Living Things… · KG2 Integrated Learning

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: K2.6.2.1.2 - Listen to a shared reading on a traditional story on how some animals became domestic animals.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Listen attentively to a traditional story read aloud and recall the main characters and the setting of the story.
Use picture clues to predict what the story will be about before the teacher reads it aloud.
Answer simple story map questions about the setting, characters, problem and resolution of the story.
Think, pair and share with a partner to identify one difference between domestic animals and wild animals.
Express in their own words why a wild animal might choose to become a domestic animal.

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Curriculum details

Strand: All Around Us (Strand 6)
Sub-strand: Living Things - Domestic and Wild Animals (6.2)
Content standard: K2.6.2.1 - Demonstrate understanding of the importance of domestic and wild animals.
Indicator: K2.6.2.1.2 - Listen to a shared reading on a traditional story on how some animals became domestic animals.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 2 (Week 26 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. 163
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Take learners through picture reading and let them guess what the text will be about. Pretend and ask them to decode a word using the illustration. Read aloud the story and ask simple Story map questions on the setting, characters, the problem and the resolution of the problem. Learners think-pair share and then brainstorm as a whole class the differences between domestic and wild animals. Ask learners to think about why a wild animal would want to become a domestic animal.