Lesson video

Hello everybody.

It is me Miss McCartney.

And in today's lesson, we are going to be retelling our explanations of how birds fly.

We heard the explanation from Dr.

Badbrain in lesson one of unit nine.

And we are going to be thinking back to that explanation, to help us today.

In our lesson today, you will need a piece of paper or something to write on, a pencil or something to write with and your wonderful storytelling brain.

It would also be really useful to have your explanation map that we created in lesson one of unit nine.

That will really jog your memory, when we are telling our explanation today.

You need to go and get any of those things.

Pause your video now.

Brilliant.

Let's have a look at what we are going to be learning about today.

We are going to start with some comprehension questions to test our knowledge from the explanation of how birds fly.

Then you are going to hear Dr.

Badbrain tell the explanation again, and then its going to be your turn.

Together, we are then going to create a flowchart so that we really understand the sequence of events.

And we will finish with another deep thinking question.

Let's have a look at some comprehension statements, and I would like you to tell me if they are true, or if they are false.

Our first statement says, birds fly by flapping, gliding and wiggling.

Have a little think.

Do you think that statement is true? Or do you think that statement is false? If you think the statement is false, you need to be able to explain the correct answer.

Okay, whisper to your screen now, true or false? If you said false, whisper the correct answer.

Okay, If you said false, you are correct.

Because we know that birds fly by flapping, gliding, and steering, not wiggling.

Okay, let's have a look at our second statement.

Birds push against the wind with their wings.

Do you think that's true or false? Remember, if you think it's false, you need to be able to explain the correct answer.

Okay, now that you've had some time to think, can you whisper to your screen, true or false? Okay, let's see if you're right.

Fantastic, this is true.

Birds push against the wind with their wings and that enables them to fly upwards.

Let's have a look at statement number three.

Birds can fly without flapping their wings.

I wonder if that is true or false.

Have a little think.

Is that true or false? Okay, let's see if you are correct.

That statement is true because birds can change the angle of their wings to help them to glide through the air.

And that means they don't have to flap their wings.

Okay, let's check the last statement now.

It says, birds cannot change the shape of their wings.

Think back to our explanation, do you think that is true? Or do you think that is false? True or false? Have a little think.

Okay, let's see if you're right.

It is false.

Birds can change the shape of their wings and that helps them to travel in different directions.

If you got all of the answers correct, well done.

And if you didn't, that's okay too, because you can learn from your mistakes.

We are now going to hear the explanation from Dr.

Badbrain again, and I want you to listen really carefully.

I have got the question.

As you listen to our explanation again, what new details do you notice? What are you noticing this time that you didn't notice last time? Let's listen.

First, flapping.

When a bird flaps its wings, the wing pushes down against the air And so pushes the bird upwards.

The faster than wings flap, the harder the push upwards.

When you flap your arms, can you feel the wind against them? Try it.

That's what pushes the bird up when they flap their wings.

Second, gliding.

When birds glide, they move forward through the air with their wings tilted at an angle.

Once again, the air pushes against the wing and pushes the bird up.

That's why sometimes birds fly without flapping their wings at all.

Number three.

Steering.

Birds change the angle and shapes of their wings and their tails.

And so change the way the air pushes against them.

This way they can move up and down or side to side.

So there you have it.

Three things about how birds fly.

And if you don't believe me, go outside and watch the birds where you live.

Watch them flapping, gliding, and tilting, all for yourself.

Now that we have heard the explanation again from Dr.

Badbrain, we are going to retell the story ourselves.

So you will need your story map.

I have got mine here.

Oops, It's upside down.

Make sure it's the right way up.

I'm going to put my story map in front of me and get my magic microphone ready.

Now my magic microphone is coloured in lots of different spots.

What does your magic microphone look like? Oh my goodness! So many wonderful, different microphones.

So when we are speaking today, you are going to look up, you are going to make sure your microphone is not right by your mouth.

You need to hold it down so that you can speak really clearly and eloquently.

So I am going to model speaking my first three images, How birds fly.

Birds start flying by flapping their wings.

Their wings push down on the air.

The faster they flap their wings, the more their wings push down on the air.

And this pushes them up further.

Sometimes birds can fly without flapping their wings at all.

And this is called gliding.

To do this, birds put their wings at different angles to catch the wind and glide through the air.

