CLASS

: YEAR 1
FOCUS
: LISTENING & SPEAKING, READING
THEME
: WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE
TOPIC : SHAPES
TIME
: 60 MINUTES
VOCABULARY : Square, triangle, rectangle, circle
CONTENT STANDARD:
By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to :
1. 1.
pronounce words and speak confidently with the correct stress, rhythm
and intonation
2. 2
demonstrate understanding of a variety of linear and non-linear texts in the form of print and
non-print materials using a range of strategies to construct meaning.
LEARNING STANDARDS:
1.1.4 Able to talk about a stimulus with guidance.
2.2.1 Able to read and apply word recognition and word attack skills by matching words with:
a) graphics
b) spoken words
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Pupils should be able to:
1) Name the shapes of objects shown to them
2) Create shapes in groups
3) Match the words to the correct shapes
4) Solve a jigsaw puzzle
TEACHING RESOURCES: A colourful bag, a clock, a ball, a compact disc, an eraser, a book,
a pencil box, a file, a ruler, a photo frame, a triangle, a sandwich, a triangle-shaped tupperware
MORAL VALUES

: Cooperation

THINKING SKILLS

: Identifying, categorizing, matching, solving problems

Phase / Time

Set Induction
(5 minutes)

Teachers Role

Pupils Role

1.Teacher brings a
colourful bag to
the classroom.

1. A few pupils come in

front and take out the
objects and name them.

2. The teacher asks a few

pupils to come in front
and take out one object
at a time,name them
and put them on the
table.

2. The pupils put the

objects on the
table.

Questions posed by
the teacher:

3. Pupils answer questions

posed by teacher.

Learning Standards

1.1.4
Able to talk
about a stimulus with
guidance.

a) Name the object?

b) Are there any
similarities in these
objects?
Pre-Listening
( 15 minutes)

1.Teacher asks pupils to

go through the objects .

1. Pupils look and touch the

objects.

2. Teacher calls out a few

pupils to group the
objects.

2. Pupils group the objects

in four groups.

Questions posed by the

teacher:
a) Can we group the
objects together?
b) Which objects can be
grouped together?
c) Why we group objects
in group 1 together?
d) What are the
similarities of objects
grouped together?

While-Listening
(20 minutes)

1. Teacher explains about

shapes and provides a few
objects as examples.
Questions posed by the
teacher:
a) Give a few examples of
objects which has the
shapes of triangle,
square, rectangle and
circle?
2.Teacher divides the pupils
into a few groups, 6
members in a group.
Questions posed by the
teacher:
a) Form a shape by working in
groups.
3.. Teacher asks pupils to
think of any other shapes
that they know.

G
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objects

plate, ball, clock

eraser, book, photo

frame

ruler, pencil box

triangle, triangleshaped upperware,

sandwich

1. Pupils read aloud the

words.
2.Pupils provides
examples of objects
which has shapes of
triangle, square, rectangle and
circle.
3.Pupils work in their groups
to form shapes.
4. Pupils cooperate with each
other in the group to form
shapes.
5. Pupils think of the shapes
that they know and name
them.

2.2.1
Able to read
and apply word
recognition and word
attack skills by matching
words with:
a) graphics
b)spoken words

Questions posed by the

teacher:
1.
Are there any other
shapes ?
2.
Name the shapes?
Post-Listening
(15 minutes)

1.Teacher distributes
pictures of shapes to 2
groups of pupils and word
cards to the another two
groups.

1. Pupils finds and match the

words to the pictures of
shapes.
2..Pupils solve the puzzle in
pairs.

Questions posed by the

teacher:
a)Find and match the
words to the pictures of
shapes.
1.Teacher gives a jigsaw
puzzle to pupils.
2. Teacher instructs pupils
to work in pairs to solve
the puzzle.
Questions posed by the
teacher:
a) Solve the jigsaw puzzle ?
b) Name the shape in the puzzle?

Closure
(5 minutes)

1.Teacher shows a toy bus

which has all the shapes on it.

2. Teacher asks pupils to

identify the shapes on the
toy bus.
Questions posed by the
teacher:
a) What is this?
b) What can you see
on this object?
c) Point and name
the shapes that
you can see on
the bus?

1.Pupils name the shapes by

pointing to them.

2.2.1
Able to read
and apply word
recognition and word
attack skills by matching
words with:
a) graphics
b)spoken words