KG2 Integrated Learning · Term 3, Week 7

Plants -2

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Curriculum details

Strand
All Around Us (Strand 6)
Sub-strand
Plants -2 (6.6)
Content standard
K2.6.6.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how plants grow and how they prepare their food.
Indicator
K2.6.6.1.1 - Share ideas about the things (Nutrients) plants need to grow well.
Suggested placement
Term 3, Week 7 (Week 31 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. 177

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

* Let learners sing some songs about plants.
* Theme discussion: Follow basic procedures of the community circle time (as in K2.1.1.1.1) and introduce the theme for the week. Display a conversational poster # 19, On the farm and some concrete materials, e.g. small plants, related to the theme, and engage learners in active discussion on the theme for the week using the informational on the poster.
* Go for a Nature walk and observe why some plants grow very well but others not. Back to the classroom, call on learners randomly to contribute to the discussion on what things plants ned to grow well.
Centre time: Have learners grow various plants and put them at different places in the classroom and outside. Put some where there is no sunlight. Grow some in rocky soil, cover some of the, put some outside, grow some in a good soil, some in the classroom but without any water. Have students move to the plants and observe them and come back and share their observation