That was Miss McCartney using her magic microphone to tell the first three images on my story.

You are going to do exactly the same now and start at the beginning of your story map and work your way all the way to the end.

Pause your video now to tell your explanation.

Brilliant.

I think we are going to do some crown shine today because I had such eloquent explanations of how birds fly.

So you need to get your fingers in a crown.

You can be a King or a queen and shine all the way around your head to celebrate yourself.

Well done everybody.

After this lesson, you could keep practising your explanation and share with somebody at home.

Maybe a parent or carer, maybe a friend, or maybe a teddy bear.

We are now going to create a flowchart together.

So order our words to help us to remember the sequence.

In our explanation of how birds fly, my title is how birds fly flowchart.

Could you pause your video and write down your title? Brilliant.

So the first thing we are going to do is write.

Flapping, f-lap-ing Now before we add our suffix in, we need to add another piece, another consonant, because we have a vowel before our last letter.

Okay, so flapping.

The first thing that happens in the flapping process is the bird flaps it's wings.

So I'm going to write the word flaps.

Can you tell me what happens after the bird flaps its wings? Pause your video now.

Brilliant.

Okay, so wings, w-i-ngs, wings push down on air.

Fantastic.

So first of all, the wing flaps, then the wings push down on air.

Brilliant.

Pause your video now.

What is the next thing that happens? Okay, fantastic.

Bird, is pushed, p-pushed upwards.

Okay, brilliant.

I would like you now to tell me what happens if the bird flaps its wings faster? Pause your video now.

Brilliant, so we have got flapping.

The bird flaps its wings, wings push down on the air, bird is pushed upwards.

And then I'm going to write faster, remember fast is a common exception word that we need to learn.

And then we've got our suffix, er, faster flapping, oops, faster flapping equals faster flying.

Brilliant, so that is our flowchart.

Although that's full flapping.

Now, let's think about gliding.

What is the first thing that happens when a bird wants to glide? The first thing is still that they flap their wings to take off.

So I'm still going to write flaps, bird flaps.

What happens after the bird flaps to make it glide? Pause your video now and have a little think.

Excellent, okay.

So, bird changes, bird changes angle of wings.

Fantastic, so the bird flaps its wings, to get into the air and then the bird changes the angle of its wings.

You will notice that I'm not including all of my words because I am writing in note form.

So I am writing my key words so that I can remember.

What happens when the bird changes the angle of it's wings? Pause your video now and have a little think.

Can you whispery your answer to the screen? Brilliant work everybody.

So the bird flaps its wings to take off from the ground and then the bird changes the angle of its wings.

The wings still push down on the air.

We know the last thing that happens is bird can fly, birds can fly without flapping.

Excellent sequencing for gliding everybody.

Let's have a look at our final process, which is, let's have a look at our final process and that is st-eering, steering.

Now a bird still needs to get off of the ground.

So we are still going to start with bird flaps.

What needs to happen next for the bird to be able to steer itself? Pause your video now and have a little think.

I can hear some excellent answers.

So bird changes, no the angle this time, but the shape and angle, can you remember what it changes the shape and angle love? Can you whisper it? Well done.

Of wings and a-o, bird changes shape and and angle of wings and tail.

What does that mean? Can happen next? Pause your video now and have a little think.

Brilliant, well done everybody.

So bird can move up, down and side, side that's an example of a split diagraphs, ide and side to side.

Brilliant work everybody.

We have created a wonderful flowchart.

It is now your turn to write down your flowchart in your own words.

Pause your video now and craft your own flowchart.

Well done.

You have worked so hard on your flowchart and that will really help you through out the rest of unit nine.

When we come to write our own explanations, we are going to finish with a challenge task today.

My question is, what might happen if a bird flapped its wings faster? You are going to use the sentence stem.

I think the result would be- Because.

Pause your video now to complete your task.

Brilliant.

Let's hear some of your ideas, come a bit closer to the screen and whisper your idea.

Brilliant.

One of our learners said, "I think the result of a bird flapping their wings faster "would be that the wings would push down harder on the air "and they would be able to move more quickly." That sounds fantastic.

Let's give that learner some shine.

You have done such a great job today.

Well done everybody.

If you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter tagging@OakNational and @TeachTMcCartney #LearnwithOak.

I will see you soon.