LO: Greet each other and introduce the lesson.

TG
Kelly's 1. Say “Hello” to each other.
2. Have a conversation about the given question.
Reading Class 1 3. Introduce the title and the topic of this lesson.

Have you ever taken

a balloon trip?

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 LO: Get to know and understand the class rules. TG
1. Go through the class rules with Ss. Class Rules
2. Tell Ss that following class rules is important to help build good
learning habits.

1 Listen carefully when others

Respect are speaking.
& 2 Respect your partner.
Support
3
Help each other to finish
tasks in class.

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 LO: Get to know the learning goals of this lesson. TG
Learning Goals
Go through the learning goals with Ss. If time is
allowed, tell Ss that they’re going to learn an
important reading strategy in this lesson.

1. Identify and pronounce the consonant digraph

ch; decode the words beginning with ch.

2. Learn the key words hot air balloon, television,

photocopier, computer, letter, ticket, prize, and
photograph, and use them in sentences.

3. Learn about reading skill and strategy: Identify a

character’s actions in the story.

4. Talk about the story The Balloon and discuss sharing

with others.
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 LO: Identify and pronounce the sound of the consonant digraph ch TG
Phonics
sound; associate the sound with the letter pair ch.
1. Circle the letter pair ch and pronounce it.
2. Click and read the word when each kid appears.

Listen & Say 3. Click and ask Ss to put each kid in the hot air balloon by reading
each word out loud together.
4. Ask Ss what sound the letter pair ch makes.

chip cheese
chip
child chess
chick chase cheese

child chess

chase
chick

ch-
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 TG
Phonics
LO: Decode the words beginning with ch accurately and fluently.
1. Read the chant slowly to Ss with rhythm.
2. Guide Ss to read the chant aloud together.

Read on Your Own

The child is playing chess.
He likes eating cheese and chips.
His cat is chasing a chick.

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 LO: Get to know the characters in this story series. TG
Introduction
1. Tell Ss they are going to meet the people in the story series.

Characters 2. Ask Ss to name the characters and match them with their names.
3. Ask Ss to talk about who will be in today’s story.

people or animals in the story

Mrs. May
Mr. ——Man
Mrs.—— A woman got married and
add with her husband’s last name
Ms.——not concern about married or
not ， add with herself’s last name.
Miss——never get married

Wilf

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 LO: Identify the basic information of the book; talk about what they can TG
Lead-in
Book Cover know from the book cover; motivate Ss’ interest in reading.
1. Check Ss’ understanding of the words author and illustrator. Ask Ss to
identify the title as well as the author’s and illustrator's names. Click to
fill in the information on the slide.
2. Have Ss discuss the given questions.
The Balloon
Title: ____________
Roderick Hunt
Author: ______________
Alex Brychta
Illustrator: _____________
Before Reading

Before Reading

1. Where is Mrs. May in the

picture?
2. What would it be like in a hot air
Written by Roderick Hunt balloon?
Illustrated by Alex Brychta
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 LO: Make predictions using details in the illustration. TG
Lead-in
1. Explain the concept of making predictions and tell them how to

Make Predictions make predictions.

2. Ask Ss to look at the picture and answer the questions with the given
sentence frames.

Using details in the picture

1. What do you see in the picture? I see _________________.

2. What do you think of the computer? I think ________________.
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 LO: Understand the key phrase hot air balloon; read and understand
TG
The Balloon
the text; identify details.
1. Read the text for Ss. Reading
2. Elicit the phrase hot air balloon from Ss; click the word in the text;
explain it.
hot air balloon
3. Have Ss talk about the two questions. Encourage them to support
their answers with the clues from the text.

Comprehension

Comprehension

1. What were the children looking

at?
Definition ：
an
2. aircraft
How didconsisting of afeel?
the children very How
large
dobag
youfilled
know?with heated air or
other gas
The children were outside.
A hot air balloon went by. Example:
There is a hot air balloon in the sky.
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 LO: Read and understand the text; make connections. TG
The Balloon Reading
1. Read the text to Ss and have Ss talk about the first question.
2. Have Ss talk about the second question. Encourage them to
support their answers with the clues from the text.
3. Have Ss discuss the Connections question. Model first;
encourage Ss to talk more about themselves.

Comprehension

1. What does the word secret

mean?
2. What was Mrs. May’s
secret?

Connections
Mrs May had a secret. She wanted to go in a
Who would you tell your
She told Wilf what it was. balloon.
secret to if you had one?
Why?
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 LO: Understand the key word television; understand the text; apply the reading TG
The Balloon
strategy for reading comprehension; make connections.
1. Read the text for Ss. Reading
2. Elicit the word television from Ss; click the word in the text; explain it.
3. Have Ss talk about the two questions. Encourage them to support their answers
television (n.)
with the clues from the text.

