Literacy: Teaching Literacy: Teaching sound “a”sound “a”

Literacy: Teaching Literacy: Teaching sound “a”sound “a”

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DAY 1• Revising previous sounds.• Telling a story to introduce the sound

and the action.• Tracing the letter on their palms, on

their classmates’ back, etc.• Letter /a/ online (SMARTBOARD

ACTIVITY)• Tracing the letter on their boards.• Singing a song.

DAY 2• Revising the action, story and letter

formation.• Reading a story online: “Zac the

rat”.• Playing games online.• Eliciting prior knowledge: What

words do they know that sound “a”?• Copybook

Competences• Saber hacer:

– Comunicarse en forma oral y escrita en inglés.

– Resolver problemas.• Saber conocer:

– Retener información significativa y datos relevantes.

– Autogestionar estrategias de aprendizaje• Saber vivir juntos y ser persona:

– Ser comprensivo y respetuoso con los demás.– Trabajo en equipo.– Ejercer la libertad de pensamiento, palabra y

actitud.

MY ALPHABET BOOK1ST. FORM Miss Coty

• OBJECTIVE : Spelling aloud• The alphabet• ACTIVITIES : • Student read the web page using the smart

board so as to encourage them and give them examples on what we were going to work in class.

• They volunteered to provide examples in the classroom, I wrote them on the board (activity to which they are used to, because of the way we work with phonics).

MY ALPHABET BOOK1ST. FORM Miss Coty

• THE BEGINNING SOUND• They completed the book, writing and

illustrating the words.• Students worked in pairs, asking each

other• A to B: letter F• B: looked up for the word and said F for

FINGER• A: How do we spell FINGER?• B: F I N G E R FINGER!

MY ALPHABET BOOK1ST. FORM Miss Coty

• CONCLUSION: Students could have their own alphabet book (different from their mate´s one) and enjoy playing and working. They took it home to share this activity with their families.

• INTELLIGENCES: INTERPERSONAL , LINGÜÍSTICA , VISUAL Y ESPACIAL (Utiliza imágenes visuales como recurso para recordar información) y SINTETICO CREATIVA ( Busca originalidad en la generación de nuevos productos).

• COMPETENCIAS: SABER SER ( Disfrutar de la actividad emprendida).

• SABER HACER (Decidir).

AIM: Learning the numbers up to 100, saving a record of the number of days spent at school.

Materials:

• A poster with a grid, which will be filled everyday.

Development of the activity:

•At the beginning of the year, the teacher explains the kids that the grid will be filled everyday, counting the days that are spent at school, not only English but also gym.

•As a part of the routines at the beginning of the lesson, the chart is filled by one of the students. Then, the students, guided by the teacher, read the numbers that had been written on the chart.

Miss Annie

•When the 100th day is reached, the kids are asked to bring collections of a hundred objects.

•With those collections, each student creates a drawing or a collage using his or her objects.

Activities:

•Reading of “The 100th day at school”

•Revision of the chart, counting up to a hundred.

•Creating personal posters and drawings and then a long snake with all the drawings.