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PRE-LESSON TASK 6: FINGER-WRITING*
AIM: To practise spelling of topic vocabulary

MATERIALS: Board

1. Choose some words that pupils will need for the lesson. These should be words pupils
already know, so are reviewing.
2. Divide pupils into pairs.
3. Tell one pupil in the pair to look at the board, and the other pupil to cover their eyes or
put their head down on the desk so that they can’t see the board.
4. Write a topic word on the board, ask pupils to read and remember it, and then rub the
word off the board. You could use a picture if pupils may benefit from using a visual
aid.
5. Tell pupils who did not see the board to stand with their back to their partner while the
partner writes the word on their back by using their finger.
6. Each pupil works out what word their partner is writing.
7. Reverse the roles so that each pupil gets the chance to write.
8. Repeat for other topic words and/or extend to phrase or sentence level, depending on
the topic.

Note: When pupils know this activity, they can choose their own words.

PRE-LESSON TASK 7: BEAT THE TEACHER*

AIM: To create interest in the lesson and to review and practise spelling of topic
vocabulary

MATERIALS: Board

1. Choose a key topic word from the lesson.
2. Write lines to correspond to each letter on the board with a space in between as in the
example below _ _ _ _ _ _ (planet).
3. Draw a circle/oval on the board. It is a head without the parts (eyes, nose, ears, mouth,
hair).
4. Explain that the aim of the game is to guess the word before the face is completed.
5. Tell pupils to put up their hands if they want to guess a letter.
6. If they guess correctly, write the letter into the correct letter space. If they guess
incorrectly, draw one part of the head (e.g. the mouth or the hair). Write the incorrect
letter on the side of the board to remind pupils it has already been used.
7. If pupils guess the word before the face is completed, they have beaten the teacher. If
not, the teacher has won!

Note: You can change the picture you build for this, perhaps using a topic-related picture,
as long as it has a good number of parts (e.g. 6 or 7).

PRE-LESSON TASK 8: PREDICT THE CONTENT

AIM: To help and prepare pupils for a Listening or Reading text

MATERIALS: Board and pictures

Primary Year 4 SK Scheme of Work 17