LESSON PLAN Subject:

English

Date:

19th August 2015

Time:

8.10am-9.10am

Class:

Year 4

No. of pupils:

30 students

Theme:

World of Knowledge

Topic:

Our Solar System

Focus:

Language Arts

Content Standard:4.3 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to plan, organize and produce creative works for enjoyment.

Learning Standard:4.3.1 Able to plan, produce and display creative works based on literary texts using a variety of media with guidance.

Learning objective:

At the end of the lesson, all the students should be able to

1. Produce creative works by making planets mobile.

Educational emphases:

CreativityMultiple intelligences

CCTS:Creative Thinking Skill: Creating mental pictures

Moral valueLove the planets, love the Earth

Teaching aids:Pictures of the planets, The Planet song, template of planet, cardboard, wool, projector, Power Point presentation and speaker.

PROCEDURE / TIME

CONTENTTEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIESREMARK

Set induction( 5 minutes)

Question and Answer session.

Example:

What picture is this?Student A: Solar systemStudent B: PlanetsStudent C: Meteor

1. Teacher shows the picture of the solar system to the students.1. Teacher asks students what they can see from the picture.1. Students response to the teachers question.

Rationale:To recall the previous lesson.

Presentation ( 15 minutes)

Sing along the Planet Song.

Instruction:1) Firstly, teacher will play the song, Baa Baa Black Sheep.2) Teacher wants the students to sing the song together.3) Then, teacher will show the lyric, The Planet Song.4) Teacher asks student to sing the song with the tune, Baa Baa Black Sheep.5) Teacher then asks students to sing the song together.

1. Teacher plays the song, Baa Baa Black Sheep and sing together with the students.1. Then, teacher plays The Planet Song with the lyric.1. Teacher asks students to sing, The Planet Song with the tune Baa Baa Black Sheep.1. Teacher asks the students to sing the song together.

Rationale:To familiarize the name of the planets.

Theory:Behaviourism

Strategy:Singing song.

Practice ( 15 minutes)

Activity: Hangman

Instructions:1) This game needs the students to guess the words by fill in the empty spaces with letters.2) Students need to guess the correct letters to make the word complete.3) If the students unable to guess the correct letters, teacher will draw the Hangman body parts.4) If teacher manages to draw the full body of the Hangman, students will get punishment by taking back the smiley.5) When the students manage to complete the word, they will rewarded with one smiley.

1. Teacher introduces the students the game of hangman.1. Students need to guess the words by fill in the empty spaces with letters.1. The words is about the name of the planets.1. Teacher gives one smiley to the group that manage to fill in the blank spaces correctly.1. Teacher draws the Hangman body parts if the students guess the letters wrongly.1. Punishment will be given if teacher manages to draw the full body of the Hangman by taking back the smiley.

Strategy:Game

Technique:Hangman

Production ( 20 minutes)

Activity: Making Planet mobile.

Instruction:

1) Teacher wants the students to sit in groups.2) Teacher then gives each groups the template of the planets, wool and materials needed to make the planet mobile.3) Students need to make the planets mobile in group.

1. Teacher divides students into groups.1. Teacher demonstrates on how to make the planets mobile. 1. Students listen to teacher attentively.1. Teacher asks students to make the planet mobile in groups.1. Teacher asks the group leaders to show their planet mobile in front of the class.

Rationale:To develop creativity.

Strategy: Making planet mobile

Closure( 5 minutes)Summarizing lesson.

1. Teacher infuses moral value to love the planets, love the Earth.1. Teacher asks students to sing The Planet Song together.

Moral value:Love the planets, love the Earth.

LESSON PLAN Subject:

English

Date:

11th September 2015

Time:

9.10am-10.10am

Class:

Year 4

No. of pupils:

30 students

Theme:

World of Knowledge

Unit:

The Insect Investigators

Topic:

Insects

Focus:

Language Arts

Content Standard:4.3 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to plan, organize and produce creative works for enjoyment.

Learning Standard:4.3.1 Able to plan, produce and display creative works based on literary texts using a variety of media with guidance.

Learning objective:

At the end of the lesson, all the students should be able to

a) Produce creative works by making headband of insect.

Educational emphases:

Creativity

Moral value(s):Take care of the environment

CCTS

Critical thinking skill: Identifying characteristics.

Teaching aids:Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes tune, headband of insect, Power Point presentation, lyrics of the Insect Song, and the tall tall grass.

PROCEDURE / TIME

CONTENTTEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIESREMARK

Set induction( 5 minutes)

Find me!

Instruction:1) This is the tall tall grass.2) There are pictures hidden behind the tall tall grass.3) Teacher chooses students to pick one picture behind the tall tall grass and paste it on the whiteboard.4) Teacher wants students to name the picture that is hidden behind the tall tall grass.

1. Teacher divides students in groups.2. Teacher shows the tall tall grass to the students.3. Teacher chooses students randomly to find the picture behind the tall tall grass.4. Teacher asks students to name the picture hidden behind the tall tall grass.5. Then, teacher introduces the students the body parts of the insects.

Rationale:To give the students the main idea of the learning.

Presentation ( 15 minutes)

Singing the Insect song.

Instruction:1) Firstly, teacher will play the song,Head Sholder Knees and Toes.2) Teacher wants the students to sing the song together.3) Then, teacher will show the lyric,The Insect Song.4) Teacher asks students to sing the song with the tune,Head Shoulders Kness and Toes.5) Teacher then asks students to sing the song together.

4. Teacher plays the song, Head Shoulder Knees and Toes and sing together with students.5. Then, teacher shows the lyric of Insect Song to the students.6. Teacher teaches the students to sing The Insect Song with the tune of Head Shoulder Knees and Toes.7. Teacher asks students to sing the song together.Rationale:To expose the features of insects through song.

Theory: Behaviourism.

Strategy:Singing song.

Practice ( 20 minutes)

Activity: Making Insect headband

Instruction:1) Teacher wants students to make the headband of the insect.2) Teacher will give each students the materials to make the headband of insect. 3) Students can decorate and make the headband using own creativity.

1. Teacher demonstrates on how to make the headband of insect to the students.2. Students listen to teacher attentively.3. Teacher distributes the materials to make the headband of the insect.4. Students that get the same template of the headband become one group.5. Then, teacher asks students to make the headband based on their own creativity.

Rationale:To develop creativity.

Strategy:Making headband.

Production ( 15 minutes)

Activity: Sing Along!

Instruction:1) Teacher tells the students that they will sing the song to the whole class.2) Teacher asks the students to practice the song within their group.3) Then, teacher asks each groups to perform the song to the whole class.4) Teacher then asks everyone to sing the song together.

1. Teacher gives students time to practice The Insect Song.2. Then, teacher asks each group to sing the song with their own headband.

Rationale:To build self-confidence.

Technique:Sing Along

Closure( 5 minutes)Summarizing the lesson

2. Teacher recalls what they learn throughout the day.3. Teacher infuses moral value to take care of the environment.

Moral values:Take care of the environment.