Lesson video

Hello everyone, my name is Miss Weerasekera and welcome to lesson five in our unit about our discussion, deciding whether Ganesh is or is not a cheat.

In today's lesson, we're going to be focusing on a reading skill.

And that reading skill is retrieval.

And I've got my friend Retrieval Rabbit to come and help us out a little bit.

They're going to explain what the retrieval skill is, and then they're going to be asking us some specific retrieval questions about our discussion text.

We're going to read it in chunks, and then try and answer those questions together.

And Retrieval Rabbit is there to help us if we get stuck.

We've got lots and lots to do today.

So let's get started.

For today's lesson, you're going to need a piece of paper, a pencil or a pen and your amazing brain to help you with your retrieving.

If you do not have a pen or pencil or a piece of paper, pause the video here, go and get it and then press play when you have everything you need.

In today's lesson, we're going to start off with a spelling activity.

And this is going to be our last lesson looking at the spelling rule we introduced at the beginning of the unit.

We're then going to go on to our strategy check.

We're going to check our strategy for reading.

But we're also going to track our strategy with retrieval rabbit about how we can retrieve information from a text.

We're then going to be reading chunks of our discussion text together, and then we're going to answer some questions.

So practise our retrieval skills in that way.

We have been looking at common exception words so far in this unit, and they can be really tricky words because they don't follow our spelling rules.

This means we have to learn them by practising them in lots of different ways.

It could be by reading them in the books and stories that we read.

It could be by writing them in our own pieces of writing, or you can practise through different activities that I have shown you.

Today, we're going to try and practise these two words, poor and sure.

What do you notice about these words? Are there any parts of them that make a sound that you do not expect? Now, I know that my accent might be a little bit different to yours.

So you might say these words slightly differently to me.

That's what I would like you to practise saying these words how you say them now, just in case.

Now when I normally see two O's together, it makes the other EU sound I'm getting a O sound like the sound, but it's got another o in there.

So that doesn't quite follow the rules as I would expect.

With sure, there's lots of strange things going on.

I put a sh sound which I know normally is spelt with an sh, but that isn't an sh.

That's just an s normally that your sound is like pure, but that doesn't really make that sort of guess.

Sure.

Again, it's the O R sound, but spelt differently.

Okay, so it's tricky for us to sound out these words, but we can learn them by doing lots of different things.

Today, we're going to do my favourite activity called Look, Cover, Say, Write, Check.

This is a really easy and simple way to get these words straight into our heads and we're going to practise it together like a little game.

You're going to need your pen and paper now.

So make sure you've got them with you.

I'm going to get mine.

Okay, I'm ready to get started.

So to do this, the first thing we're going to do is look at the word.

We're going to stay out together and we're going to see the letters too, we're then going to cover up the word on the screen at the same time with our hand, we're going to say it again and try and say the letters if we can remember them we're then going to write it down as best as we can.

And then finally, we will check and we will tick each of the correct letters that we got any letters that we didn't get in the right place, we're just going to correct them right there and then, okay, so let's do the first one, my turn poor, your turn.

P o o r my turn, p o o r, your turn.

Fantastic.

Let's cover it.

Let's say it again.

Say it with me this time.

Poor, p o o r.

Okay, let's write it.

Fantastic.

Have you written it? Let's check it together.

Great.

Tick those letters.

Well done.

Let's do the next one.

So my turn, sure, your turn.

My turn, s u r e, your turn.

Brilliant.

Let's cover it up.

Make sure you're covering it up too, okay say it again.

Say it with me this time.

Sure.

S u r e, let's write it down.

Are you ready? Let's check it.

Oh, I made a mistake.

I forgot her that s isn't spelt sh and I put h in there.

So I'm just going to correct that quickly now.

Then I'm go to tick rest of my letters.

How did you do? Remember, if you make a mistake, that's absolutely fine.

That's why we're doing this.

We're just trying to remember these tricky words, and the more times we practise, the more likely we are to get.

Because I didn't get that one correct, I would probably try it again.

So if you don't do any of these words correctly, your first time round, then try and do this again and I bet you'll get the hang of it soon enough.

Here is my friend Retrieval Rabbit.

She is going to help us with our strategy check.

Okay, so today the reading skill we're focusing on is retrieval and Retrieval Rabbit says, you will need to look in the text to retrieve or find the information that is needed to answer different questions.

So that means for today, the answers we need are right there on the page.

We just have to be extra special detectives and go and find them.

It also means that when we are reading or listening, you have to be doing it really carefully.

So that we can spot where we need to go.

We don't want to have to go back and read the whole story again, we want to know, oh, I think their answer to that was in the middle.

I remember because I was listening.

And I just go back and read that part.

We're going to be reading the discussion text that I wrote.

And we're going to read it in little sections and after each section is going to be a retrieval question for us to answer.

In order for us to do this really well, you need to be looking at the screen or it may is I'm reading, listening really carefully, and you can follow along with my finger as I read as well.

Okay, so.

Hi, everyone.

We have an important visitor today, Judge James.

He is going to discuss the question of whether Ganesh was cheating and decide what should be done about it.

Here he is now.

Hi, my name is Judge James and I'm here today to decide the answer to unimportant question.

Was cheating Ganesh cheating when he said he travelled around the world.

So our first question from Retrieval Rabbit, what is Judge James going to do? One, put Ganesh in jail, two, listen to both brothers, three, make a decision.

Remember, this is a retrieval question.

So the answer is going to be on the page somewhere.

Let's have a look at this for a minute.

What did Judge James say he was going to do? Did he say he would put Ganesh in jail? Did he say he was going to talk to both of the brothers? Did he say he was going to make a decision? What do you think? I'm going to give you five more seconds before we look at the answer together? Good, he said he was going to make a decision, didn't he? Let's have a look at this again.

