Incorporating readers and authentic reading materials in modular planning

1. Incorporating readers and authentic reading materials in modular planning By Ms Adela CHUNG GCEPSA Kwun Tong Primary School 4 Dec 2004

2. Module Major activities Reading materials Task Module 1: Welcome to school Module 2: Birthday party at McDonald’s Module 3: Funnyland Module 4: My friend and I Module 5: How powerful I am! Module 6: What a beautiful world! • Spider World (What can you play there?) • Animal farm (What animals can you see?) • Plant house (What fruit and trees can you see?) • Simple greetings • What’s your name? • ABC song • Our classroom • Number rhyme • How many? • Talking about my family • Talking about my best friend • Animals we like • Toys we like • Designing an Easter egg • Ordering food • A mysterious guest • Birthday song • Birthday presents • Writing a birthday card • How do you feel at the party? • My body • My five senses • I can see… with my eyes • I can hear… with my ears • I can smell… • I can taste… • I can feel… • The four seasons • What can you see in spring / summer / autumn / winter? • What do you wear…? • What do you do with your family…? • How do you feel…? My first sound book: songs and rhymes • My baby brother • Winnie’s friend The red kite Writing and singing a song: “Ten little Indians” Tall, taller Peter and his book Show and tell The animal show (Christmas) The P.1 birthday party (games, songs & food) Writing about my favorite season Writing about myself and my best friend English curriculum plan for P.1 (03=-4)

3. Recognition of letters

4. Direction of writing capitalization How many ‘a’s?

6. My First Sound Book Scaffolding + Recycling Writing and singing a song: “Ten little Indians” Module 1: Welcome to school Apple red, apple green, Apple pie with ants on it. • Simple greetings • What’s your name? • ABC song • Our classroom • Number rhyme • How many? One little, two little, three little blackboards. Four little, five little, six little chairs. Seven little, eight little, nine little windows. Ten little rubbish bins.

7. Module 2: Birthday party at McDonald’s • Family members • Description of family members • Ordering food • A mysterious guest • Birthday song • Birthday presents • Writing a birthday card • How do you feel at the party? Reader Peter and his book

8. Module 3: Funnyland Reader • Spider World (What can you play there?) • Animal farm (What animals can you see?) • Plant house (What fruit and trees can you see?)

9. Scaffolding + Recycling Writing about myself and my best friend Module 4: My friend and I Readers • Talking about my family • Talking about my best friend • Animals we like • Toys we like • Designing an Easter egg My babybrother Winnie’s friend My name is Lily. I am seven. I am tall. I have short hair. I have a big mouth and a small nose. I have one brother and one sister. My brother is Danny. He is four. My sister is Amy. She is nine. I like pandas. I don’t like snakes. I like dolls. I don’t like TV games.

10. Module 5: How powerful I am! Reader • My body • My five senses • I can see… with my eyes • I can hear… with my ears • I can smell… • I can taste… • I can feel… These are pencils. They are long. They are hard. I like them. The red kite This is a flower. It is red. It is big. I like it. I am Mary. I am seven years old. I can see a flower with my eyes. It is red. I can hear a plane with my ears. It is noisy. I can smell an apple with my nose. It is nice. I can taste a lemon with my mouth. It is sour. How powerful I am!

11. GCEPSA Kwun Tong Primary School (04-05) English curriculum plan for P.2

12. Module Major activities Reading materials Task English curriculum plan for P.2 (04-05) Module 1: My best classmate Module 2: A fun day in Hong Kong Park • Food items • Collective nouns e.g. a bottle • Number • What can you see? • How do you feel at the party? • Simple greetings • What’s your name? • How old are you? • Parts of a body • Colours • Adjectives • Action words • Can and can’t • occupations “It’s me!” In the garden Tall, Taller, Tallest Why can’t I fly?