Farmer’s Friend – Earthworms Primary 2 (Basic 2)
AGRICULTURE
PREVOCATIONAL STUDIES
THIRD TERM
WEEK 3
PRIMARY 2
THEME – PROCESSES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
PREVIOUS LESSON – Why Farmers should Control Harmful Insects Primary 2 (Basic 2) – Home Economics
TOPIC – EARTHWORM
LEARNING AREA
1. Introductory Activities
2. Identification and Description of Earthworms
3. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to identify and describe earthworm.
ENTRY BEHAVIOUR
Earthworm
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:
1. Live and preserved specimen of earthworm.
2. Sketch of earthworm.
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
1. Scheme of Work
2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
3. Course Book
4. All Relevant Material
5. Online Information
CONTENT OF THE LESSON
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES
Pupil’s Activities – Display sample or chart showing earthworms for the pupils to identify and guide them describe earthworms.
Teacher’s Activities – Describe earthworm.
Teacher’s remark – Earthworms are farmer’s friend. Write the description on the board.
DESCRIPTION OF EARTHWORMS
Earthworms are farmer’s friend.
Earthworms live inside the soil.
Earthworms move around the wet soil.
Earthworms have no born.
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. Leads pupils to describe earthworms.
Pupil’s Activities – Follow the teacher’s lead to describe earthworms.
3. Summarizes the lesson on the board.
Pupil’s Activities – Copy as the teacher writes.
CONCLUSION
To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.
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LESSON EVALUATION
Ask pupils to describe earthworms.