Teachers Name: Law Nge Siang Time Frame: 60 Minutes
Class: 3 YLL!" Subject : Science School: S#$%&' &hung (ua ng)ilili Topic: The *ternal +eatures o, -nimals Learner Le.el/&haracteristic s 30 of the year three students in a class. They are active learner li!e activities. "# of them are fast learner "0 are medium learner and $ are slo% learners. &o%ever they are %ea! in the 'n(lish subject. They encounter bi( problem as readin( 'n(lish te)t %here they unable to understand %ell about the content. *ne of the capabilities that most of the children in this class already have for readin( te)t is encodin(. They have learnt the consonant sounds in their previous lesson and this leads them to have the ability to read out the %ords properly. Learning !01ecti.es/ Learning !utcomes2 +t the end of this lesson students %ill be able to: ". ,dentify the e)ternal features of the animals. -. State $ e)ternal features of an animal verbally. 3. .atch animals %ith their common e)ternal features. $. /ist do%n similarities and differences of the animals that have been discussed. ducational (omepage2 http:00!ids.national(eo(raphic.com0!ids0animals0 *ne of famous educational institutions in the %orld. ,ts interests include (eo(raphy archaeolo(y and natural science and the promotion of environmental and historical conservation. This site offers information about various type of animals not only picture and te)t but different animals video available too.
http:00%%%.!idsites.com0sites1edu0animals.htm The site content list includes 2uality content (ood presentation values and most importantly subject matter that is safe and suitable for children to vie%. Printed Materials and Supplies 3orld of Science and Technolo(y 4Te)t boo!5 # Snails stra% hat costum of farmer computer /C6 7rojector Te)t of animals C6 of animals sound pictures of animals manila card %or!sheet 30 pcs plain paper Pre.ious )nowledge2 Students already learned types of animals and parts of animal in year ". *ternal Instructional .ent Content Planned Instructional -cti.ities3 -nticipated Learners4 -cti.ities3 ".8ain attention Snail show2 Teachers 2uestions: ". 3hat animal is this9 -. ,s it different from other animals9 3hy does it so special9 3. 3hat do you thin! the shell %ill feel li!e9 $. 3hy the shell is important to snail9 ". Teacher brin(s the real model : # snails to the class. -. Teacher divides students into # (roups. There are ; pupils in each (roup. 3. Teacher (ives each (roup a snail. $. Teacher re2uires pupils to observe the snails %ithout touchin( and disturb them. ;. Teacher as!s students 2uestion re(ardin( to the snail after the observation. #. Teacher leads students to the e)planation of e)ternal features of animal durin( the discussion. .oral <alue: Protect animals Students learn to not hurt any animals %hich do not harm to us. Students sho% their care to the animals. ')pected responses: ". This is a snail. -. =es it has a shell on its body. 3. ,t is hard and stron(. $. ,t protect the snail. S)ills2 *bservin( +naly>in( The functions of this level is to obtain the students attention so that they will watch and listen, while the teacher presents the learning content. Real animals-snail is prepared by the teacher during the lesson in order to give a clearer picture about the topic and connect students to the real world. Learning is a function of experience and the best education is one that is sensory-rich, emotionally engaging, and lined to the real world.! "#. Laverne $ %. &udith, '(()* Teacher scaffolds the pupils by providing them to experience in the activity. This may eep them to the long term memory about what they have learnt. Teacher eeps asing +uestion to activate students using their previous bacground nowledge that contribute in the lesson. ,oral value - *ternal Instructional .ent Content Planned Instructional -cti.ities3 -nticipated Learners4 -cti.ities3 -.,nform learners of objective 6ifferent animals have different e)ternal features ,dentify the e)ternal features of an animal ". Teacher %ears a stra% hat and dressed as a farmer on the spot. +t the same time tell students that today %ill brin( students to visit his farm1 ?7a! +bus &appy Farm@. -. Teacher plays bac!(round music 4natural music %ith animals sound5 to create the sense of farm. 3. Teacher %elcomin( students to ?7a!1+bu &appy Farm@ and sho% a 7o%er7oint presentation of different animals pictures. $. Teacher tells students that these are the animals that he feed in the farm and different animals have different e)ternal features. ;. Teacher (uides the students to (uess the objectives of todays lesson. Teacher e)plains ho% todays learnin( benefit the students. Students e)cited full of curious and e)pectancy. This level is to mae students aware of what to expect so that they are aware and prepared to receive. .owever, Learning /b0ectives are normally designed for teachers, rather than the students, thus they must be transformed into a more causal language. Thus, do not include ob0ectives as written in course design plan1 theyre very dry and boring that way. 2 prefer to state them as if 2 were face to face with the students. 