Foundation Phase

Weekly Lesson Plan Term 2

Life Skills

Week 6 Grade 3 Starting- Ending ___________________

Topic: Life Cycles.

By the end of this activity, the learners will have: Learnt about:

 Life cycle as a bird and an amphibian e.g., a frog.

 Use artworks and visual stimuli to relate to own work.
 Draw the life cycle e.g., a butterfly.
Outcomes  Locomotor and non-locomotor movements with co-ordination arm movements in time to the music.
 Head stand and handstand.
 Bridge standing.
 Cartwheels change body positions.

Study Areas Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

TOPIC: Life Cycles. TOPIC: Life Cycles. TOPIC: Life Cycles.
Life cycle of a bird. Life cycle of an amphibian Life cycle of an amphibian
Vocabulary words. e.g., a frog. e.g., a frog.
Vocabulary words. Vocabulary words.
Beginning knowledge DBE workbook pages Vocabulary words.
and Personal 54-55 1 Alternative activity in
and Social Well-being. 1 Alternative activity in DBE workbook pages the exercise books.
2 hours. the exercise books. 54-55
Infused Grade 2 Topics
Infused Grade 2 Topics Infused Grade 2 Topics What we need to live,
What we need to live, What we need to live, Animals, Seasons
Animals, Seasons Animals, Seasons
 Creative Arts. CREATE 2D
2 Hours Use artworks and visual
stimuli to relate to own
work.
Visual Arts
Draw the life cycle e.g., a
butterfly.

Performing Arts Locomotor movements.

Warm up

Main Activity Locomotor and non-

locomotor movements
with co-ordination arm
movements in time to
the music.

Cool down Learners stand, arms

circled over their heads,
pretending to be a great
big balloon.
Pretend there is a hole in
the balloon and the air is
slowly leaking out.
Move slowly down to
the floor, until the
balloon has no more air.
Physical Education. Learners jump like On the whistle crouch on
2 Hours grasshoppers on their haunches like
haunches, launch butterflies in a cocoon.
Warm up They slowly unfurl and
themselves into the air
emerge by stretching their
and jump as far as wings and then flying
possible. around the play area.
 Gymnastics. Gymnastics.
Headstand and Headstand and
handstand. handstand.
Main Activity Bridge standing. Bridge standing.
Cartwheels. Cartwheels.
Change body positions. Change body positions.

Cool down Learners jog around the Learners sit in their own
play area and sprint back. space with their legs
outstretched and toes
their toes. Hold for a
count of twenty.

Assessment Informal(AFL)
Observe gymnastics: balancing actions such as handstand, headstand, etc.
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Formal (AFL)
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Expanded Opportunities Learners can bring photographs and show and tell of life cycles.
Reflection
Resources Pictures, Posters, Vocabulary words, Information books, DBE workbooks, Exercise books, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Physical Education
equipment.

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