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Exemplar Lesson Plan - Lang Arts
Exemplar Lesson Plan - Lang Arts
This exemplar lesson plan is for your records. It is based on the Content and Learning
Standards provided to you, and is provided by the Ministry of Education to accompany the
Language Arts lesson for the poem Watching a Bumble Bee.
Activities may differ from the ones you have prepared earlier.
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
YEAR : 5
DURATION : 60 minutes
THEME : World of Knowledge
TOPIC : POEM: Watching a Bumble Bee
FOCUS SKILLS: : LANGUAGE ARTS : CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
L/S/R/W/LA
Complementary Skill
1.2 Understand meaning in a variety of familiar contexts
Complementary Skill
1.2.3 Understand with support longer simple narratives on a range of
familiar topics
LEARNING : By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
OBJECTIVES:
MAIN LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
Create a thank you card to show their appreciation for the bees in helping
sustaining the nature.
ACTIVITIES : : Pre-Activity
PRE-LESSON Steps :
1. Put up a picture of a bumble bee and ask pupils what they know about
bees. (Appendix 1).
Suggested questions:
What is this animal called?
What colour is the bumble bee?
Have you seen a bumble bee before?
LESSON : While-Activity
DEVELOPMENT:
Steps:
2. Introduce the title of the poem to the pupils. Ask pupils to guess what
they may see when they watch a bumble bee.
4. Put up Stanza 1 of the poem on the board. Pupils read it together. Ask
pupils this question: “Where can you see bumble bees?”
5. Repeat step 4 with the following questions:
i. Stanzas 2, 3, 4: What do bees do all day long?
ii. Stanza 5: What do bees make?
iii. Stanza 6: What sound do bees make?
6. Distribute Appendix 3. Pupils colour the statements that are true based
on the poem.
7. Show pupils the “Pollination Rock” video.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5yya4elRLw)
8. Distribute the flow map (Appendix 12). Pupils complete the flow map
according to the sequence of events in the video. Guide pupils
throughout the activity. (see Appendix 13) (Cross Curricular Element:
Environmental Sustainability)
POST-LESSON : Post-Activity
Closure
TEACHER’S :
REFLECTION