Features of plants + Swimming
Class: Primary 3
Term: 3rd Term
Week: 3
Class: Primary 3
Age: 8 years
Duration: 40 minutes of 3 periods
Date:
Subject: Basic Science and Technology
Topic: Features of plants
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, playway method, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source, experimentation
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: specimen of plants in the school compound and premises, pictures of plants and its parts swimming pool, floater, tube/rubber, swimming trunk, swimming cap, swimming goggle, life jack
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
PERIOD 1: Features of plants
PRESENTATION |
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY |
PUPIL’S ACTIVITY |
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION |
The revisits the previous lesson on the classes and characteristics of plants based on their life span and introduces the new topic by explaining what features mean- Feature means something that is noticeable about someone or something
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Pupils pay attention |
STEP 2 EXPLANATION |
The teacher then explains the various features of plants 1. Shape of the leaves e.g broad/narrow, thick/thin etc 2. Size- small, average or medium 3. Colour of fruits, stems, leaves- red, yellow, purple, green etc 4. Texture/feel- soft/hard, thick/thin, etc
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Pupils pay attention and participates |
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION |
She explains and demonstrates the features of the plants based on the points stated above as the pupils observe |
Pupils pay attention and participate |
STEP 4 NOTE TAKING |
The teacher writes a short note on the board |
The pupils copy the note in their books |
NOTE
Feature means something that is noticeable about someone or something
Features of plants
EVALUATION: 1. What does the word ‘feature’ mean?
CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils in small groups analyse the features f different plants picked from the school garden
CLASSWORK: As in evaluation
CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively
PERIOD 2 and 3: Swimming
PRESENTATION |
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY |
PUPIL’S ACTIVITY |
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION |
The teacher revisits the previous lesson on the meaning of swimming, basic skills of swimming, safety rules and health benefits of swimming
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Pupils pay attention |
STEP 2 EXPLANATION |
The teacher then takes the pupils to the swimming are and displays all the tools and equipments for swimming |
Pupils pay attention and participates |
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION |
She explains and demonstrates how to swim and guides the pupils to do the same |
Pupils pay attention and participate |
CONCLUSION: After the swimming exercise, the teacher commends the pupils positively