Subject: English

Year: 4 Dinamik

No. of pupils: __/36

Date :28/08/2018

Day : Thursday

Time : 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Theme: World of Knowledge

Topic : Unit 11: Insect Investigator

Focused Skill: Listening and Speaking

Proficiency level: Intermediate

Previous Knowledge: Pupils know there are different kind of insects in this world.

Content standards:

1.1 By the end of 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to pronounce words
and speak confidently with the correct stress, rhythm and
intonation.

Learning Standards:
1.1.4 Able to talk about related topics with guidance.

Behavioural objectives:
1. Pupils able to pronounce the words (names of insects & body parts of insects)
correctly.
2. Pupils will be able to describe the puzzle piece and come up with an insect
correctly.
3. Pupils will be able to create an insect and explain the body parts of the insects to
the rest of the class.

Language Content: Names of insects: butterfly, bee, grasshopper. Body parts of

insects: abdomen, thorax

Resources/Teaching aids: Mahjong papers, puzzles, colour papers, colour

pencils
Cross Curriculum Emphases

1. Thinking skills: Critical thinking skills, creative thinking skills.

2. Multiple Intelligences: Visual spatial intelligence, interpersonal skill
3. Moral Value(s):

Stage/Time Content Teaching-Learning Remarks

Activity
- What can you - Teacher shows Preparation Phase
Set see in a park? pictures of (Setting the tone of
Induction beehive, flower lesson)
Questions: and grass.
(5 minutes)
- Teacher asks Rationale:
1. What is this? questions.  To refresh what
(beehive) - Teacher they have learnt
introduces topic in the previous
2. What animal of the day: Insect lesson.
produces this? Investigator.  To introduce
- Teacher explains pupils to today’s
3. When you are what an insect is. lesson.
walking in a park, you
will see an animal on a
flower. What is that
animal called?
(butterfly)

5. When you are

walking on the grass,
you can see this animal
hopping around. What
is this animal called?
(grasshopper)

Presentatio Activity: 1. Teacher explains what Imagination Phase

n Learning time! an insect is and give (Exploring,
(15 minute examples of insects. generating, probing
2. Teacher shows and synthesising
s)
pictures of the insects. ideas)
- Examples of 3. Teacher explains the
insects: body parts of the Rationale:
- Butterfly insects one by one. -
- Grasshopper 4. Teacher asks pupils to Teaching aids:
- Bee repeat the body parts  Pictures
of the insects.
Body parts of insects: Assessment for
- Antennae learning objective 1
- Head
- Eyes
- Thorax
- Abdomen
- Legs
- Wings
Practice Activity: 1. Teacher gives each Development Phase
(10 group an envelope. (Guided practice)
“Guess my insect” 2. The envelope contains
minutes)
small pieces of a whole - To provide
Insects: picture of an insect.
- Fly opportunity for
3. Each piece is given to
- Cockroach each pupil in the group. pupils to practise
- Mosquito 4. Pupils are given 1
- Grasshopper more on what
minute to look at the
- Bee piece and then they will they have learnt.
- Butterfly cover it.
- Spider 5. In their respective
- Ant Assessment for
group, each pupil will
learning objective 2
take turns to explain what
they saw in their piece to
their group mates.
6. The group will then
decide what insect it is by
the information gathered.

Production Activity: 1. Teacher distributes Action Phase

(25 papers and colour (Independent practice)
minutes) “My Favourite Insect” pencils.
2. Teacher shows
example of insect Teaching aids:
created. -Worksheet
3. Pupils are given 15
minutes to complete their Assessment for
task. learning objective 3
4. Each group will come
out and present their
insect.
Closure Conclusion of lesson 1. Teacher asks Closure phase
(5 minutes) questions to recap the (Summary and
Questions: lesson. reinforcement)
1. What is an
insect? To revise what had
2. Can you give been taught and
me an example reinforce pupils’
of insect? learning.
3. What are the
body parts of an
insect?