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Focus:

Listening and Speaking

Learning
Standard(s):

1.1.3 {SK & SJK}

Objective(s):

By the end of this lesson, pupils will be able to

i.
associate the letters z and zz to the sound /z/;
ii.
pronounce words clearly; and
iii.
recite a rhyme.

Time:

30/60 minutes

Teaching Aid(s):

picture card, rhyme chart, composite picture

Cross Curricular
Element(s):

Contextual Learning

Set Induction:
a. Make a buzzing sound.
b. Show the picture of a bee. (Appendix 1 )
c. Pupils make the buzzing sound.

Step 1:
a. Introduce the phoneme /z/ by showing the action.
Trace z in the air and say /z/.
b. Demonstrate how to sound it out.
When you make the sound /z/ your
teeth are together.
Your tongue is near the front of your mouth
and behind your teeth.
You push air through your teeth and it makes
a buzzing sound.
c. Pupils say /z/ is for z.
Step
a.
b.
c.
d.

2:
Show a composite picture. (Appendix 2)
Get pupils to identify the animals.
Get pupils to say the words, zoo and zebra.
Lead pupils to recognize the phoneme /z/ in words.

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Contextual Learning

Ask pupils to observe

you. Do it a few times
to different groups.

Focus Words:
zoo, zebra

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Step 3:
a. Recite the rhyme to the pupils. (Appendix 3)
b. Pupils repeat the rhyme as a whole class, in groups or individually.
Consolidation:
a. Pupils recite the rhyme with actions.

APPENDIX 1

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Composite picture of a zebra and a bee flying around in a zigzag manner.

APPENDIX 2

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APPENDIX 3

Zuzu and Zimba

Zimba is a zebra.
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He lives in a zoo.
Zimba has a friend.
His name is Zuzu.
Zuzu is a busy bee.
Who goes buzz, buzz, buzz.
and flies zigzag, zigzag, zigzag
all around the zoo.

Focus:

Reading

Learning
Standard(s):

2.1.2 (g) /z/, 2.2.3 {SK & SJK}

Objective(s):

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to

i.
sound out the phoneme /z/ correctly;
ii.
read and understand a simple rhyme; and
iii.
complete the rhyme with words.

Time:

30/60 minutes

Teaching Aid(s):

picture card, rhyme chart, word cards

Cross Curricular

Multiple Intelligences Verbal Linguistic

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Element(s):
Set Induction:
a. Put up the picture of the bee. (Appendix 1)
b. Ask questions about the picture:
What is the name of this insect?
What sound does it make?
How does it fly?
Step 1:
a. Put up the rhyme. (Appendix 2 )
b. Read the rhyme to the pupils.
c. Pupils read the rhyme with guidance.
d. Pupils identify words in the rhyme that have the /z/ sound.

MI Verbal
Linguistic

Step 2:
a. Put up the rhyme with blanks. (Appendix 4)
b. Pupils read the rhyme and fill in the blanks orally.
c. Pupils fill in the blanks with word cards. (Appendix 5)
Step 3:
a. Distribute sentence strips to groups.
b. Pupils arrange them correctly.
c. Pupils read the rhyme.
Consolidation:
a. Complete the exercise on page 49 in the pupils module.

APPENDIX 3

Zimba is a zebra.
He lives in a ________.
Zimba has a friend.
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His name is ________.

Zuzu is a busy bee.
Who goes ______, ______, ______.
and flies zigzag, zigzag, _________
all around the _______.

APPENDIX 5

zoo

Zuzu

buzz

buzz

buzz

zig-zag
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zoo

Focus:

Writing

Learning
Standard(s):

3.1.2 (a), (b), (d) {SK & SJK}

Objective(s):

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:

i.
write the letters Z and z correctly; and
ii.
complete the rhyme with words.

Time:

30/60 minutes

Teaching Aid(s):

picture cards, sentence strips, game board, dice

Cross Curricular
Element(s):

Multiple Intelligences Visual Spatial

Set Induction:
a. Do the action for the phoneme /z/.
b. Pupils identify the phoneme.
Step 1:
a. Demonstrate how to draw simple strokes from left to right and top to bottom.
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Pupils imitate and draw in the air.

Draw simple strokes from left to right and top to bottom.

Step 2:
a. Demonstrate the correct way of writing the letter z.

MI Visual
Spatial

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b. Pupils imitate and draw on their desks.
c. Complete the exercise on page 50 in the pupils module.

Pupils practise
writing in the air, on
their desks and on
their friends back.

Step 3:
a. Guide pupils read the rhyme sentence by sentence. (Appendix 2)
b. Complete the exercise on page 51 in the pupils module orally.
c. Pupils copy the correct sentences below each picture.
Consolidation:
a. Articulate the phoneme /z/.
b. Get pupils to say the letter and a word with the phoneme.

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Focus:

Language Arts

Learning
Standard(s):

4.3.1 (b), 4.3.2 (b) {SK & SJK}

Objective(s):

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:

i. prepare a mask of a bee; and
ii. sing a song with actions.

Time:

30/60 minutes

Teaching Aid(s):

mask of a bee, song chart

Cross Curricular
Element(s):

Multiple Intelligences - Musical

Set Induction:
a.
Pupils act like a bee.
b.
They go around the class in a zigzag manner making the sound /z/, /z/, /z/.
Step 1:
a. Put up the song chart. (Appendix 6)
b. Read the lyrics together.

MI Musical

Step 2:
a.
Sing the song with actions.
b.
Pupils sing along with actions.
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Step 3:
a. Distribute the mask of a bee. (Appendix 7)
b. Pupils colour and cut out the mask.
Consolidation:
a. Pupils wear their masks.
b. Pupils sing the song with actions.

APPENDIX 6

Buzz, buzz, goes the bee

Buzz, Zuzu, buzz
Buzz, buzz goes the bee
Zigzag round the zoo

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Note: To the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat

APPENDIX 7

Note to artist change the mask to a black and white one which pupils can colour.

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