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Strategic Partnership Project (Key action no 2)
“ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH FORMAL
AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION” (ACEAFNE)
CURRICULUM INTEGRATED ACTIVITY
LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL
DATE
TEACHER
CLASS
SUBJECT
CURRICULAR COVERAGE
TOPIC OF THE LESSON
TIME
Lanchester EP Primary School (England)
Spring Term 1 2016
Helen Startup
Year 2
Science (Life on Land: 15 ~ Rainforests)
Science / Geography
Sorting living thinsg into groups
1 hour (formal lesson)
OBJECTIVES
 Children to sort living things into groups (mammals, birds, reptiles)
TEACHING STRATEGIES
 Presentation
 Example text
 Partner talk
 Partner work
TEACHING METHOD
 Whole class
 Partner task
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
 Recap previous learning – What living things do we find in rainforests? Discuss and
feedback.
 Run through PPT which explains groups with examples from the rainforest – mammals,
reptiles, birds.
 Play game – Which group do I belong to?
 Demonstrate task by putting a living thing in each group.
 Task: Chn to work in pairs to cut and stick rainforest living things into the three groups.
ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT
 Great lesson which developed chn‟s knowledge of living things found in the rainforest as
well as their understanding of animal groups.
STUDENTS‟ IMPACT *
 Greater knowledge of living things.
 Key vocab e.g. mammals.
CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE STUDENTS‟ BEHAVIOUR, INTEREST, ACTIVITY:
 Chn enjoyed lesson.
 Most chn worked well in pairs.
 Some pairs needed encouragement to work together.
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