Social Environment

Our Living Environment - Materials used as bedding

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify locally available materials used as beddings
- Carry out hygiene practices in sleeping areas for a healthy environment

- Learners to share ideas on different materials used as beddings at home
- In groups, learners to discuss various materials used as beddings
- Learners to draw and colour one material they use as bedding at home

What materials do we use as bedding at home?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 1
- Real bedding materials
- Pictures/charts of different bedding materials

- Oral questions - Observation - Written exercise

Social Environment

Our Living Environment - Materials used as bedding
Our Living Environment - Keeping our sleeping areas clean
Our Living Environment - Keeping our sleeping areas clean

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify locally available materials used as beddings
- Appreciate the importance of proper bedding materials

- Learners to manipulate digital devices to watch video clips showing things used as bedding
- Discuss findings in class
- Share experiences about bedding materials used at home

How do different bedding materials affect our comfort?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 2
- Digital devices
- Video clips of bedding materials
- Samples of bedding materials
- Posters of bedding materials
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 3
- Brooms
- Mops
- Cleaning materials
- Bedding materials
- Cleaning materials
- Charts on cleaning schedules

- Observation - Oral questions - Drawings

Social Environment

Our Living Environment - Keeping clean after bedwetting

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Carry out hygiene practices in sleeping areas for a healthy environment
- Advocate for the importance of observing hygiene in sleeping places

- Learners to discuss causes of bedwetting
- Learners to mention hygiene practices to observe during bedwetting
- Learners to role play care for beddings

What should we do when bedwetting occurs?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 4
- Pictures of bedwetting scenarios
- Cleaning materials
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 6
- Digital devices
- Videos on bedwetting management
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 7
- Mackintosh
- Pictures of protective bedding materials
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 8
- Charts showing bedwetting prevention tips
- Maze activity sheets

- Observation - Oral questions - Written exercise

Social Environment

Our Living Environment - Project: Making bedding hygiene posters

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Advocate for the importance of observing hygiene in sleeping places
- Carry out hygiene practices in sleeping areas for a healthy environment

- Learners to make posters showing why it is important to ensure sleeping places are clean
- Learners to display posters in class
- Learners to discuss posters created by classmates

How can we educate others about keeping sleeping areas clean?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 9
- Manila paper
- Markers/crayons
- Scissors
- Glue

- Observation - Peer assessment - Project work evaluation

Social Environment

Our Living Environment - Project: Making bedding hygiene posters
Family Needs - How we show our feelings

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Advocate for the importance of observing hygiene in sleeping places
- Carry out hygiene practices in sleeping areas for a healthy environment

- Learners to complete their posters on bedding hygiene
- Learners to present their posters to the class
- Learners to explain how their posters will help educate others

What messages about sleeping hygiene are most important to share?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 10
- Completed posters
- Presentation materials
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 12
- Pictures showing different emotions
- Digital devices with video clips

- Observation - Peer assessment - Presentation assessment

Social Environment

Family Needs - How we show our feelings

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe how people express feelings in real life
- Label emotions expressed by self and others

- Learners to manipulate digital devices to watch video clips of people expressing various emotions
- Learners to match pictures with emotions expressed
- Learners to draw and color images showing various ways of expressing emotions

What actions do we take when we feel different emotions?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 13
- Digital devices
- Pictures showing different emotions
- Coloring materials
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 14
- Picture cards showing different emotional situations
- Role play materials

- Observation - Oral questions - Drawing assessment

Social Environment

Family Needs - Labelling emotions shown by us and others

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Label emotions expressed by self and others
- Describe how people express feelings in real life

- Learners to play "My emotion game" taking turns to show emotions on their faces
- Learners to match pictures with the correct emotions
- Learners to draw and color pictures showing what they do when expressing different emotions

How can we identify emotions in ourselves and others?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 16
- Flash cards with emotions
- Pictures showing different emotions
- Drawing materials
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 17
- Poster making materials
- Emotion flash cards
- Pictures showing emotional expressions

- Observation - Peer assessment - Drawing assessment

Social Environment

Family Needs - Ways in which emotional needs are met

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe ways in which emotional needs are met in real life situation
- Appreciate the importance of meeting emotional needs in character formation

- Learners to discuss ways of meeting emotional needs
- Learners to role play expressions of emotional needs and how they are met
- Learners to talk about the need for help when role playing expressions of emotional needs

How do people show they care about others' feelings?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 18
- Pictures showing people meeting emotional needs
- Role play materials
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 19
- Pictures showing people praising others
- Charts showing ways to meet emotional needs

- Observation - Oral questions - Role play assessment

Social Environment

Family Needs - Ways in which emotional needs are met

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe ways in which emotional needs are met in real life situation
- Appreciate the importance of meeting emotional needs in character formation

- Learners to role play various situations showing how emotional needs are met
- Learners to make posters showing different ways of expressing emotions
- Learners to sing songs or read stories involving feelings expressed by people

How do we help others when they are emotionally hurt?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 20
- Role play materials
- Story books about emotions
- Poster making materials

