Tell A Story

Level 2 Chart 5 (Review)

Steps:

CDRM Competencies (Review)

A. Display the chart and use the discussion questions to

guide learners' description of the scene. Review the key
words as needed.

Belonging and identity

Being aware of our emotions
Safety at school
Protecting our environment
Including others

B. Write full answers from the class discussion on the

chalkboard in the form of a story, for example:

The children are at school. They are outside in

the playground. They are playing different
games like volleyball and football. Some of
them are skipping rope.
The new pupils at this school are very happy.
The other children invite them to play. It is not
raining now. The sky is clear. If a storm comes,
the teachers take all the children inside. The
school is a very safe and happy place.

Learning Outcomes
Identify signs of basic emotions
Describe a school physical and social environment
Identify factors that make school safe

Key Words (actions and games)

play, stand, run, jump, kick, volleyball, football, skip
rope

Key Words (features and descriptive words)

tree, ground, playground, building, sky, ground, clear,
clean, safe, storm, rain

Key Words (emotions)

happy, sad, angry, upset

Teacher Guidance Notes

The purpose of this chart is to help to help children
remember and internalize the language, skills and values
from Charts 1-4. Unlike lessons based on the previous
charts, here the learners are asked to use their newly
acquired skills to become authors of their own stories. In
doing so, they will recall the key messages from the
previous lessons and connect these messages to their
lives in their families, communities and school.
As with the first four charts in this series, you should first
conduct this lesson in the learners' mother tongue.
(unless English is the language of instructon at your
school). The chart can also be used to teach English
language and literacy. For example, the key words and
stories can be written first in the home language, and then
translated into English. Learners can copy the short
sentences and use them for read-aloud practice and
additional comprehension exercises.

Discussion questions
Let learners look at the whole chart and describe
what they see. Note that there is more than one
possible answer to some of these questions. The
idea is for learners to create the story.
Where are the children in the picture?
What games are they playing?
Do you think that the new pupils at this school happy or
sad? Why?
Is it raining now?
Where will the children and teachers go if a storm
comes?
Is this school a safe place for the children? Why?

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Activities
A. Play a MISSING WORDS game. Using the story from Step
B (above), erase the last word from each sentence. Have
children read aloud and see if they can replace the word
orally. Then invite individual learners to come to the board
and write the word in its place. Repeat, this time erasing two
words from each sentence, and so on.
B. In small groups of three, have children work together to draw
large pictures of their school. Ask them to make a list of
things at their school that make them feel safe and happy.
Let one representative of each group present the picture to
the whole class. On the chalkboard, compile lists of things
that contribute to a safe and happy school for example:
SAFE

HAPPY

clean playground teachers smile a lot