O.N. VarmaAssociate Professor, Education Studies Dept

2006

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Level 1: Stds 1 & II

Developing children’s oral and written communication skills through the use of songs

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Outcome statement:

Pupils:

• Convey needs, express meaning and interact using simple language structures including gestures.

• Respond to a variety of auditory stimuli, including familiar language patterns.

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Aim

• To develop children’s oral and written communication skills through the use of songs

Theme: AnimalsSong: Old MacDonald

Materials: Tape recorderPictures of animalsSound of each animal written on

large cards

Objectives

Students should be able to:• Listen to the song and repeat the

name of animals• Identify a picture of the animal• Associate the animal with the

sound it produces.• Identify the name of the animal in

the written form • Recreate the whole song through

visuals as the song is played.• Write the names of the animals

Low ability

Average ability

Higher ability

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Procedures

Stage 1: Modelling by teacher

Background: Song: Old MacDonald

• Teacher presents a picture to accompany the name of the animal

• Teacher repeats the names of animals and sound they make as the song is played

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Stage 2

• Teacher invites children to repeat along with him

• Teacher invites a child to take over

• Child assumes the role of the teacher as the song is played

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Stage 3

• Invite children to draw any one of the animals and

• to write the name and sound below.

The following is displayed Name of animal

Sound it makes:

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Stage 4

• Play the song again and invite students to display their pictures as they listen to the song.

• Ask pupils to draw and write individually in their copybook.

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Stage 5

• Make children sing the song and point out to the pictures, names or sounds at random without the support of the cassette recorder.

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Lesson 2: Identification of words

Outcome statement

Pupils:

• Demonstrate understanding that written symbols and illustrations convey information.

• Engage in reading–like behaviour

• Recognise some familiar elements and content in texts.

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AimTo encourage pupils to engage in

written work with the words of the song as support

Objectives:

Pupils are able to

• Write words that they have listened to in the song

• List 3 letter/ 4 letter/ 5 letter words

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Procedures

• Encourage pupils to take risks by writing on their own

• Teacher corrects• Teacher provides correct spelling• Pupils rewrite all the words

Use a chart (see next slide)- this chart can be copied by the pupils as evidence of work in their copybook.

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Pupil’s chartOld MacDonald

My words

My good words

Teacher’s words

My good words

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Writing activities:

• Procedure:

• Teacher writes words suggested by pupils on a big chart

Old Moo

Farm Chick

On this

Cow

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After writing the teacher can help students make a letter chain of three letter words and so on…

Old Moo

farm Chick

on

this Cow

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Invite pupils to rewrite the words identified on the following chart to be displayed in class. Afterwards they can write the same thing in their copybook or a sheet that they keep in a portfolio.

Old MacDonaldTwo letter words

Three letter words

Four letter words

Five letter words