Appendix 1: Lesson Plan (template)

LESSON PLAN Subject: Science

Trainee: Mohrah Majed Topic or Theme: Planning in the garden

Class: KG1-B Date & Duration: Nov 1st, 2019

Trainee Personal Goals

I am working on incorporating different strategies to use in the classroom and focus on linking
to the student prior knowledge.

Lesson Focus

Student will learn about part of plants and what do they need to grow.

Lesson Outcomes

 Checks the physical properties of plants and explains how the main parts of the plants help
in keeping it alive.
 Explain the importance of water, air, light, sand in the lives of living things: plants, animals
and humans.

Links to Prior Learning

Some of the student are familiar with planting with their families

21st Century Skills

Communication: students are talking during the lesson to the teacher and to their
colleagues.
Critical thinking: teacher will ask the student about part of plant in the beginning of the
lesson and in the end.
Creative: student will make a sprout house to keep observing every day and see what
happened to their plant.
Leadership: on each group there is a leader that help the student whenever the teacher is
busy
Technology literacy: I used computers to show a video how does the plant grow and what
does it need to be alive.
Key vocabulary

seeds, leaves, flower, stem, roots, soil.

Possible problems for learners Solutions to possible problems

Lack of language Use simple words and visuals
Struggling with fine motor skill
Prepare the items and use pencil grippers

Resources/equipment needed

Plant cards, board, cupcake liners, seeds, straw, thread, leaves, colour painting for children,
papers, plastic bag, crayon colours, real flowers, agriculture tools for kids.

TASKS/ACTIVITIES
Resources
Introduction
& Time
15 minutes Student will answer the teacher Teacher will:
question and they will share their show the part of plant cards on the
answer with the class. board and discuss the parts with the
student;
What do the roots do?
How do the roots help keep a plant
alive?
What is the purpose of the leaves?
What does the stem do?
What do flower do?
One by one the teacher will explain the
function of plant part.

The teacher will define the stem as the

part that carries water from the roots
to the other parts of the plant.
Explain that the flower helps the plants
reproduce, making seeds that will grow
into new plants. Explain the leaves by
telling the student it the air and light
that plant needs to live.

Resources Main activities

 & Time
20 minutes Students will: Teacher will:
Student will have a paper to stick First center; student will use some
the object which are used to objects to present the part of the
represent the parts of plant. flower, cupcake liners, seeds, straw,
cupcake liners will used to present thread, leaves.
the flower also they will use some
seeds to put in the middle of the
flower, then they will use straw to
show the stem and thread for the
roots, finally they will stick natural
leaves to give us full part of a plant.

The student will have part of plant
and they must recognize the order
of it, first is the seeds and roots then
it’s the stem and leaves, finally a
flower which they will use art
technique to paint using q-tips.
Second center; here the student will
have separate part of plant which they
need to stick them in right order after
that they will use color painting to
paint the flower.

Here the student will explore how Third center; the student will create
the plant is growing by creating a sprout house seeds to see how the
sprout house for their seeds, they plants grow.
will put a seed into a small plastic
bag with some tissue and water so
every day they can look at their
plant and draw the part of it with
the date.

The student will organize the cards Fourth center; the student will have a
by the order of the cycle of plant. card that has the part of plant so they
First, is seed, sprout, seedling, should organize it by the plant life
flower, again seeds. cycle.

The student will have a paper Fifth center; here the student will draw
includes a flower and they must what does a plant need
draw what does the plant needs like
the sun and rain which present the
water and soil, air.
 Last activity will be as a whole class,
which the student will planting their
plants out of the class and they will
share their information’s about
planting and part of plants and what
does the plants need.
Sixth center; each student will have
their plant, the teacher will take them
out to planting the plant, while doing
this they will look at the part of their
plant.

Differentiation activities (Support)

Emerging student will get a model to follow.

Differentiation activities (Stretch)

Developing student will use technology, planting game.

Resources
& Time Plenary/Conclusion

Students will share what did they Teacher will

do and share their ideas and Invite students to present their plants
thoughts of what did they see and to the class, being sure to share their
what does the plant need. plants name and function.

Homework

Assessment In the beginning of the class the teacher will present the outcome and she
Strategies: will ask oral question to know and observe the students. The teacher chooses
student self-assessment to know where the student’s level is so she can
manage it. The teacher use ClassDojo and give written and verbal feedback.
 Observatio  Student self-  Oral ☐ Peer assessment
n assessment questioning

☐ Quiz  Student  Written  Verbal feedback

presentation work and
feedback

Reflection:
My lesson outcome was about part of plant and describe what does the plant needs to grow.
Some of the student are familiar with the plants they have it at home and some of them they
used to plant with their families, so I showed the student cards include part of plant and I
asked them to tell me the steps and the functions of each part and I explained it again to the
student to make sure everyone understand.

I used 6 centers so after that student can rotate, first center the student has different objects
to use them and create a full part plant. Second center, student will have part of plant cutting
paper and they must stick it and color it is using Q-tip painting technique. Third center, student
create sprout house using tissue and plastic bag and seed, so they will observe it every day and
draw what changed. Fourth center was for higher group who finish early, they had life cycle
plant so they should organize it in right way. In fifth center student had a flower sheet and they
colored it and draw what does a plant need, for this activity I had a special need student and I
gave him extra cutting paper and he know where these leaves belong to leaves or to the
flower. Last activity was in the garden I bought 25 flowers and I give each student one, so they
can plant it outside and look to flower function and recognize what the plants needs to grow.

I think the most important part for the students is doing the last activity, they were interested,
and they wanted to explore new things while planting their plants. I think this activity was
useful because they learned the subject and they had the time to implement it, so it is more
memoizable and understandable.

I chose this activity to be in the end because children need to apply and see live things to
understand and memorize after any explanation's agreed with Jean Piaget because he believe
on children learns from their environment because it supports their learning and develop their
skills. Furthermore, Levy Vygotsky does not believe on environment learning, he said that
children should be guided from the teacher which convince student learning as I think.

Every year I learn something from my teaching practice, for this year I learned that
differentiation activities and choose different areas to explain the outcome is much more
beneficial and helpful for the student, student like to change the center and move a lot so
that’s why I would like to rotate the class every 15 minutes so the student will not be bored
and they are learning more.

In my future I will focus on my previous mistakes and try to teach the student from the first
day about my rules and what do I use for my class, of course with my MST help.