Appendix 1: Lesson Plan (template)

LESSON PLAN Subject: Science

Trainee: Mahra Topic or Theme: Week 1 - Growing in the garden (Planting Seeds)

Class: 2.8 Date & Duration: 22-10-2019/ 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM

Trainee Personal Goals

I am working on:

Meeting each child’s needs and interests to feel comfortable and enjoying the learning by:

● Providing the environment with the supportive resources.

● Differentiate the activities to meet each child’s level.

● Clear explanation to meet the teacher expectation from each child.

● Be available to provide support if needed.

Lesson Focus

● Children look carefully at different types of seeds.

● They begin to understand the importance of seeds in the life cycle of plants.

● Children recognized what seeds need to start to grow.

Lesson Outcomes

Students will be able to:

● Ask questions about living things and phenomena in the local environment based on

Observations.

● Uses prior knowledge to conclude what living organisms need to stay alive.

● Conclude that plants need water and light to live and grow.

● Participate in guided investigations and record collected data about objects, organisms

and phenomena in the surrounding environment.

Links to Prior Learning
Kids knows that:
● living are going through a life cycle (Animals, Humans and plant).
● Living are needs basic resources to live (water, air, ground,light).
21st Century Skills
4c’s:
Critical thinking: Kids will be able to use their prior knowledge to conclude what living

things need in order to stay alive and grow healthy.

● Student is naturally curious; spontaneously explore the world around them

● Students use their senses to explore as they experiment and play

● Students use problem solving skills when faced with difficulties and challenges

● Student impulsively share their discoveries in exciting and engaging

Creativity: Kids will be able to use different materials to create their own piece of art

(sunflower).

● Students engage in their learning across the curriculum creatively.

● Students use their imagination to try new ways of doing things.

● Student uses imagination and work with materials in creative ways.

● Student role play, imitate and use resources imaginatively.

Collaboration:

● Student interact constructively with their peers, other children or adults.

Communication:

● Student use verbal and non-verbal language to express and communicate feelings.

● Students communicate appropriately with other children when playing

Key vocabulary

Plant, leaves, soil, flowers, seeds.

Air, water, light, ground.

Possible problems for learners Solutions to possible problems
None Identified by SEN Teacher will provide the support to help the kids to
Challenging: improve their fine motor skills and use the
students needs help with fine motor skills
alternatives materials.
such as (holding the pencil, cutting)
Resources/equipment needed

Creative:

Yellow, orange, brown and green paint, Fork, Paper, Paintbrush

Reading:

flower and plant poster and labels, fiction and non-fiction books about plants, flowers, seeds and
the phases of plant

growth.

Math:

Counters, seeds, number line, number cards, tally sticks, manipulatives, Lego, gloves number
and tally cards, cashier,

artificial flowers.

Science:

soil, seed packages, pots, magnifier, ruler, observation form, soil/cotton, types of fruit seeds,
measuring tape, real plants

(roots, stem, leaves, flower) in a pot and without a pot, magnifier, watering can, garden tools

Outside:

Seeds, planting pots, watering can, garden tools

 TASKS/ACTIVITIES
Resources
Introduction
& Time

First, I am going to do the morning message.

Second, I am going to review the theme for the children about

planting seeds. I will ask them about the plants in general for
example, what plant need to grow, how plant seeds will be grown?
What is the first step to plant the seeds?

Third, I am going to show the kids the materials they will need to
plant the seeds.
Then,I am going to teach them the new words for each material, for
example, I am going to put some soil in the plate, I will ask the
children what is this? Then I am going to repeat the words so, they
will learn new vocabulary .

Fourth, I am going to share the soil and the seeds for each student.
After that, I am going to model how to plant seeds.

Then, I will play the song of little bean for the children to make
them active and understand what we are learning.

Finally, I am going to explain how the plant will be grown and what
it needs to grow?
 Whole activity?

I am going to give the children the cards about the steps of growing
the plant.
Then, I am going to ask them to make groups of two students and
ask them to re-arrange the parts of plant.

Then, I am going to review with the center quickly because this

lesson is a weekly plan so they alreardy know what thay are doing in
the centers.

Resources
Main activities
& Time
Activity 1 Math:

Fisrt, I am going to bring the plate and I put

different seeds in the middle of the plate. Then the
children are going to sort these seeds. They will
put the same seeds toghther.

