Daily Lesson Plan
Class :4
Date : 26 August 2019
Time : 9.15 am – 10.15 am
Proficiency : Below Average
Theme : World of knowledge
Topic/ Unit : Unit 9: Stories from other lands
Focused Skill : Reading
Content Standard/s : 2.3 By the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be
able to read independently for information and enjoyment.
Learning Standards : 2.3.1 Able to read for information and enjoyment with guidance:
(a) fiction
Learning Objectives : By the end of the lesson, pupils in groups will be able to:
(i) read and understand the story by sequencing the
sentence strips according to the story line on the manila
card.
(ii) understand the story by answering at least 5 out of 8
“True or False” statements correctly on the A3 paper .
(iii) Answer at least 4 comprehension questions orally and
correctly during the ‘Snake and Ladder game’.
Language Content / Item : Nouns (sea, food, dirt, trucks, oil, gills, picnic)
Pupils’ Prior Knowledge : Pupils are already familiar with some of the vocabulary in the
topic which was introduced in the previous unit (unit 6: tell me
a story) and the use of placement map.
Educational Emphasis : Contextual Learning, Values and Citizenship
Moral Values : Responsibility, Appreciative
Teaching /Learning Materials : Aquarium, toy fish, Power point slide, ‘Snake and
Ladder’ game, dice, worksheet, sentence strips, whistle
Stage Teaching learning activities Rationale/notes
1. Pupils watch shadow play. (wayang kulit) To arouse
pupils’ interest
2. Pupils are asked a few questions based on the
shadow play. To lead the
Sample questions: pupils into the
lesson
I. What did you see?
- Wayang kulit, puppet show To elicit
responses from
II. Have you seen a shadow play before?
Set the pupils.
Induction - Yes/No
(5 minutes) III. Why do we use a shadow play?
- to tell a story Teaching and
IV. Can guess what we are going to do today? learning
materials:
- Read a story Mah-jong paper,
3. Teacher introduces today's topic to the pupils. puppets
: Stories from other lands
1. Pupils are shown the cover page of the story titled
To present the
“Nemo the Fish” through the PowerPoint slide. story to the
pupils
2. Pupils are asked some questions about story from
the cover page.
i) What can you see in the cover page?
To scaffold the
o Title comprehension
o Picture of a fish of the text by
introducing the
ii) Have you heard /read about Nemo the key words
Pre-reading Fish? found in the
text.
iii) Do you know which country this story is
(10 minutes)
from?
o America
6. Pupils guess the content of the story by looking at Teaching and
learning
the cover and the vocabularies shown. materials:
- sea, food, dirt, trucks, oil, gills, picnic PowerPoint slide
Activity : Read It Together
To model
1. Teacher projects the story through PowerPoint correct
intonation and
slide.
pronunciation
2. Teacher demonstrates the reading with the
correct pronunciation. To make sure
they
3. Pupils repeat after the teacher. understand
4. Teacher stops at certain part in the story to explain the new
vocabularies
the meaning of the difficult words.
5. After finish reading the story, pupils are randomly To assess the
pupils reading
picked to read aloud a sentence. ability
6. Pupils are divided into 2 groups of four.
While-
reading 7. Each group is given a fish-shaped placemat
(15 minutes) To provide
consensus map. some while-
8. The pupils are required to write the items that reading
activities
polluted the water.
- Bottles/Cans
- Plastics Teaching and
learning
- Mud
materials: power
- Oil point slides and
9. Teacher discusses the answers together with the placement
pupils. consensus map
1. Pupils remain in their respective groups.
2. Pupils are instructed to complete all three different
tasks.
Activity 1: Sequencing
1. Each group are required to find 4 fish-shaped To
sentence strips according to the colour they demonstrate
the pupils’
picked. understanding
2. In groups, pupils read, understand and sequence of the text
the sentence strips based on the story line by
pasting it on given manila card.
3. Pupils check their friends answer.
Activity 2: True or False Questions
To test pupil's
4. Teacher pastes true or false questions on the wall. understanding
5. In groups, pupil answers all the questions based about the topic
they have
on their understanding of the text. learnt today
Post- 6. Pupils may refer to the given handout to answer
reading the questions.
(25 minutes)
7. Teacher checks the answers together with the
pupils.
Activity 3: Snake and Ladder game
8. Teacher prepares a ‘snake and ladder’ board To test the
game with comprehension questions. pupils ‘overall
understanding
9. Teacher place the board game on the floor. of the story by
10. Pupils sit around the board game with their asking HOTS
question.
respective group.
11. Teacher explains the procedures of the game.
12. Each group’s representative throws the dice to set
their turn to play. The group that gets biggest Teaching and
number will begin the game. learning
materials:
13. In groups, pupils take turn to roll the dice and
coloured paper,
answer the questions orally based on the number worksheets, ‘snake
they obtain. and ladder’ board
game and dice
14. Teacher gives feedback to the answers given by
pupils.
