Listening and speaking

Focus: Listening and speaking

Theme: World of knowledge

Topic: Animals At the Zoo

Learning Standard: 1.1.4. Able to talk about a stimulus with guidance.

Objective: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Name 5 animals at the zoo.

2. Guess the animal’s sounds.

Activities:

3. Teacher asks pupils to name some animals that they know or can see in the zoo. (Set induction)

4. Teacher shows some pictures of animals and pupils name the animals. (Pre-listening)

5. Teacher plays 6-8 animals sounds and pupils guess the sounds. (While-listening)

6. Teacher gives worksheets to pupils. Match pictures to words. (Post-listening)

7. Teacher teaches pupils a song about an animal. (Timmy the Tiger) (Closure)

EMK: Creativity and Innovation

Teaching Aids: Pictures of animals, sounds of animals from a CD, worksheets

Timmy the Tiger

There was a tiger in the zoo,And Timmy was his name-o.T-I-M-M-Y,T-I-M-M-Y,T-I-M-M-Y,And Timmy was his name-o.

There was a tiger in the zoo,And Timmy was his name-o.(clap)-I-M-M-Y,(clap)-I-M-M-Y,(clap)-I-M-M-Y,And Timmy was his name-o.

(Sing to the tune of ‘A Dog Named Bingo’)

Reading

Focus: ReadingTheme: World of knowledgeTopic: Animals At the ZooLearning Standard:

2.2.4. Able to read and understand a paragraph with simple and compound sentences.2.2.5. Able to apply dictionary skills to locate words.

Objective: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Read the text with the correct pronunciation and stress.2. Acquire new vocabulary and find their meanings in the dictionary.3. Answer 7 out of 10 true/false questions.Activities:4. Teacher recalls the previous lesson about animals. (Set induction)5. Teacher shows a picture of a camel. (Q & A session) (Pre-reading)6. Teacher does a shared reading activity with pupils. Teacher will

check pupils’ pronunciation during the shared reading activity. (While-reading)

7. Pupils complete a worksheet of true/false questions. (Post-reading)8. Pupils chant a jazz chant about camels. (Closure)EMK: Moral values (Treat animals kindly)Teaching Aids: Picture of camel, dictionaries, worksheet (true/false

questions)

Camels

Camels live in the desert. They can live withoutfood and water for many days. They eat grass, grains and branches. They can also eat thorny twigs.

Camels have humps on their back. There are Camels with one hump. They have soft and wide feet. They can walk for a long time in the desert. They are useful animals. They can carry people and heavy loads. The camel is also known as the “Ship of the Desert”.

Write (T) for true statements or (F) for false statements for each sentence.

1. Camels live in the farm. ( )

2. They cannot live without food and water for many days. ( )

3. Camels have humps on their back. ( )

4. There are camels with three humps. ( )

5. They have soft and wide feet. ( )

6. They can walk for a long time in the desert. ( )

7. They can only carry light loads. ( )

8. Camels are also known as the “ships of the desert”. ( )

9. Camels eat thorny twigs. ( )

10. Camels have short neck. ( )

I Went to the Zoo

Group A:To the zoo, to the zoo,I went to the zoo

today.

Group A:Camels, camels,I saw camels.

Group A:Yes, I saw big camels.

Group B:Tell me what you saw.

Group B:Big camels?

Writing

Focus: WritingTheme: World of knowledgeTopic: Animals At the ZooLearning Standard:

3.2.3. Able to punctuate correctly.Objective:

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:1. Punctuate correctly.Activities:2. Teacher recalls the animals that pupils learnt previously. Teacher

calls pupils to write the name of animals on the whiteboard. (Set induction)

3. Teacher gives pupils the previous text and asks pupils to fill in the blanks with the words given. (Whiteboard)(Pre-writing)

4. In groups, pupils rearrange the words to form correct sentences. (While-writing)

5. Pupils rewrite the previous text with the correct punctuation (capital letters, comma, full stop). (Post-writing)

6. Pupils recite the previous jazz chant. (I went to the Zoo) (Closure)

EMK: Moral values (Treat animals kindly)Teaching Aids: Text about animals, worksheet, jazz chant

Rearrange the words to form correct sentences.

1. the – desert. – in – Camels – live2. twigs. – eat – thorny – They3. humps – their – on – have – Camels –

back4. They – walk – can – the – in – desert.5. known as – also – the – The camel –

“Ships of the Desert”. – is

Language Arts

Focus: Language ArtsTheme: World of knowledgeTopic: Animals At the ZooLearning Standard:

4.3.1. Able to produce simple creative works with guidance based on jazz chants.4.3.2. Able to perform with guidance based on jazz chant.

Objective: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Produce simple creative animals masks.Activities:2. Teacher asks pupils the animals that they like. 3. Teacher guides pupils to produce the masks. 4. Pupils recite the jazz chant together with teacher. 5. Role play of the animals in the zoo. 6. Pupils make animal sounds according to the mask that

they wear. (Closure)EMK: Creativity and innovationTeaching Aids: Manila cards, scissors, rubber bands, colour

pencils, animal pictures

Grammar

Focus: GrammarTheme: World of knowledgeTopic: Common Nouns and Proper NounsLearning Standard:

5.1.1. Able to use nouns correctly and appropriately.(a) Common nouns (b) Proper nouns

Objective: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Group the common nouns and proper nouns correctly.2. Write 3 out of 5 common nouns and proper nouns.Activities:3. Treasure hunt. Pupils find the words and paste them on the

whiteboard.4. Teacher introduces and explains common nouns and proper nouns.5. Teacher asks pupils to group the words according to the words that

they have pasted on the whiteboard. (Common nouns and proper nouns)

6. Teacher asks pupils to write 5 common nouns and 5 proper nouns.7. Poison Box Games. Teacher will play the music and pass the box to

the pupils. When the music stops, the pupil that is holding the box will be given a question about common and proper nouns.

EMK: Moral values (Be rational)Teaching Aids: Radio, word cards, box

Timmy

Leo

Cammy

tiger

Elly

lion

camel

elephant