Name: Meera Adnan.
Grade Level: Grade 4
CCSS Standards: 26 Language teaching method: direct method.
Main Lesson Aims (Concepts, Procedures, & Processes):
Students will be able to:
-Identify and name living things and non-living things.
- List the characteristics of living things.
- Talk about the differences between living and non-living things.
Materials:
teacher books _
student book(s) _
worksheets/ papers picture of a person or a pet/ pictures of living and non-living
things.
teacher materials Plant, wood, (plastic bird, hamster, turtle, crab), beans, leaves,
rocks, buttons, paper clips, coins, plastic, bottle caps, seashells,
feathers, Styrofoam plate.
student materials/ glue, marker, pencils.
manipulatives
technology _
other _
Key vocabulary with definitions (and pictures if appropriate):
word glossary definition image
Living things
Non- living
Students Prior Knowledge:
In general, students learnt about living and non-living things from their teacher.
Possible Problems and Misconceptions: in this class has one of special needs students. He is
dont understand the words clearly.
Solutions: I will set with him and I will write down some words for him and explain what the
meaning of these words through using some materials for example car, toys, plant, feathers,
etc. So, he will understand the words gradually, or I will give him easy worksheet has some
words of living things and non-living things with their pictures.
Lesson Schedule
Targeted teacher language: good morning/ afternoon boys, listen please, look at this one, excellent...
Student language: good morning/ afternoon teacher, living, non-living, plant, tree, etc.
Engage (warm up, review prior knowledge): time:
I will discuss with the children and develop the idea of living things and non-living 10 mins.
things by trying to find out what living things do e.g. they grow, they breathe, they
eat, etc.
Have children individually or in groups look through magazines and cut out pictures of
things they think are living and non-living or better still, have each child draw or paint
pictures of each group and add captions.
Have each group sort out the pictures into two appropriate piles and then report back to
the whole class to give their reasons for the classifications.
I will Paste the pictures onto two large charts entitled Living Things and Non-Living
Things.
Core (introduce and practice new concepts & procedures):
I will ask the children what living things they know, e.g. plants and animals,
make a long list of as many plants and animals that the children can come up
with.
25 mins.
Focus on animals only and develop the idea of classification (putting them into
similar groups) of animals in the broadest sense e.g. fish, birds, mammals,
insects, spiders
Divide pupils up into interest groups and have them draw/paint pictures of their
favorite animals on the cardboard. Have them paint/draw.
All things can be classified as living and non-living things. If possible, have fish,
a cat, a dog, a bird in the classroom or arrange a visit to a zoo, aviary, farm, etc.
Have Children closely observe the animals and describe their characteristics,
eyes, way they move, mouth, how they eat, how they breathe, drinking, legs,
beaks, scales, feathers, furs, etc.
Have pupils in turn, mime the ways different animals move. Class to guess the
animals.
I will find out what children already know about looking after and caring for pets
and animals.
I will start by asking the children how they would care for fish. List the
responses from a discussion or brainstorming. I will repeat for other animals.
Make large colorful How to Care for charts for many common animals and
include childrens pictures.
I will select various classifications e.g. fish and have the children list as many as
different types of fish as they can. We will try this with other classifications and
make a colorful bulletin board called Fish we know, Birds we know, etc.
Close (wrap up, discussion, brief review activity or assessment):
I will show the students understanding of living and non-living things through 10 mins.
classification of pictures.
Recognize the differences in size, shape, structure and mobility of plants and
animals on a class walk.
Miming the facial characteristics and movements of a chosen animal.
