Plants -2 · KG2 Integrated Learning

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: K2.6.6.1.1 - Share ideas about the things (Nutrients) plants need to grow well.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Mention at least three things plants need to grow well (water, sunlight, good soil, air).
Observe and describe differences between plants that are growing well and plants that are not.
Sing a song about plants and what they need to grow.
Share their own ideas during circle time discussion about why some plants grow well and others do not.
Make simple predictions about what will happen to a plant that does not get water or sunlight.

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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