LESSON PLAN LESSON: What do plants need to grow?

Teacher: Salama Subject: Science

Grade: 3 Unit: Plants. Date: 21/10/2019

SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING

Students will be able to: recognize what how do plants grow and what does it need in order to.

Essential Questions: How Do plants grow?

Guided questions:

Lesson 1: What do plants needs to grow?

Lesson 2: How do plants grow with seeds?

Lesson 3: What is plant’s life cycle?

Lesson 4: Plant your own plant by using the previous lessons information.

In this lesson:

 The students will be able to recognize what do plants needs in order to grow.

Link to prior learning: Students will need to be familiar with the following:

 In the previous year, students can recognize parts of the plants

 Students knew that the plant is living thing.

21st Century Skills: Students will be able to enhance the following skills:

(1) Critical thinking and problem solving, (2) Communication and collaboration, (3) Initiative and self-
direction, (4) productivity and accountability.

Key vocabulary: Sunlight, water, soil, Air, Nutrients, Space, time, seeds.

Common misconceptions for learners: Ways of identifying and addressing these misconceptions:

Students may think that plants should
keep outside in order to grow
Students may think that plants obtain
their energy directly from the sun.
Show the students different pictures or a video about plants
growing inside.
The leaves main function is photosynthesis.

Resources/equipment needed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUBIQ1fTRzI

A3 Paper (What do plants need?). it will contain the vocabulary words (Sunlight, water, soil, air)

Plates

UNIT: LESSON: TASKS/ACTIVITIES

Resources & Time Starter (10 minutes)

Teacher Will: Students Will:

1.Today we are learning about what 3. Have to point to each part and say
do plants needs to grow? the name.

2. Then the teacher will remind the 5. students will have to finish labeling
students about parts of the plants. all parts of the plants.
By drawing a plant on the board.
7. Students have to share ideas and
4. Tr: will choose a random student thoughts in their groups.
by using the name stick to help me
5Es: Engagement: name all of the plant’s parts. 9. ss: Will have to share their answers
with reasons.
6. Tr: what do you think is the plants
living or non-living thing? And when 11. The students have to listen to a
you choose an answer give me a song carefully, then they have to find
reason. Turn and talk to your friends out about the vocabulary words.
in the group. You will have 2 min.

8. Tr: When the time is up, I will

choose a student from each group to
answer the question.

10. Then, I will show a student a

video about what plants needs to
grow?

5E’s: Explanation
12. Tr: There are four things that 13.Then, the students will have to look
plants needs in order to grow and at the pictures together as a class.
become big. They are sunlight,
water, soil and air. while the teacher
is saying the vocabulary words, she
will support it with pictures.
Resources & Time Main activities (30 minutes)

Active Engagement Teacher Will: Students Will:

“Whole class” 1.Ask the students what so you 2. SS: will answer: water, soil,
think plants need to grow? Sunlight.

3. Then I will show the students a

short video about what are the 4. SS: will watch the video and then
needs of a plant. they will share ideas.

5Es: Explore: 5. Then I will show the students a 6. ss: Will have to talk about what
A3 Poster that have what plant’s they see.
Students will look needs.
and touch the soil
and go outside to
7. Then, I will take the students 8. SS: will go outside in the yard they
see the sunlight.
outside in the school yard. To feel will explore the soil how does it feel.
the sunlight and touch a soil. And the heat of the sunlight.

Master students Tr: I will provide a plate for the SS: Each Student in the group will
students. That is divided into 6 have a plate they have to write and
sections.
Develop students Tr: I will provide the vocabulary SS: Have to color the pictures, then
words of the lesson with different they have to match each picture with
pictures. the correct vocabulary words.
Tr: I will provide a plate that have SS: Each student will have a plate,
Emerging students sections with vocabulary words in then they have to read the words and
it. (Seeds / air / soil / water / sun light draw a picture that represent the
/ plant). vocabulary words.
Resources Assessment (5 minutes)

5S: Evaluation Teacher Will: Students Will:

1.Today we learned about what do 3. SS: Will have 2 min to discuss in their
plants need to grow? group

2. Who can tell me what do plants 5. SS will answer: Water / air / sun / soil.
needs in order to grow?
Turn and talk to your friends in the
group.
 4. Then I will use the name sticks that I
did to pull a student name to answer
the question.

Homework Review page 94

Learning styles catered for (✓):

Visual Auditory Read/Write Kinaesthetic

Assessment for learning opportunities (✓):Tr: will write an exit ticket and I will give it to the students.

Observation Student self-assessment Oral questioning Peer assessment

Quiz Student presentation Written work and Verbal feedback

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