Taking Learning Outside the Classroom

Using the textbook as a starting point for learning

Teacher Noor Aziatul Akma Bt Zabidin at SK Kuala Tembeling really got her Year 2 class interested in the new textbook topic (Growing Plants) by taking them outside and showing them how to plant cuttings in real life. Many teachers do this, of course, but do we do it enough? What other topics in the textbook can we use as a starting point for the children's learning as we move away from book study, and toward language learning through language using?

Year 2 Textbook

Realia

Making it real

Stephen-Peter Jinks (ELC Jerantut)