LESSON PLAN LESSON: What is Plants life cycle?

Teacher: Salama Subject: Science

Grade: 3 Unit: Plants Date: 23/10/2019

SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING

Students will be able to: Know and create a life cycle of the plants.

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.

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

• Students are familiar with how plant grow with seeds.

• Also, Students are familiar with what are the needs of the plants.

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: Sun, Plant, life, cycle, reproduce, soil, water, sunlight, steps and order.

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

• Students may think plants • Plants take in air through their leaves. Both carbon dioxide
breath by inhaling carbon and oxygen.
dioxide and exhaling oxygen.

• Plants obtain their energy • Energy from the sun allows the plant to carry out
directly from the sun. photosynthesis.
Resources/equipment needed:

1.Smart board

2.Class dojo

3. Students name sticks

4. Different Pictures of the steps of plant life cycle.

5. Different Sheets about plant life cycle.

6. small whiteboard and markers.

UNIT: LESSON: TASKS/ACTIVITIES

Resources & Time Starter (10 minutes)

Teacher Will: Students Will:

1.Today we are learning about plant
life cycle.
5E’s: Engagement
2. Tr: As we all know plants grow and
reproduce in different ways. This action
called plant life cycle.
3. How many steps do you think the
plant go throw in the life cycle to grow?
Turn and talk to your friend.
5.Then, I will choose a random student
using the name sticks.
7.Good guess, we look at our lesson and
see if your guess is correct or not.
5E’s: Explanation
8. Ok, now I will pull up pictures of the
steps of the plant life cycle. I will present
them in the board for the students
4. SS: will have 2 minutes to share with
each other’s.
6.Then, the students will answer: 5 steps.
9. SS: will look at the different pictures and
observe them.
12. SS: will answer seeds.
14. SS: will answer water, sunlight, soil.
18. SS: will have 2 minutes to think about
the next step.
20. SS: will have to guess the answer. The
answer will be the seeds will turn into small
plant.

10. Then I will explain the steps of the

plant life cycle.

11. The first thing in the life cycle of the

plant what do you think we need?

13. Good job, do you remember our first

lesson about plants needs. What do we
have to give the plant in order to grow?
 15. Tr: will explain the steps of the life
cycle of the plant and support the
students will the vocabulary words with
pictures of each step.

16. The, first step, we have to put the

seeds in the soil. Then, we have to give
it water

17. After that, the plant starts to grow

to become a small tree. What do you
think will happen next? Turn and talk to
your friend.

19. Tr: will choose a random student

using the name sticks.

21. Tr: good job.

Resources & Time Main activities (30 minutes)

Teacher Will: Students Will:

Centre1: Master Tr: Will provide a worksheet for the SS: First, they have to draw the plant life
students students. That have different questions cycle. Then they have to write 2 sentences
to do. about the steps that they learned.
Centre2: Developing Tr: Will provide a sheet that is divided SS: They have to draw and write a word to
students. into 4 sections. describe the steps of plant life cycle.

Centre3: Emerging Tr: will provide a sheet that have the SS: Will have to read the vocabulary
students Plant life cycle with pictures and words words Then they have to cut out the
for the students. picture and order them in the correct
order and choose the right word to
describe each step and write it.
Resources Plenary (5 minutes)

Teacher Will: Students Will:

1.Recab on the lesson.
4. SS: will answer we plant the seeds.
2. Today we learned about the life
cycle of the plant. 7. SS: Each group leader will pass out the
small whiteboard with markers for each
3. How can tell me the first step?
one in the group.
5. Excellent.
9. SS: have to answer the questions by
writing the answers in the small board.
 6. Now, each one in the group will have
a small whiteboard and markers.

8. Tr: I will ask the students different

questions and I will give them 3 minutes
to write the answer in the small board.

10. While, I will have a record sheet that

have the students name on it. While the
students are raising the boards with the
answers I will evaluate them.
Learning styles catered for (✓): Tr: will ask the students oral questions. The students who will correctly get
class dojo points. The students will use their small boards to write their answers.

Visual Auditory Read/Write Kinaesthetic

Assessment for learning opportunities (✓):

Observation Student self-assessment Oral questioning Peer assessment

Quiz Student presentation Written work and Verbal feedback

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