LESSON PLAN

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TEXTBOOK: MAJOR SCIENCE 1

Unit 7: WHAT PLANTS NEED
Lesson 2 (pages 50, 51, 52)

A. OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Core competences
- Review the previous lesson: sun, water, air, soil.
- Make drawings of plants.
2. General competences
- Communication and collaboration: work in pairs/groups to talk about the needs of plants.
- Problem-solving and creativity: find out more information about the needs of plants.
3. Attributes
- Kindness: help partners to complete learning tasks.
- Diligence: work hard to complete learning tasks.
- Honesty: tell the truth or play fair in games.
- Responsibility: appreciate kindness.
- Leadership: collaborate with teachers to enhance language skills.
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS AND SKILLS
1. Vocabulary
- Vocabulary: sun, water, air, soil
- Recycled vocabulary: flower, plant, leaf
2. Skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing.
C. RESOURCES AND MATERIALS
- Student book – pages 50, 51, 52
- Audio: Audio 25
- Flashcards/Pictures (What plants need)
- Teacher’s Guide
- Computer, projector, ….
D. LEARNING EXPERIENCES

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 Teacher’s activities Students’ activities PowerPoint
WARM UP/REVIEW (5 minutes)
Objective: To attract Ss’ attention to the lesson and lead in the new lesson.
*Greeting
- Greet the students: - Greet the teachers.
“Hello, how are you?”
“I’m fine, thank you. Please sit down.”

*Review the previous lesson:

- Ask students to look at the picture of flowers - Look at the picture and - Slides 2-7
and guess “What are they?” answer.
- Show the sentences and conduct a fill-in-a- - Do the task.
blank activity.
- Let the class say the missing words together. - Say the words out loud.
- Appraise the students. - Appraise the students.
→Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can say the words correctly.
- Task completed: Students can say the words.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to say the words.
PRESENTATION (10 minutes)
Objective: To help students identify the needs of plants.
*Lead-in: Review the previous lesson.
- Ask students to close the books to review the - Try to recall what you
previous lesson before studying the next lesson. have learned.
- Show flashcards one by one about the needs of - Look at the cards and
plants. read the words out loud.
- Have students read the words out loud. - Try to memorize the
- Ask them to name a plant’s needs individually. answer and join the
The next student cannot repeat the answer of the activity.
previous one.
- Introduce the lesson: Today we’re going to
continue the lesson about the needs of a plant.

*Exercise 1: Write the missing letter.

- Ask students to look at the pictures. - Slide 8
- Have students look at the example. - Look at the pictures.
- Ask students to do the rest. - Recall the word and say
a letter to complete the
- Check the answers and correct them if word.
needed. - Write down the suitable
letters for pictures 2, 3,
and 4.
- Self-correct the
*Exercise 2: Connect. Then answer. answers. - Slide 9
- Ask students to look at the picture and the
numbers. - Listen to the teacher,
look at the picture and
- Explain the activity: Connect the dots to see the numbers.
the complete picture. - Look at the drawing.
“We have 16 dots in total. You need to Then complete the

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 connect them together to see the picture.” picture themselves.
- Demonstrate the activity by connecting the
first 3 dots. Then let students do the rest. - Think of the answer,
- Walking around the class to monitor students then raise their hands to
and assist them. answer the question.
- After students finish drawing, give them 30
seconds to think of the answer. - Look at the answer and
- Then, ask them the question in the book: ask for explanations if
“What is it?” necessary.
- Show the correct answers.
- Explain the word “sunflower” to students if
necessary.

WE DO – TORN PAPER ART

*Exercise 3: Tear colored papers to make - Slides 10-11
- Point to the picture and ask students “What is
it?” - Look at the book and
- Explain the requirement of the exercise: "We answer the question.
have to add the plant's need."
- Ask students to show their colored paper and
pick their favorite colors. - Hold sheets of paper in
- Tear a circle to demonstrate the sun and ask their hands.
students to do the same. - Follow the teacher’s
- Ask students to continue. Walk around the instructions and make
class to monitor students and assist them. their own circles.
- Randomly call 3-4 students to show their - Complete their work.
work to the whole class.
- Ask students to stick the stickers to the - Show their pictures to
picture. the whole class
- Stick the stickers on
- Instruct students to describe their picture page 51.
using the structure: “This is my picture. This - Listen to the teacher’s
plant/ flower needs sun, water, soil, and air." instructions and
- Randomly call 3-4 students to talk about their describe their pictures.
work.
🡪Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can listen, identify, and talk about the needs of plants
correctly.
- Task completed: Students can listen and identify the needs of plants
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to identify the needs of plants.
PRACTICE (10 minutes)
Objective: To help students be able to apply the knowledge in real-life situations.
STORY
*Exercise 4: Listen to the story.
- Ask students some questions to recognize - Answer the question. - Slide 12
the context of the story:
+ How many people are there in the story?
+ Where are they?
+ What are they doing?
- Ask students to raise hands to answer. - Listen to the
- Play the recording the whole through and recording and follow

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 ask them to follow the conversation in the conversation in
their books. their books.
*Exercise 5: Listen and act.
- Show students the story of 2 students - Look at the - Slide 12
talking about a plant. conversation and listen
- Play the recording again and pause after to the audio.
each sentence for students to repeat. - Listen and repeat.
- Read the conversation and ask the students
to repeat it.
- Let students work in pairs. Walking
around the class to monitor students and - Practice with their
assist them. partners.
- Ask some pairs of students to come to the - Act out the story in
board and act out the story. front of the class.
- Check their pronunciation and intonation.
Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can listen to the story and act it out correctly and
fluently.
- Task completed: Students can listen to the story and act it out.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to listen to the story and act it out.
PRODUCTION (5 minutes)
Objective: To help students have more practice to remember what they have learned.
Game: Picking apples
- Introduce the game. - Listen to the rules - Slides 13-27
- Explain the rules: carefully.
+ Divide the class into teams A and B. - Ask T if there is any
+ Each team will randomly choose an confusion.
apple and answer the question. The team
that answers correctly will get points.
+ If one team chooses the wrong answer,
another team will answer. If the other
team answers correctly, they get the
points.
+ The correct answer is green. The wrong
answer is red. After answering, press “the
back button”.
- Make sure students know how to play the - Join the game.
game.
- Encourage them to enthusiastically join
the game.
- Control the class. - Praise the winner.
- Praise the winner.
→Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can remember the words and sentences from the lesson
and answer all the questions in the game correctly.
- Task completed: Students can remember the words and sentences from the lesson.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to remember the words and sentences from the lesson.
WRAP UP AND HOMEWORK (5 minutes)
Objectives: Relax, have more practice, and remind students what they need to do at home
*Wrap-Up:
- Introduce the video. - Listen to the teacher. - Slides 28,29

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- Play the video “Peek-a-boo” and encourage - Watch the video, sing
students to sing and dance along. and dance along with the
- Praise the students. song.

*Homework:
- Go through what students have learned from
the lesson. - Listen to the teacher.
- Ask students to learn the words and phrases
from the unit by heart.
- Require students to practice listening,
speaking, reading, and writing at home.
- Ask students to prepare for the next lesson.
REFLECTION
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