WORLD OF STORIES

Nn
Unit 7

Nat the Rat

Focus:

Listening and Speaking

Learning Standard(s):

1.1.2, 1.1.4, 1.3.1 (a) {SK & SJK}

Objective(s):
to:

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able

Time:

30/60 minutes

Teaching Aid(s):

pictures, story text

i. talk about a stimulus with guidance;

ii. associate the letter n with the sound
/n/; and
iii. demonstrate understanding by answering
simple.

Cross Curricular Element(s): Multiple Intelligences

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

Step b:
Prompt with questions such as:
a. What is this?
b. How many legs does it have?
c. What colour is the nose?

a. Show picture of Nat, the rat. (Appendix

1)
b. Pupils talk about the picture with guidance.
c. Tell the story of Nat using pictures.
(Appendix 2a 2d)
Step 1:
a. Introduce the phoneme /n/ by showing an action.
b. Instruct pupils to: Touch the tip of your nose
and
say /n/.
c. Demonstrate how to sound it out:
When you say /n/, the tip of your tongue goes
behind your top teeth and your tongue does
not move.
d. Get pupils to do the action and sound /n/.
e. Pupils trace the letter and sound /n/.
f. Get pupils to say /n/ is for n.

Ask pupils to
observe you. Do
it a few times
to different
groups.

Step e:
Pupils may trace
letter in the air,
on the desk, in
the sandbox, on a
friends back etc.

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Step 2:
a. Show the pictures from the story and say aloud: Nat, nap, new,
pan,on.
(Appendix 2a 2 d)
b. Say each word, emphasize the /n/ sound. Pupils repeat.
c. Pupils match words said with pictures.
Consolidation:
a. Put up more pictures tin, bin, pin, sit, tap, sip. (Appendix 3a 3e)
b. Pupils pick out pictures with the /n/ sound and say the word aloud.
Closure:
a. Teacher leaves the class by thanking the pupils.
b. Pupils respond appropriately.

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