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Primary Year 3 SK Scheme of Work
SCHEME OF WORK: TEXTBOOK BASED LESSON (Unit 4)

LESSON: 55 (Speaking 11) MAIN SKILL FOCUS: Speaking THEME: World of Knowledge
WEEK: TOPIC: Year in, year out CROSS-CURRICULAR ELEMENT: Language LANGUAGE/GRAMMAR FOCUS: Prepositions with time

expressions (birth month): It’s in + month

CONTENT LEARNING MATERIALS /
STANDARD STANDARD LEARNING OUTLINE REFERENCES DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES

Main Skill Main Skill Pre-lesson Get Smart plus 3 Differentiate learning according to the
Speaking 2.1 Speaking 2.1.2 1. Play a word game that focuses on the current month. You could Student’s Book, p.37 needs of your pupils and class. Please
Communicate Find out about and choose an appropriate pre-lesson activity from the list in the see the seven differentiation strategies
simple information describe basic introduction that suits your pupils’ needs and interests. Teacher’s Book, p.63 listed in the introduction. Please also
intelligibly everyday routines Month word cards (one consider the following:
Lesson delivery per pupil) If you have a more proficient class, you
2. Give each pupil a month word card. Ask all the pupils with could introduce giving the date of their
Complementary Complementary January to raise their hand/card, then February and so on. Elicit A wrapped-up present birthday, which uses on. Explain why it
Skill Skill the order of the months as you go. Card and coloured is on and not in (it is a precise day).
Writing 4.1 Writing 4.1.2 pends & pencils for
Form letters and Begin to use cursive 3. Have pupils stand up and say the months on their cards in birthday cards, if time. Some pupils may say a full sentence in
words in neat handwriting in a order, without modelling. Repeat, but a little faster and continue Activity 5, while others may give a short
legible print using limited range of as necessary, making this a fun drill. answer. However, encourage them all
cursive writing written work to use in.
4. Follow the instructions in the Teacher’s Book (p.63) for Activity
4.
5. Show pupils the present, ask them when we give presents.
Elicit birthday.
6. Put the month cards around the room. Ask pupils to find the
month of their birthday and go and stand by it. Ask pupils, by
month When’s your birthday? Pupils reply It’s in x.
7. Remind pupils which month it is. Give the present to the pupils
whose birthday it is this month and say Happy birthday!
8. Have pupils mingle (walk around the room) to ask each other
when their birthday is. Set a time limit or a number of pupils to
ask.
9. Follow the Teacher’s Book (p.63) for Activity 5. Encourage
pupils to check the spelling of the months, to remember the
capital letters and to practise writing in cursive.

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