ACTION PLAN Ansa Irfan Class Teacher The City School, Jr. Section, PAF

Chapter

“The average teacher explains complexity, the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.”

LONG - TERM GOAL

To inculcate 21st century skills to enhance student’s abilities to understand the concepts of social studies.

To enable students to use IT to gain access to additional information sources .

SHORT –TERM GOALTo enable students to:

Discuss the importance of the major crops of Pakistan

Differentiate between the environments, soils and climate that each of the crop can sustain in.

Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable resources.

complete the project work

Subject: Social Studies

Grade : 4

Topic : Agriculture, Natural Resources.

Content : explanation, discussion, group

activities, project work.

Skills : labeling , drawing , tracing , map reading , locating , scaling up and down , devising rules, reading, comprehending and understanding.

Instructional Strategies and Tasks

The objectives will be listed on the board for the student’s knowledge so that they can understand what they will achieve by the end of the lesson.

Introduce the appropriate vocabulary related to the topic . I will gauge their understanding by asking questions from

the text. I will provide an opportunity to the students to work in

groups to do the activities that are planned . Later taking feedback from each group.

Students will be encouraged to use Microsoft word for writing an autobiography Will encourage them to make a project booklet on different

types of crops grown in Pakistan and different kinds of farming .

Solutions to Anticipated Challenges

Challenges:1. Not many computers in the ICT lab to complete the individual task on

time.

2. Some students will refuse to work in a group for project work.

Solutions:3. Will divide the group into subgroups and assign different task while

working in the same group.

4. Will ask a group leader to give task to each group member ( things to be brought by each person in a group) to complete the project work.

Time Line( January, February )

1st week

• Agriculture • Types of farming.

• Activity 5A

2nd week

• Agricultural products in Pakistan

• Activity 5B• ICT activity (autobiography)

3rd week

• Natural Resources

• Discussion• Worksheet

4th week • Activity• Posters

Vocabulary

fertilizers fertile irrigation

domesticating harvesting economy

production agriculture network

SAMPLE

WORKSHEE

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Directions: Explore your classroom, your home, or the playground. Try to discover and record as many renewable and nonrenewable resources as you can.

Renewable Nonrenewable                     

Project

RESOURCES

Social studies Curriculum.

Social Studies book.

Microsoft word.

Internet.

“More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given.” ( Bertrand Russell)

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

(William Arthur)