LESSON PLAN LESSON: How do plants grow with seeds?

Teacher: Salama Subject: Science

Grade: 3 Unit: Plants Date: 22/10/2019

SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING

Students will be able to: Know how plants grow with seeds?

Essential questions: How do plants grow?

Guided questions:

Lesson 1: What do plants needs to grow?

Lesson 2: How do plants grow with seeds?

Lesson 3: What is plant’s life cycle?

Lesson 4: Plant your own plant by using the previous lessons information.

In this lesson:

• The students will be able to know how plants grow with seeds.

Link to prior learning: Students will need to be familiar with the following

o In the previous lesson, Students learned what do plants needs in order to grow.

21st Century Skills: Students will be able to enhance the following skills: (1) Critical thinking and problem
solving, (2) Communication and collaboration, (3) Initiative and self-direction, (4) productivity and
accountability.

Key vocabulary: Water, seeds, soil, sunlight, different types of seeds.

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

• Students may think that plant • Plants get their energy from the sun.
get their energy from the soil
through roots.

Resources/equipment needed:

• Class dojo
• Red and green cards for behaviour management.
 • Different types of seeds.
• Soil
• A video to show the students information about seeds and growing plants.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE6xptjgNR0)
• Name sticks
• Smart board
• Different colours of A4 Papers
• Pencil and colours
• seeds

UNIT: LESSON: TASKS/ACTIVITIES

Resources & Time Starter (10 minutes)

Teacher Will: Students Will:

5Es: Engagement: 1.Today we are learning about how 4. Students will have to discuss within
plants grow with seeds? the 5 minutes about the answer.

2. Remind the students about the 6. SS: will answer: Plants needs
previse lesson which is what do water, sunlight, air, soil, time, space
plants need to grow. Tr: We will do a and seeds.
quick revision. By asking the
students questions. 8. SS: will have small whiteboards
they have to draw and predict how
3. What do you think the plants the plant grow?
needs in order to grow? I will give
the students 5 minutes. 10. SS: will raise there drawing.

5. When the time is up, I will choose 12. SS: will have 5min to discuss with
a random student to answer the their group.
question.
14. SS: Plant a seed in the soil.
7. Then, I will draw on the board the
steps of how the seed grows.
Starting from when we plant it in the
soil into a fully-grown plant.

9. When I finish with the picture

Then I ask the students to raise
5E’s: Explanation: their small boards to share their
prediction.
 11. Tr: When we grow plants what
is the first step? Turn and talk to
your friend.

13. Then, each group in the class

will give me an answer.

15. Excellent, good job. Now, when

we select a seed, then we plant it
in the soil.
Resources & Time Main activities (30 minutes)

Active Engagement Teacher Will: Students Will:

“Whole class” 1.Tr: will provide different types of 2.SS: have to look and observe the
seeds for the students. seeds.

2. Then I will ask the students to 4. SS: have to talk and share ideas in
Explore:
predict what kind of plant it will the group.
Students will look at grow.
6. SS: Will have to share ideas and
different types of
3. I give the students 5 minutes to thoughts.
seeds. To see that share ideas with their groups (Turn
each plant seeds is and talk to your friend) 7. For instance the student will
different. answer a flower.
5. Then I will choose a random
student using the name sticks.
Centre 1: Tr: will provide different materials SS: Will create a plant using the
for the students they have to material that have been giving such
Master create the steps of how plant as: a flower, seeds. Then they have to
grow with seeds. label the sections with words.
Centre 2: Tr: Will provide seeds and A4 SS: will make the steps and create a
paper with colors pencil and seeds. plant and they have to add what is
Developing the needs of the plants.
Centre 3: Tr: I will provide different pictures SS: have to first color the pictures,
of bean plant for the students. then they have to cut them and
Emerging Along with a paper. finally they have to put it in correct
order.
Resources Plenary (5 minutes)

Exit ticket Teacher Will: Students Will:

1.Tr: will recap on the lesson. Today 3.SS: We plant the seeds into the soil
we learned about how plant grow then we have to give it water and
with seeds. sunlight.
 2. who can tell me how do plants
grow with seeds?
4. Then each student will get a card
that have questions about the lesson.
5. SS: have to solve the questions and
when they finish, they have to give me
the paper back. So, I can evaluate the
students understanding Then I will give
then the feedback verbally.

Homework Review page 99

Learning styles catered for (✓):

Visual Auditory Read/Write Kinaesthetic

Assessment for learning opportunities (✓): Exit ticket

Observation Student self- Oral questioning Peer assessment

assessment

Quiz Student presentation Written work and Verbal feedback

feedback