Care of the Sitting Room, Bedroom and Food Storeroom in the House Primary 4 (Basic 4) – Home Economics

 

HOME ECONOMICS

PREVOCATIONAL STUDIES

FIRST TERM

WEEK 7

PRIMARY 4

THEME – HOUSE CARE 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Various Functional Rooms in a House | Meaning of Room | uses of Sitting Room and Bedroom Primary 4 (Basic 4) – Home Economics

 

TOPIC – FUNCTIONAL ROOMS IN THE HOUSE 

 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introductory Activities

2. Care of Sitting Room and Bedrooms

3. Care of Foodstuff Room

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. Identify various rooms in a house.

2. State how to keep the house clean daily.

3. Attempt 70% (and above) assessment test correctly.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOURS

The pupils can identify and state the tools and equipments used for cleaning various rooms in a house or building.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

 

1. Pictures of various functional rooms in a house.

2. A chart of different steps involved in a daily cleaning of various functional rooms in a house.

3. Brooms, ceiling brooms, duster, dust pan, refuse bin, flower in a small vase.

 

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION

A room is one of the separate parts of the inside of a house. Different rooms have different facilities based on their Uses. There are many rooms in a house which serves different purpose –

1. Sitting room

2. Bedroom

 

3. Dining room

4. Kitchen

5. Food store

6. Bathroom

7. Toilet

 

SITTING ROOM 

A sitting room is a room in a house where people are welcome, sit and relax. It is part of the living room with chairs and center table, electronics.

 

BEDROOM

A bedroom is a room in a house with a bed and it mainly used for resting and sleeping.

Each of the bedroom has its bathroom/toilet. Some bedrooms shared bathroom/toilet except for the master bedroom.

 

CARE FOR SITTING ROOM AND BEDROOM 

 

Caring for sitting room involves –

1. Daily cleaning

2. Airing

3. Sweeping

4. Dusting

 

LESSON 2 – FOODSTUFF ROOM 

FOODSTUFF ROOM

A food store is a room in a house where food are stored.

 

CARE FOR THE STOREROOM

Caring for sitting involves –

1. Weekly cleaning

2. Airing

3. Removal of cobwebs

4. Sweeping

5. Dusting

6. Arranging the food stuff

 

LESSON 3 – CARING FOR SITTING ROOM, BEDROOM AND STOREROOM 

• Reorganize the class as sitting room and foodstuff room for the pupils to demonstrate how to care for the sitting room and foodstuff room.

• Use the school toilet as bathroom.

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Explains the steps involved in the daily care of sitting ROOM, bedrooms and foodstuff room in a house.

 

Pupil’s Activities – Practice in groups how to remove cobwebs, sweep, dust and arrange furniture in the rooms.

3. Demonstrates daily cleaning of sitting rooms, food storeroom and bathroom.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate in daily and weekly cleaning of different rooms.

4. Summarize the lesson on the board.

Copy short notes on daily cleaning of rooms.

 

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

NEXT LESSON

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Ask pupils to:

 

1. State 3 ways of caring for the sitting room.

2. Mention 3 ways of caring for the bedroom.

3. List 3 ways of caring for the foodstuff room.

 

 

WORKBOOK

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)

A. ______ is a room in a house where people are welcome, sit and relax.

A. Restroom

B. Store

C. Sitting room

 

2. ______ is a room in a house where food are stored.

A. Bathroom

B. Store

C. Sitting room

 

3. ______ is a room in a house where people take their bath.

A. Bathroom

B. Store

C. Sitting room

 

4. ______ needs a good water system.

A. Bathroom

B. Store

C. Sitting room

 

5. Which of the following is where food items are kept?

 

A. Bathroom

B. Storeroom

C. Sitting room

 

6. ______ is a room in a house with a bed and it mainly used for resting and sleeping.

A. Sitting room

B. Bedroom

C. Dining room

 

7. ______ is the largest bedroom.

A. Guest bedroom

B. Children bedroom

C. Master bedroom

 

8. Each of the bedroom in the house has its bathroom/toilet.

A. False

B. True

 

9. Some bedrooms shared bathroom/toilet except for the master bedroom.

A. False

B. True

 

10. Good ventilation keeps our foodstuff from damaged.

A. True

B. False

 

11. There is no need to clean the bathroom daily.

A. False

B. True

 

12. Dirty bathroom attractive diseases and germs.

A. False

B. True

 

13. Cobweb is produced by spider.

A. True

B. False

 

14. Any kinds of water can be used for cleaning the bathroom.

 

A. True

B. False

 

15.  Master bedroom is unique and well furnished.

A. True

B. False