Lesson
Ask students to point to Stanza 1. Explain that a line of words in a rhyme or poem is called a verse. Ask, How many verses are there in Stanza 1? Ask students to number the verses. Ask students to number the verses in each stanza. Check answers by asking individual students to read out specific lines in the poem by saying the stanza and verse. David, can you read out Stanza 3, verse 1 please? Praise the students who participate and encourage the ones that don’t. 2 Match the pictures to the corresponding stanza. Encourage students to describe the pictures. Read out the poem in Activity 1. Pause after each stanza and have students point to the corresponding picture. Encourage students to tell you the word or words that link the stanza to the picture. Have students number the pictures with the number of the corresponding stanza. Have students compare their answers in pairs. Have one student read out the stanza while the other points to the corresponding picture. Monitor the activity, correcting, encouraging, and praising where appropriate. Check answers as a class. Wrap Up Write on the board incomplete words so students can write the missing letter to form rhyming words. Possible answers. ___ hoe ___ lue shoe, glue ___ at ___ at cat, rat, fat, mat ___ ook ___ ook book, look, hook, ___ rass ___ass grass, pass, class, glass, gas ___ ox ___ ox fox, box, rocks, clocks ___ en ___ en ten, pen, hen, men, then ___ at ___ weet eat, sweet, beat, sheet, heat ___ ey ___ ee key, bee, me, knee, sea, tea ___ ther ___rother other, brother, another, mother Divide the class into two groups. Have students of each team take turns to compete and complete the words. The team who has more complete words will be the winner. Motivate students to continue participating, giving positive feedback.
Lesson
1 Read about Matt and his dog, then number. How many verses are there in each stanza? How many verses are there in each stanza?
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Matt is a boy He has dog.
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He also has a cat Which is black. His name is Tack.
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How beautiful they are! He takes them in the car.
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Look, What a big bat! Can’t take it in the car Because we’re driving far.
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2 Match the pictures to the corresponding stanza.
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• Identify stanzas and verses. • Practice pronunciation of verses. • Match images to stanzas and verses.
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Expected Outcomes Identify stanzas and verses. Practice pronunciation of verses. Match images to stanzas and verses.
Materials Activity Book p. 18, crayons, paper
Warm Up Show students pictures of a cat and a dog. Ask them to make the sound each animal makes. Say: Can you think of a word that rhymes with cat? Can you think of a word that rhymes with dog? Encourage students to participate. Elicit the answer: cat-fat, hat, rat; dog- log, fog . Use phrases like: Good job! Great! Excellent! to motivate students when they answer correctly. 1 Read about Matt and his dog, then number. Say, Please, open your books to page 18 . Ask students to look at the rhyme in activity 1. Explain that a stanza is a block of lines in a rhyme or poem. Ask, How many stanzas are there? Have students number the stanzas.
Unit 2
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