Subject: English

Year: 4 Bestari

No. of pupils: __/41

Date : 3/9/2018

Day : Monday

Time : 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Theme: World of Knowledge

Topic : Unit 11: Insect Investigator

Focused Skill: Listening and Speaking

Proficiency level: Intermediate

Previous Knowledge: Pupils know there are different insects in this world.

Content standards:

By the end of 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to understand and respond
to oral texts in a variety of contexts.

Learning Standards:
1.3.1 Able to listen to and demonstrate understanding of oral texts by:
(a) asking and answering questions

Behavioural objectives:
1. Pupils able to label the body parts of the insects correctly.
2. Pupils able to describe the insects correctly.
3. Pupils able to talk about their favourite insect in front of the class.

Language Content: Proper nouns: names of insects: butterfly, bee, stick insect, body
parts of insects: abdomen, thorax

Resources/Teaching aids: Mahjong paper, colour papers and pecils

Cross Curriculum Emphases

1. Thinking skills: Critical thinking skills, creative thinking skills.

2. Multiple Intelligences: Visual spatial intelligence, interpersonal skill
 3. Moral Value(s): Pupils learn how to cooperate with one another to achieve a
common goal.

Stage/Time Content Teaching-Learning Remarks

Activity
Questions: 1. Teacher asks Preparation Phase
Set 1. Questions: questions. (Setting the tone of
Induction 2. Teacher introduces lesson)
1. What is this? topic of the day to
(5 minutes)
(beehive) pupils. Rationale:
 To introduce
2. What animal pupils to today’s
produces this? lesson.

3. When you are

walking in a park, you
will see an animal on
a flower. What is that
animal called?
(butterfly)

5. When you are

walking on the grass,
you can see this
animal hopping
around. What is this
animal called?
(grasshopper)
Presentatio Activity: 1. Teacher teaches about Imagination Phase
n Learning time! insects. (Exploring,
(15 2. Teacher shows pictures generating, probing
of insects. and synthesising
minutes)
- 3 insects: 3. Teacher points out each ideas)
- Butterfly body part of the insects.
- Bee 4. Teacher asks few pupils Rationale:
- Grasshopper to label the body parts of To teach the body parts
the insects. of the insects
5. Teacher asks pupils to
brainstorm other insects
- Body parts: which have the same
body parts. Teaching aids:
- Abdomen Mahjong paper

- Head Assessment for

learning objective 1
- Antennae

- Thorax

Practice Activity: 1. Teacher explains how to Development Phase

(10 play the game. (Guided practice)
“Snake & 2. Teacher demonstrates
minutes) Ladders” how to play the game. - To provide
3. Pupils play the game.
opportunity for
Instruction: pupils to
1. Group
leader tosses practise more
a dice. on what they
2. Leader
moves have learnt.
accordingly.
3. Once Teaching aids:
landed, each - Reading scripts
group will work
together to Assessment for
state the learning objective 2
characteristics
of the insect
while the other
group judges.
4. If leader
gets it right,
leader is
allowed to
throw dice
again to move.
 5. The fastest
to reach the
finishing line
wins.

Production Activity: 1. Teacher distributes Action Phase

(25 colour papers to pupils. (Independent practice)
minutes) 2. Pupils draw their
Instruction:
favourite insect.

3. Teacher chooses pupils Teaching aids:
randomly to talk about -Papers
their insect. -Colour pencils

Assessment for
learning objective 3
Closure Conclusion of lesson 1. Teacher asks pupils Closure phase
(5 minutes) some questions to recap (Summary and
the lesson. reinforcement)

To revise what had been

taught and reinforce
pupils’ learning.