Lesson Plan STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS Part 1 Duration Lesson Materials Reading

Material: Reading Material: Own PM+ Level books for each group (depends on proficiency level of each student group) 1 book for teacher, 1 for pupil

10 minutes FLUENCY Objective: To check / monitor students progress in reading 1. Start lesson by reading an excerpt of a book appropriate for the childs level. 2. Ask each student to read the book aloud. 3. As student reads: - Teacher will correct wrongly pronounced word(s). - Students will write down words not read correctly in their small notebooks. 4. While teacher is assessing a particular student, the rest will read in pairs while waiting for their turn.

Student Worksheet Lesson 1

10 minutes WORD STUDY Objective: Students will learn 5 new high frequency words. For this lesson the recommended words are: come, said, very, there and people (up to teacher discretion) 1. Introduce high frequency words to students by telling them that some common words do not follow spelling rules. 2. Show some examples of sight words that students often see for e.g. are, the and you. 3. Introduce the 5 new words on board and asks students, in pairs, to search from the given reading material. 4. Ask students at random to try reciting any Appendix B: Excerpt from Reading Material: Max and Jake Appendix C: 5 word cards with the 5 high frequency words Whiteboard / Flip chart Student WorksheetLesson 1

Adapted from Supplemental Instruction for Struggling Readers, Grade 3: A Guide for Tutors (University of Texas / Texas Education Agency, 2002)

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Lesson Plan STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS of the given words. 5. Show the students each of the word cards (3 are found in the book said, come, very) with the high frequency words and read them aloud to the students. 6. Make students repeat after the teacher together. 7. In groups of 4, make students spell out the word together and repeat saying the words till they pronounce them correctly. 8. Go around the class to check on student individually. 9. Instruct students to write the new 5 high frequency words into their small book to record new words learnt.

30 minutes INSTRUCTIONAL READING Objective: Students will learn to use a basic graphic organiser to identify important information while reading a text. Before reading: 1. Pass the books and graphic organisers to students. 2. Ask students at random to guess what the story is about by looking at the title and its cover picture. 3. Lead students on what they know about the story (have they read about it before?) 4. Instruct the students to work in groups of 4. 5. Introduce 3-5 new vocabulary words and get students to guess the meaning of each word as they read the book later. Reading: 1. Make students read books in their own

Reading Material: The Ant and the Dove (from PM+ Level 15) Note to teacher: For lower ability students, could use a book suited for them or choose an excerpt of the book) Student Worksheet: Lesson 1 Teacher Resource Lesson 1 Large Mahjong Paper (for group sharing) 3-5 vocabulary word cards

Adapted from Supplemental Instruction for Struggling Readers, Grade 3: A Guide for Tutors (University of Texas / Texas Education Agency, 2002)

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Lesson Plan STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS groups and fill in the given graphic organisers on their own as they read along. 2. Instruct students to write down the Who, Where and Why as required on the bigger mahjong paper for them to present later. After reading: 1. Ask students to close the books and make each group present different parts of the graphic organiser. 2. Get feedback from other groups to check accuracy of answer from presenting groups. 3. Give students the meanings of the 3-5 new vocabulary words and reward groups with the most number of accurate answers. 4. Review the vocabulary words and discuss how each word was used in the text. 5. Ask students to record new words in notebook.

10 minutes WRITING Objective: Students will improve writing fluency (speed and accuracy) 1. Review the new words learnt in the lesson and encourage students to write as many words as they can remember from the words they have seen or read. 2. Time students as they write the words in their writing books / worksheets. 3. Ask each student to read the words they have written and share to the class. 4. Monitor and help students with their spelling and pronunciation. Student WorksheetLesson 1

Adapted from Supplemental Instruction for Struggling Readers, Grade 3: A Guide for Tutors (University of Texas / Texas Education Agency, 2002)

