Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Toddler

Jonah and the whale

Class: Pre-K

Term: 3rd Term

Week: 2

Age: 3 years

Duration: 40 minutes

Date:

Subject: Christian Religious Knowledge

Topic: Jonah and the Whale

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Give a simple meaning of a whale
  2. Discuss the events of Jonah and the whale

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, playway method, questions and answers, demonstration, story-telling

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: toys, picture books showing Jonah in the belly of the big whale, story book

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher uses the Jonah and the whale song to introduce the topic.

She explains what a whale is – A wale is a very large animal that lives in the water

 

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She then further explains that Jonah was a man of God who was sent by God to go and preach the gospel but refused

Pupils pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

Using the bible story books and the pictures there in she tells the story of Jonah and the whale

-      How God had told Jonah to go and tell the people of Nineveh that if they refused to repent they would be destroyed in 40 days

-      How Jonah refused and instead entered ran away on a ship to another country

-      How a very terrible storm hot the ship he entered and the people in the ship discovered the storm was because of Jonah

-      How they threw him in the water and the storm stopped

-      Ho he was swallowed by a whale.

-      How he prayed to God in the belly of the fish for forgiveness

-      How God forgave him and made the fish not to eat Jonah but spit him out

Pupils pay attention and participate

 

EVALUATION:    1. __________ is a large animal that lives in the water. (bird, whale)

  1. Who was swallowed by a whale? (Jonah, Daniel)
  2. ­We should obey God always. Yes/No

                            

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively



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