Lesson Plan of Year 3 KSSR

Class : 3 Bestari

Level: Good

Date

Time: 10.30 am 11.30 am

: 30th July 2013

Enrolment: /25

Theme: World of Knowledge

Topic: Its Story Time!
Focus (Focussed skill): Grammar
Learning Standard:
By the end of this lesson, pupils will be able to:
5.1.1 Able to use nouns correctly and appropriately:
(a) common nouns
(b) proper nouns
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this lesson, 85% of pupils should be able to:
1) Classify at least three to four common nouns and proper nouns correctly.
2) Orally identify at least three common nouns and three proper nouns.
3) Construct simple sentences using correct common and proper nouns.
4) Circle and underline the correct common nouns and proper nouns in the worksheet
given.
Educational Emphases
Thinking Skills:
1. Classifying
Previous Knowledge:
1. Pupils are familiar with a number of words for people, places and things.

Moral Values:
1. Respect.
Teaching Materials:
1. Pictures.
2. Flashcards.
3. Power point slides.
4. LCD projector.
5. Manila cards.
6. Worksheet.

Steps /
Phase
Time
Set
Induction
(+ 5 mins)

Content
Teachers instructions:

Teaching Learning
Activities
1. Teacher puts up some
pictures.

Look at these
pictures.
Can you tell me what
they are?

2. Pupils identify the names

of the items in the picture.

Remarks

Teaching Materials
Pictures of:
1.boy
2.girl
3.school
4.teacher
5.Cinderella

Expected answers:
boy, girl, school,
Cinderella, teacher
Topic: Its Story Time!

Presentation The story is about

(+ 13 mins)
pupils in a classroom
and their responses to
a story.

3. Teacher introduces the

topic for the day.

1. Teacher displays a short

story in the power point
slides.

Teaching Materials:
1. Power point slides.

2. After teacher reads the

story to pupils, teacher
prompts pupils the
general idea and asks
them to also look at the
highlighted words in the
story.
Teacher explains and
use examples from the
story:
Common noun:
Names anything, place
or person.
For example:
boy, girl, school,
class.
Proper noun:
Names a specific
person, place or thing.
The first letter must
always be capitalised.
For example:
Maria, Christina,
Peter.

3. Teacher pastes a piece of

manila card with a short
explanation of what
common and proper
nouns are.

Thinking Skills:
Comparing &
contrasting

4. Teacher shows pupils

examples of common and
proper nouns from the
story in manila card.
5. Teacher prompts pupils to
take turns to identify
words in cue cards either
they are common nouns
and proper nouns orally.
Example of cue cards:

Teaching Materials:
Cue cards (More
contextualised
examples of common
nouns and proper
nouns).

Pn.Siti
chair

Practice

Group Activity

1. Teacher arranges pupils

*Group Interactions.

(+ 17 mins)

into groups of five. Each

groups will be provided
with a different coloured
marker and a manila card.
Teacher lists down the
two category of nouns
found in the story on
whiteboard:
Proper
nouns
Peter
Miss
Maria
Sophie
Christina

Common
Nouns
van
teacher
girls
children
shops
class

Teaching Materials:
1.Manila Cards

2. Teacher lists down the

common nouns and
proper nouns found in the
story on the whiteboard.
3. Teacher then instructs
pupils to construct at least
three simple sentences in
groups using the common
nouns and proper nouns
listed.

*To reinforce
students' awareness
of the concept of
common nouns and
proper nouns.

4. Before the activity starts,

teacher shows several
examples of sentences
that can be constructed
using those common and
proper nouns.
5. Teacher then starts the
activity and gives five
minutes for each group to
come up with their own
sentences creatively.

Moral Value:
Cooperation
*Teacher scaffolds
when necessary.

6. At the end of five minutes,

call time and teacher calls
out each group to present
their creativity to their
classmates.

Production
(+ 20 mins)

7. Teacher draws attention

to errors, clear up
misconceptions, and
reinforce rules for
recognizing proper vs.
common nouns.

*Error corrections
enable pupils to
enhance their
understanding on the
topic.

Game: Who is your

partner?

1. Teacher conducts a
game.

Teaching Materials:
1.Flashcards

Flashcards of common
nouns and proper nouns.
For example:
Pupil A gets card on
common noun:

2. Teacher explains the flow

of the game to the pupils.

boy

Pupil B gets card on

3. Teacher distributes
flashcard to each pupils.

proper noun:
Ravi

For example, pupil A

who is holding a cue
card of boy have to
find the pupil who is
holding the proper noun
that matches boy,
Ravi.

Teacher draws two

columns on whiteboard:
Proper
noun

Common
noun

4. Teacher plays music and

pupils can get up and
move around the room.
When teacher turns the
music off, pupils must find
the pair that match their
card.
5. Then pupils can stand
with their pairs in a corner
until others finish finding
their match.

*Pair work.
*Student-centred.

6. Once pupils are done,

teacher draws two column
on the whiteboard and
instructs pupils to paste
their match in the table
provided.
7. Pupils paste the match in
the table provided on the
whiteboard in front of the
class for everyone to see.

*Whole-class
approach.

8. Teacher initiates a small

discussion to check the
answer.
Closure
(+ 5 mins)

Recapitulations.
Teachers question:
Can you tell me if
soldiers is a proper
noun or a common
noun?
Expected answer:
Common noun.

Trainees post lesson reflection:

Lecturers comments:

1. Teacher asks pupils to

restate what they have
learnt.
2. Teacher gives some
words and pupils must
state what type of noun
they are.
3. Teacher distributes
worksheets to pupils
(Enrichment activity).

Teaching Materials:
Worksheet
(*Refer to Appendix)