Vocabulary Acquisition – Word Categories or Group (Primary 1)

FIRST TERM  

SECOND TERM

THIRD TERM

WEEK 1 – WEEK 12

PRIMARY 1

THEME – READING 

PREVIOUS LESSON – 

TOPIC – VOCABULARY ACQUISITION 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to –

1. name some basic word categories e.g. foods, colours, shapes, etc. and

2. recognise and use abbreviations in simple sentences.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

Reading

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Short books

2. Text books

3. Picture books

4. Word cards

5. Poems

6. Dictionaries.

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

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

READING VOCABULARY ACQUISITION 

Word Categories

1. Colours

• Red

• Blue

• Black

• Green

• Yellow, etc.

 

2. Shapes

• Circle

• Triangle

• Square

• Rectangle

 

3. Foods

• Rice

• Beans

• Plantains

• Yam

 

4. Animals

• Goat

• Dog

• Sheep

• Cow

 

5. Toys, 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. Uses pictures to lead pupils to –

• identify word categories, and

• groups words into the different categories.

Pupil’s Activities –

• Match pictures to words read aloud.

• Participates in Picture-Word matching game.

• Identify word families and sort words into categories/families.

3. Read stories to pupils and check their understanding by making them use key words in the story in a new sentence.

Pupil’s Activities – Construct sentences using key words in the stories read.

CONCLUSION

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

• Next Lesson –

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to:

1. identify word categories.

2. group words based on word categories correctly.