I am here to decide the answer to an important question.

The word decide tells us that he is going to make a decision.

Well done if you got that.

Okay, next section, there are three valid arguments which suggest Ganesh cheated.

First, to say you travelled around the world to just physically moving from place to place.

Ganesh did not do that and therefore he cheated.

Second, he deliberately misled his brother by telling him about the journey, suggesting that he had been there in person.

Clearly he had not.

Third, Ganesh didn't own up to his cheating until after the wedding when it was too late.

This proves that he knew he was cheating and wanted to gloat to his brother once had one.

Okay, so our next retrieval question says, find three things that prove Ganesh cheated.

Okay, if you need to, you can pause here and on your piece of paper with your pen or pencil, write down the three things here that prove Ganesh cheated.

So pause and then press play when you found three things that prove Ganesh cheated.

Do you think you found them? Okay, fantastic.

Let's have a look at what I found and see if you got the same.

One, I said Ganesh did not physically travel.

Two, he misled his brother by describing the journey.

And three, he waited until after the wedding to tell Kartikeya.

Was that the same as what you got? It might have been slightly different, but were they almost the same points.

Fantastic.

Okay, on the other hand, there are three valid arguments which suggest he did not cheat.

Firstly, when Kartikeya challenged Ganesh to a race, he asked whether he could travel in any way he liked.

Kartikeya said yes, so Ganesh was free to choose his method of travel.

Secondly, it is clearly possible to travel around the world in your imagination and Ganesh proved it.

You saw the sights, smelled the smells and heard the sounds from the journey, just as if he had been there.

Last but not least, he told the truth at all times.

The fact that Kartikeya misunderstood him is not his fault.

So for this question, Retrieval Rabbit wants us to take the statements that are true and underneath it says to take two so we know that two of them are going to be true and two of them are going to be false.

I'm going to read them to you and then we're going to go back and have a look at the writing together to try and find out.

Firstly, it is possible to travel using your mind.

Second, it is Ganache's fault that Kartikeya misunderstood.

Third, Kartikeya told Ganesh he could travel in his mind.

Fourth, Ganesh always told the truth Okay, so which of those two we think is true? Which of them we think is false? I'm going to leave you more time on this page Because I think you should be able to remember, you can always rewind a little bit if you want to go back to the text then pause.

Which are true and which are false.

Okay, so it is possible to travel using your mind.

Get in the text it says that, doesn't it? It is clearly possible to travel around the world in your mind or your imagination and Ganesh proved it.

So there we go for that one.

And the bottom line says Ganesh always told the truth.

Says here, last but not least, he told the truth at all times, fantastic.

And then the other two, it is Ganesh's fault that Kartikeya misunderstood.

It says here, the fact that Kartikeya misunderstood him is not his fault.

So that one must be false.

And then finally, Kartikeya told Ganesh he could travel in his mind, even though Ganesh asked the question, Kartikeya didn't say yes you can travel in your mind, he just said yes, you can choose how you want to travel.

Okay, so perhaps that one's a little bit half and half.

But that's what we have to be really careful about in retrieval.

Does it actually say that in the text or not? And it does not say that Kartikeya said he could trouble using his mind.

Last part we're going to read.

Any collusion, I think that there is truth in both of these arguments.

Ganesh did deliberately mislead Kartikeya.

But he did so without lying.

It is always important that relatives can see situations from each other's perspectives.

So my judgement is that both brothers should meet together for a mediation.

Then mediation is like a meeting, okay, where you have a discussion you try reaching solution.

Together, they should try and agree on a compromise and dissolution.

Also, as the decision will affect the life of Buddhi too, she should also be consulted and asked what she would like to happen.

That's my decision.

Now it's up to them to try and find a solution.

Okay.

Says here write two things Judge James thinks should happen.

So two things, Judge James.

What happened? Pause here, and then press play when you think you found two things, Judge James thinks should happen.

Have you found them? Let's have a look together and see if you've got the same as me.

Firstly, I said he thinks that the brothers should meet for a mediation.

So they should meet for that discussion that will help them find the solution.

And he also thinks that Buddhi should be involved in the decision.

Now you might also have said, he thinks that they should be able to see things from each other's perspectives.

And that's fine as well if you included that.

In our final retrieval question for today is this, draw lines to match the character up with the action.

So the three characters I have our Buddhi, Ganesh, and Kartikeya, okay.

And the three actions are these, misunderstood the rules of the competition, misled his brother on purpose, should be involved in the decision.

I would like you to think about which action matches which character for our discussion.

Pause here and then press play when you think you've figured it out.

Great.

Let's look at the answers together.

Okay, so the first one Buddhi should be involved in the decision.

Ganesh misled his brother on purpose, and Kartikeya misunderstood the rules of the competition.

Fantastic Okay, our final challenge task today then, if you were judged, James, what decision would you come to? What would you tell the brothers to do? My decision would be, because I would tell the brothers too.

You might agree with the judge's decision, in which case, you can add that to the synthesis.

My decision would be the same as the judges because I will tell the brothers to have a mediation and Buddhi should be included.

But you might be able to create everything on a different decision and different instructions that he gave to the brothers too.

So pause here.

Use those sentence stems to help you with your challenge tasks.

You can say it out loud, or you can write it down is completely up to you.

Press play when you have finished.

Fantastic.

It looks like we have some very sensible judges amongst us.

Those were some fantastic decisions that could have been made instead of Judge James's, well done.

Thank you Retrieval Rabbit.

I agree.

I think I am and I think all of you are reliable retrievers.

That means we can rely on you to retrieve information whenever we need you to, you have done a fantastic job today.

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I hope to see you in our next lesson when we are going to be boxing up our discussion ready to write it in the remainder of the lessons in this unit.