Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 4

Capital letters

TERM: 2nd Term

SUBJECT: Grammar

WEEK: 9

CLASS : PRIMARY 4

AGE: 9 years

DURATION : 2 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Capital letters

CONTENT : Capital letters

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

  1. Explain how capital letter is used

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses pictures of words and sentences indicating capital letters to arouse the interest of the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Metropolitan English series English grammar for Basic Education Book 3 page 87-88, flash cards, sentence strips and charts on the use of capital letters

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Capital letters

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson

Pupils observe, learn and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher further gives examples the use of capital letters

1. to begin every sentence e.g

The boy is crying

2. for names of people, pets and for initials e.g

Jackie, Martha, Mercy, Bingo

3. for names of places, rivers and mountains e.g

River Benue, Mount Everest

4. For the days of the week and the months of the year e.g

Monday, September, June,

5. for the names of books e.g

Old Roger, Frog Prince, Sherlock Holmes

6. For the letter I e.g

I am coming

I picked it up

7. to begin addresses e.g

No 7 Richardson street, Guinea Bisau

Pupils observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

The pupils are asked to

1. State the uses of capital letters

- Pupils observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

Pupils are asked to answer question  A-B on page 87-88 of the text-book

Pupils observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

Pupils are asked to answer questions C-D on page 88 of the reference text.

Pupils participate

6

CONCLUSION

The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commend the pupils

 



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