INTEF DIARY, PAGE 3: MY CLIL UNIT: PLANTS #REAaicle_INTEF

Throughout this course, I have learned about new resources and materials that we can use for our CLIL lessons. In my CLIL unit, I have focused on PLANTS for Primary Year 2.

These are my objectives:

• ·         Identify characteristics of living things vs non-living things.
• ·         Learn and use vocabulary about plants.
• ·         Learn Science contents related to plants through English:

• identify the different parts of a plant,
• study the life cycle of a plant,
• discover the different uses that we can give to plants,
• see the different elements that a plant needs to live: soil and  nutrients, light, water.
• during our visit to the Botanic Garden in the area, they will discover more things about 5 different types of plants: trees, herbs, flowers, bushes, vegetables and fruit.

• ·         Values: being respectful with Nature.

 
Some of the resources that I will use are as follows: References:

• Book: Plants (collection: Eye Know), by DK Publishing http://www.amazon.com/Plant-EYE-KNOW-DK-Publishing/dp/0756618584/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447367776&sr=1-1&keywords=plants+eye+know
• Book:  I Am A Leaf (level 1) (Hello Reader, Science) by Jean Marzollo, Judith Moffatt: http://www.amazon.com/Leaf-level-Hello-Reader-Science/dp/0590641204
• Interactive activities online (quizz). 

 http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/supermkt.html

We will do this activity on the interactive whiteboard for the last 15 minutes of the session. Children will need to decide whether each of these vegetables and fruits are indeed seeds, roots, leaves, fruits, stems, etc.

Asparagus, broccoli, carrots, coffee, peach, lettuce, celery, cucumber, radish, green pepper, potato, spinach, orange, peanuts, tomatoes.

Then, they will complete the corresponding worksheet, indicating what part of the plant each of them is. This worksheet will be added to their personal file. 

These are some advantages of this ICT activity for CLIL:

• Children can understand content and new vocabulary in an interactive way: parts of a plant and various examples of plants.
• We are able to integrate CLIL content and language in a natural and dynamic way via web-based resources and platforms.
• Children work in pairs to share knowledge and build up from their previous experience.
• Children can consolidate results and share in big group so everybody learns in a supportive environment.
• Children can classify the various types of plants according to which part of the plant they are, through this interactive website.