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Selling Plants for Money Agricultural Science Primary 1 First Term Lesson Notes Week 6

Subject: Agricultural Science

Class: Primary 1

Term: First Term

Week: Week 6

Age: 6 years

Topic: Selling Plants for Money

Sub-topic: Types of Plants Sold for Money

Duration: 40 minutes

Behavioural Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

  1. Identify at least three types of plants that can be sold for money.
  2. Explain why selling plants can be a good business.
  3. Mention some ways people sell plants.
  4. Mention some plants that can be sold for money

Key Words:

  • Sell
  • Money
  • Plant
  • Market
  • Business

Instructional Materials 

  • Wall charts
  • Online Resource
  • Textbooks
  • Laptop

 

Methods of Teaching 

  • Role modelling
  • Questions and Answers
  • Explanation
  • Discussion
  • Recitation
  • Imitation
  • Story Telling
  • Dramatization

 

Set Induction:

The teacher shows pictures of people selling plants at a market and asks the pupils what they see and why the people are selling the plants.

Entry Behaviour:

Pupils are familiar with the concept of buying and selling from their daily lives.

Learning Resources and Materials:

  • Pictures of plant markets
  • Samples of plants commonly sold (if available)
  • Flashcards
  • Drawing paper and crayons

Building Background/Connection to Prior Knowledge:

The teacher asks the pupils if they have been to a market or seen people selling plants and discusses what they saw.

Embedded Core Skills:

  • Observation
  • Identification
  • Description
  • Drawing

Learning Materials:

  • Pictures
  • Real plant samples
  • Flashcards

Reference Books:

  • Lagos State Scheme of Work
  • Primary 1 Agricultural Science Textbook

Instructional Materials:

  • Pictures of people selling plants
  • Actual samples of plants like vegetables, flowers, and herbs (if possible)
  • Flashcards with plant names

Content:

  1. Types of Plants Sold for Money:
    • Vegetables: Like tomatoes, carrots, and spinach.
    • Flowers: Like roses, lilies, and daisies.
    • Herbs: Like mint, basil, and parsley.
  2. Importance of Selling Plants:
    • Provides income for families.
    • Helps people get fresh food and beautiful flowers.
    • Encourages gardening and farming.
  3. Ways People Sell Plants:
    • Markets: Selling directly to customers.
    • Shops: Selling in plant or flower shops.
    • Roadside Stalls: Small stalls set up along the road.
  4. Selling plants for money
    1. We can sell cassava in the market
    2. We can change cassava to garri that we can sell in the market
    3. We can sell yam in the market
    4. We can sell goats in the market to make money
    5. we can sell cos in the market
    6. Beans and Rice can be bought in the market
    7. carrots can be bought in the market
    8. clothes that we buy in the market are agricultural produce
    9. We can buy and sell cocoa in the market
    10. we can buy and sell wood in the market

Questions:

  1. People sell plants to make ____.
    • a) Friends
    • b) Money
    • c) Noise
    • d) Fun
  2. Vegetables like tomatoes and carrots can be sold at the ____.
    • a) Library
    • b) Market
    • c) School
    • d) Office
  3. Flowers like roses and lilies are often sold in ____.
    • a) Shops
    • b) Banks
    • c) Schools
    • d) Hospitals
  4. Herbs like mint and basil are used for ____.
    • a) Cooking
    • b) Building
    • c) Playing
    • d) Sleeping
  5. Selling plants helps families to earn ____.
    • a) Books
    • b) Toys
    • c) Money
    • d) Clothes
  6. People can sell plants at roadside ____.
    • a) Stalls
    • b) Parks
    • c) Schools
    • d) Hospitals
  7. Selling plants can be a good ____.
    • a) Game
    • b) Hobby
    • c) Business
    • d) Problem
  8. Flowers are sold to make places look ____.
    • a) Dirty
    • b) Ugly
    • c) Beautiful
    • d) Dark
  9. Farmers grow plants to ____ them.
    • a) Eat
    • b) Sell
    • c) Draw
    • d) Play
  10. Markets are places where people ____ things.
    • a) Buy and sell
    • b) Hide
    • c) Break
    • d) Fix

Class Activity Discussion :

  1. Why do people sell plants?
    • People sell plants to make money.
  2. Where can people sell vegetables?
    • People can sell vegetables at the market.
  3. What are some flowers that people sell?
    • People sell flowers like roses and lilies.
  4. What are herbs used for?
    • Herbs are used for cooking.
  5. Can selling plants help families?
    • Yes, selling plants helps families earn money.
  6. Where can people sell plants besides markets?
    • People can also sell plants in shops and roadside stalls.
  7. What is a good business idea involving plants?
    • Selling plants can be a good business.
  8. Why are flowers sold?
    • Flowers are sold to make places look beautiful.
  9. What do farmers do with the plants they grow?
    • Farmers sell the plants they grow.
  10. What happens at markets?
    • At markets, people buy and sell things.

Presentation:

Step 1:

Step 2:

  • The teacher introduces the new topic by showing pictures of people selling plants and discussing the different types of plants sold.

Step 3:

  • The teacher allows the pupils to discuss any experiences they have with seeing or buying plants. The teacher corrects any mistakes.

Teacher’s Activities:

  • Show pictures and real plant samples.
  • Explain the types of plants sold for money and why selling plants is important.
  • Ask questions to engage pupils.

Learners’ Activities:

  • Observe pictures and real plant samples.
  • Answer questions.
  • Identify plant types.

Assessment:

  • Pupils will draw a plant market and label the plants being sold.
  • Pupils will complete fill-in-the-blank questions.

Evaluation Questions:

  1. Why do people sell plants?
  2. Name a place where vegetables are sold.
  3. What are some flowers that can be sold?
  4. What can herbs be used for?
  5. How does selling plants help families?
  6. Where else can people sell plants?
  7. What is a good business idea related to plants?
  8. Why are flowers sold?
  9. What do farmers do with their plants?
  10. What happens at a market?

Conclusion:

  • The teacher goes around to mark the pupils’ work and provides feedback.

 

Previous Lesson

 

Using plants as medicine

 

Next Lesson 

 

 

Identifying plants with their uses

 

Theory Questions:

  1. Explain why selling cassava in the market can help make money.
  2. How is garri made from cassava, and why can it be sold in the market?
  3. Why do people buy yams in the market, and how can it be a source of income?
  4. Can you give an example of an agricultural produce that is commonly sold as clothing?
  5. Why is it important to understand that we can buy and sell items like cocoa and wood in the market?

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