Talking About Length

Subject:  English Studies 

Class: Basic 1 / Primary 1 / Year 1

Term: Second   Term / 2nd Term

Week: Week 9

Topic:

SPEECH WORK – Talking About Length

Concepts of Prints – Punctuation marks – full stop

VOCABULARY – New words

READING: Answering oral and written questions

WRITING – writing of Alphabets P – S

Previous Knowledge: The pupils have previous knowledge of

Placing Person, and Objects in relationship to other objects

that was taught in their previous lesson.

Behavioural  Objectives : At the end of the lesson, learners will be able to

1. State the meaning of length

2. Use full stop correctly in a sentence

3. Ask and answer questions correctly

Instructional Materials 

• Wall charts
• Pictures
• Online Resource
• Textbooks
• Laptop
• Jolly Phonics Materials
• Sound system
• Bluetooth speaker

Methods of Teaching 

• Role modelling
• Questions and Answers
• Explanation
• Discussion
• Recitation
• Imitation
• Story Telling
• Dramatization

Content: 

Speech Work: Talking about Length: The length of an object is how long the object is. We can use ruler to measure the length of an object. Objects are measured in centimeters and meters. We can measure the lengths of objects like the length of the teacher’s table , the length of your leg, the length of your book . We can say the following

Examples

1. The stick is long
2. That stick is short
3. My pencil is long
4. Your pencil is short
5. This is a long ruler.
6. That is a short ruler.

Concepts Of Prints 

Punctuation mark – full stop (.)

1 We use a full stop at the end of a sentence.

Examples:

Mothers love children.

Abuja is the capital of Nigeria.

Figure 1:- The diagram of a full stop

2 We use full stops in abbreviations.

Examples: I will be at home between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.

She likes watching movies on the television.

3 A full stop is put at the end of some single words that are also full sentences.

Examples

Goodbye. Hello.

Evaluation: –

1. Read and rewrite the Following alphabets

P R S

1. Read and rewrite the Following alphabets

Read and rewrite the Following alphabets

Presentation  : 

The topic is presented step by step

Step 1 : The class teacher revises the old topic

Step 2 : The class teacher introduces the new topic

Step 3 : The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own contributions and gives room for pupils” participation

Class Teacher and Pupils Activities. Interaction or Participation 

This involves class teacher and pupils’ interaction, conversation, imitation or modeling through discussion, play method or just by recitation or asking and answering questions that are related to the topic that has just been taught

• The class teacher makes the pupils to measure some items in the classroom
• The class teacher makes the pupils to write some letters of the alphabets

Evaluation

fill the gaps with the right preposition

1. This stick is ______
2. That Stick is _______
3. My ruler is ________
4. Your ruler is _______

Previous Lesson 

Placing Person, and Objects in relationship to other objects

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Uses of Prepositions