English Module 4

Beginning reading - reading materials

Objective

1. Introducing to the construction of letters and sound make meaning and form words
   1. script-recognition-Alphabets-lowercase-non-phonetic pronounciation
   2. script-recognition-Alphabets-uppercase-non-phonetic pronounciation
   3. script-recognition-Alphabets-uppercase-phonetic
   4. script-recognition-Alphabets-lowercase-phonetic
2. Vocabulary building using the knowledge of scripts and sounds
3. Build fluency in reading

Audience

1. Young children
2. For second language resources to learn vocabulary

Unit 1 - Reading simple words

1. With pictures – pictures
2. With pictures and word
3. Only word – word
4. Pictures  - Advance reading – L1 – L2 -L3 -

Activity: Reading short phonetic words

Objectives

1. To provide practice in reading short phonetic words.
2. To make students familiar with different phonetic sounds.
3. To help students with correct pronunciation of phonetic sounds.
4. To acquaint students with Sight words.

Estimated Time

Approximately 30 minutes for a class consisting of 8 groups with 5-6 students in each group.

(Time may vary depending upon the class strength)

Materials/ Resources needed

1. CVC word cards of three, four and more than four lettered words.
2. Sight words card.

Prerequisites/Instructions, if any

1. Inform that all the members in the group should individually take turns to read from the word cards provided.

2.Go around each group to assess students' reading and also help them with the reading.

Website inter-actives/ links/ simulations:-

CVC word cards

Process (How to do the activity)

1. Prepare word cards of 3-lettered, 4-lettered, More than 4 lettered and sight words.
2. Give a word card to a student (based on their reading ability)and ask him/her to read the words.
3. Move around the class and help students with the correct pronunciation of the given words and their meaning
4. Rotate the word cards among the groups so that each group gets to read from the different word cards that has been prepared.

Developmental Questions (Discussion questions)

There were no developmental questions as such. This activity aimed at giving students reading practice and also to help build their vocabulary. Hence students were helped with correct pronunciation of the words and their meaning.

Evaluation (Questions for assessment of the child)

Individual students are to be assessed based on their reading ability. It was observed that some of the students could easily read all the words whereas, some of them found it difficult to read 4 lettered + words. Those students who had difficulty with reading even the 3- lettered words were helped and paid more attention. This activity helps with knowing the reading ability of different students in a class and further helps teachers how they can plan in improving the reading ability of the students.

Unit 3 - Reading to learn

1. Reading to make meaning
2. Reading for pleasure
3. Introducing Grammar Implicit

Module 6 - Use of digital resources to transact language lessons

A variety of digital resources can be integrated to make language learning richer. See for example

1. Busy Bee
2. Coromandel Fishers