SCIENCE WEEK PLAN

Year3 and Cl 17 Autumn 2014

SESSIO OBJECTIVE ACTIVITY incl differentiation and role of TA SUCCESS CRITERIA
N & EVALUATION

Literacy Introduce the topic Introduce the Topic: ask ch what they want to learn from See Literacy
lessons this Topic chn to create a group Spider diagram. planning
(x5) Adjectives Photocopy this and put it into Topic books.
Empathy
Capital letters and other LITERACY
basics. Read The Great Kapok Tree (Lynne Cherry).
Paragraphs How do the animals feel? Drama around what they see,
hear / who do they rely on most
Group discussion Talk through vocab reproduce, habitat, ecosystem,
oxygen, photosynthesis, life cycle, understorey etc
(layers of rainforest).

Big Write as if they are the animals/plants in the forest

writing persuasive letter about whether or not to chop
down the tree.

Differentiation
Chn to work in their differentiated Literacy Groups
also diffn by task - diffd success criteria
2 To name and understand To know there are four main parts to a plant, all made to Chn can name the
the roles of the main do these four life processes Reproduction flowers, four main parts of
parts of a plant. Nutrition leaves, Movement stem, Growth root. the plant.
Watch BBC learningzone clip.
Some will be able
Activity to describe their
Ch cut out parts of plant and stick together correctly in function.
book.

Differentiation
MA label plant and write about its function
AV label plant and have function slips to stick in
LA / EAL provide with labels and function slips
(simplified)
3 Cress experiment Ask ch what do plants need to grow using post-it note Know what plants
1 experiment system work out how to investigate this. (eg light, need for life.
water, soil, food). Can make
Ch set up experiment to grow cress leave until next week for predictions.
results Can explain what
a fair test is.
Vocab fair test, experiment, plant parts (from previous session)

Ch write method out in normal science write-up style (eg 1st

person instead of imperatives) diffn as for normal Literacy
groups.
4 Plant life cycles Play bbc bitesize Plant Life Cycles play with class. Can explain the
function of
Link to butterfly and frog life-cycle and explain that plants have flowers.
a cycle too different bits of the plant are important for different
bits of the cycle. What do flowers do? Brainstorm ideas then AV/MA: can
watch bbc learningzone clip 7516 (pollination). explain what
pollination, seeds
Read Tiny Seed / Eric Carle. Ch write an explanation paragraph and dispersal
about what the flowers do with diagram. mean
5 Carnations Discuss how plants get water and where from. Why is it Can make
experiment important, and where does it go to? How does it get there. Use predictions.
vocab from session 2. Can explain what
a fair test is.
Set up experiment with strong coloured dies and white
carnations.

Ch write instructions for the experiment diffn as for normal

Literacy groups.
6 Follow up for Look at results discuss add conclusion to write up. Can explain the
cress and function of roots
carnations and stem.
experiment Observation and
describe findings.
Can explain what
prediction.