LESSON PLAN

Week: ……
Period: ……
Date of teaching: …………………
TEXTBOOK: MAJOR SCIENCE 4
Unit 1: WATER
Lesson 1 (pages 5 & 6)

A. OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Core competences
- Learn vocabulary about states of water: water, liquid, water vapor, gas, ice and solid.
- Learn 4 stages of the water cycle: evaporate, condense, fall and collect.
- Recognize three states of water and four stages of the water cycle.
2. General competences
- Communication and collaboration: work in groups to identify three states of water and four stages of the water cycle.
- Problem-solving and creativity: listening to what the teacher is saying and finding out the three states of water and four stages of the water cycle.
3. Attributes
- Kindness: help partners to complete learning tasks.
- Diligence: work hard to complete learning tasks.
- Honesty: tell the truth about feelings and emotions or play fair in games.
- Responsibility: appreciate kindness.
- Leadership: collaborate with teachers to enhance language skills.
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS AND SKILLS
1. Vocabulary
- Vocabulary: liquid, gas, solid, water vapor, ice, evaporate, condense, fall, collect.
- Recycled vocabulary: lake, river, sea, ocean.
2. Skills: Listening, Reading and Speaking.
C. RESOURCES AND MATERIALS
- Student book – pages 5 & 6
- Audio Tracks 1, 2, 3
- Flashcards/Pictures (states of water, water cycle)
- Teacher’s Guide
- Computer, projector, ….
D. LEARNING EXPERIENCES

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Powerpoint

WARM-UP/REVIEW (5 minutes)
Objective: To help students review some places that have water.
*Game: “How many places can you find?” Slides 2-4
- Tell students how the game is played. - Listen to the teacher and play the game.
- Split the class into groups. Each team takes out a paper. - Take out papers.
- Ask students to find as many places that have water as - Write the answers as fast as you can in 3
they can in 3 minutes. minutes.
- The winner is the first team to submit their paper with the - Hand in the paper when you finish it.
most correct answers. Praise the winner.
Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can remember all the words about places that have water.
- Task completed: Students can remember the words about places that have water.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to remember the words about places that have water.
PRESENTATION (10 minutes)
Objective: To help students identify three states of water and four states of the water cycle.
1. Listen, point and repeat. Slide 6
*Lead-in: Use flashcards to present three states of water
(liquid, gas, solid).
- Hold the flashcards up one at a time and introduce - Follow the teacher.
different states of water.
- Help students identify different states of water by
asking the question: What state of water is it? - Answer the question.
*Listen and point. (Track 1)
water liquid water vapor gas ice solid - Look at the pictures on the PP slide.
- Show the PP slide and have students look at the
pictures. - Look at the pictures and listen to the words.
- Point to the pictures. Say the words and let the students
listen. - Listen to the recording and point to the words.
- Play the recording. Ask the students to listen and point
to the words. - Listen and point to the words.
- Say the words. Invite a few students to listen and point
to the words.
- Praise the students if they have performed well.
*Listen, point and repeat. (Track 1)
water liquid water vapor gas ice solid - Look at the pictures on the PP slide.
- Show the PP slide and have students look at the
pictures. - Look at the pictures and say the words.
- Point to the pictures. Say the words and let the students
repeat them. - Listen to the recording and point to the correct
- Play the recording. Ask the students to listen and point words.
to the correct words. - Listen to the recording again and repeat each
- Play the recording again. Ask students to repeat each word after they hear it.
word after they hear it. Help them with their
pronunciation if necessary. - Work in pairs. One student randomly points to
- Ask the class to work in pairs. One student randomly the pictures in their book, and the other one says
points to the pictures in their book, and the other one the words.
says the words. Then have them swap roles and continue
this activity.
- Walk around the class and support them if needed.
- Call some pairs of students to point and say the words
in front of the class. - Say the words in front of the class.
- Praise students if they have performed well.

2. Listen and read. (Track 2) - Look at the pictures and read the words.
- Have students look at the PP slide and read the words. - Listen to the recording.
- Play the recording for students to listen. - Listen to the recording again. Repeat the words
- Play the recording again for students to listen and individually and in chorus. Repeat the words Slide 7
repeat individually and in chorus. Correct their several times.
pronunciation where necessary.
- Praise students if they have performed well.

3. What is the water cycle? Listen and read.

(Track 3) - Look at the pictures.
- Have students look at the picture of the water cycle on Slide 8
the PP slide. - Guess how many states of the water cycle there
- Ask students to guess how many states of the water are.
cycle there are. - Listen to the teacher and ask if needed.
- Explain each state to students. - Listen to the recording.
- Play the recording for students to listen. - Listen to the recording again. Repeat the words
- Play the recording again for students to listen and individually and in chorus. Repeat the words
repeat individually and in chorus. Correct their several times.
pronunciation where necessary.
- Praise students if they have performed well.
Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can point and say three states of water and four stages of the water
cycle correctly.
- Task completed: Students can point and say three states of water and four stages of the water cycle.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to point and say three states of water and four stages of the water cycle.
 PRACTICE (10 minutes)
Objective: To help students understand the words about water.
4. Look and match. Then say. Slide 10
- Have students look at the pictures and identify things in - Recognize things in the pictures.
each picture.
- Ask them to read the words. - Read the words.
- Give students some time to complete the exercise. - Do the exercise individually.
- Go around the class to check the students’ answers. - Ask for help if needed.
- Show the correct answers in the PP slide. - Check the answers.
- Have students say sentences in front of the class. - Say sentences in front of the class.

5. Complete the sentences using the words from the Slide 11

box.
- Explain how to do the exercise: Use the words from the - Look at the words and read the sentences.
box to complete the sentences.
- Give students some time to complete the exercise. - Do the exercise individually.
- Call some students to show their answers. - Give the answers.
- Show the correct answers in the PP slide. - Check the answers.

6. Choose the correct answer. Slide 12

- Have students read the sentences and answer options. - Read the sentences and answer options.
- Give students some time to complete the exercise. - Do the exercise individually.
- Call some students to show their answers. - Show the answers.
- Show the correct answers in the PP slide. - Check the answers.
Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can understand the words about water well.
- Task completed: Students can understand the words about water.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to understand the words about water.
 PRODUCTION (5 minutes)
Objective: To help students remember the words about water.
*Do the crossword Slides 13-15
- Split the class into teams. - Play in teams.
- The representative of each team will play “Rock, paper,
scissors” with those from other teams, the winner can - Listen to the teacher and follow the
choose 1 word to answer. instructions.
- When all the words are revealed, whoever can solve - Read the statement and give the answer.
most of them will win the game.
- Ask students to read all the words aloud.

- Read all the words aloud.

Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can find the words about water correctly.
- Task completed: Students can find the words about water.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to find the words about water.
WRAP UP AND HOMEWORK (5 minutes)
Objective: To help students relax after the lesson and remind students what they need to do at home.
* Wrap Up: Word Search Puzzle Slides 16-18
- Prepare some pieces of paper with the puzzle. - Work in pairs and take turns finding out the
- Ask students to work in pairs and take turns finding out words in the puzzle.
the words in the puzzle. - Check the answers.
- Have students look at the PP slide and reveal the
answers.
* Homework
- Go through what students have learned from the lesson.
- Ask students to learn the new words by heart. - Listen to the teacher and take notes.
- Require students to practice pointing and speaking with
the pictures from the unit.
- Ask students to prepare for the next lesson.
REFLECTION
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