UNIT 1

WORLD OF
KNOWLEDGE

Hh

Hadi Has A Hat

Focus:

Listening and Speaking

Learning Standard(s):
Objective(s):

1.1.3, 1.1.4 {SK & SJK}

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
i.
talk about pictures with guidance;
ii.
sound out the phoneme /h/ correctly; and
iii.
listen to and sing a song with guidance.

Time:

30/60 minutes

Teaching Aid(s):

picture cards

Cross Curricular Element(s):

Contextual Learning, Multiple Intelligences - Musical

Set Induction:
a. Show the picture of Hadi with a hat. (Appendix 1)
b. Pupils talk about the picture. Prompt pupils by asking questions.
c. Repeat for pictures 2 and 3 one at a time. (Appendix 1)
Step 1:
a. Introduce the phoneme /h/ by showing the action.
Place your palm in front of your mouth.
c. Laugh haha and say /h/ without the schwa [sound /er/]
d. Demonstrate how to sound it out:
When you make the sound /h/, you mouth is open a little.
You push air out of your mouth to whisper /h//h/ /h/.
You can stretch the sound /h/.
e. Pupils do the action and say /h/.
f. Pupils say /h/ is for h.
Step 2:
a. Pre-teach vocabulary (Appendix 3)
Show a hat.
Say aloud /h//h/ hat
Pupils to repeat after teacher.
b. Follow the same procedure for these: happy Hadi, hill, hops, house
c. Sing the song. (Appendix 2)
d. Repeat the song with actions.
e. Pupils sing and do the actions.

MI- Musical

Ask pupils to observe

you. Do it a few times
to different groups.

Contextual
Learning

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Step 3:
a. Organise pupils into groups.
b. Place all the 3 picture cards in the centre of each group.
c. Explain and demonstrate how the game is played.
Call out a word and pupils look for the relevant picture
Pupil holds up and identify the picture.
The pupil with the most pictures wins.
Consolidation:
a. Sing the song again.
b. Pupils sing the song with actions.
c. Pupils sound out the phoneme /h/ again.

Hh

Optional:
reward the pupil(s)
with a happy smiley)

UNIT 1
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KNOWLEDGE

Hh

Hadi Has A Hat

APPENDIX 1

Picture 1

Picture 2

A boy with a happy face wearing a hat

The boy hops up and high

Picture 3
Picture hops goes up the hill

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Hh
APPENDIX 2

Hadi
Hadi has a hat,
Hadi has a hat,
He is happy,
and he hops up and up,
He hops up the hill,
He hops up the hill,
He hops and he hops,
And he hops up the hill.

(Sing to the tune of Farmer in the Dell)

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Hadi Has A Hat

Hh
APPENDIX 3

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture of a hat

Picture of Hadi

Picture 3
Picture of Hadi smiling

UNIT 1
WORLD OF
KNOWLEDGE

Hh

Hadi Has A Hat

Focus:

Reading

Learning Standard(s):

2.1.2 (e) /h/ {SK & SJK}

By the end of the lesson pupils will be able to
i. sound out the phoneme /h/ correctly; and
ii. read and match words beginning with /h/ correctly.

Objective(s):

Time:

30/60 minutes

Teaching Aid(s):

picture cards, word cards, Sound Search wheel, clothe pegs,

song chart

Cross Curricular
Element(s):

Contextual Learning

Set Induction:
a. Sing the song Hadi has a hat again.
b. Show a picture card and get pupils to say the word. (Appendix 3)
Step 1:

Step b:
Prepare word cards:
hat
happy Hadi
hill

a. Show the word card and get pupils to repeat.

b. Pupils sound out the phoneme /h/ followed by the word.
(Do one at a time for all the pictures display the picture cards with the
corresponding words on the board.)
Step 2:
a. Organise the pupils into two groups. Number the groups as 1 and 2.
b. Distribute word cards and picture cards (5 of each) to each group.
c. Explain and demonstrate how the activity is carried out.
Group 1 shows a picture.
Group 2 looks for the matching word.
Pupils sound out the phoneme/h/ followed by the word.
Step 3:
a. Put up the song chart on the board.
b. Read in chunks and pupils repeat: (e.g. Hadi has/a hat)
c. Organise pupils into two groups.
d. Read in groups.

Contextual
Learning

Consolidation:
Prepare word cards:
hill
hat
Hadi
happy
hop

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Hadi Has A Hat

Consolidation:
a. Match pictures to word cards. Pupils read the words aloud:
Hadi, hill, happy, hop (Appendix 3)
b. Play the Sound Search game. (Appendix 5)
c. Explain and demonstrate how the game is played.
Work in groups.
Distribute one Search the Sound wheel and 5 clothe pegs to each group.
Pupils pick a word card. Sound the phoneme /h/ and read the word aloud.
Pupils peg the word card to the correct picture.
Consolidation: (Optional)
a. Organise the pupils into groups of three.
b. Explain how the game is played.
c. Play the game Pelmanism
Distribute all the 10 word cards and picture cards to each group.
Ask the pupils to place all the cards face down separately.
(All the picture cards on one side and the word cards on the other side)
Pupils take turns to flip a picture card and say aloud the word.
The same pupil has to look for the correct word card.
Should the pupils get the correct word, she/he keeps the cards.
Otherwise the two cards will be placed back again.
The pupil with the most cards will be the winner.

APPENDIX 4
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UNIT 1
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Hh

Hadi Has A Hat

Pix. of Hadi smiling

Sound

Pix. of
Hadi

Pix. of
Hadi

h
Search

Pix. of a
hat

Focus:

hopping

Pix. of a
hill

Writing

UNIT 1
WORLD OF
KNOWLEDGE
Learning Standard(s):

Hh

Hadi Has A Hat

Objective(s):

3.1.1 (f), 3.1.2 (a) & ( b) {SK & SJK}

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:
i.
write the letters H and h correctly.

Time:

30/60 minutes

Teaching Aid(s)s:

pictures, Sound Search wheel

Cross Curricular
Element(s):

Multiple Intelligences Visual Spatial

Set Induction:
a. Do the action for the phoneme /h/ and ask pupils to identify the phoneme.
b. Demonstrate drawing simple strokes up and down.
c. Pupils follow.

H
3

2
1

MI- Visual
Spatial

Step 1:
a. Demonstrate the correct way of writing the letters H and h.
b. Complete the exercise on page 2 in the pupils module.

Pupils practise writing in

the air, on their desks and
on their friends back.

Step 2:
a. Place word cards and picture cards at random on the board: hat, hop, Hadi, happy, hill
b. Pupils match correctly.
c. Pupils read the word aloud.
d. Complete the exercise on page 3 in the pupils module.
Consolidation:
a. Quiz: Show pictures and get pupils to say the word aloud.

Focus:

Language Arts

Optional: Reward pupils

for correct answers.

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WORLD OF
KNOWLEDGE

Hh

Hadi Has A Hat

Learning Standard(s):

4.3.1 (b) {SK & SJK}

Objective:

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

i.
create a simple book called My Little Book.

Time:

30/60 minutes

Teaching Aids:

picture cards, word cards

Cross Curricular
Element(s):

Constructivism

Set Induction:
a. Pupils sing the song Hadi has a hat with actions.
Step 1:
a. Distribute a set of pictures to each pupil. (Appendix 3)
b. Pupils colour their pictures.
c. Pupils cut out the pictures.
d. Distribute the booklet.
e. Pupils paste the pictures in the booklet.
Consolidation:
a. Sing the song again.
b. Pupils sing the song with actions.

Note:
Teacher prepares the
booklet for each pupil.

Constructivism

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