Comprehension

1. What class do you think the

children were having?
Definition ：
a device shaped like a box with a
2. What
screen thathappened in class?
receives electrical
It was time to watch television. signals
The television went wrong.
Example:
“Oh no!” said Mrs May. My family likes to watch television
together after dinner.
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 LO: Understand the key word photocopier; understand the text; apply the reading TG
The Balloonstrategy for reading comprehension; make connections.
1. Read the text for Ss. Reading
2. Elicit the word photocopier from Ss; click the word in the text; explain it.
3. Have Ss talk about the first question. Encourage them to support their answers with
the clues from the text.
photocopier (n.)
4. Have Ss discuss the Connections question. Model first; encourage Ss to talk more
about themselves.

Comprehension

What happened to the

Definition:
photocopier?
a machine that makes copies of
documents using a
Connections
photographic process
The photocopier went wrong. Example:
What do you have in your
The workers carried a new
“Oh blow!” said Mrs May. classroom?
photocopier to the office.

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 computer (n.)
LO: Understand the key word computer; understand the text; apply the reading
strategy for reading comprehension; make connections TG
The Balloon Reading
1. Ask Ss to go through the text quickly and ask Ss to talk about the first question.
2. Prompt students to discuss the words computer; click the words in the text; explain
it.
3. Have Ss discuss the Connections questions; encourage Ss to talk more about
themselves.

Comprehension

What was Mrs. May doing?

Definition:
an electronic machine that is used
for organizing, and finding words,
numbers,Connections
and pictures, for doing
calculations, and for controlling
What do you do when your
other machines
computer stops working?
The computer went wrong.
Example:
“Oh bother!” said Mrs May. I got a new computer from Dad, and
it was my dream one!
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 LO: Understand the key word letter and make sentences with it; read and TG
The Balloon understand the text; make connections. Reading
1. Ask Ss to go through the text quickly and ask Ss to talk about the
Comprehension questions.
letter (n.)
2. Prompt students to discuss the word letter; click the word in the text;
explain it.
Comprehension
3. Have Ss discuss the Connections question; encourage Ss to talk more
about themselves.

1. Where were Wilf and

Wilma?
2. Why did the school want
money?
Definition:
3. What would Wilf’s idea be?
a written
Usemessage from onetoperson
the illustration
to another, usually
support yourput in an
answers.
Wilf and Wilma came home.
envelope and sent by post
They had a letter.
Connections
Example:
The school wanted money. What would you do if you were
I’m reading a letter from Peter.
Wilf had an idea. Wilf?
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 LO: Understand the key word ticket and make sentences with it; read and TG
The Balloon understand the text;
Reading
1. Ask Ss to go through the text quickly and ask Ss to talk about the
Comprehension questions.
2. Prompt students to discuss the word ticket; click the word in the text;
explain it.

ticket (n.)
Comprehension
1. What did Mrs. May
buy?
2. Why did Mrs. May
Definition:
buypiece
a small so many tickets?
of paper or card
given to someone, usually to
show that they have paid for
an event, journey, or activity
Mrs May bought lots of tickets.
Example:
She wanted to go in the balloon. I have two tickets for
tonight’s movie.
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 LO: Understand the key word prize and make sentences with it; read and understand TG
The Balloon the text; make connections.
Reading
1. Ask Ss to go through the text quickly and ask Ss to talk about the Comprehension
questions.
2. Prompt students to discuss the word prize; click the word in the text; explain it.
prize (n.)
3. Have Ss discuss the Connections question; encourage Ss to talk more about
themselves.
Comprehension
1. Who won the prize?
2. How did Mrs. May feel
when she won the first
prize? Use the illustration
Definition:
to support
something your answer.
valuable, such as an
amount of money, that is given
to someone who succeeds in a
competition
Connections
Mrs May won the prize.
Have you or someone you
She won a ride in the balloon. Example:
“Hooray!”said Wilf. I know
won aever
prizewon
foraworking
prize like
so
Mrs. May?
hard.
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 LO: Understand the unfamiliar word wonderful in the text; understand
the text; apply the reading strategy for reading comprehension. TG
The Balloon 1. Read the text for Ss. Reading
2. Have Ss talk about the first two questions. Encourage them to
support their answers with the clues from the text.
3. Have Ss discuss the Connections question; encourage Ss to talk more
about themselves.

Comprehension
1. What was Mrs. May’s
prize?
2. What was in Mrs. May’s
hands? How did she feel?

Connections
Mrs May went up in the balloon.
“Hooray,” shouted everyone. How would you feel if you
were Mrs. May?
“It’s wonderful,” said Mrs May.