Then, the children will write the number ftom 0 to

20 in white board.

Activity 2 Art:

Children will draw the sunflower by using fork

painting and cotton.
They will have different colors to draw it.
 Activity 3 Science:
Planting seeds
First, I prepare enough seeds, soil, watering cans,
small shovels, gloves and transparent pots for all
children.

Then, the teacher ask the children different

questions like why seeds might need soil and why
they need water?

After that, the children choose the bean seeds they

want to plant. Then the children will start to plant
the bean seed. Then, they will draw the eyes,
mouth and nose to stick it on the cup.

Activity 4 Phonice:
Giving children flascards that have different letters
to write them by using play-dough.

Activity 5 Math:
Kids will use the play-dough to follow the number
and write the number by using board pen.

Differentiation activities (Support)

I am going to use the cart behaviour to control the kids who not set quietly on the carpet.

Also, if I can’t keep up with child I will set this child next to me.

I am going to give star sticker for the child who set nicely in the carpet and who clean nicely in
the carpet.
 Resources
& Time Plenary/Conclusion

Powe I am going to use the powerpoint to show the kids the steps of
rpoint growing of the plants.
I am going to ask the kids what’s the first step and the second ect..
then I will ask them how many steps we have to planting seeds?
Then, we will count the steps.

Homework No home work

Assessment Formative assessment
Strategies:

☐ Observation ☐ Student self- ☐ Oral questioning ☐ Peer assessment

assessment

☐ Quiz ☐ Student ☐ Written work ☐ Verbal feedback

presentation and feedback
 Reflection

Name: Mahra Al Shamsi.

ID: H00373590.

My lesson was on 22 October on Tuesday about how to plant.

My goals for this lesson are meeting each child’s needs and interests to feel comfortable and
enjoying the learning by:

● Providing the environment with the supportive resources.

● Differentiate the activities to meet each child’s level.

● Clear explanation to meet the teacher expectation from each child.

● Be available to provide support if needed.

My goal is teaching the children about how to plant seeds. 50% of children are being targeted
to understand how to plant the seeds on the soil by following the steps; this lesson will be
achieved in 45 minutes.

In addition, I achieved many things in my lesson for example; I noted the children understood
the lesson and how to plant and what do you think the plant needs to grow up. I know this while I
am doing the formative assessments: Oral questioning but I forget to do the four corners to insure
the students understand next time I am going to include formative assessment strategy in my
lesson. I interacted with the kids while doing the morning cycle, explaining how to plant in a
regular way. Asking kids many questions about the planting.

What is the benefit of having the students turn and talk after a question has been posed to them?
 The benefits when children turn and talk after I ask the question, are allow the children to
think, talk to each other, and share the idea. I think in this way the children become more active
and knowledgeable about what they learn during the lesson. Also, the teacher allows all children
to participate in the discussion, rather than a few children participating in a class.

What is the purpose of the active engagement portion of the lesson cycle? Did your lesson
include this or was there only an introduction and modelled practice?

The goal of this part of the lesson to activate prior knowledge and get kids thinking. Remained
the kids of how to plants they have studied previously on the first day in this week because I
can’t teach them new things so in this school have a weekly plan for all the teachers. Also, I
improved the idea for this lesson to kids learn new thing. For example, how to plant seeds? In the
center, I added the sorting seeds and drawing the sunflower by using fork painting. I planted the
seed, and I used questioning techniques to elicit responses from students. I ask the students to
turn and talk with their partner about what they think a plant needs to grow. I did the introduction
and modeled practice only because my MST said the time is finish because in this school, they
have only 8 minutes to teach the kids on the carpet. I think next time; my MST should give me
ten or fifteen minutes to cover all the things in my lesson. After kids finished talking to their
partners, I asked them what does a plant need to grow? Kids answered me appropriately. But, I
tried to cover all things on my lesson and I reviewed the centers quickly for the kids.

Things I want to improve:

1- I should to do the formative assessment like four corners because I need to cover all the
points in my lesson and I need to see if the children understand or not.

In the future:

I will use the fun book like “The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle, to introduce fun activity, this story a
picture book that details the life cycle of a seed. From there, I can use several related activities to
keep them motivated to learn more about plants.