Lesson 2: a A b B Session Learning Outcomes Session 01: A, B Page: 14 1.1.1 recognize the sounds of the alphabet in familiar words 3.1.1 say proper sounds of the letters in familiar words 4.1.1 read the pictures of familiar objects and events Teaching Aids: Picture of Activity A, B; letter cards/ wooden letters/ plastic cards; audio/video clip (if available) Session Procedures Session Duration: 50 minutes Teaching Learning Activity 1. Introduction: Exchange greetings with a smiling face. 21 2. Review of the previous session: Start the session with a song (Alphabet song). Tell Ss ‘Let’s sing a song’. Play an audio if possible. [If audio is not available, sing a song with the Ss.] • Then, ask Ss “What did we learn yesterday?” [Support Ss if necessary. Allow them to say in Bangla] • Tell them that we are going to learn some English letters today. 3. Presentation of the session: Tell Ss ‘Open your book at page 14’. Show the picture given at Activity-A, and ask them ‘What can you see in the picture?’ Tell Ss to think individually about the objects in the picture. • Encourage Ss to say the name of the objects either in Bangla or English. [Focus on the words- Ant, Bat, Ball, Boy, Apple, Bird, Plane] • Tell Ss ‘Today we will learn about Ant, Apple, Bat, Ball, and know how to pro nounce them in English’. • Now show/draw a picture of ‘Ant’ on the board. Ask Ss ‘What’s this?’ Encourage them to say the word of that picture. [Allow Ss to say in Bangla]. Then ask Ss, ‘How do we say that in English?’. Now, say the word and tell Ss to repeat the word after you 2/3 times. [Provide support them if necessary.] • Then, Tell Ss ‘Look at Show the picture(s) of Activity-B’. Tell them ‘Listen to me, and repeat after me’. Teacher will put a finger on the word (ant) associated with the picture while saying the word. Ss repeat the word 2/3 times. • Now, put the finger on the initial letter ‘a’ of the word ‘ant’; say the sound of the letter ‘a’ aloud. Tell Ss to repeat after you 2/3 times. [If audio is available, play the sound of the letter ‘a’.] • Again, teacher puts her/his finger on the word (Ant) associated with the picture. Tell Ss ‘Listen to me and repeat after me’. Ss will repeat the word 2/3 times. • Then, put the finger on the initial letter ‘A’ of the word ‘Ant’; say the sound of the letter ‘A’. Tell Ss ‘Listen and repeat after you’. [If audio is available, play the sound of the letter ‘A’] • Indicating the letters ‘a’, ‘A’. Ask Ss ‘Do they have same or different sound?’. Now, tell them the sounds are the same for the small ‘a’ and capital ‘A’. • Then, indicate the capital letter ‘A’, and say the letter’s sound aloud. Tell Ss to repeat after you 2/3 times. [Provide support them if necessary.] • Follow the same steps for introducing letter ‘a, A’ with the words ‘apple, Apple’. • Encourage Ss to think of other words in Bangla that begin with the same sound. • After learning the sound of the letter ‘a, A’, tell the Ss that we will know the letter’s name now. The letter name of ‘a, A’ is /ei/. Tell Ss to repeat after you 2/3 times. Take help from audio if necessary. • After learning the letter ‘a/A’; tell Ss, we will know the sound of another letter ‘b/B’. • Now show/draw a picture of ‘bat’ on the board. Ask Ss ‘What’s this?’ Encourage them to say the word of that picture. [Allow Ss to say in Bangla]. Then ask Ss, ‘How do we say that in English?’. Now, say the word and tell Ss to repeat the 22 word after you 2/3 times. [Provide support them if necessary.] • Then, tell Ss ‘Listen to me, and repeat after me’. Teacher puts the finger on the word (bat) associated with the picture while saying the word. Ss repeat the word 2/3 times.• Now, put the finger on the initial letter ‘b’ of the word ‘bat’; say the sound of the letter ‘b’ aloud. Tell Ss to repeat after you 2/3 times. [If audio is available, play the sound of the letter ‘b’] • Again, teacher puts her/his finger on the word (Bat) associated with the picture. Tell Ss ‘Listen to me, and repeat after me’. Tell Ss to repeat the word 2/3 times. • Then, put the finger on the initial letter ‘B’ of the word ‘Bat’; say the sound of the letter ‘B’. Tell Ss ‘Listen and repeat after you’. [Provide support them if necessary.] • Indicating the letters ‘b’ and ‘B’. Ask Ss ‘Do they have same or different sound’. Now, tell Ss that the sounds are the same for the small ‘b’ and capital ‘B’. • Follow the same steps for introducing letter ‘b, B’ with the words ‘ball, Ball’. • Encourage Ss to think of other words in Bangla that begin with the same sound. • After learning the sound of the letter ‘b, B’, tell the Ss that we will know the letter’s name now. The letter name of ‘b, B’ is /bi:/. Tell Ss to repeat after you 2/3 times. Take help from audio if necessary. • Review the letters (a A, b B) again. [Provide support to them if necessary.] 4. Practice activities: Pairwork: Divide Ss into pairs. One student will point at the pictures in their book (ant, apple, bat, ball), and the other will say the word. Tell them to practice in turns. Monitor pair work and support Ss if necessary. • Now, arrange another pair work. One student shows the letter card/ letter in the textbook, the other student says the sound of letters (a, A, b, B). Tell them to practice in turns. Monitor pair work and provide support them if necessary. • Then, arrange another pair work changing the partner. One student shows the letter card/ letter in the textbook, the other student says the name of the letters (a, A, b, B). Tell them to practice in turns. Monitor pair work and provide support them if necessary. 5. Assessing learning: [Please, fill up the provided checklist or take notes on students’ learning progress. Teacher can use different techniques to assess students’ learning considering student’s level, students’ needs and classroom context.] • Teacher first shows the pictures (ant, apple, bat, ball), and asks student individually to say the words. • Again, teacher says/plays the sound of letters, S will show or pick the correct letter card while listening to the audio. • Then, teacher writes the words/letters on the board or sticks the word cards/ letters on the board. Tell Ss to say the initial sound of the letter without saying the letter name. • Parise Ss at the end. Check student’s learning using the following assessment indicators. 23 Assessment Indicators -12 Domain Indicators for letters (a A, b B) Knowledge 1. S says the words of familiar objects. 2. S recognizes the sounds of the letter. Skill 3. S identifies the sounds of the letter. 4. S pronounces the letter correctly. Attitude & Values 5. S shows interest in learning the letters. 6. Feedback: Support the students who cannot say the words or sounds of the letters. Reassess and make sure they are learning. 7. Summary of the session: Now, summarize today’s lesson. Ask Ss randomly, ‘What have we learnt today?’ [Say in Bangla if necessary] 8. Concluding the session: Conclude today’s session saying, ‘Goodbye, my dear Ss. See you in the next class.