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Common sight words- spellings, reading, filling the gaps and writing. Simple comprehension passage

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Subject: Literacy

Term: 3rd Term

Week: 7

Age: 5 years

Class: Nursery 2

Duration: 5 periods of 35 minutes each 

Date:

Topic: Common sight words- spellings, reading, filling the gaps and writing. Simple comprehension passage.

Content:   Verbs. Past tense.

Specific Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to

  1. Pronounce, spell, read and write common sight words
  2. Identify and use verbs in making sentences
  3. Correctly use the past tense
  4. Read and answer questions from a simple comprehension passage

Instructional Material: Letter charts, charts of common sight words, charts showing verbs definition and examples, charts on the correct use of the past tense, comprehension passage

Instructional Techniques: Repetition, explanation, demonstration, question and answers 

Entry Behaviour: The pupils can identify nouns and its examples  

Set Induction: The teacher uses alphabet rhyme to arouse them

Instructional procedures

Periods I-II: Common sight words

Steps 

Teacher’s Activities 

Pupils Activities

1

The teacher reviews the previously taught sight words and introduces the topic as common sight words.

 

She explains that sight words are words that cannot be pronounced with the sound of the letters

The pupils repeat after her

2

She writes out the common sight words on the board

blue

away

whose

them

draw

laugh

 

She then proceeds to spelling and pronouncing them repeatedly

The pupils repeat after her

 

Evaluation:

  1. The teacher dictates the words ‘blue, away, whose, them’ for the pupils to write down in their notes
  2. Fill in the missing gaps
  3. D ___ a  ____
  4. l____ u ____ h
  5. t ____ e ____

 

Conclusion: She marks their books and corrects them where it is necessary.

Periods III- IV: Verbs, Past tense

Steps 

Teacher’s Activities 

Pupils Activities

1

The teacher revises the previous lesson on common sight words

 

The pupils read

2

The teacher proceeds to explaining what a verb is a ‘doing’ and ‘action’

For example

1.   Ian likes to play the guitar.

2.   Sam made a mess of her room.

3.   James likes to dance every day.

4.   Dad went to buy some milk.

5.   Mark eats his dinner quickly.

 

3

The teacher reviews past tense with the pupils. She explains that any event that has already happened is called past tense. She writes some examples on the board.

a.     The boy sat down.

b.    Bunty likes his toys.

c.     Daniel sees me.

 

 

Evaluation:         1. Circle the verbs in the list below

                             Brother       sat              said            pen             run                                         

                             cat              pizza          happiness           sit               fast

                             Tree           likes            under          cleaner

2. Underline the past tense in these sentences

  1. The boy sat down.
  2. Bunty likes his toys.
  3. Daniel sees me.

 

Conclusion: The teacher marks their books, corrects where necessary and commends them positively

Periods V: Simple comprehension passage

Steps 

Teacher’s Activities 

Pupils Activities

1

The teacher revises the previous lesson on past tense and verbs

 

The pupils read

2

The teacher proceeds to display the comprehension passage as written in their texts

     I can see a little seal

     It has a big ball

     The ball is on its nose

     It likes to play with the ball

 

 

She proceeds to read the passage repeatedly as the pupils repeat after her.

The pupils participate and listen

 

Evaluation:        

Answer the following questions

  1. The seal has a _________. (bell, ball, book)
  2. The ball is __________. (little, big, a seal)
  3. The seal likes to _________. (play with the ball, jump on the ball)

Conclusion: The teacher marks their books, corrects where necessary and commends them positively



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