My Global Community · KG1 Integrated Learning

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: K1.7.1.1.3 - Identify and cover and back page of a book and read aloud a simple sentence.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the front cover and back page of a book by pointing to each when asked.
Point to and name the title, the author, and the illustrator on the front cover of a book.
Use pictures on the cover page to predict what the book might be about.
Read aloud a simple sentence from the book using echo-reading with the teacher’s support.
Count and group objects found in the book’s illustrations by attributes such as type, size, or colour.

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Curriculum details

Strand: My Global Community (Strand 7)
Sub-strand: My Global Community (7.1)
Content standard: K1.7.1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of different ways we connect and communicate with the global world.
Indicator: K1.7.1.1.3 - Identify and cover and back page of a book and read aloud a simple sentence.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 12 (Week 36 of the year)
Term is the curriculum's own; the week within it is our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order. Follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Kindergarten Curriculum (KG1 and KG2), 2019, p. 97
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

In a community circle time, show a book about the theme and ask learners to identify the front and the back of the book as part of the pre-reading activity. Assist learners to show the title, the writer/author and the illustrator of the book. Have use the cover page and content illustrations to predict the content of the text. Use Echo-reading to assist learners read
aloud the text. Ask question during the reading to assist learners monitor their understanding. Use questions to let learners respond to the text. You can have them role play their understanding of the text. Have learners identify and group objects in the illustrations according to given attributes e.g. types/size/colours of transports, number of people (learners/adults), types of items being sold, etc. Have learners count the number in each group. Extend the activity to include other items or counters. You can have learners do simple additions and/or subtractions on the collected data