Lesson Four – Greengrocer

This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify, describe and list some of the different products that can be sold in a greengrocers’ shop in the local area.

The class can practise using non-standard measurements to compass the mass of different fruits and vegetables that could be bought in a greengrocer’s shop.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify, describe and list some of the different products that can be sold in a greengrocers’ shop in the local area

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the different vegetables and fruit that can be sold in a greengrocer, a template to measure and record the mass of different foods using non-standard measurements and a set of cards to select and record prices for different greengrocer products to role-play a shopping trip.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to identify, describe and list some of the different products that can be sold in a greengrocers’ shop in the local area.

This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to explore the locations and functions of different shops that can be found in the local area and identify and compare products that are sold in each shop. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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