Content of Lesson: Methodologies/ Teaching Strategies Lesson Introduction: Talk and The teacher will introduce the lesson by reminding the children of the we read Discussion: earlier today, Journey’. ‘Davy’s listening, The teacher will tell the children that we will be learning all about the homes birds live questioning, in. brainstorming, The teacher will inform the children that we will be making for birds today. pair, share. Lesson Development: The teacher will show the children photos of various types of bird’s nests. The teacher will ask the children what type of animal homes they know of. Learning: We will talk about nests in the school. We will discuss what nests are built from and so group work. on. Active We will talk about why the bird needs the nest, for shelter, to lay eggs etc. Learning: The teacher will then tell the children that we will make homes for the birds around our hands on school. experience. The teacher will provide the children with the necessary materials- toilet roll, peanut Skills through butter, oats. Content: The children will them make the bird homes/ feeders in pairs. observing, We will hang the finished product outside the classroom window for the birds to find. predicting, investigating and Lesson Conclusion: experimenting, The teacher will recap on the lesson by showing the children an on-line estimating and interactive activity in which they must join the animal to the habitat. measuring, The teacher will ask the children what materials the birds use for their nests and analyzing, so on. synthesizing, describing, categorizing, recording and Using Local Environment: use of pupil
Content of Lesson: Lesson Introduction: The teacher will introduce the lesson by reminding the children of the we read earlier today, ‘Davy’s Journey’. The teacher will tell the children that we will be learning all about the homes birds live in. The teacher will inform the children that we will be making for birds today. Lesson Development: The teacher will show the children photos of various types of bird’s nests. The teacher will ask the children what type of animal homes they know of. We will talk about nests in the school. We will discuss what nests are built from and so on. We will talk about why the bird needs the nest, for shelter, to lay eggs etc. The teacher will then tell the children that we will make homes for the birds around our school. The teacher will provide the children with the necessary materials- toilet roll, peanut butter, oats. The children will them make the bird homes/ feeders in pairs. We will hang the finished product outside the classroom window for the birds to find. Lesson Conclusion: The teacher will recap on the lesson by showing the children an on-line interactive activity in which they must join the animal to the habitat. The teacher will ask the children what materials the birds use for their nests and so on. Methodologies/ Teaching Strategies Talk and Discussion: listening, questioning, brainstorming, pair, share. Learning: group work. Active Learning: hands on experience. Skills through Content: observing, predicting, investigating and experimenting, estimating and measuring, analyzing, synthesizing, describing, categorizing, recording and Using Local Environment: use of pupil
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