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Unit/Topic: Can we dig it? What do they need to grow? Lesson # 2
ELA Year Level: P Active Learning Processes: Thinking: -Inquiry through discussion |
Lesson Objectives:
By the end of this lesson students will have demonstrated what they know about plants and how they survive. They will have done this in a collaborative way so as to realise that other children are different and therefore have different opinions to themselves.
Lesson Structure:
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Introduction: Teaching Strategies |
Adjustments for the needs of learners (Differentiation) |
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9:00
9:30 |
Hello Song
Book – A Fruit and Vegetable Man Quickly revise what we found out about fruit and vegetables last lesson. Poem - "I’m a Little Seed" tune: "I’m a Little teapot" I’m a little seed deep in the ground, Warmed by the sunshine, yellow and round, Cooled by the raindrops falling down, Time to raise my head and look around.
Brainstorm what fruit and vegies need to grow and survive. ASK: What do we need to survive? What do you think plants need to grow? Do you think the poem is telling us what plants need? Can a plant live if you pull it out of the ground? If we stop watering a plant what happens?
“It’s time to do” Song
Lucky dip groups |
Whole class
Discussion
Transition to learning centres |
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Time |
Main Content: Teaching Strategies
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Adjustments for the needs of learners (Differentiation) |
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9:35
10:00 |
Self directed discovery in the 4 learning centres
Visual – Watch a short video on growing plants
Auditory – Talk about the 4 things plants need to survive. Listen to other students in the group talking
Reading / Writing – read books about growing vegetables and then draw a picture of the 4 things plants need to survive
Kinesthetic – Play the “what do plants need?” game on the computers.
Clean up |
Children lucky dip an area to go to initially from the lucky dip box and can change after 5 minutes.
Sing clean up song |
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Time |
Conclusion: (teaching strategies) |
Differentiation |
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9:20
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What have I learned this morning? Get children to respond to photo’s of themselves taken during activity centre time. Ask them to pick out 1 photo of themself to be made into a collage.
Have children cut themself out of the photo and bring to the teacher to glue onto one class collage..
Did you have fun?
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Whole class |
Resources
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Web page http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/plant/needs1.html Book “A Fruit and Vegetable Man” by Roni Schotter Laminated poem “I’m a Little Seed” Video on plants growing 4-5 books about growing fruit and vegetables Colouring in pencils Colouring in paper Lucky dip box Camera Scissors Large piece of A3 paper for collage |
Safety Considerations/Materials
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First aid box Scissors Negotiated class rules
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Assessment
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Collect portfolio evidence: Complete rating scale of individual’s discussion, observations and comments about fruit and veg. Note likes, dislikes and questions that are generated during discussion. Use this information to inform future lessons during Explore phase. Take photos of children moving through the learning centres as skills, competencies and ideas are demonstrated Take photos of children moving through the learning centres. Create a collage during conclusion with pictures selected by children |
