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Weather and Sky

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe the appearance of the sky during the day.
Draw the objects that can be seen in the day sky.
Appreciate the appearance of the sky during the day.

Learners to observe the sky (the sun, clouds, and sky)during the day and share their observations with others.
-Individually draw the objects that can be seen in the day sky.

What do we see when look at the sky during the day?

Charts
Pictures
Sky
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 1.

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Weather and Sky

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe the appearance of the sky during the night.
Draw the objects that can be seen in the night sky.
Appreciate the appearance of the sky during the night.

Learners to observe the sky (the stars, moon, and clouds)during the day and share their observations with others.
-Individually draw the objects that can be seen in the night sky for example stars,moon.

What do we see when look at the sky during the night?

Charts
Pictures
Sky
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 2.

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Weather and Sky

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe the characteristics that make day sky different from the night sky.
Create a book about the day sky or the night sky.
Display your illustrations in class.

Learners are guided to describe how to create a book with sky day and night sky for example mention night objects such as moon,stars.
-Individually and in groups createa book about the day sky or the night sky.

Which is your favourite day(night or day)?

Charts
Pictures
Videos
Pencils
Drawing books
Sky
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 3.

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Weather and Sky

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe how to perform blue sky experiment.
Perform the blue sky experiment.
Enjoy pefroming the blue sky experiment

Learners are guided to discuss the process of perfoming the blue sky experiments for example materials needed are torch,milk,water etc.
-Individually and in groups learners to perform the blue sky experiment for example fill the 2-litre

How does clear blue sky look like?

Charts
Pictures
Videos
Pencils
Drawing books
Sky
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 4.

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Weather and Sky

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe how to perform cloud in a bottle experiment.
Perform cloud in a bottle experiment.
Enjoy pefroming the cloud in a bottle experiment.

Learners are guided to discuss the process of perfoming the cloud in a bottle experiment for example fill the bottle with water
.Individually and in groups learners to perfom the cloud in a bottle experiment for example fill the bottle with water

What do the clouds look like?

Charts
Pictures
Videos
Pencils
Drawing books
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 5-6.

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Exploring weather conditions

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe different weather conditions.
Demonstrate types of different weather conditions.
Appreciate different weather conditions.

Learners are guided to describe how different weather conditons look like for example the wind blows,the sun shines so high.
-Individually and in groups learners to describe how different weather conditions look like.
-Individually match names with the correct weather conditions.

How does the wind blows?

Charts
Pictures of weather conditions
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 7-8.

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Exploring weather conditions

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe vocabularly used in different weather conditions.
Write the vocabularly used in different weather conditions.
Display the ability to use different weather conditions.

Learners are guided to describe words used to defibe different weather conditions for example warm,temperature

Which words do you use to describe weather conditions?

Charts
Pictures of weather conditions
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 9-10

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Exploring weather conditions

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe situations of different weather conditions.
Draw a picture of the weather and match with sentence.
Appreciate pictures of different weather conditions.

Learners ar guided to describe situations of different weather conditions for example sun,cloudy

How does it rain?

Charts
Pictures of weather conditions
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 10-11

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Exploring weather conditions

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe how to make a rainbow.
Make a rainbow using locally available materials.
Enjoy making the rainbow.

Learners are guided to describe how to make a rainbow for example fill the glass all the way to the top.
-Individually and in groups learners to make a rainbow using localy aviable materials for example fill the glass all the way to the top.

How do we make a rainbow?

Charts
Pictures of weather conditions
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 12.

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Exploring weather conditions

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe how to make a windsock
Make a windsock using locally available materials.
Enjoy making a windsock.

Learners are guided to describe how to make a windsock for example cut one sleeve off an old long-sleeved.
-Individually and in groups learners to make a windsock using localy aviable materials for example smallrock,wire,string.

What is a windsock?

Charts
Pictures of weather conditions
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 13.
Charts
Pictures of weather conditions
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 13.

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Water

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Name several sources of water.
Point at the pictures on sources of water.
Appreciate sources if water.

Learners to discuss and name sources of water for example rain,river.
-Individually and in groups learners to point at the water sources for example pictures of well,river.

What are sources of water?

Charts
Pictures of sources of water
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 14-15.

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Water

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe uses of water.
Demonstrate how to use water.
Enjoy using water.

Learners to describe different uses of water for example industrial use,power useagriculture use

What are the uses of water?

Charts
Pictures of sources of water
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 16-17.

