Print Concept Awareness

Subject :

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY LESSONS

Letter Readiness

Topic :

Print concept awareness

Class :

KG 2

 

Term :

2nd Term

 

Week :

Week 7

 

Instructional Materials :

  • Wall Charts
  • Pictures
  • Textbook
  • Workbooks

 

 

Previous Knowledge :

The pupils have been taught

 

Crunchy foods

 

that was treated during the last lesson

 

Behavioural Objectives :  At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to

  • read from left to write
  • read from top ti bottom

 

Content :

Print awareness is a child’s earliest introduction to literacy. This topic will help the children understand that print is organised in a particular way.

For example, they will learn that print is read from left to right and from top to bottom.

They will also learn that words consist of letters and that they must be a space after each word.

 

 

When the children are aware of this concept of print, they will understand that when adults read a book, what they say is linked to the words on the page not to the pictures.

They should be able to know the difference between a letter, a word and a sentence.

 

It makes the pupils to know that the whole essence of any print work is to convey ideas or thoughts through paper and ink with the use of letters and words for better understanding .

It will also make the pupils to understand the following :

That any print work has meaning or particular message that it wants to convey

That print can be used for different purposes like story telling , reading for fun or for informative and educative purpose

The relationship between print and speech and the ability of the child to turn letters to words

There is a difference between letters and words because words are made up of letters and letters are the smallest representation of sounds

That words are separated by spaces

There is a difference between words and sentences

That there are (punctuation) marks that signal the end of a sentence T.hey are the period, question mark, and exclamation point. The period (.) is placed at the end of declarative sentences, statements thought to be complete and after many abbreviations.

That books have parts such as a front and back cover, title page, and spine . The pages at the beginning and end of a book are called the endpapers or the endsheets.

That stories have a beginning, middle, and end

That text is read from left to right and from top to bottom

 

 

 

 

Presentation

The topic is presented step by step

 

Step 1:

The class teacher revises the previous topics

 

Step 2.

He introduces the new topic

 

Step 3:

The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own examples and he corrects them when the needs arise

 

Evaluation :

 

Say four importance of Print Concept Awareness

  1. ______________________________________
  2. ______________________________________
  3. ______________________________________
  4. ______________________________________

 

Conclusion :

The class teacher goes round to make sure that the pupils are actually writing and he or she corrects them when and where the need arises