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Identifying the Initial /a/ in Speech Sounds Heard

I. Learning Objectives

Identify the initial /a/ in speech sounds heard

Recall details in a fable listened to

Produce the initial vowel sound /a/

Associate names of objects with printed symbols

Trace big and small letter Aa

Write big and small letter Aa correctly

II. Subject Matter/Learning Content

A. Topic:

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Initial vowel /a/

Big and small A

B. References:Listening 2, 1.2 p.8

Speaking: 2, p.8

Reading: 1.2 p.8

Writing: 2 p.8

Book: Spoken English I Materials: pictures of the ant and grasshopper,

picture cards, word card, realias

III. Procedure

A. Preparatory Activities

1. Review

Present different pictures. Ask the pupils to choose and paste the pictures with names that begin in Ee.

Connect the pictures to the beginning /i/

2. Unlocking the Meaning of Difficult WordsUnlock the meaning of the words through pictures and context clues.

summer a hot season of year

anthill a place where ants live

hungry wanting food

save to keep for future use

3. Motivation Have you seen an ant? How does it look?

Can you describe it?

How about a grasshopper? Have you seen one?

4. Motive QuestionWhat happened to the grasshopper in the story?

B. Developmental Activities

1. Presentation

Show pictures of an ant and a grasshopper.

2. Teacher reads the story.

3. Comprehension Check-up Who had been busy all summer?

What made them busy?

Who came to the anthill one rainy day?

What happened to the grasshopper?

Did the ant give him some food?

How did the grasshopper spend his time last summer?

Do you want to be like the grasshopper? Why?

What do you think would the grasshopper do next summer?

If you were the ant, would you give food to the grasshopper? Why?

If you were the grasshopper would you play all the summer days? Why? You have to think of what you will have in the future, just like, when you have nothing, start saving for the future. Do you spend all your baon? Why?

What do you do with your extra money? Why?

C. Post Activity1. Act out the part when the ant and the grasshopper met.

2. Say the dialogue by pair.

3. Presentation of words with initial /a/a. Who is good, the ant or the grasshopper? Why?

Where do ants live?

Say the words.

Ask:What sound do you hear at the beginning of the words?

What is the letter name for /a/? Letter A.The /a/

Aa says /a/ for for , too.

For and

For in the zoo

Aa says /a/ for in space

For , and

For on race.

Teacher reads the rebus twice.

Then children recite the rebus with the teacher. b. Name all the pictures in the rebus.

Prolong the beginning sound.

Say:

a. . . a. . . a. . . apple

a. . . a. . . a. . .ax

a. . . a. . . a. . . alphabet

a. . . a. . . a. . .anchor

a. . . a. . . a. . . ant

4. Back to the rebus, detach the pictures and substitute them with their printed symbols.

(Teacher will prepare word cards.)

Aa says /a/ for _____________

For __________, too.

For ________ and __________

For _____________ in the zoo.

Aa says /a/

For ____________ in space

For ____________, ___________ and __________

For ______________ on race.

4. Writing Letter Aa

1. Demonstrate the correct strokes in writing letter Aa. Write in air, on classmates back, palm, and desk.

2. Trace letter Aa on the board.

3. Write letter Aa on a clean sheet of paper.5. Application

1. Hey! Stop! Choo-choo Train Is Coming!

Let us name the pictures. Color them.

2. Teach the song to the tune of The Farmer In the Dell

3. Maze GameDivide the class into 4 groups. Each group will have a maze card.

Help Ana find her way to the apple. Color the pictures whose names begin with /a/.

6. Enrichment Activitiesa. Say each picture name. Encircle the beginning sound:

1.

/a//e//i/

2.

/e//i//a/

3.

/i//a//e/

4.

/a//e//i/

5.

/i//e//a/

b. Name the pictures. Complete the name by writing the beginning sound:

1.

__nt

2.

__mbulance

3.

__lligator

4.

__lphabetc. Match the pictures with the printed symbols

1.

arrow

2.

ax

ant

3.

4.

apple

d. Look at the fish in the aquarium. Copy the words that match with the pictures.

1.

________________

2.

________________

3.

________________

4.

________________

5.

________________

IV. Evaluation

Listen to the following riddles. Choose the correct answer from the words below. Write your answer in your English notebook.

1. Point to the east

Point to the west

Which way is the best? ____________

2. I happened to see

A water animal that frightened me. _____________

3. Wee wee wee as fast

as you can

Where is the hospital

to bring the sick man. _____________

4. He is in space

To look for ace. ________________

5. Its a small insect

that climb up the hill

Just like Jack and Jill _______________

V. Assignment

Read and draw

Value Focus: Saving for the future

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

A Fable

A nest of ants had been busy all summer. They were finding food for the rainy days. They put the food in the wonderful rooms they had built under the ground. So when the rain came, they had plenty to eat.

One rainy day, a grasshopper came to the anthill. He was very hungry. He asked the ants to give him a little food.

One of the ants said, How did you spend your time this summer? Did you save any food for the rainy days?

The grasshopper said, I spent all my time singing, playing, and dancing. I did not think about the rainy days.

The ant said, Then we have nothing to give you. You played all summer. So you must expect to be hungry during the rainy days.

ax

ant

apple

arrow