1. Teacher prepares an aquarium with toy fish. To recap and
to test pupils’
2. All the fish are labelled with numbers.
understanding
3. Pupils are randomly picked to catch the fish and
answer the question based on the chosen number. To end the
Closure lesson with fun
4. Teacher recaps the moral value of the story. activity
(5 minutes)
5. Pupils are provided with worksheet as their
homework. To instil moral
values.
1. Pupils’ ability to read and sequence the story
based on the story line.
2. Pupils’ ability to answer the true or false
Assessment questions correctly based on the story.
3. Pupils’ ability to read and answer
comprehension questions during snake and
ladder game.
Comments by supervisor:
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful fish named
Nemo. Nemo lived happily in a clean sea. One day Nemo
decided to go on an adventure inside the water. On his way, he
saw some people having a picnic. “Ahh, people are having a
picnic”, said Nemo happily.
Suddenly, he saw some plastics, cans and bottle inside the
water. “Is this some food?” said Nemo. He swam towards the
items and decided to eat it. “Yuck! This is not a food!”
Then, Nemo swam to another end where he saw some trucks
digging the soil. “Why are the trucks throwing the dirt?” said
Nemo while trying to avoid the mud.
“Oh no, my body got a little dirty.” Then, Nemo saw some
oil coming towards him. “Oh,no! Oil is being poured into the
sea. My gills are covered with the oil. I can’t breathe.”
“Mummy, please help me!!”
Write (T) for the true statements and (F) for the false statements.
Statements True False
1. Nemo lived in a clean
sea
2. Nemo and his friends
decided to go on an
adventure inside the
water.
3. He saw a group of
kids having a picnic.
4. He saw some plastics,
cans, paper and bottles
inside the sea
5. Nemo accidentally eat
the mud while trying
to avoid the mud.
6. Nemo’s body was
fully covered with the
dirt of mud.
7. He saw some people
were pouring petrol
into the sea.
8. His gills were covered
with the oil.
Who is the main character of the
story?
What does the story make you
think of the people?
Do you think the people did the
right thing? Why?
Create an ending for the story.
Choose another title that will best
suit the story?
Where does Nemo live?
What does Nemo saw inside the
water?
Why Nemo asked for a help?
What is the title of the story?
What is the moral value of the
story?
What happened to Nemo at the
end of the story?
Read the following story and circle the correct answer
Nemo The Fish
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful fish named Nemo. Nemo lived happily
in a clean sea. One day Nemo decided to go on an adventure inside the water. On
his way, he saw some people having a picnic. “Ahh, people are having a picnic”,
said Nemo happily.
Suddenly, he saw some plastics, cans and bottle inside the water. “Is this
some food?” said Nemo. He swam towards the items and decided to eat it.
“Yuck! This is not a food!”
Then, Nemo swam to another end where he saw some trucks digging the soil.
“Why are the trucks throwing the dirt?” said Nemo while trying to avoid the mud.
“Oh no, my body got a little dirty.” Then, Nemo saw some oil coming
towards him. “Oh,no! Oil is being poured into the sea. My gills are covered with
the oil. I can’t breathe.”
“Mummy, please help me!!”
1. Who is the main character of the story?
a. Nemo c. Nemo’s mother
b. Human d. Nemo’s friend
2. Choose another title that will best suit the story.
a. irresponsible people c. sea creatures
b. air pollution d. Nemo’s journey
3. What does the story make you think of the people?
a. honest c. selfish
b. lovely d. arrogant
4. Which of the following best describes the Nemo’s feeling at when he saw the
oil?
a. happy c. surprised
b. shocked d. angry
5. Choose an ending for the story.
a. Nemo lived happily in the sea water.
b. The truck cleaned the sea water.
c. Nemo died because of the polluted water.
d. The people cleaned the sea water.
Read the story and answer the following questions
Nemo The Fish
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful fish named Nemo. Nemo lived happily
in a clean sea. One day Nemo decided to go on an adventure inside the water. On
his way, he saw some people having a picnic. “Ahh, people are having a picnic”,
said Nemo happily.
Suddenly, he saw some plastics, cans and bottle inside the water. “Is this
some food?” said Nemo. He swam towards the items and decided to eat it.
“Yuck! This is not a food!”
Then, Nemo swam to another end where he saw some trucks digging the soil.
“Why are the trucks throwing the dirt?” said Nemo while trying to avoid the mud.
“Oh no, my body got a little dirty.” Then, Nemo saw some oil coming
towards him. “Oh,no! Oil is being poured into the sea. My gills are covered with
the oil. I can’t breathe.”
“Mummy, please help me!!”
1. Who is the main character of the story?
2. Write another title that will best suit the story.
3. What does the story make you think of the people?
4. How does Nemo feels when he saw the oil?
5. Write an ending for the story.
What is the type of
pollution shown in the
story?
What caused the
sea to turn dirty?
How can we protect
the sea for Nemo
and other fishes to
live happily?
If you are the
Nemo, how would
you feel? Why?
What is the moral
value of the story?
