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A Detailed Lesson Plan

in Teaching Science
Grade III

I. Objectives
1. Identify living from non-living things.
2. Classify objects as living and non-living things.
3. Participate actively in group activities.
Cooperation

II. Subject Matter


Topic: Living Things and Non-Living Things
Concept: There are two big groups of things:
The living things and non-living things.
Science Processes: Describing, classifying
Reference: Science 3, pp. 160-161
Materials: envelopes, puzzle, hand-made frame, pictures, box, charts, bond
papers, laptop

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Pupils’ Activity
A. Review
Our lesson yesterday is all about the things
around us, right?
Yes, ma’am.
See outside our classroom, what are the
things that you can see?
Trees/Plants
People
Buildings
Animals
vehicles
How plants can help us?
Plants can give us food to eat for us to
survive.
How about vehicle?
We ride on the vehicle for us to go on
wherever we want to go.
Very Good!
B. Motivation
Let’s have an activity. I have here 4
envelopes, inside it there are pieces of
puzzles. All you have to do is to fix it and
paste it on the frame. The first group who
will finish will be given a reward after our
lesson. Is it clear class?
Yes ma’am.
(The teacher group the pupils and distribute
the envelope)
(The pupils do the activity)
Are you done?
Yes ma’am.
Group 1 what is in the picture you puzzle?
A tree ma’am.
Can a tree move?
No ma’am.
Can a tree grow?
Yes ma’am.
How about the group 2, what is your output?
The puzzle we fix is book ma’am.
Can the book move?
No ma’am.
Yes! Group 3, what is the puzzle you’ve
form? A butterfly

Is a butterfly has life?


Yes ma’am.
How about the group 4, what is the puzzle
you’ve form?
A picture of a table ma’am.
Can a table move?
No ma’am.
Is the table has a life?
No ma’am.
Very Good!
Listen to the teacher so that you can learn
about these things, okay?
Yes ma’am
C. Presentation
Our lesson for today is all about living and
non-living things.
D. Discussion
What do you know about the living thing and
non-living thing? When we say living things, it has life while
non-living things has no life.
Very Good! Another?
Living things can grow, reproduce and move.
How about the non-living things?
Non-living things cannot grow, reproduce
and move.
Don’t you know that some non-living things
can also move?
No ma’am.
Some non-living things can move through
machines and technologies. Understood
class?
Yes ma’am.
Let’s have an activity.
Do you see a box in front?
Yes ma’am.
Inside it there are different pictures of living
and non-living things. For you to open the
box, you have to transform as a fairy and say
the magic words “kahon, kahon aglukat ka!”.
After that pick one picture and identify if it is
living or non-living things. Then put in on
the corresponding chart. Is it clear class? Yes ma’am.

I want you to participate and cooperate in our


activity.
Now, who among you wants to be a fairy?
(The pupils raised their hands)
Who wants to go first? Yes, Maria.
(Maria do the activity)
Kahon, kahon aglukat ka!
What did you get Maria?
Car ma’am.
Yes that’s a Car. Is the car a living thing or
non-living thing? Car is a non-living thing.
Will you put the picture of a car to the pocket
chart Maria. (Maria put the picture to the pocket chart)

Next! Yes, Janice? (Janice do the activity)

What did you get Janice? A flower ma’am.

Very good! Is a flower living thing or non-


living thing? A flower is a living thing ma’am.
(Janice put the flower to the chart)
Very good!

Pictures inside the box:


-bag
-horse
-hat
-fish
-pencil
-girl
-watch
-rabbit (The children do the activity)
Living Things Non-Living Things
flower car
horse bag
fish hat
girl pencil
rabbit watch

Excellent!
Do you know now the living and non-living
things?
E. Generalization
Let’s have a game. I will check if you really
understand our lesson. Our game is called
“Show me up”. I will give you a paper that
has a stick with happy and sad face. If
the picture that I will show is a living thing,
then you will show the smile face as an
answer and sad face if it is Non-Living thing.
Are my instruction clear class?
Pictures: Yes ma’am.
 Boy (The pupils answers)
 Tree  Boy
 House  Tree
 Telephone  House
 Cat
 Telephone
 Chair
 Cat
Very Good! You really understand now our  Chair
lesson.
F. Fixing Skills
Let’s have a group activity. I will give each
group a 2 bond paper. Each bond paper has a
written living and non-living things. All you
have to do is to write as many as you can a
things that are living and non-living on the
corresponding bond paper. I will only give
you 1 minute to finish the activity.
(The teacher group and distribute the bond
papers to the pupils)
(The pupils do the activity)
(Time is up)
Whose group has highest listed number or
living and non-living?
What did you do? How come that you’re the
highest? We help each other ma’am.
Each of our group participates.
Our group has teamwork.
Very good!
IV. Evaluation
Identify the following if it is living and non-living things. Draw if it is living thing and
if it is non-living thing.
1. goat __________
2. train __________
3. television __________
4. ball __________
5. tree __________
Write down 5 living things Write down 5 non-living things
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V. Assignment
In a bond paper, paste at least 5 each a picture of living things and non-living things.

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