Steps in Cleaning Sitting Rooms and Preparation of Home Made Cleaning Agents (Primary 3)

 

 

HOME ECONOMICS 

PREVOCATIONAL STUDIES 

FIRST TERM  

WEEK 9 

PRIMARY 3 

THEME – HOUSE CARE 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Articles (Materials) for Cleaning Rooms and Home Cleaning Agents (Primary 3)

TOPIC – CARE OF ROOMS IN THE HOUSE 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introductory Activities

2. Preparation of Home Made Cleaning Agents

3. Steps in Cleaning Sitting Rooms

 

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 –

1. prepare and produce home made cleaning agents.

2. state the steps in cleaning sitting rooms.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

Eggshell, salt, detergent, etc.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

Materials used for producing home cleaning agents.

 

 

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 

Teacher’s Activities – Guide the pupils to discuss how to clean a sitting room.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate in class discussion.

Teacher’s remark – Listen to the pupils and give a cheer for active class discussion. Note their points on the board, provide materials for producing home made cleaning agents like Vim and give the pupils the instructions for the production.

 

STEPS IN CLEANING SITTING ROOMS 

1. Open doors and windows in the sitting room.

2. Take out or lift light furniture, etc.

 

 

3. Remove the cobweb.

4. Sweep the sitting room after the removal of cobwebs.

5. Dust furniture, equipment and materials.

6. Leave the room clean and tidy after work.

 

MATERIALS USED FOR PRODUCING HOME CLEANING AGENTS 

Materials needed for making home made cleaning agents are –

  • One of the following – Eggshell, Sail shell, Fine sand or Broken China ware
  • Detergent

 

Procedures –

  • Grind the egg shell and piece of China ware into fine powder.
  • Sift the mixture to smooth powder.
  • Mix the powder thoroughly with detergent powder.
  • Store in a covered container.

 

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. Discuss and demonstrates the steps for cleaning a room.

Pupil’s Activities – Clean their class rooms.

 

 

3. Discusses how to produce cleaning agents with raw materials present and label them.

Pupil’s Activities – Helping teacher to produce cleaning agents from raw materials provided.

 

CONCLUSION

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

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to:

1. mention 5 steps in cleaning a sitting room.

2. produce cleaning agents, label and store for use.