Reading Guidelines

Year: 2021 Class: K2 Level Term: 1

Weeks Topics Objectives Materials Needed Tasks
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These lessons are to be done ONLY if your child was able to complete work from week 4,
otherwise please remain with week 4 activities until your child shows achievements in the
activities given.
If you are satisfied and feels that your child was able to attain the objectives from the previous
lessons then you may proceed to lessons for week 5.
5 Oxford Reading (1) (1) Switching the methods a little bit this week to ease things.
Follow promptly the steps to better guide and teach your child how to read sight
Tree stage 1+ first Oxford Reading Tree words.
sentences. Use appropriate Stage 1+ stories /
(introducing new vocabulary to express books. Parents view the books in advance:
stories) oneself about the given Titles: Use same approach for both stories when doing the
stories. • Go away, introductions.
Floppy • Go away, Floppy in 2 lessons
Identify and make • Reds and Blues • Reds and Blues in 2 lessons
conversation about the
characters found on the Materials Introduction: - (This time take the book to bed first.)
• Word Look at the Book Cover or Title Illustration
cover of the book.
flashcards
• Rough papers/ • Prepare your child for what he/she is about to learn
Predict what might from the stories. Ask your child to study the cover of
happen in the story. chalkboard/
whiteboard/ the book or the image on the title page. What can be
exercise book noticed? To get the conversation started, try asking
Read words from the the following kinds of questions:
chosen book making use • pencils
of “decoding and • What is happening?
blending” of regular
• Do you think the story is made-up or can happen in
words or “look and say”
real life?
for sight words.
• When have you seen something like this before?
• Explain what the picture looks like.
 • Does the illustration or picture seem to match the title
of the story? Why or why not?
• What does the title tell us about the story?
• Does the image and title remind you of anything you
have experienced?
Discuss Possible Predictions and Make a List of Questions
Making predictions and asking questions are two reading
strategies that active readers naturally do.

• Get your child to do prediction on what him/her think

might happen on the following page.

Open to the Story and Read the Pictures (cover the words with
a strip of paper.)

• Take the time to draw your child’s attention to

important images that may give away bits and pieces
of what the/she can expect from the story.

After venturing and guiding through all the steps, you and
your child can now relax. Remove the strips of paper that you
blocked the words in the book.

• First reading, parent reads while touching the words

in the story.
• Second reading. parent touches and reads the word
then child touches and repeat the same thing.
• Third reading. Read together while touching the
words.

As for the fun and interactive part of the lessons: -

 • After familiarizing selves with the storyline of one
story you can try and act the story out with the whole
family.

[The benefits of role playing among kids are fundamental in

enhancing skills required for healthy development. ... Along
with being fun, using imagination in their play improves their
creativity and promotes better performance in school and it
also helps them develop a strong problem-solving approach
in dealing with issues.]

The end for Reading Lessons week 5.