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PRE-LESSON TASK 6: FINGER-WRITING
AIM: to practise spelling of topic vocabulary
MATERIALS: Board
1. Choose some words the pupils will need for the lesson. These should be words the 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, give pupils 5 seconds or so to remember it, and then rub the word
off the board. If you want to review word-spelling, then you could use a picture.
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 his/her partner is writing.
7. Reverse the roles so that each pupil gets the chance to write.
8. Repeat for other topic words.
NB: 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ (pencil).
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!
NB: 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).
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Primary Year 1 Scheme of Work