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 LO: Understand the key word photograph; read and understand the text; make
TG
The Balloon Reading
connections.
1. Ask Ss to go through the text quickly and ask Ss to talk about the Comprehension
questions.
2. Prompt students to discuss the word photograph; click the word in the text; explain
it.
3. Have Ss discuss the Connections question; encourage Ss to talk more about
themselves. photograph (n.)
Comprehension
1. What did Mrs. May see
and do in the hot air
balloon?
2. What did Mrs. May get
from the trip?
Definition:
a picture produced using
Mrs May saw the stream. Connections
a camera
She saw the houses. Example:
What is your favorite
She looked down at the park. Iphotograph?
took many photographs
She took this photograph. during my trip.

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 LO: Read and understand the text; make connections. TG
The Balloon Reading
1. Read the text to Ss and have Ss discuss the given Comprehension questions.
2. Have Ss discuss the Connections question; encourage Ss to talk more about
themselves.

Comprehension
1. Was the school’s problem
solved? How was it solved?
Use the details from the text
and illustration.
2. What was Mrs. May’s secret?
How did Wilf help Mrs. May?

The school made lots of money.

They bought lots of things. Connections

Mrs May was pleased. If you were Mrs. May, what

She gave Wilf a present. present would you give to Wilf?

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 LO: Understand the concept of character’s actions. TG
Reading Strategy
1. Ask Ss to tell what the characters are doing in the pictures.

Character’s Actions2. Tell Ss that a character in a story does many things like the
characters in the pictures.
3. Click to show the definition, and explain it to the Ss.

What a character does

in a story is called the
character’s actions.

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 LO: Identify a character’s actions. TG
Reading Strategy
1. Guide Ss to recall what Mrs. May did in the story.
2. Display all the actions from the story. Have Ss choose which

Identify Mrs. May’s Actions actions belong to Mrs. May and have Ss support their
answers with the details in the text.
3. Click to see the correct answers.

bought lots of won the prize

tickets

wanted money
looked down at
had an idea the park

took a
photograph
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 LO: Check their understanding of the words learned in the lesson. TG
Vocabulary
1. Ask Ss to work together to fill in the blanks with the right words.
2. Give feedback.
Notes: If time is limited, just skip this slide.

Read and Choose

hot air balloon
1. I want to go in a _______________.

letter from my friend in Canada.

2. I got a _______

prize in the maths

3. Jerry won the first _______
contest.

letter prize hot air balloon

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 LO: Talk about what Mrs. May did after she won the prize. TG
Listening & Speaking
1. Ask Ss to talk about what Mrs. May did after she won the prize.
2. Encourage Ss to answer the question in complete sentences. Assist
Ss if necessary.

Let’s Talk

What did Mrs. May

do after she won the
prize?

 went up in the balloon

 took a photograph
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 LO: Talk about what Ss would do after wining a prize. TG
Listening & Speaking
1. Ask Ss to discuss what they would do after they won a prize.
2. Encourage Ss to talk about the question with tips. Assist Ss if necessary.

Let’s Talk

What would you do

if you won a prize?

 share with my parents

 donate to people in need
 have a family trip

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 LO: Talk about sharing in their life. TG
Value
1. Ask Ss to talk about what is being shared in the pictures (share
food/happiness/reading with others).
2. Encourage Ss to share their opinions. Assist Ss if necessary.

How can you share with others?

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 LO: Describe what Mrs. May did using the visual aid.
TG
Oral Writing
1. Guide Ss to recall what Mrs. May did in the story and model first.
2. Have Ss work together to describe what Mrs. May did using the

Get Ready to Present diagram.

3. Give feedback.

O
bought tickets won a prize
1. Describe what Mrs.
May did using the
diagram shown.
2. Discuss with your Mrs. went up in
partner your opinions gave a present May the balloon
about Mrs. May from
the story.

took a photograph

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 LO: Understand what the writing task is; know that they can
complete the writing task with the help of the post-class instructional
TG
video. Writing
Homework
1. Introduce and explain the writing task to Ss.
2. Ask Ss to finish the task before the next class and to be ready to
present.
3. Remind Ss to watch the post-class video before writing.

Describe one of your happiest days. What did you do?

Please complete the task in 3–5 sentences.

Step1: Brainstorm your ideas

Step2: Plan your draft
Step3: Write your draft

Tip: Don’t forget to watch the post-class video before starting.

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 LO: Review what they learned in class. TG
Review
1. Ask Ss to recall the meaning of the key words.
2. Have Ss read the key sentences from the story.

Let’s Review
Vocabulary
hot air balloon, television,
photocopier, computer,
letter, ticket, prize, photograph
Sentence
 Mrs. May went up in the
balloon.
 She gave Wilf a present.
pack, laugh, cottage,
torch, shadow, game station
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 1. Briefly comment.
TG
2. Say “goodbye” to each other.

Kelly's
Reading Class 1

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