Gardening

Curriculum details

Strand

All Around Us (Strand 6)

Sub-strand

Gardening (6.7)

Content standard

K1.6.7.1 - Demonstrate understanding of the types of soil.

Indicator

K1.6.7.1.3 - Use a variety of new vocabulary learnt about soil to make simple sentences about it.

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 9 (Week 33 of the year)

Term is the curriculum's own; the week within it is our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order. Follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference

Kindergarten Curriculum (KG1 and KG2), 2019, p. 87

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Using word card game, teacher places word cards upside down in front of learners. In turns, learners pick cards for teacher to read. Learners repeat the word.
Asks learners to form own sentence with the word (e.g. I play in the sand. Some trees are tall). Write some of the sentences on the board for them
Using conversational poster, have learners through LEA compose a simple story on the pictures using some of the keywords on the word cards (Write their story on manila card). Guide them to illustrate their story
With the use of conversational poster, have learners identify the following: people, farm tools, buildings, and trees. Have learner represent them with counters (bottle tops, sticks, shells, etc) and count the number in each group. Let learners use comparative language to describe the groups. You can extend this to include addition and subtraction