DAILY LESSON PLAN

Date / Day : 8th September 2014 / Monday

Time : 11.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.
Class : Year 4
Level of proficiency : Mixed abilities
Enrolment : 7
Theme : World of Self Family and Friends
Topic : Unit 12 : Good Values
Focused skill : Language Arts
Integrated skills : Writing
Content Standard : 4.3 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to
plan, organize and produce creative works for enjoyment.

Learning Standards : 4.3.1 Able to plan, produce and display creative works based on literary
texts using a variety of media with guidance

Objectives : At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
1) Complete the poem correctly.
2) Create a bookmark.
Thinking skill : Generating ideas.

Educational emphasis : Values and Citizenship, Creativity and Innovation

Moral value : Work smart.

Teaching aids : Laptop, projector, audio, word cards, worksheet, wishing tree, papers,
punch, ribbon and scissor.



Stages /
Estimated
time
Teaching and learning
content
Teaching and learning activities
Educational emphasis /
Rational / Moral value /
Teaching aids

Set
induction
(2 minutes)

Activity :
Guess the sound.


1. Teacher plays an audio of
woodpecker sound.
2. Teacher asks the pupils to guess
the sound.
3. Teacher provides hint if
necessary.
4. Teacher introduces the topic that
they are going to learn.

Teaching aids :
Laptop, audio and
speaker.

Rationale :
To arouse pupils curiosity
and lead them to the topic
that they are going to
learn.

Presentation
( 8
minutes)

Activity :
Read the poem.

Woodpecker by
Brenda Wiliams

Woodpecker,
woodpecker,
Tapping at the tree,
Woodpecker,
woodpecker,
Cant you see?
Woodpecker,
woodpecker,
You cant win,
You can knock all day,
But theres no one in!




1. Teacher flashes the poem
Woodpecker on the board.
2. Teacher reads the poem and
asks pupils to listen.
3. Teacher asks pupils individually
to read the poem.
4. Teacher corrects pupils
pronunciation if necessary.
5. Teacher explains about the
poem.
6. Teacher states the value of the
poem.

Educational emphasis :
Values and Citizenship

Moral value :
Work smart, Be strategic
and Do something
beneficial.

Teaching aids :
Poem, laptop and
projector.

Rationale :
To develop pupils
comprehension on the
poem that they have read.





Practice
( 8
minutes)

Activity :
Complete the poem.

Word cards :
1. Woodpecker
2. Tapping
3. Tree
4. Cant
5. Win
6. You
7. Knock
8. Day
9. Theres
10. In



1. Teacher prepares a sets of word
cards.
2. Teacher places the words cards
around the classroom before the
lesson starts.
3. Teacher divides pupils into two
groups.
4. Teacher distributes a worksheet
which is an incomplete poem to
each group.
5. Teacher asks one group to move
around the classroom and
complete their poem. When they
are finished, the second group
can start to complete their task.
6. Teacher asks the groups to read
their poem and checks if they got
it correct.

Teaching aids :
Word cards.

Rationale :
To further enhance pupils
understanding of the
poem and at the same
time expand pupils range
of vocabulary.

Production
( 10
minutes)

Activity :
Create bookmark for
their wishing tree.

1. Teacher emphasizes the value of
the poem Woodpecker.
2. Teacher instructs the pupils to
create and decorate a bookmark
by writing their wish on it.
3. Teacher asks the pupils to tie
their bookmark on the wishing
tree.

Educational emphasis :
Multiple intelligence.

Teaching aids :
Wishing tree, paper,
punch, ribbon, and
scissor.

Rationale :
To enhance pupils
creativity and inculcate
positive values within
them.


Closure
(2 minute)

1. Teacher reads some of the
bookmark on the wishing tree.
2. Teacher reminds pupils to always
practice what they have written on
the wishing tree.

Moral Value:
Work smart

Rationale :
To inculcate the moral
value within pupils.