Focus: Language Arts

Learning Standards:
4.1 By the end of their 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to enjoy and appreciate
rhymes, poems and songs through performance.
4.3 By the end of their 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to plan, organise and
produce creative works for enjoyment.

Content Standards:
4.1.1 Able to enjoy nursery rhymes, jazz chants and action songs through non-verbal
response
4.3.1 Able to produce simple creative works based on:
(b) action songs
4.3.2 Able to take part with guidance in a performance based on:
(b) action songs

Objective: By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
i. listen and enjoy the action song;
ii. produce a little book; and
iii. sing or do the actions for the song.
Time: 60 minutes
Teaching Aids: Picture sheet, a little book, song sheet
Cross Curricular Element: Multiple Intelligences

Introduction:
a. Greet pupils.
b. Pupils reply.

Set Induction:
a. Pupils sing the Song of rrr with the action for the /r/ sound.

Step 1:
a. Teacher sings a song with action and pupils observe. (Appendix 7)
b. Teacher sings the song a few times.

Step 2:
a. Divide pupils into group of 5.
b. Explain to pupils that they are going to make a big poster of Rats Like To Run.
c. Distribute the picture sheets to the pupils.
d. Pupils colour the pictures.
e. Then, they cut out the pictures.
f. Next, teacher distributes the drawing paper which is their big poster (prepared by the
teacher).
g. Pupils paste the cut out pictures on the poster.

Consolidation:
a. Pupils show their poster to the class.
b. Pupils sing the song again.
c. Pupils follow or do the action for the song.

Closure:
a. Teacher leaves the class by saying:
Thank you, class/ children.
b. Pupils respond :
Thank you, teacher/ sir.
c. Teacher replies: You are welcome.