Lesson Plan

Subject : English
Class : Year 4 Zamrud
Date : 13 April 2015
Day : Monday
Time : 12.15 – 01.15
Enrolment : 29
Theme : World of Knowledge
Topic : Care for the Sea (Unit 6)
Focus skills : Reading
Integrated skills : Writing
Content Standard :

2.2 By the end of the 6 year primary schooling, pupils will be able to demonstrate
understanding of variety of linear and non-linear texts in the form of print and
non-print using a range of strategies to construct meaning.

Learning Standard :

2.2.2 Able to read and understand phrases and sentences from:

(a) linear texts

2.2.4 Able to apply dictionary skills:

(a) Locate words
(b) Meaning of base word
Explicit/Objectives : By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
(i) Look up the meanings of eight words in the
dictionary.
(ii) Complete sentences using those words.
CCTS : Grouping and categorising, Generating ideas
Multiple Intelligences : Visual-spatial, bodily-kinaesthetic, musical, linguistic and
interpersonal.
Moral values : Cooperation and appreciating the sea
Teaching Aids : Word cards, Music Box with sentence strips inside,
and textbook.
Stage / Time Content Teaching and Learning Remarks
Activities
Set Showing pictures of 1. Teacher put up pictures of Rationale:
Induction sea creatures: sea creatures. To engage the
(5 minutes) 2. Teacher asks students students’ interest
-Turtle what the pictures are all towards the whole
about. lesson.
3. Students guessed the
pictures. Resources:
-Octopus Pictures

Multiple
Intelligence:
-Fish Visual-Spatial

-Seahorse

-Sea
Stage / Time Content Teaching and Learning Activities Remarks

Presentation Word cards activity 1. Teacher put up eight Rationale:

(15 minutes) outline flashcards of the words. To make the
2. All the flashcards should be students
covered by another piece of understand the
hatchery
paper or cloth. vocabulary learned.
3. Teacher divides students into
nestling
groups. Resources:
4. Student in each group Word cards
flippers becomes a 'messenger'.
5. The messenger goes to any Moral Value:
excited one of the flashcards around Cooperation
the classroom and
survive memorizes the word on it Multiple
quickly. Intelligence:
hatchlings 6. The messenger then goes Bodily-kinaesthetic,
back to his/her group and Linguistic and
conservation tells them that word. Interpersonal.
7. They write it down on a piece
of paper.
8. The other student in the
group take turns to become
messengers until all eight
words has been written
down.
9. A representative from each
group writes the group's eight
words on the board.
Stage / Time Content Teaching and Learning Activities Remarks

Practice Look up meanings in 1. Teacher teaches students Rationale:

the Dictionary how to arrange the eight
(15 minutes) To enhance
words in alphabetical order
students’ dictionary
and identify their root words.
skills and
2. Students, in their groups,
vocabulary.
look up the meaning of those
words in the dictionary and
write the meaning on the Resources:
piece of paper.
Dictionary
3. Teacher checks their
answers, and help them Moral Value:
understand all the words. Cooperation

Multiple
Intelligence:
Bodily Kinaesthetic
Stage / Time Content Teaching and Learning Activities Remarks
Production Musical Box game 1. Teacher plays music as the Rationale:
(20 minutes) Music Box is passed To make students
around. be able to use the
2. When the music stops, the words as well as
students holding the box enjoy the lesson.
draws one sentence strip
from the box and reads it Resources
out. Audio material,
3. Students have to complete music box, and
the sentence with one of sentence strip.
the eight words learned
earlier.
4. The rest of the class can Multiple
help if the student is Intelligence:
unsure. Musical,
5. The game continues until all Linguistic and
the eight sentences have Interpersonal.
been completed correctly.
6. Students write the
sentences on the board.
7. Students read the
sentences and go through
the answers again with the
teacher.
Stage / Time Content Teaching and Learning Activities Remarks
Closure Instillation of moral 1. Teacher revises on the Rationale:
(5 minutes) value topic. To let the
2. Teacher instils the good students be more
values of appreciating of open minded.
the sea.
Multiple
Intelligence:
Linguistic

Follow up activity : Students read and answer questions in textbook page 56 in their workbook.
 She sees the ____ of a turtle in the dark.
Kinah is very _____ to see the turtle.
Loud noise and bright lights will disturb a
______ turtle.
It starts to dig a hole with its ______.
They immediately take the eggs to the turtle
______ nearby.
Kinah will help to take the ______ out to the
beach and released them.
She hopes the hatchlings will ______ and
come back one day.
Her family helps with the turtle ________
programme every year.

Outline, excited, nestling, flippers, hatchery, hatchlings,

survive, conservation.
 outline
flippers
survive

conservation
hatchlings
nestling
hatchery
excited