Plants - 2 · KG1 Integrated Learning

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: K1.6.6.1.2 - Talk about the cover page and identify how plants grow in a read aloud story

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and talk about the front cover of a storybook about plants, including the title and pictures
Open a book correctly from the front cover and turn pages one at a time
Listen to a story read aloud and identify simple ways plants grow (for example, seeds need water, soil and sunlight)
Participate in echo reading by repeating short phrases from the story after the teacher
Answer simple oral questions about how plants grow based on the story

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Curriculum details

Strand: All Around Us (Strand 6)
Sub-strand: Plants - 2 (6.6)
Content standard: K1.6.6.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how plants grow
Indicator: K1.6.6.1.2 - Talk about the cover page and identify how plants grow in a read aloud story
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. 83
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Using a story book on the theme, ask learners to talk about the cover page and open the book correctly. Have learners do pretend reading and guide them open the pages correctly.
Using Echo-reading strategy, read aloud the story and guide learners to read aloud too. Use questions to assist learners to monitor their understanding and highlight the proper handling of books
Use varied questions for the after-reading stage to reinforce the proper handling of books. Ask simple questions about the story for learners to answer.
Provide learners with different drawn and real objects like tins of milk, milo, etc. empty boxes of sugar, etc. kites etc. and have them discuss according to a given attributes. Have them discuss 2-D and 3-D objects using real and drawn objects and compare some of the objects according to a given attributes as done in K1.6.5.1.2. Have learners colour outline of cut out shapes