Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Group Lesson Plan


Subject:
Spelling

 

Topic:
Compound Words


Class:
Grade 3


Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:
1.       Define compound words
2.       Identify compound words and their parts
3.       Combine simple words to form compound words
4.       Use compound words in sentences
5.       Spell compound words

Introduction:
Play a 3-minute video from www.spellingcity.com to introduce compound words in a short passage.

Step 1
Students discuss video and the highlighted words.  At the end of the video, teacher will ask students if they recognized anything special about the words that were highlighted. Each group will come up with a definition for compound words. Teacher will verify or correct their submissions.

Step 2
Students will give their own examples of compound words.

Step 3
Students will be given a list of ten compound words to learn. The “teach me” link on www.spellingcity.com can be used to help them learn to spell these words.

Closure/Evaluation:
Students will complete a mini-test where they must complete sentences using compound words. This will be done using the mouse-mischief technique.
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3 comments:

  1. EstherlynMay 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM

    This is an example of a lesson plan from spellingcity.com on the same topic. http://www.vocabulary.co.il/pdf_files/lesson_plans/compoundwordlessonplan.pdf

    The video mentioned in the lesson can be found by clicking the link "Compound Word Lesson Video" on this page - http://www.spellingcity.com/compound-words.html

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  2. Aly BabbaMay 2, 2012 at 8:24 PM

    I'm not seeing the development of objectives 3 and 4.

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  3. TeacherTrishMay 3, 2012 at 12:03 AM

    The video will give students a guide which will enable them to construct simple compound words hence use them to formulate sentences

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