- Observation - Role play assessment - Poster assessment

Social Environment

Family Needs - Ways in which emotional needs are met
Food in Our Environment - Common food items in the environment

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe ways in which emotional needs are met in real life situation
- Label emotions expressed by self and others
- Appreciate the importance of meeting emotional needs in character formation

- Learners to identify emotional support needed in different situations
- Learners to discuss ways of helping friends in emotional distress
- Learners to create action plans for supporting others emotionally

What can we do to support someone who is sad?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 21
- Chart paper
- Markers
- Scenario cards
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 23
- Pictures of various food items
- Drawing materials

- Observation - Oral questions - Action plan assessment

Social Environment

Food in Our Environment - Common food items in the environment
Food in Our Environment - Placing food items into three groups

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify common food items found in the immediate environment
- Embrace good eating habits to promote good health

- Learners to identify food items common in their locality
- Learners to discuss the sources of different food items
- Learners to draw and color local food items

Where do the foods we eat come from?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 23
- Pictures of food sources
- Real food items
- Drawing materials
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 24
- Pictures/real food items
- Charts showing food groups

- Observation - Oral questions - Drawing assessment

Social Environment

Food in Our Environment - Placing food items into three groups
Food in Our Environment - Proper behavior during meals

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Classify food items into three food groups
- Embrace good eating habits to promote good health

- Learners to use digital devices or print media to search for information on various food groups
- Learners to group food items into the three food groups
- Learners to create a food group chart using magazine cuttings

Why should we eat from all three food groups?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 28
- Digital devices
- Magazines/newspapers with food pictures
- Manila paper
- Glue
- Scissors
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 31
- Pictures showing good and bad table manners
- Video clips

- Observation - Peer assessment - Project assessment

Social Environment

Food in Our Environment - Proper behavior during meals
Food in Our Environment - Problems of eating too much food or too little food

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Observe table manners during meals
- Embrace good eating habits to promote good health

- Learners to create a table of good and bad table manners
- Learners to role play specific scenarios demonstrating proper meal behavior
- Learners to discuss the importance of clearing the table after eating

Why are good table manners important?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 32
- Chart paper
- Markers
- Role play materials
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 33
- Pictures showing effects of eating too much or too little food
- Health charts

- Observation - Oral questions - Role play assessment

Social Environment

Food in Our Environment - Problems of eating too much food or too little food

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Classify food items into three food groups
- Observe table manners during meals
- Embrace good eating habits to promote good health

- Learners to discuss the concept of balanced diet
- Learners to identify health problems associated with poor eating habits
- Learners to create posters promoting healthy eating habits

How can we maintain healthy eating habits?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 35
- Health charts
- Poster making materials
- Pictures showing balanced meals

- Observation - Oral questions - Poster assessment

Social Environment

Our Community - What is a community?

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify ways of keeping safe in the community
- Acknowledge the importance of keeping safe in the community

- Learners to discuss what a community is
- Learners to identify different elements that make up a community
- Learners to share about their own communities

What makes up our community?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 38
- Pictures of community elements
- Charts showing community structure
- Pictures of different communities
- Drawing materials
- Community charts

- Observation - Oral questions - Drawing assessment

Social Environment

Our Community - Keeping safe in the community

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify ways of keeping safe in the community
- Apply basic road signs for personal safety
- Acknowledge the importance of keeping safe in the community

- Learners to discuss ways of keeping safe in the community
- Learners to identify potential dangers in the community
- Learners to share experiences about safety in the community

What dangers exist in our community?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 39
- Pictures showing safety measures
- Charts on community safety
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 42
- Audio recordings
- Pictures showing stranger danger
- Role play materials

- Observation - Oral questions - Written exercise

Social Environment

Our Community - Keeping safe in the community
Our Community - Safe and unsafe places in the community

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify ways of keeping safe in the community
- Acknowledge the importance of keeping safe in the community

- Learners to create posters on community safety
- Learners to discuss what to do in emergency situations
- Learners to identify emergency contacts in the community

Who can help us when we are in danger?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 43
- Poster making materials
- List of emergency contacts
- Safety charts
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 46
- Pictures of safe and unsafe places
- Flash cards with names of places

- Observation - Oral questions - Poster assessment

Social Environment

Our Community - Safe and unsafe places in the community
Our Community - Basic road signs for personal safety
Our Community - Basic road signs for personal safety

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Classify places in the community as safe and unsafe
- Identify ways of keeping safe in the community
- Acknowledge the importance of keeping safe in the community

- Learners to discuss actions that expose people to danger
- Learners to identify ways to avoid dangerous situations
- Learners to role play how to respond to dangerous situations

What behaviors can put us in danger?

- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 49
- Pictures showing dangerous behaviors
- Role play materials
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 51
- Pictures of road signs
- Road safety charts
- Drawing materials
- Oxford Our Lives Today Grade 3 Environmental Activities Learner's Book pg. 53
- Pictures showing road crossing steps

- Observation - Oral questions - Role play assessment