PLANTS

Subject: NATURAL SCIENCE             

                  

Teacher: BELÉN MURILLO MURILLO

 

Title of the Unit   PLANTS                                                

Course / Level    5ºPRIMARIA       

                                  

 THE MAIN OBJETIVES ARE:

    To know the general characteristics of plant 

    To use simple criteria to classify plants

  To understand the function of plants nutrition

 

IN THE DIDACTIC UNIT WE WILL WORK ABOUT:

The basic characteristics of plants 

The parts of a plant

 Classification of plants. Flowering plants and Non-flowering plants

Plant nutrition

THE MAIN VOCABULARY  AND GRAMMAR THAT WE WILL USE:

Nouns:  Roots, stem, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds.

 Verbs: to grow, to get, to absorb, to lose, to need, to capture, to keep, to carry, to reproduce, to release, to produce, to transform.

Adjetives: thick, cold, cool, shine.

Preposition inside, from, in, over, through.

Routines: Hello, How are you today? Today is Monday..... Today is sunny and windy... Have you ever seen a plant with flowers? Do you prefer big or small plants?...

Grammar: Present simple, How Many...?,  Firstly, then, finally... there is/are...

Final task.

Plant germination. Do an experiment.

Students will see what happens to seeds when we plant them in different conditions.

At the end of the unit we are going to find out what germination is.

THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE WILL MAKE AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE WILL USE.

®     Let´s speak. Using a poster, the teacher can review previous learned concepts using PDI.

®     Reading the texts.

®     Using their own glossary notebook, like a picture dictionary.

http://www.dibujalia.com/dibujos-ficha-my-plants-dictionary-5214.htm

®     Answer questions with simple sentences.

®     Worksheets. Matching activities, filling gaps, true or false sentences… http://www.exploringnature.org/db/detail.php?dbID=26&detID=2463

http://www.woojr.com/plant-life/how-do-plants-grow-color/

®     Video youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6TLFZUC9gI

Experiment.

ø  PDI

ø  Book SM (Natural Science) 5º Primaria

ø  Internet

®     Video youtube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6TLFZUC9gI

ø  Interactive activities. http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/parts.html

EVALLUATION IS ONE OF THE MAIN ASPECTS OF OUR DIDACTIC UNIT. WE WILL REALIZE IF OUR WORK FUNCTIONS.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

$ To identify the parts of the plants.

$ To distinguish the basic characteristics of a plant.

$ To recognize the plant nutrition

EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS

$ Continuous assessment of each student with oral and written texts.

$ Students will show their glossary notebook. It could improve their marks.

Students behavior will be kept in mind.

THE DIDACTIC UNIT TIMING: 2 WEEKS

The methodology is going to be active and participatory. Teacher will try to use motivating activities to work in groups and individually.

BELÉN MURILLO MURILLO