Structure – Recognize Common Words Primary (Basic 1) Term 2 Week 1 English Studies

ENGLISH STUDIES

STRUCTURE 

SECOND TERM

WEEK 1

PRIMARY 1

THEME – STRUCTURE

TOPIC – COMMON WORDS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. recognize common words.

2. read a selected text to identify the common words.

3. use the words in sentences.

ENTRY BEHAVIOURS 

The pupils can identify and pronounce most of the two and three letter words.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Picture books.

2. Reading books

3. Appropriate rhymes.

4. Teacher’s demonstration.

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 Material

Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

INTRODUCTION TO ALPHABET A – Z

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I

J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R

S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

COMMON WORDS – ONE LETTER WORD

a

I

COMMON WORDS – TWO LETTER WORDS 

to   in   it   is   be   as   at   so   we   he   

by   or   on   do   if   me    my    up   an   

go   no   us   am

MOST COMMON THREE LETTER WORDS 

you   all   any   can   had   her   was   boy   did   its   

let   put   say   she   too   use  one   our   out   day   

get   has   him   his   how   man   new   now   old   

see  the   and   for   are   but   not

MOST COMMON THREE LETTER WORDS 

good   much    some   time   from   they   know   want   been   that 

with   have   this    will   your   book   girl

MAKING SENTENCES WITH COMMON WORDS 

1. This is my book.

2. The boy is good.

3. He is my friend, etc.

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. Displays chart showing alphabet A – Z.

3. Uses songs and rhymes for reading and Identifying alphabet A – Z

Pupil’s Activities – Read and identify alphabet A – Z using songs and rhymes.

3. Uses the chart, songs and rhymes to introduce the common words.

Pupil’s Activities – Recognize common words.

4. Asks pupils to identify and pronounce 10 common in a short passage.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify and pronounce 10 common in a short passage.

6. Guides pupils to make sentences with the common words correctly.

Pupil’s Activities – Making sentences with the common words correctly.

 

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 

Ask pupils to – 

1. recognize and pronounce the common words correctly.

2. make 5 sentences with any common words.