English Spelling and Dictation for Primary Schools

ENGLISH STUDIES 

FIRST TERM

SECOND TERM

THIRD TERM 

WEEK 1 2 3…..

PRIMARY 4 5 6

TOPIC: ENGLISH DICTATION 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. Pick out new words from the passage.

2. write the meaning of new word/word bank in the passage.

3. Write down the dictated words.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

The pupils can identify and spelling a given word.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of chart showing the new words from the passage.

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Materials

Online Information – Teaching of New Words – Primary 1, Primary 2 and Primary 3

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSON

SPELLING WORDS 

1.

2.

3.

DICTATION

1.

2.

3.

NOTE – The dictated words must be the same words in the previous lesson – Teaching New Words.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teacher guides pupils to pick out new words from the passage.

Pupil’s Activities – Scan the new words.

3. Teacher writes the words on the charts and review the meanings.

Pupil’s Activities – Listen to the meanings of words and repeat after the teacher.

4. Teacher guides pupils to identify and spell each of the word correctly.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify and spell each of the word correctly.

5. Teacher dictates each of the word on the chart.

Pupil’s Activities – Write down each of the dictated by the teacher.

CONCLUSION 

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks pupils to –

1. pronounce and spelling correctly the words on the chart.

2. listen and write correctly the dictated words.