Year Level: 1/2 composite class

Learning Area: Reading

Learning Intention:

We are learning to use the decoding strategy of stretchy snake to help sound out words to improve our
accuracy in reading.

Lesson Structure:

11:20 – 11:25
Children return from recess.
Interoception activity

11:25 – 11:40
Reading Lesson
‘Zooming in’ - A puppet that makes mistakes.
Reading Focus: Accuracy
Decoding strategy: Stretchy Snake
Text: Pig the Fibber by Aaron Blabey

 Students form a circle and collect 6 counters each.

 Reread the text with the students.
 On one or two pages, get the puppet to read. The puppet makes mistakes that don’t sound right or make
sense (select errors that are similar to those students make). The students have to tell the puppet to stop,
explain what it did wrong and give it tips to fix the mistake.
 Use the counters to sound out each sound in the word that the puppet says incorrectly.
 The puppet re-reads the text after the feedback has been given.

11:40 – 12:00
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