APPENDIX 1

Lesson Plan Template

Use this template to plan and develop ALL lessons
LESSON PLAN Subject: Science

Trainee: Shamma Bakhit Topic or Theme: Living and Non-living things

Almazrouei

Class: 1/B Date & Duration: 23/ 10/ 2019

Trainee Personal Goals

I am working on:

- Differentiate activities among the 3 levels.

- Manging the time by dividing the lesson into equal parts.
- Use technology & media in order to teach the lesson (video)
- Let the students be confident when they answer any question.

Lesson Focus

- Students must understand the difference between living and non-living things.
- Students must be capable to know that living things have several factors.

Lesson Outcomes

Students will be able to: understand living and non-living things

Links to Prior Learning

Students may know that living things is (humans, animals)

21st Century Skills

Collaboration and leadership:

- Students will be working in groups so it will increase their social skills.

- Each group will have a leader to monitor.

Digital literacy:

- Teacher will use a video to promote students understanding.

Communication:
 - Students will communicate with the teacher during the lesson.
- Student will communicate with other group members.
- Teacher will use turn and talk strategy.

Creativity and innovation:

- Students will draw a living thing from their imagination.

Key vocabulary

- Living
- Non living
- Grow
- Produce
- Change
- Nutrients
- Move

Possible problems for learners Solutions to possible problems

Student may think that a car is living thing Teacher will tell the students that living thing comes
because it moves from nature but non-living thing is human made.

Resources/equipment needed

- Activity 1 (low students) sort the items and (building a shape)

- Activity 2 (sorting picture)
- Activity 2 (living non living maze)
- Glue
- Coloured paper
- Scissors
- Video
- Key words cards
- Assessment activity (sorting at the board)
- Dice

TASKS/ACTIVITIES
Resources
Introduction
& Time
15 minutes - At the begging of the lesson teacher will ask the students to come to the

Video carpet.
- Teacher: today we are learning about living and non-living things, lets watch
https://www.y
this video to understand more.
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- Teacher will play the video and will pause in each important information.
tch?v=BEz7RPv - After the video teacher will introduce the vocabulary words explain the
QCAI meaning and let the students repeat after her.
Key words cards

Resources
Main activities
& Time
15 minutes Activity 1 (low students) sort the items and (pasting colored paper into a drawing)

-Activity 1 (low - Students will be working in pairs.

students) sort
- Each 2 students will have an A3 paper with a basket of different items.
the items and
(building a - Students must sort the items between living and non-living things.
shape) - After they finish from this part, they must check their work with the teacher.

-Activity 2 - If their work is correct students will have part 2 which they must paste a
(sorting picture) small tiny colored into the drawing and then they must draw a living and
non-living thing.
-Activity 3
(living non-
living maze)

-Glue

-Coloured paper

-Scissors

- dice Activity 2 (sorting picture)

- Each 2 students will have an A3 paper with a zipped page of different

pictures.
- Students must sort the pictures between living and non-living things.
- When they finish and check with the teacher, they can color the pictures.
 Activity 3 (living non-living maze)

- Student must be working in pairs.

- Each 2 students will have a paper of a maze they will be competing against
each other.
- Each time both of the students will role the dice and the one how gets
highest will go first. If for example Mariam will go first, she will start from
the first picture by saying this picture is non-living because it does not
change or grow (student must say the reason)

Check list
Teacher will use students name list in order to check the students understanding of
the lesson during the main activity and the assessment.

Extra activity (circle all living things)

If any student finish they will have an activity which the students must circle and colour all living things.
 Resources
& Time Plenary/Conclusion

15 minutes - Teacher will ask the students to come to the carpet

Sorting at the - Teacher will put a diagram with 2 labeled living and non-living things
board - Teacher will ask students randomly to come at the boards.
- Students must pick a picture and put the picture in their correct place.

Homework -

Assessment - Teacher will say a scenario for our daily life by using living and non- living
Strategies:
real life items.
- Teacher will pause in each item and ask the student if the item is living or
non- living and the other students must put their thumbs up if its correct
and thumbs down if the answer is wrong.
☐ Observation ☐ Student self- ☐ Oral questioning ☐ Peer assessment
assessment

☐ Quiz ☐ Student presentation ☐ Written work and ☐ Verbal feedback

feedback

Reflection: