Name: Denise Johnson-Sinclair

Date: February 11, 2013.

Grade: 2P

Subject: Language Arts

Duration: 1 hour

Unit Title: Satisfying our needs

Focus Question: How can I spend my leisure time?

Topic: Contractions

Attainment Target: Students will be able to:

1. give and receive information

2. know and use language skills and the conventions of the spoken and
written language
3. listen and speak with sensitivity to audience
apply relevant decoding skills when attacking new words

Specific Objectives: students should be able to:

 recall what contraction is in their own words after playing a game.

 form at least four(4) contractions for words given after class
discussion.
 make at least three (3) sentences with contraction words after class
activity.
 arrange correctly at least six (6) contractions words after class
activity.
 Revise at least six (6) contractions words done in the lesson after
viewing video.

Content Summary: A contraction is a shortened form of one or two words (one of which is
usually a verb). In a contraction, an apostrophe takes the place of the
missing letter or letters.
Skills: recalling definition, forming contractions, making sentences, singing
song, viewing video

Key Vocabulary: contractions, long form, shortened

Materials: charts, band aid, index cards

Procedures: Introduction:

Students will be engaged in game called “Contraction Hunt”. Different

contractions and their long forms will be written on cards. Students will
take a card and will find their partners with matching contractions.
Students will then sing a “Contraction Action” song.

Step 1:

Recap previous lesson:

Teacher will communicate to students the lesson objectives. Students will

be asked to give their understanding of the word contraction. A chart with
the definition of contraction will be displayed just in case students are
unable to give a suitable definition.

Step 2:

Teacher will guide students in forming other contractions using will, is.
Example. I’ll, she’s. Students will be instructed to pay keen attention to
the letters that are removed in each case.

Step 3:

Selected students will be asked to read the given contractions (in step 2)
and use them in sentences.

Step 4:

Students will be placed in groups and given index cards with the long
form of words for which they will perform “Contraction Operation”. They
will be told that, they are surgeons going to operate on words. Students
will then be instructed to cut the words in the correct place and use band
aid to connect it. The band aid will represent the ‘apostrophe’. Students
will then read each contraction word and stick them on an interactive chart
to match the long form of words. Eg He is – he’s
 Step 5:

To recap the lesson a video will be showed to students. The video

contains majority of contraction words that were used in the lesson. Link
for video:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=contraction+song&oq=con
traction+&gs_l=youtube.1.0.0l5j0i10j0l3j0i10.268.6348.0.9413.11.9.1.0.0
.0.213.1373.0j8j1.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.uyHznGJSi5Y

Assessment:

Form contractions for the words in bracket.

1. ________________ is not going to the football match. (she is)

2. Mother_____________ buy my ticket for the game. (did not)
3. __________________ going to the beach in the truck. (We are)

Write the shortened form of each word.

Would not_____________

I will _____________

He is ________________

Use the contraction words above to make sentences. (wouldn’t, I’ll,

he’s).

Evaluation:

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