LESSON PLAN LESSON: what do plants need to grow?

Teacher: Bashayer Abdulaziz Subject: science

Grade: 1 Unit: 3 Date: 30-10-2019

SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING

Students will be able to:

1. Students will be able to learn about what do plants need to grow.

Link to prior learning: before students have studied about parts of plants, and now they are going to
learn about what it needs to grow?

21st Century Skills: Students will be able to enhance the following skills:
1. Critical thinking: teachers’ questions. What do you think plants need to grow? Do you think
that plant can live without water, sun, air and soil? Who can tell me what do we call this (point
to the pictures)
2. Communication: teacher will be questioning the students in the model part and the students
will be responding to her.
3. Communications: students will be communicating with their group members while doing the
activity.
4. productivity and accountability: Students will do the experiment
5. Computer literacy: smart board by writing, video, PowerPoint matching the word with the
letter.
6. Collaboration: students will be working in groups and share their answers together.
7. Leadership: teacher will pick up a leader from each group.
8. Social skills: students will discuss with each other to find out the answer.
9. Media literacy: Tr will present a video, pictures

Key vocabulary: soil, air, sun, water and seed.

Common misconceptions for Ways of identifying and addressing these misconceptions:
learners:

• Tr will read the word and let all the students repeat after
• St can’t say the vocab words her
Resources/equipment needed:

1. Pictures: students have to follow the picture in order to make the different plants.
2. Soil
3. Water
4. Seed
5. Video
6. Gloves

UNIT: LESSON: TASKS/ACTIVITIES

Resources & Time Starter (15 minutes)

Teacher Will: Students Will:

• Good Morning grade 1, how • Good Morning Ms.Bashayer

are you? Who can tell me what
is the date of today?

• Engaging: last lesson we

learned about the part of
plants. Who can tell me what Ss: leaves, stem, root, fruit, and flower.
are the parts of plants?

• Tr Today we will learn about

what do plants need to grow.

• First, I will say the rules and

each one of you must follow
it, so you can get point in
ClassDojo. Teacher will say
the rules.

• Tr will ask student to come Ss will see the video

and sit on the carpet.

• Tr we will look at a video to

show us what do plants need
to grow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9
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Ss say seeds.
• Tr will stop the video and
explain it to the students. First
she will point to the seeds
‘who can tell me what it this? Ss seeds
Good job! Everyone says
seeds. Most of plant are start
growing with a small seed.
The seed of the apple, orange,
and mango.

• Tr: will shows students an

apple that shows a seed. Ss sun

• Tr will say now we will know

what the seed need to grow.
Will open the video and stop
in the picture of sun. “what
do we call this? Yes, this is a Ss water
sun. the first thing that a seed
needs to grow is a sun.
everyone sun, sun, sun” let’s
see the second one, point to
the water, “what is this?” yes Ss soil
it’s a water. Everyone water,
water, water. Open the video
and point to soil, “who can Ss air
tell me what this is?”.
Everyone will say “soil, soil,
soil”. Last one point to the
air, “what do you is this?
Good job this is the air, every
plant needs water, sun, air,
and soil to grow.”

• Tr will present a large plant

on the board, and she already
have pictures of water, air,
soil, and sun. teacher will say
“this is a picture of plant.”
Teacher will take one picture
and show the students “do
you think plant need a sun to Ss yes
grow?” and post it on the
plant. Then will do the rest.
 • Tr will ask the students to
come on the board and spell
all the words.

Resources & Time Main activities (15minutes)

Teacher Will: Students Will: will be working

together.
Students are exploring.
Emergent group:
Tr: will give them 4 plastic cups,
some soil, seeds, and water. And
some cards. All the cards show 3
pictures which they are air, soil, and
sun. in the first card, all the picture
is there, but in the second one there
is X sign on the soil only, the third
one X on the sun only and the last
one X on the water.
Tr: will ask the students to do make
the plants based on the card. The
first plant with all its need, the
second one without soil, the third
one without water, and last one
without sun.

Developed group:
Tr: will give them 4 plastic cups,
some soil, seeds, and water. And
some cards. All the cards show 3
pictures which they are air, soil, and
sun. in the first card, all the picture
is there, but in the second one there
is X sign on the soil only, the third
one X on the sun only and the last
one X on the water.
Tr: will ask the students to do make
the plants based on the card. The
first plant with all its need, the
second one without soil, the third
one without water, and last one
without sun.

Master group:

Tr: will give them 4 plastic cups,

some soil, seeds, and water. And
 some cards. All the cards show 3
pictures which they are air, soil, and
sun. in the first card, all the picture
is there, but in the second one there
is X sign on the soil only, the third
one X on the sun only and the last
one X on the water.
Tr: will ask the students to do make
the plants based on the card. The
first plant with all its need, the
second one without soil, the third
one without water, and last one
without sun.

All the students will be wearing

gloves

Resources Plenary (5 minutes)

Tr: will make a quick recap. She

will say “today we learned about
what do plants need to grow, and
they are: soil, air, water, and sun.

Closing assessment:
• Tr: will draw a table on the
board. What plant need to
grow, and plant doesn’t need
to grow. Ss will come and match the word with
• Tr: will show the students picture.
some pictures such as: door,
soil, chair, water, sun, cup,
spoon, and air.
• Tr: will ask them to come,
pick one picture, and stick it
either on plant need to grow
or plant doesn’t t need to
grow.

• Tr will use checklist.

Resources: checklist, smartboard.

Homework Worksheet

Learning styles catered for (✓):

Visual Auditory Read/Write Kinaesthetic

Assessment for learning opportunities (✓):

Observation Student self- Oral questioning Peer assessment

assessment

Quiz Student presentation Written work and Verbal feedback

feedback