: |

| |Have you seen a coconut shy before? |

| |Where? |

| |What happens to the coconuts? |

| |How many letters can you see? |

| |How many letters are in the alphabet? |

| |How many letters do we have to choose? |

| |How do we know? |

| |Where will the letter go? |

| |What do you think might happen if your letter isn’t in the word? |

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| |Remind the children of the 5 letter words we have previously looked at. Some children |

| |may need to look at their work from the Drawing Food activity. |

| |Show the children how to use the mouse to select the letters, making sure they can locate|

| |the white hand on screen. |

| |Help the children to identify the word that appears. |

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| |Possible online activity questions: |

| |What is that letter? |

| |What sound does it make? |

| |Has it got another name? |

| |What is that word?’ |

| |Can you find it on your work? |

| |Have you eaten that food before? |

| |When do we eat that food? |

| |Do you eat that for school lunch? |

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| |Talk to the children about re-starting the game by selecting ‘CLICK HERE TO PLAY AGAIN’. |

| |The ‘NEXT LEVEL’ is also accessible at this point, but should only be used as an |

| |extension activity for more able children. |

| |Encourage children to alternate players and help each other with the game. |

| |At the end of the session help the children with closing the website and shutting down |

| |procedures. |

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|Following online activity |Activity 1: Finding Words |

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|Additional resources | |

|Worksheet: Word Searching | |

|Worksheet: Making a Word Search | |

| |Talk to the children about their experience of the game. |

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| |Possible questions: |

| |Did you find all of the words? |

| |Which words did you miss out? |

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| |Introduce the worksheet ‘Word Searching’ by discussing word searches with the children. |

| |Show the children examples and how they would complete a word search. Ask the children |

| |to do the activity. |

| |Once the above worksheet is complete, discuss with the children how they would design a |

| |word search and introduce the children to the worksheet ‘Making a Word Search’. |

|Support/Extension Ideas |

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|Support Ideas |Seat less able child with a more able partner (child/adult). |

| |Encourage children to think of food words containing fewer letters when designing their |

| |own word search. |

| |Teacher to provide adult help with worksheet tasks, checking spelling and providing ideas|

| |for new food words. |

| |Some children may require the ‘Word Searching’ worksheet in the lower case format. |

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|Extension Ideas |Encourage more able children to help less able children play ‘Coconut Shy’. |

| |Allow more able children to work independently during worksheet activity. |

| |Allow more able children to use the ‘Word Searching’ worksheet in the upper case format. |

| |Give more able children an opportunity to find their own 5 letter words during the |

| |‘Making a Word Search’ activity. |

| |When confident to proceed, allow children to select six letter words and proceed to the |

| |next level in ‘Coconut Shy’. |

| |If children have selected the next level, use six letter words in the ‘Making a Word |

| |Search’ activity. |

|Worksheet Description |

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|Title |Word Searching/ Making a Word Search |

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|Additional Resources |Pencil |

| |Rubber |

| |Coloured pencils |

| |Word banks/picture dictionary |

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|Worksheet Summary |There are two worksheets for the activity Finding words. These sheets should be used in |

| |association with each other. |

| |Word Searching is a word search using some of the words from the ‘Coconut Shy’ game. The |

| |words used are Beans, Fibre, Scone, Onion, Apple. |

| |Making a Word Search is a blank word search grid for the children to make their own food |

| |word search and share it with others. |

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|How to use |The worksheets for ‘Coconut Shy’ are to be completed during the following online |

| |activity. Some children will require a word bank or picture dictionary to help them |

| |identify new words. |

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| |Word Searching |

| |This sheet is available in two formats, upper case lettering and lower case lettering, to|

| |suit ability. |

| |As a class read through the words hidden in the word search. |

| |Talk to the children about the best techniques for locating the hidden words e.g. by |

| |finding the initial letter first. |

| |Talk to the children about which direction the words could be read, for example |

| |horizontal and vertical. |

| |Encourage children to cross off the words as they find them. |

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| |Making a Word Search |

| |Explain to the children how to create their own word search. Suggest they write in their|

| |food words first, and then fill the spaces with random letters. |

| |Higher ability children could be encouraged to try and use more 5 letter words, lower |

| |ability children could use words with 3 or 4 letters. |

| |Ask the children to write down their chosen food words on a separate piece of paper and |

| |to check all their spellings before proceeding. |

| |Ask the children to write down their food words underneath the word search and the |

| |complete the grid. |

| |The children should be encouraged to use healthy food words. |

| |Encourage the children to swap word searches and identify new words. |

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|Assessment questions |Teachers should assess levels of understanding by outcome and level of support required |

| |during the task. |

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| |Can the children: |

| |Sound and name letters of the alphabet? |

| |Identify letters printed in upper case/capitals? |

| |Play ‘Coconut Shy’ successfully? |

| |Identify foods words in a word search? |

| |Identify healthy foods? |

| |Think of/find words of 3,4 or 5 letters related to food? |

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