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Lesson Plan STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS 5 30 minutes WORD BUILDERS Objective: Students will improve in their practice of phonics, spelling and vocabulary. 1. Instruct students to work in pairs. 2. Give each pair of students a worksheet containing 5 sentences with blank spaces for each sentence. (e.g. She took a leaf in her beak and let it fall into the water. ) 3. Make students fill in the blanks by spelling out the words using the tiles. 4. After that, make each pair create a new word / words by taking out a letter from the underlined words e.g beak becomes weak, fall becomes wall, tall etc) 5. Instruct students to create as many new words as possible. 6. Ask each pair to read the words they have made. 7. Assist students with spelling and correct pronunciations. Letter tiles / cards (like Scrabble tiles or UNO card style) Student worksheets / Large mahjong papers for each pair of students Appendix E: Word Builder Game Appendix F: Letter Tiles

Adapted from Supplemental Instruction for Struggling Readers, Grade 3: A Guide for Tutors (University of Texas / Texas Education Agency, 2002)

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Teachers Resource STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS Appendix A1 Excerpt from A friend for Max

Grandad! Grandad! shouted Max. Look at the big truck! Some men are taking beds into the house over the road. A new family is moving in, said Grandad. A car came up the road to the house. A big boy and a big girl got out of the car. The childrens father got out of the car, too. Oh Grandad, said Max. Some children are moving into that house. I want a friend to play with, but they are too old for me. Grandad and Max went to see the new family. The big girl came to the door. Hello, said Max. Im Max and Im six.

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Teachers Resource STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS

Appendix B1: Sight Words Excerpt from Max and Jake

I cant swim, said Max. I can help you, said Jake. Im good at swimming. Can Grandad come with us? said Max. Yes, smiled Jakes Mum. At the big swimming pool, Jake got into the water. He loved swimming. Max did not want to get in at first. He sat with his feet in the water and looked at Jake. Jake was swimming up and down the pool. He kicked his feet and made big splashes. Jake swam over to Max. I cant run very fast, he said, but I can swim fast.

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Teachers Resource STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS Appendix C1 Sight Word Cards

come

very

said

there

people

the

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Teachers Resource STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS Appendix E1: Word Builder 1 Group Work Activity 1 Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box. (taken from Advanced Reading Grade 2- Creative Teaching Press page 60)

same

take

rows

food

look

A shark is an amazing fish with __________________ and ________________ of teeth. Some sharks have more than 20 rows of teeth. Sharks lose lots of teeth when they are busy eating. Some sharks lose a tooth every ten days. When a shark loses a tooth, another one moves forward to ___________________ its place. Sharks use their teeth to catch and eat _________________. But not all shark teeth __________________ the ____________________. Sharks teeth come in different shapes and sizes.

Activity 2 Create new words (as many as possible) from the words in the boxes above by adding a letter in front or at the back. For e.g. weak becomes beak or wear

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Teachers Resource STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS Appendix F1: Letter Tiles

A F K P U Z

B G L Q V

C H M R W

D I N S X

E J O T Y

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Students Worksheet STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS Name: _________________________________________________________ Date: _____________________

Part 1: Reading Fluency Write down the words you had difficulty pronouncing in the box below. Book title: _______________________________________________

Part 2: Word Study Write the new sight words as taught by your teacher in the box below.

Part 3: Instructional Reading

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Students Worksheet STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME CENTRAL NU NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS Story: The Ant and the Dove From the title and the picture on the front cover, what is the story about?

Who are the main characters?

Where does the story take place?

What is the main problem in the story? Why is the character like
that?

What happens next?

How does the story end?

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Students Worksheet STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS

Activity 1 Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box.

(taken from Advanced Reading Grade 2- Creative Teaching Press page 60)

same

take

rows

food

look

A shark is an amazing fish with __________________ and ________________ of teeth. Some sharks have more than 20 rows of teeth. Sharks lose lots of teeth when they are busy eating. Some sharks lose a tooth every ten days. When a shark loses a tooth, another one moves forward to ___________________ its place. Sharks use their teeth to catch and eat _________________. But not all shark teeth __________________ the ____________________. Sharks teeth come in different shapes and sizes.

Vocabulary What are the new words you have learnt today?

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Students Worksheet STARHUB-CENTRAL SINGAPORE NURTURE PROGRAMME NURTUREPLUS LESSON 1: SIGHT WORDS Part 4: Writing Write as many CVC words (from your reading) as you can in the box below in the shortest time possible.

Check Time: How do you feel after todays lesson? (Tick the box)

Why do you feel so? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What have you learnt today? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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