PITO BI 2016 CENTRE: TAWAU

LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE

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YEAR: 4
TOPIC: OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
SKILL: Listening & Speaking
LEARNING STANDARD: 1.1.2 Able to listen to and enjoy stories
1.1.4 Able to talk about related topics with guidance

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
i. listen and say the names of different planets in the solar system with correct
pronunciation
ii. talk and explain about a planet in the solar system
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Stages Activity Steps Classroom Talk

Induction 1. Teacher writes T: Class, I will show

the code of every you a secret code that
Presentation Secret code
alphabet on the I have learnt before.
board.
T: Now, I want you to
2. Teacher gives a
try to guess what are
secret code.
the words.
3. Pupils decode the
code to form P: Our Solar System.
three words (the
topic).

Video Clip 1. Teacher shows a T: Class, lets watch

video clip about this video.
the solar system.
T: What is the video
Lexical Set 2. Pupils watch and
about?
listen to the
Mercury, Venus, video. P: This video is about
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, 3. Teacher poses a the planets and the
Uranus, Neptune, few questions to Sun.
sun, solar system, pupils about the
moon, stars, travel, video. T: What is the centre
daytime, night of our solar system?
P: The centre of our
 solar system is the
sun.

Completing the 1. Teacher T: Now, I will distribute

Task Sheet distributes some pictures.
Practice
pictures of
T: I want you to
planets and task
arrange the pictures of
sheets.
the planet according
2. Pupils watch and
to the order that you
listen to the
have seen in the
video.
video.
3. Pupils paste the
pictures of planet T: Can anyone tell me
into the right the nearest planet to
order from the the sun?
sun in their task
sheets. P: The nearest planet
4. Pupils complete to the sun is the
the task as they Mercury.
watch and listen T: And the farthest
to the video. planet from the sun
is?
P: The farthest planet
to the sun is the
Neptune.
T: Good. Now could
you paste all the
pictures on your task
sheet?
P: Yes.

Role Play (I Am 1. Teacher asks for T: I would like to have

Planet ) 9 volunteers and 9 volunteers to come
Production
assign each of forward.
them with a role
T: Okay, you will be
of a planet and a
Mercury, and you will
sun.
be Venus, you will be
2. Pupils arrange
Earth (so on).
themselves and
line up according T: Now, I want all of
to correct order of you to line up
the planets in our according to the
solar system. correct order of the
3. Pupils are given planets in our solar
30 seconds to system.
talk about the
planet that they P: I am the Sun. I am
are assigned to. the centre of our solar
4. Teacher provides system. I give light.
 guidance. P: I am the Mercury. I
am the nearest planet
to the sun. I am a very
hot planet.
Closure 1. Teacher T: So, today we have
summarise the learned about the
Singing the Solar
lesson. solar system.
System Song
2. Teacher plays the
T: There are 8 planets
solar system
in our solar system
song.
and a sun. What are
3. Pupils sing along
the planets?
loudly.
P: The planets are
Mercury, Venus,
earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Uranus and Neptune.
T: Excellent. Now, let
us sing together.
SECRET CODE

A G M S Y

B H N T Z

C I O U

D J P V
E K Q W

F L R X

Pupils decode the secret code.

TASK SHEET
Identify and paste the name of the planets in the correct order.

Venus Uranus Earth Saturn

Mars Mercury Neptune Jupiter

ROLE PLAY
SUN