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Water

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe how to make a water diary using pictures.
Make a picture diary on water use.
Display the pictures in the class.

Learners are guided to describe how to make a water diary using pictures for example pupils washing hands,drinking water etc.
-Individually and in groups learners to make a picture diary on uses of water.
-They display and appreciate each other work.

How do we use water?

Charts
Pictures of sources of water
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 18.

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Water

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Discuss the importance of water.
Write the importance of water.
Appreciate the importance of water.

Learners are guided to discuss on the importance of water for example used for drinking

How do we use a water well?

Charts
Pictures of sources of water
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 18-19.

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Water

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Visit nearby sources of water.
Draw different sources of water.
Display ability to identify different sources of water.

Learners are guided to visit nearby water sources for example lakes,wells etc.
-Individually and in groups learners to draw different sources of water for example a dam.

Do you know any water source?

Charts
Pictures of sources of water
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 18-19.

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Water

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe how to model different sources of water.

Make models of sources of water.
Appreciate different sources of water in the immediate environment.

With the support of the teacher, learners to make model sources of water in the class learning space/corner as a project.

How can you model a dam?

Charts
Pictures of sources of water
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 20.

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Water

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Discuss on how to create a scrapbook on careful use of water.
Create scrapbook on careful use of water.
Apply the skills of using water in our daily lives well.

Learners to create and share with others a scrapbook on careful use of watereither in the home or at school as part of a personal experience and to bring out the value of careful use of water

How should we conserve water?

Charts
Pictures of sources of water
Clay/Plasticine
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 20.

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Soil

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Discuss different things about the soil.
Demonstrate how to scoop the soil.
Enjoy scooping the soil

Learners atre guided to discuss different things about the soil for example where soil comes from?where we find soil?
-Individually and in groups learners to demonstrate how to scoop the soil

What is soil?

Chart
Soil
Spoons
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 21.

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Soil

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe dirt found in the soil.
Collect different kind of dirt found in the soil.
Display and labe the sample collected.

Learners are guided to describe the dirt found in the soil for example loose soil,dry,hard-packed soil.
-Individually and in groups learners to collect different kind of dirt in the soil.

What things are found in the soil?

Chart
Soil
Spoons
Containers
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 21-22

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Soil

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Observe and touch different textures of soil.
Discuss different textures of soil.
Appreciate different textures of soil.

Learners are guided to explore and discuss different textures of soil for example soft,hard.
-Individually and in groups to observe and touch different textures of soil

What are the different textures of soil?

Chart
Soil
Spoons
Containers
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 21-22
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 23-24.

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Soil

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Discuss how to mix different types of soil with water.
Mix different types of soil with water.
Develop curiosity in playing with water.

Learners are guided to discuss how think they might think will happen if they mix different types of soil with water for example clay,loam

How can we mix soil with water?

Chart
Soil
Spoons
Containers
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 24-25.

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Soil

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe how to make mud bricks.
Make mud bricks.
Appreciate making bricks.

Leaners are guided to describe how to make different types of bricks for example mix several different kinds of mud

How do we make bricks?

Chart
Soil
Spoons
Containers
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 26-27.

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Soil

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Model different objects using soil at school.
Describe how to model using different types of soil.
Develop curiosity in playing with soil for enjoyment.

Learners are guided to watch video on how to model different different objects using soil for example sticks,houses.
-Learner to model different objects using soil.

How do we model objects using soil?

Chart
Soil
Spoons
Containers
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 26-27.

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Soil

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe how to make different patterns using soil.
Make different patterns using soil.
Develop curiosity in playing with soil for enjoyment.

Learners to draw on the soil and make different patterns using soil paints.
-Individually and in groups make different patterns using soil.

How do we paint using soil?

Chart
Soil
Spoons
Containers
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 26-27.

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Plants

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Take a nature walk and identify immediate plants.
Name the plants in the immediate environment.
Appreciate the immediate plants in the immediate environment.

Leaners are guided to take a nature walk and name the plants in the immediate environment for example mango tree,jacaranda tree.
-Individually name and draw the plants they have seen for example mango tree,jacaranda tree.

What plants are found in the immediate environment?

Charts of plants.
Plants in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 29

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Plants

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Identify the parts of plants.
Write parts of a plant in the correct place.
Display ability to name parts of plants.

Learners are guided to name parts of plants for example flowers,leaves and stems.
-Individualy and in groups learners name and write parts of plants for example flowers,leaves and stems.

