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YEAR 3

THE LISTENING AND SPEAKINGSKILLS

Whats In the Musical Box?1. Prepare 10 pictures of varioussituations.2. Play the music and pass themusical box around.3. When the music stops, a pupilpicks up a picture.4. Pupil shows the picture to theclass.5. Class respond.

1.2.1 Able to participate in daily

conversations: c) respond to someone

asking for help

Please help1. Prepare situations on CDs.2. When the telephone rings,a representative from eachgroup takes turn to pick upthe telephone on the teacherstable.

3. Teacher plays the CD.4. The class listens to thesituation.5. The pupil with the telephoneresponds loudly and the classrepeats the response verballyaloud.

1.2.1 Able to participate in daily

conversations: d) offer help

What would you do?1. Prepare picture cards ofsituations.2. Give each group a picturecard.3. Pupils respond accordingly.4. Group members role-play thesituation in their picture card.

Pic card 1 : pregnant woman in thebusPic card 2 : a blind man crossingthe roadPic card 3 : a teacher carrying

heavy books/Pic card 4 : mother cookingPic card 5 : an old man who falls andinjures himselfTeaching focus : SimpleVIP ON STAGE: Introducing oneself.SentencesI am _____________.I am _________ yearsold.I like to eat __________.My hobbies are_________.

Based on photographs of their friendsfamily.

Suggested sentences:

1. This is Johansfamily.2. His father is abanker.3. His mother is ateacher.4. His brother istenyears old5. They like to go tothe beach.

1.2.2. Able to give: a) simple

instructions in schoolIn The Library1. Discuss the dos and dontsin a library.2. Play Simon Says in theclassroom.3. Bring pupils to the library.4. Choose a pupil to giveinstructions.(TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF, LINE UP, BESILENT).

THE READING SKILL

Able to apply word attack skills by:(b) identifying words similar inmeaning.

Find My Twin1. Project/Put up the story The Day IMet a Giant on the screen /board.2. Distribute 2 synonym cards to eachgroup.3. Teacher or pupils read the story.4. Read the words in bold.5. The group that has the synonym

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card for the words in bold shows theword card.6. Repeat with other words.7. Pupils read the story again with thenew set of synonyms.

2.2.1 Able to apply word attack skills by:(c) identifying words opposite inmeaning.Antonym Jigsaw1. Divide pupils into groups.2. Give each group an antonym jigsaw.3. Pupils complete the jigsaw.4. Pupils identify and read the wordsfound in the jigsaw.5. Pupils give the antonyms for thewords identified.

6. Pupils read the story given andreplace the words in bold with theirantonyms.7. Pupils read the new story.

Antonyms1. happy-sad2. fatthin3. oldyoung4. dirtyclean5. sunnygloomy6. bluntsharp

Story textThere lived a happy mannamed Jones. He was fat andold. He always wore dirtyclothes. One sunny day, hewanted to eat sugar cane. Hecould not cut it with his bluntknife.

2.2.2 Able to read and understandphrases and sentences in linear and

non-linear texts.To : Ah SengFrom : AliefDate : 13 March 2011Time : 2:30 p.m.I came to your housebut you werent in. I left thebook you wanted with yourbrother. The book isoverdue. Call me tonightwhen you are free.

Questions:1. Who wrote the message?

2. Who was the messagefor ?3. What did Ah Seng ask fromAlief?4. Why do you think Aliefasked Ah Seng to call?

Non-linear textComplete a puzzle : a job that they doPAGE 80: CROSSWORD PUZZLE

People w ork

People work in the countryPeople work in the townPeople work day and nightTo make the world go roundNigel Naylor, hes a tailorHe makes trousers, suits and

shirtsPenny Proctor, shes a doctorComes to see you when it hurtsPeter Palmer, hes a farmerHes got cows and pigs andsheepWendy Witter, babysitterMinds the kids when theyreasleepMabel Meacher, languageteacherTeaches English, French andGreek

Gary Gummer, hes a plumberCall him when youve got a leak Patty Prentice, shes a dentistKeeps your teeth both clean andwhiteRonnie Ryman, hes a firemanComes when theres a fire to fight People work in the countryPeople work in the townPeople work day and nightTo make the world go round

2.2.2 Able to read and understand

phrases and sentences in linear andnon-linear texts.Appendix 10,11,12

BEN 10: PAGE 81-83

2.3.1 Able to read for information andenjoyment with guidance(b) non-fiction

Velociraptor1. Show video clip of a

dinosaur movie.2. Brainstorm names of

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dinosaurs.3. Show text aboutVelociraptor on powerpoint.4. Guide pupils to read thetext.5. Pair work:A pupil reads and thepartner completes amind map.6. Pupils do VelociraptorQuiz.7. Pupils complete the text.

Video clip of dinosaur movieText on power point(Appendix 19)

Mind map(Appendix 20)Velociraptor Quiz(Appendix 21)

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INTERVIEW WITH SPONGEBOBSQUAREPANTS ( PAGE 117)

LANGUAGE ARTS

4.1.2 Able to sing action songs, recitejazz chants and poems with correctpronunciation, rhythm and intonation.

AS REWARDS AND MOTIVATION

Abracadabra1. Prepare a secret box withtokens in it.2. Inform pupils that only acertain chant can open the

box.3. Pupil has to chant with thecorrect pronunciation, rhythmand intonation to open thebox.4. If successful, then teacheropens the secret box and thepupil may choose a token.

GRAMMAR

VERBCharade1. Prepare words in amagic bag.2. A pupil comes out andpicks a word from themagic bag.3. The pupil acts theword out and the restof the class try toguess the action /verb.4. Pupils spell the verband make a sentenceusing the verb.

5. The game continuesuntil all pupils havehad a chance.

Verb Book1. Divide pupils intogroups of four or five.2. Pupils create theirown verb books.3. Provide pictures ofvarious actions theylike.

4. Pupils label eachpicture with a verb.5. Pupils make asentence for eachpicture using the verb.6. Compile the verbbooks and displaythem in class.

Puzzle1. Divide pupils into groups.2. Distribute envelopes which

contains picture puzzles.3. Ask pupils to arrange thepuzzles to form the pictureand sentence.4. Each group will comeforward and paste thepicture on the boardand read out thesentence in the picture.5. Repeat the activity withanother set of picturepuzzles without thesentences.6. Pupils arrange the puzzles

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and write a sentence forthe picture.

Rat and Cat1. Put up the rhyme chart.2. Read the rhyme with thepupils.3. Then show a toy rat, catand a mat.4. As the pupils to readthe rhyme, place theanimals in the correctlocation.5. Put the rat in the hatand ask: Where is the rat?Show the word with thepreposition in

Pupils will answer The ratis in the hat.Explain that the word inshows the place or locationwhere the rat is .6. Repeat with the otherpreposition as in the rhyme.

Adjective Treasure Hunt1. Pupils are divided intogroups of four.2. Each group is given an

instruction card.3. Pupils go around theschool looking for theobjects.4. The first group to returnwith all the correctobjects is the winner.

PLEASE REFER TO THE EXAMPLE OFTHE LESSON PLAN:ONE STORY CAN BE USED FOR ALLSKILLS, LANGUAGE ARTS AND

GRAMMAR.