Living and Non-living… · KG1 Integrated Learning

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: K1.6.1.1.1 - Talk about different types of things around us and classify them into living things and non-living things

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Talk about different things they see around them in the classroom, at home and on the school compound.
Recite a short rhyme or poem about things around us and mention the things they heard in the rhyme.
Tell whether a given thing is a living thing or a non-living thing and give a simple reason (for example, “it grows” or “it does not move”).
Sort picture cards and real objects into two groups: living things and non-living things.
Use simple words like “living” and “non-living” when describing things they observe during a nature walk.

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Curriculum details

Strand: All Around Us (Strand 6)
Sub-strand: Living and Non-living Things (6.1)
Content standard: K1.6.1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of living and non-living things.
Indicator: K1.6.1.1.1 - Talk about different types of things around us and classify them into living things and non-living things
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 1 (Week 25 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. 66
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

In a community circle time, let learners recite poem or rhymes about some things around us. E.g. "Akoo ketewa bi" and talk about the key ideas in the poems
Take learners out to observe and identify things around them.
Let learners tell what they saw during the nature walk. Write their answers on the board
Discuss which of the things are living things and those that are not (Living Things grow, move, feed, etc. and Non-Living Things do not grow, do not move, do not feed, etc.).
Assist learners to classify the list on the board into living and non-living things