2 would suggest 2f your course has characters, let them tell the students what they will learn and what to expect. ,y activity in level ' is one of the example. *ternal Instructional .ent Content Planned Instructional -cti.ities3 -nticipated Learners4 -cti.ities3 3.Stimulate recall of prior !no%led(e ". Sho% a 7o%er7oint presentation of animals pictures and different types of animal 46ifferent features5. -. Teacher %ill as! the pupils about name of the animals their habitat and their sound 4Aelate to the lesson5 3. Then teacher %ill sho% the animals %ithout its certain e)ternal features. $. Teacher %ill as! the pupils to dra% and sho% the parts of the animals that are missin(. ;. Then teacher %ill e)plain the concept of ?e)ternal part@. This level is design to recall the students previous nowledge of animals 3lthough we are capable of having our creative minutes1 it is much easier to build on what we already now. e.g. remind the students of prior nowledge relevant to the current lesson, provide the students with a framewor that helps learning and remembering. 4art of stimulating recall is having the learners tae notes and drawing mind maps. Learning is enhanced by encouraging the use of graphic representations when taing notes "mind or concept maps* such as semantic mapping "Toms-5ronowsi, 678'*. That is why the method being apply by me. *ternal Instructional .ent Content Planned Instructional -cti.ities3 -nticipated Learners4 -cti.ities3 $.7resent ne% content /earnin( vocabulary *bserve the picture: ". Teacher sho%s to student electronic flash cards 4desi(ned usin( .S 7o%er 7oint5. 'ach flash card contains a vocabulary such as bea! featherB... -. Teacher pronouns each %ord follo%ed by students. Teacher (ives a clear definition of each %ord after pronouncin( it. 3. Teacher (ives the te)t to each the pupils to read to(ether in the classroom. $. Teacher 2uestion pupils about the te)t (iven. ;. Teacher %ill sho% the e)ternal parts of animals body to the pupils. #. Teacher as!s the pupils %hich animals match %ith the features (iven. C. Teacher as!s the pupils to identify the animals based from the e)ternal features (iven. Teacher5s 6uestions2 D. &o% many animals can you find from this te)t9 E. 3hat are the differences bet%een these animals9 "0. 3hat are the e)ternal features from each animal9 "". 3hy do you thin! it is important for them9 4e.(.: butterfly5 *pected responses2 ". Four animals. -. They have different types of e)ternal features. 3. Futterfly has %in(s ,t uses them to fly. S)ills2 G Aeadin( G Spea!in( *ternal Instructional .ent Content Planned Instructional -cti.ities3 -nticipated Learners4 -cti.ities3 Teacher identifies the difficult words before reading. 5y using this way, teacher ale to ensure all the students can read and understand well about the text given. 2t can attract students to focus on the main ideas in the text. Teacher applies text as the teaching aid in order to practice the reading sill among pupils. Teacher also scaffolds students learning by +uestioning. 9uestions permit people to chec for understanding and obtain information.! ":. L. :aniel, 677(* This supports students in absorbing new nowledge and enriches their prior understanding. The text given is about the topic of external features of animals. The si;e of each picture in the text is bigger enough for the year < students to see. The external features of those animals are shown clearly in the pictures. 5esides, the words and sentences are found easy to understand which is suitable to the level of year < students. 5ig fonts have been used in the text to ensure all the readers are able to read it properly. ,ost of the words that created are easy and simple which can extend students understanding through this topic. *ternal Instructional .ent Content Planned Instructional -cti.ities3 -nticipated Learners4 -cti.ities3 ;.7rovide learnin( (uidance ". Teacher as!s the pupils to form into (roups 4# (roups that already divided by teacher5. -. Teacher plays the sounds of different animals usin( C6. 3. The (roup of pupils needs to use their part of body to act or sho% the e)ternal features of the animal based on the sound of animals that (iven %hen the teacher calls their (roup. $. 7upils are only allo%ed to use their body lan(ua(e to represent the actions %ithout spea!in(. ;. 8roup that presents %ell %ill (ain " mar! and for the (roup %hich fails to do it %ill (et 0 mar!s. #. The (roup that (ets hi(her mar! %ill become the %inner. Moral 7alue2 &ooperati.e-Students cooperate with their peer to carry out their wor) during the acti.ities S!ills: G /istenin( G Communicatin( 2n order to help my students to learn and retain the nowledge, 2 try to provide alternative approaches that illustrate the information that 2 try to convey. 2n fact learning can be more effective by including examples, case studies, graphics, storytelling, games, etc. Thus, to enable students to extend their existing levels of comprehension, interesting game is organi;ed. 2t engages students to participate and en0oy in their learning process. 