Grade 1 Science — Term 3, Week 7
5 day-plan(s) · WeLearn JA SCI T3 G1
Day 1: Our Beautiful Island Home
Grade 1 Science · Term 3, Week 7 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Appreciate the natural beauty around us. |
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| Materials | Local landscape pictures |
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| Key vocabulary | nature, beauty, island, care |
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| Engage (starter) | "What do you love about where you live?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: look at local land, sea, and plants; share what we enjoy in nature; tap-to-reveal natural places. |
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| Plenary (close) | Name a beautiful place in nature. |
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| Assessment | Appreciates nature. |
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| Teacher notes | Celebrate the Caribbean environment. |
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Day 2: Keeping Our Beaches and Rivers Clean
Grade 1 Science · Term 3, Week 7 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Recognise the need to keep water places clean. |
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| Materials | Clean and littered beach pictures |
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| Key vocabulary | beach, river, clean, litter |
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| Engage (starter) | "Why should we keep the beach clean?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: compare clean and littered water places; discuss how litter harms sea animals; sort helpful actions. |
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| Plenary (close) | Name one way to keep a beach clean. |
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| Assessment | Suggests cleaning actions. |
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| Teacher notes | Relevant across the Caribbean. |
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Day 3: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Again
Grade 1 Science · Term 3, Week 7 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Practise the three Rs to care for our world. |
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| Materials | Reusable items, bins |
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| Key vocabulary | reduce, reuse, recycle, care |
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| Engage (starter) | "Can we give this item a new life?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: sort items to reduce, reuse, or recycle; make a small reuse craft; tap-to-reveal the three Rs. |
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| Plenary (close) | Name something we can recycle. |
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| Assessment | Applies the three Rs. |
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| Teacher notes | Revisits the Term 1 environment theme. |
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Day 4: Being a Nature Helper
Grade 1 Science · Term 3, Week 7 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Identify ways to care for plants, animals, and places. |
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| Materials | Scenario cards |
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| Key vocabulary | care, help, nature, kind |
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| Engage (starter) | "How can we be helpers for nature?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: sort helpful and harmful actions towards nature; make a nature-helper promise; tap-to-reveal helpful acts. |
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| Plenary (close) | Name one way to help nature. |
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| Assessment | Identifies caring actions. |
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| Teacher notes | Tie together the year's caring themes. |
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Day 5: Review: Taking Care of Our World
Grade 1 Science · Term 3, Week 7 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Consolidate caring for the environment. |
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| Materials | Review cards, craft items |
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| Key vocabulary | review, care, environment |
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| Engage (starter) | "Earth helper challenge!" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: review cleaning, the three Rs, and caring actions in a game. |
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| Plenary (close) | How can you help the Earth? |
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| Assessment | Station accuracy. |
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| Teacher notes | Celebrate helpful actions. |
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