Topic outline
Yr 1-2 Are your pets really alive?
Summary of Theme
Theme is introduced with entry point video which is designed to capture pupils interest and get them to think about animals, by showing different animals and what they do - especially poo! It also asks pupils to think about the things that animals do and how we might decide if they are alive or dead.
Rest of theme then looks at some of the things animals which makes them alive like eat (Nutrition), poo (Excrete), Move, Grow and Reproduce.
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Entry Point - Are all your pets really alive?
Introduction to theme - this may not be a full lesson / activity but can be combined with lesson 1
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Video to watch - opens in pop up window and can be played full screen
Today's Learning - checking with WILFQuestions from pupil workbook so you can go through answer with them once they have completed first section. Pupils could also swap workbooks and mark their own work
Marking pupils work with them is a very beneficial exercise in terms of Assessment for learning - the earlier they learn to do this the better. Older and adult learners when asked to do this feel that the teacher is cheating and not doing their job when they ask learners to mark their own work!
1 How can you tell if something is really alive?
Video shows animals and examples of pets pupils may have it also shows images of virtual pets pupils may have or know of such as Tamagotchi and NintenDogs.
This helps open a discussion on the difference between living & non-living.
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Scheme of Work, Lesson Plans etc
- Web Based Lesson Plan
Resources for this lesson
Video to watch - opens in pop up window and can be played full screen
- Today's Learning - checking with WILF
Questions from pupil workbook so you can go through answer with them once they have completed first section. Pupils could also swap workbooks and mark their own work
Marking pupils work with them is a very beneficial exercise in terms of Assessment for learning - the earlier they learn to do this the better. Older and adult learners when asked to do this feel that the teacher is cheating and not doing their job when they ask learners to mark their own work!
2. What is poo made of?
Asks what is poo made of and makes link to what animals eat. So all animals feed, but on different things: Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivores
Documents for lesson
Scheme of Work, Lesson Plans etc
- Web Based Lesson Plan
Resources for this lesson
Video to watch - opens in pop up window and can be played full screen
- Today's Learning - checking with WILF
Questions from pupil workbook so you can go through answer with them once they have completed first section. Pupils could also swap workbooks and mark their own work
Marking pupils work with them is a very beneficial exercise in terms of Assessment for learning - the earlier they learn to do this the better. Older and adult learners when asked to do this feel that the teacher is cheating and not doing their job when they ask learners to mark their own work!
3. What do animals use food for?
Having established that animals eat food or feed this lesson asks what they use this food for. To MOVE
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Scheme of Work, Lesson Plans etc
Web based lesson plan
Resources for this lesson
Video to watch - opens in pop up window and can be played full screen
- Today's Learning - checking with WILF
Questions from pupil workbook so you can go through answer with them once they have completed first section. Pupils could also swap workbooks and mark their own work
Marking pupils work with them is a very beneficial exercise in terms of Assessment for learning - the earlier they learn to do this the better. Older and adult learners when asked to do this feel that the teacher is cheating and not doing their job when they ask learners to mark their own work!
4. Do animals change?
As well as providing the energy for moving food is also used to grow
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Scheme of Work, Lesson Plans etc
Web based lesson plan
Resources for this lesson
Video to watch - opens in pop up window and can be played full screen
- Today's Learning - checking with WILF
Questions from pupil workbook so you can go through answer with them once they have completed first section. Pupils could also swap workbooks and mark their own work
Marking pupils work with them is a very beneficial exercise in terms of Assessment for learning - the earlier they learn to do this the better. Older and adult learners when asked to do this feel that the teacher is cheating and not doing their job when they ask learners to mark their own work!
5. What do young animals need?
This looks at animals reproducing and growing up, how much care their mothers give and what they need when growing up
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Scheme of Work, Lesson Plans etc
Web based lesson plan
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Video to watch - opens in pop up window and can be played full screen
Reviewing Learning
To review learning ask class to complete the mindmap to show all the things animals do.Then
If you are using this theme in conjunction with a farm visit to a farm which has animals one of the ways you could review work with pupils is by getting them to write some questions to ask the farmer about his animals and how he looks after them, feeding, mucking out, having babies.
Or
Ask children to write instructions for their parents entitled "How to make me grow" and stick on to a seed packet featuring a picture of a child.
Documents for lesson
Scheme of Work, Lesson Plans etc
- Web Based Lesson Plan
Resources for this lesson
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