What are the names to the parts of a plant?

Charts of plants.
Plants in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 30

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Plants

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Observe how a plant is drawn.
Draw a part of plants.
Enjoy colouring parts of plants.

Learners to draw and colour plants that they liked during the nature walk.

Which colour is your plant?

Charts of plants.
Plants in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 30

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Plants

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Discuss factors necessary for plants growth.
Plant a seed in the garden or a pot.
Appreciate plant diversity in the immediate environment.

Learners are guided discuss factors necessary for plant growth for example light,water

How do you plant a seed?

Charts of plants.
Plants in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 31-32.

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Plants

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe parts of plants we eat.
Draw lines showing which plant part are eaten.
Appreciate parts of plants that are eaten.

Learners are guided to describe parts of plants that are eaten for example roots for carrots.
-Individually learners to draw lines showing plant part are eaten for example cabbage to leaves.

Which parts of a plant are eaten?

Charts of plants.
Plants in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 33-34.

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Plants

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe the procedure of making salad recipe.
Make a salad using different fruits and vegetables.
Appreciate use of different parts of plants.

Learners to discuss the procedures of making salad recipe for example prepare fruits,leaves by washing.
-Individually and in groups learners to make a salad.

How do you make salad?

Charts of plants.
Plants in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 35-36.

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Animals

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Identify different animals in the immediate environment.
Observe different animals in the immediate environment
Appreciate diversity of animals in the immediate environment

Learners are guided safely explore animals in the immediate environment . -Using stimulus materials, learners in groups observe and identify different animals

What animals are found in the immediate environment?

Charts of plants.
Animals in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 39-40.

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Animals

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe how different animals are covered.
Draw animals with their cover.
Appreciate animals cover.

Learners are guided to describe how different animals are covered for example fur a cat,feather birds

How are animals covered?

Charts of plants.
Animals in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 40.

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Animals

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe where different animals live.
Draw pictures of animals shelter.
Appreciate shelter of different animals.

Learners are guided to describe how different animals live for example kennel-dog,shed-a cow.
Individually and in groups draw a picture of animals shelter.

Where do animals live?

Charts of plants.
Animals in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 41.

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Animals

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe how different animals move
Demonstrate how different animals move
Enjoy moving like different animals.

Learners are guided to describe how different animals move for example a cat walks on four legs.
-Individually and in groups learners to practice how to walk on four legs.

How does a cat move?

Charts of plants.
Animals in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 42-43.

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Animals

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe the similarities and differences of animals.
Write the similarities and differences of animals.
Appreciate similarities and differences of animals.

Learners are guided to discuss the similarities and differences of animals for example a cat and dog has fur and four legs etc.
-Individually and in groups learners to write down the similarities and differences of animals.

How does a cat looks similar to a dog?

Charts of plants.
Animals in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 44.

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Animals

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe their favourite animal
Draw their favourite animal.
Appreciate different types of animals.

In groups learners are guided to describe their favourite animals.
Individually learners to draw their fvourite animal

Which is your favourite animal?

Charts of plants.
Animals in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 45.

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Animals

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Listen to a story about animals.
Narrate a story of animals.
Enjoy listening to stories.

Learners listen to case stories on animals for enjoyment.
In groups narrate a story about animals

What do you think the story is about?

Charts of plants.
Animals in the immediate environment.
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 45.

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Animals

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe the procedures of modelling different types of animals.
Model different types of animals.
Enjoy modelling animals.

Learners are guided to describe how to model different animals.
Individually and in groups learners to model different types of animals

How do you model animals?

Charts of plants.
Animals in the immediate environment.
Plasticine/Clay
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 45.

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Animals

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Identify sounds of different animals.
Imitate sounds of different animals
Enjoy imitating different animals.

Learners are guided to describe sounds of different animals.
Individually and in groups learners to imitate sounds ofdiffernt animals for example a cat miaows!

Hod does a cat sound?

Charts of plants.
Animals in the immediate environment.
Plasticine/Clay
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 45.

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Animals

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
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Describe the lyrics of a animal songs
Sing a song about animals.
Enjoy singing animal song.

Learners are guided to listen to lyrics of animal songs.
Individually and in groups learners to sing a song about animals.

Which animal song do you know?

Charts of plants.
Animals in the immediate environment.
Songs
MTP Environmental Activities Grade 1 pg 45.

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