YEAR 1

Date: 15-01-2013

Subject: English

Class: 1 M

Day: Tuesday

Time: 9.50a.m.-10.50a.m.

Enrolment: 37 pupils

Attendance: 37 pupils

Proficiency level of students: Level 1

Theme: World of self, family and friends

Topic: Myself

Skills: Reading

Time: 30 minutes

Sentence structures: Simple Wh - questions

Vocabulary and Grammar: sun, six, sea, sip, sam, sing, sand

Previous knowledge: Students able to identify and distinguish the shapes of

the letters in the alphabet.

Content standard: 2.1 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will

be able to apply knowledge of sounds of letters to

recognise words in linear and non-linear texts.

Learning standard: 2.1.2(a) Able to recognise and articulate initial, medial

and the final sounds in single syllable

/s/ /ae/ /t/ /p/

(s) (a) (t) (p)

2.2.1 Able to read and apply word recognition and word attack skills by matching words with : a) graphics

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

1. articulate and blend phonemes into words.

2. read and recognize at least 5 words.

Moral values: Appreciation of nature, co-operation

Teaching aids: Sound card 's', Cory Cat Phonics Song

CCTS ( critical and creative thinking skills): Classify, predict, look for patterns

Multiple intelligences: Bodily-kinesthetic, visual-spatial, interpersonal

ICT: power point

Steps/ Time Content Teaching and Learning Strategies

Remarks

Set Induction( 5 minutes)

Questions :

1.Can you make the sound ?

1. Teacher introduces /s/.

2. Teacher says “Watch my mouth.”

3. Position your mouth, teeth,tongue for phoneme /s/. Do not say the sound yet. Teacher makes sure all the pupils can see her mouth.

4. Teacher says /s/ five times with pauses in between.

5. Teacher asks 'What sound did you hear?'

Teaching aids :LCD

Step 1( 10 minutes)

poem 1. Initially, teacher just let the pupils listen to the short poem that focuses on the letter ‘s’.

2. Then get pupils to recite the poem with the correct pronunciation and intonation.

3. Encourage individual pupils to recite the poem.

4. Get pupils to copy all the words with the letter ‘s’.

Teaching aids :

LCD

Step 2( 10 minutes)

Questions :

1. What sound is this? Say /s/ 5 times with me(class, group, individual).'

1. Practice saying /s/, class, group, individual.

2. Sing Association Action Song(from Cory cat Phonics Song), Sammy Snake s s s(weave your hand in an 's' shape, like a snake ).

3. Introduce grapheme 's' for /s/. 'This is /s/.

Closure ( 5 minutes)

1. Teacher ends the lesson by recapping the day’s lesson and discusses the moral values.

2. Pupils listen and sing along.

3. Pupils show appropriate actions.

4. Pupils talk about the day’s lesson and the moral values.

Teaching aids :Song chart

LOG:

95% of the pupils are able to say 's'. Esther Tey and Lai Xiao Wen have lisping

problem. Everybody enjoyed reciting the poem. Everybody can write 's' except

Tey Kaize, Lee Mei Xuan and Aik Jia Xu (letter reversal).

MY SUGGESTIONS:

Follow the same steps for sounds /æ t p/.

Teach the sounds over a period of 1 week, preferably everyday. If not 3x/week,

alternate days. Play games once you have introduced more than 1

sound(Textbook pg 7, Jumping Frog).

Revise sounds taught before each lesson.

DO NOT introduce letter names.

YEAR 1

Date: 16-01-2013

Subject: English

Class: 1 M

Day: Wednesday

Time: 11.20a.m.-12.20p.m.

Enrolment: 37 pupils

Attendance: 37 pupils

Proficiency level of students: Level 1

Theme: World of self, family and friends

Topic: Myself

Skills: Writing

Time: 60 minutes

Sentence structures: Simple Wh - questions

Vocabulary and Grammar: sun, six, sea, sip, sam, sing, sand

Previous knowledge: Students able to identify and distinguish the shapes of

the letters in the alphabet.

Content standard: 3.2 By the end of the 6 year primary schooling, pupils will be able to write using appropriate language, form and style for a range of purposes.Learning standard: 3.1.1 Able to demonstrate fine motor control of hands and

fingers by :

a) handling objects and manipulating them.

b) moving hands and fingers using writing apparatus.

3.1.2 Able to copy and write in neat legible print :

a) small ( lowercase) letters

b) capital ( uppercase ) letters

d) words

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

1. write at least three words that have initial sound of /s/.

2. recognize the words and match the at least 3 out of 5

words to the pictures given by the teacher.

Moral values: Appreciation of nature, co-operation

Teaching aids: Sound card 's', Cory Cat Phonics Song

CCTS ( critical and creative thinking skills): Classify, predict, look for patterns

Multiple intelligences: Bodily-kinesthetic, visual-spatial, interpersonal

ICT: power point

Steps/ Time Content Teaching and Learning Strategies

Remarks

Set Induction( 10 minutes)

Questions :

1.What can you see in the picture ?

1. Teacher revises the sound taught. Show sound card 's'.

2. Stick the 's' card on the board.

3. Teacher introduces pictures with initial sound /s/. Show the first picture, sun. Ask 'What is this?(sun). Say 'sun'. Can you hear /s/(show sound card 's')when I say 'sun'?(show picture)

Teaching aids :LCD, Pictures of sun, six, sea, sip, sam, sing, sand

Step 1( 15 minutes)

Questions :

1.Can you say the word?

1. Pupils play Musical Pictures.

2. Pupils it in a circle.

3. Teacher puts all the picture cards in a box.

4. Teacher plays the

music and the pupils pass the box.

5. When the music stops, the pupil with the box will pick a card and name it.

6. Teach the pupils to say '/S/ as in (spider)' after naming the picture.

Teaching aids :

pictures

Step 2( 25 minutes)

Question:What are you doing?' as pupils do the writing activity. Train them to say the sound not the letter name. Use the term 'sound' when teaching phonics NOT 'letter'.

1. Teacher guides the whole class to write the letter in the air.

2. Get a few pupils to trace the letter with the mouse.

3. The pronunciation of the letter and words should also be focused.

4. Teacher encourage them to list out more words containing the letter ‘s’.

Teaching aids :

LCD, whiteboard

Closure ( 5 minutes)

1. Teacher ends the lesson by recapping the day’s lesson and discusses the moral values.

2. Follow up with the exercises on pages 16 to 18 of the activity books.

3. Pupils show appropriate actions.

4. Pupils talk about the day’s lesson and the moral values.

Teaching aids :activity book

LOG:

90% of the pupils are able to write the letter in the air.

Everybody enjoyed to trace the letter with the mouse.

Everybody can write 's' except Tey Kaize, Lee Mei Xuan and Aik Jia Xu (letter

reversal).

MY SUGGESTIONS:

Follow the same steps for sounds /æ t p/.

for enrichment, make a Sound Poster(refer my link Teaching Phonics, Phonics

Poster) for each sound taught(group/class project. Stick it/them around the

classroom.

Go slow when teaching sounds for the first few weeks. Personally I do not advise

you to teach all 4 sounds in one lesson in the early stages of teaching reading.