Curriculu Spelling ClassYear3/Stage2 Teacherssignature

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Topic Spellingwords/Shadesofmeaning Date06/09/2016 Time20minutes

LearningIntention: Prior knowledge

- Studentswillusearangeofstrategies,includingknowledgeoflettersound Outcome(s) Students have prior knowledge about the definition of

correspondencesandcommonletterpatterns,tospellfamiliarandsomeunfamiliar EN25A shades of meaning.
words.

Successcriteria:

- Studentswillbeabletodiscussandusestrategiesforspellingdifficultwords.
- Studentswillunderstandhowknowledgeofwordoriginssupportsspelling.

Time Teaching strategies Learning strategies Grouping Space Resources

Intro - Teacher starts her
5 min lesson by arranging the
Break students neatly on the
down floor, and asking them
to get their whiteboards
ready for the spelling
lesson.
- Teacher reviews the
phonic words (from
previous lesson) to
ensure their
understanding.
- White boards
Whole class - Group tables - Markers
Listening skills: students - Smart board
have to listen to the teacher
actively so that they will
have a good understanding
of new shades of meaning
words.
Spelling skills: students will
acquire this skill while
writing the words on their
whiteboard.

Body - The teacher displays,

15 Min on the smart board, a
Break group of words with
down similar meaning (words
with shade of
meaning). Teacher will
say each word and
explain its meaning.
Students have to write
 these words on their
whiteboards.

- Teacher then ask

student to help in using
these words in
sentences in order to
emphasise the student
understanding for the
words meanings.

-Following to that,
teacher displays the
words on the smart
board. Words will be
randomly arranged.
The teacher will ask
students to re-arrange
the word in a list from
the weakest to the
strongest in meaning.
Conclusio Teacher displays the words in
n pairs on the smart board and at
Min each time, students have to
Break pick the one with strongest
down meaning.

Differentiation: Summative Evaluation

The teacher may use a different activity in which she displays a short paragraph Students understanding level will be assessed every Friday during their regular spelling
with some words written incorrectly. In this activity the students are expected to test session.
identify the words with wrong spelling, give their meaning and the re-write them
correctly.

Follow up
In the following class, the teacher will review the spelling words together with the
students.