3 good teaching offers a lot of surprises for the children to go through in their learning process. They communicate with their peer groups in order to get highest mar. This game helps to recall their previous nowledge and apply them again during the game. =hildren try to remember and demonstrate the external features using their body language. *ternal Instructional .ent Content Planned Instructional -cti.ities3 -nticipated Learners4 -cti.ities3 #.'licit performance ". 7upils are re2uired to stay %ith their o%n (roup. -. Teacher provides some pictures of animals and a bi( table dra%n on a manila card for each (roup. 3. 7ictures are needed to classify the animals accordin( to their e)ternal features 4$ types of e)ternal features 5 and paste them on the table of manila card. S!ills: G classifyin( G communicatin( The pictures given encourage pupils to enrich their nowledge and practice the scientific sills of classification. They conduct the nowledge through this hand on activity. Through activity, teachers believe they help their students to mae sense of the concepts being taught.! ".. &ennifer, '((6* Teacher guides and scaffolds students by organi;ing interesting activity "classify and paste*. 2t attracts the students interest within the topic. They wor collaboratively with their peers and are given chances to communicate in front of class. *ternal Instructional .ent Content Planned Instructional -cti.ities3 -nticipated Learners4 -cti.ities3 C.7rovide feedbac! ". Teacher re2uest each (roup pastes their %or! on the blac! board -. Teacher (uide the students to discuss on their %or!. 3. Teacher (ives comment and point out their mista!e 4if any5 so that they can correct them. 2mmediate feedbac is important to students after eliciting responses as it will enhance learning. #ith this, teacher has opportunity to reinforce and correct the performance. *ternal Instructional .ent Content Planned Instructional -cti.ities3 -nticipated Learners4 -cti.ities3 D.+ssess performance *ercises 82 Let us circle and colour GCircle and colour the picture of animals %hich have same e)ternal features %ith same colour in the farm. *ercise 92 Try it: GFill in the blan!s %ith correct %ords to ans%er the 2uestions. ". Teacher (ives the %or!sheets for pupils to complete. -. Teacher e)plains about the %or!s or e)ercises. 3. Teacher (uides and assist the students %ho are %ea! in this topic. $. Students are allo%ed to use dictionary to find the %ords that they are not understand. ;. Students discuss the ans%ers %ith teacher. This is the section that is conducted by teacher to evaluate the children to see if they understood this topic. 2n addition to these classroom techni+ues, exercises and homewor can be used formatively if teachers analy;e where students are in their learning and provide specific, focused feedbac regarding performance and ways to improve it.! "5. 3nn $ ,.=olin, '(('* /n the other hand, it also gives opportunity for those students who do not fully understood about the topic to practice more through these exercises. Teacher is taing an informed and active role in scaffolding to guide students to develop their learning. *ternal Instructional .ent Content Planned Instructional -cti.ities3 -nticipated Learners4 -cti.ities3 E.'nhance retention and transfer 6ra% and label For e)ample: ". Teacher (ives each pupil a paper. -. 7upils are re2uired to dra% " animal that they li!e most on the paper (iven. 3. 7upils need to label the e)ternal features that can be found on the animals. $. Teacher selects some students to read out their labels of e)ternal features. ;. 'very student pastes their dra%in( on the board at the bac! of the classroom. #. Teacher summari>e the lesson today by as!in( pupils: 3hat are the $ e)ternal features of animals that %e had learnt today9 State - e)amples of animals %hich possess similar characteristic %ith the animals that have been learnt. S!ills: G 6ra%in( G Aeadin( %ritin( Repeated practice is the best way to ensure that people retain information and use it effectively. %o, at this level, 2 try to lead students to recall and practice what they have learnt in drawing. 2 changed another way to scaffold children. 2 re+uire the students to carry out their understanding by drawing rather than use all the words. %tudents usually feel bored when the lesson is coming to the end. >inally, they will not pay attention to what teacher is taling about. Thus, this is a way to attract their attention bac to the lesson and participate in every learning process. *ternal Instructional .ent Content Planned Instructional -cti.ities3 -nticipated Learners4 -cti.ities3 =our reflective comments about 8a(nes E events of instruction: 8a(neHs Nine /evels of /earnin( model provides me a chec!list to use before , en(a(e in teachin( activities. 'ach step hi(hli(hts a form of communication that aids the learnin( process. 3hen each step is completed in turn students are much more li!ely to be en(a(ed and to retain the information or s!ills that theyHre bein( tau(ht. , believe anyone %ho uses this approach before any type of teachin( or trainin( session or presentation theyHll remember ho% to structure their session so that their people (et the best possible learnin( e)perience.