YEAR 1

Date: 22-01-2013
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: Writing
Time: 30 minutes
Sentence structures: Simple sentences
Vocabulary and Grammar: ant, axe, arrow, album
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 5 words that have initial sound of /ae/ .
2. Recognize the 5 words and match the words to the 5
pictures given by the teacher.
Moral values: Appreciation of nature, co-operation
Teaching aids: coursewaty year 1 english, textbook
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
'a'.

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

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


Teaching aids :
LCD, Pictures
of ant, axe,
arrow, album

Step 1
( 15 minutes)


Questions :

1.Can you say
the word?


1. Teacher gives pupils
enough practice in
forming the letter a
correctly.

2. Teacher gets pupils to
trace the letter with the
mouse.

3. Then, teacher guides
the whole class to write
the letter in the air.

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


Teaching aids :

pictures



5. Note that the letter a
taught in this lesson
has the /ae/ sound.

6. Follow up with the
exercises on pages 20
to 22 of the activity
book.




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. Initially, teacher just lets
the puplis listen to the
short poem that
focuses on the letter a
with the /ae/ sound.

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

3. Encourage individual
pupils to recite the
poem.

4. Teacher gets pupils to
copy all the words with
letter a from the poem.



Teaching aids :

LCD,
whiteboard



Closure
( 5 minutes)

1. Teacher ends the
lesson by recapping
the days lesson
and discusses the
moral values.

2. Follow up with the
exercises on pages
20 to 22 of the
activity books.

3. Pupils show

Teaching aids :
activity book




Log:
95% of the pupils can practice in forming the letter a correctly. Pupils are able
to trace the letter with the mouse. Then, teacher guides the whole class to write
the letter in the air. Everbody enjoyed the lesson.

MY SUGGESTIONS:
Teacher can read story to the pupils once a week, so that they can practise listen
to english.
For high-flyers, teacher may encourage themto list out more words beginning with
the letter a.

appropriate actions.

4. Pupils talk about
the days lesson
and the moral
values.