Understanding Plant Biology

Warm-up Activities

• Students are asked to look at a picture and discuss with a partner to complete the names of plants.
• Encourage children to go to a garden to observe different types of plants.

Parts of a Plant

• A plant has many parts, each part is important for the plant.
• Parts include: flowers, leaves, fruit, stems, and roots.
• Plants grow from seeds.
• Seeds contain a baby plant.
• When the seed receives air, water, and warmth, the baby plant comes out.
• The baby plant grows into a big plant.

Types of Plants

• Plants come in different shapes and sizes.
• Some plants grow tall, others stay short.
• Big and tall plants with thick stems are called trees. The main stem is the trunk and other thin stems are called branches.
• Trees live for many years. An example is the banyan tree.
• Shrubs are shorter than trees and have woody branches.
• They do not have a trunk but they do live for many years.
• Small plants with soft green stems are called herbs; they live for only a few months.
• Climbers have weak stems and need support to grow straight.
• Creepers grow along the ground.

Identifying Parts of a Plant

• The learner is to draw and colour a plant in their notebook and add labels to the different parts.

Checkpoints/Activities

• Sort and write the names of plants into the correct section for trees, shrubs, or herbs.
• Collect pictures of at least five trees, paste them on chart paper and write their names.

Climbers vs Creepers

• Plants with weak stems are called climbers
• They need support from other plants, sticks or wire nets to grow.
• Plants with weak stems that grow along the ground are called Creepers.

Let us Answer

• Multiple choice questions are provided related to different parts of plants, their type, and life cycles.
• Matching the columns with related information about plants.

Reading Comprehension (Main Ideas)

• Multiple choice True or False questions about different plants
• Answering questions about the trader and the camel in the given story.

Using Grammar

• Identifying common nouns
• Identify and define common and proper nouns.
• Learning to use correct capitalisation with proper nouns

Using Words (Occupations)

• Unscramble words related to different occupations
• Defining words related to occupations.

Assessment of Speaking and Listening

• Listening to riddles, completing them, guessing their answers.
• Answer questions by listening to the speaker.

Speaking (Asking for Permission)

• Recognizing polite ways to ask for permission to do something.
• Identifying situations and developing ways to ask for permission.

Writing (Writing Name and Address)

• Identifying what details are needed for an envelope.
• Learning to correctly write name and address on the envelope.

Numbers 1 - 99

• Counting and writing missing numbers.
• Identifying Ascending and Descending orders of numbers.
• Understanding Expanded and standard form of numbers.
• Understanding place value and face value of each digit in a number.
• Classify numbers as odd or even by looking at the last digit of the number.
• Identify what comes before, after, or between a certain number.
• Using the concepts of ascending and descending order along with even and odd numbers.

Even and Odd Numbers

• Understanding how to identify even and odd numbers.
• Practicing identifying even and odd numbers.
• Identifying how to group numbers in even and odd categories.