Topic : Planets

Time : 45 minutes

Level : 4th grade of Elementary Students

Learning Objectives :

1. Understand the 8 names of the planets in our solar system, its characteristic, and the right

order from the sun.

2. Observe the different planets and objects in our solar system.

Target vocabularies :

1. Planets : Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

2. The other objects in our solar system : Sun, Moon, Asteroid, Pluto

3. Superlative adjective : smallest, biggest, nearest, furthest, largest, closest, hottest

Lesson Overview

Warm up :

– Greeting and praying

– Checking attendance

– Asking the students which planet we are living on

Main activity :

– Watching “Eight Planets” video and sing together

– Discussing about what they have noticed from the video

– Introducing the names of the planets

– Teaching and practicing the vocabularies

– Guessing game using flashcards

– Introducing the planets’ characteristic

– Arranging and labelling the planets using “Planets of The Solar System” worksheet

– Doing the groups’ game using “Planets Word Search Game” worksheet

Wrap up :

– Reviewing today’s lesson about the planets

– Assigning homework; coloring the planets and describing their favorite planet

– Singing along “Eight Planets”

– Praying and saying goodbye