Language Tree level K is designed to be used flexibly, in line with the teacher’s preferred approach and the ability of the class. Syllabus coverage The Student’s Book, used alongside the Workbook and the online Teacher’s Guide (www.macmillan-caribbean.com), provide complete syllabus coverage – a comprehensive programme of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The Scope and Sequence chart on pages 6–7 will support your short- and long-term planning, enabling you to make sure that you cover everything. A complete guide to how Language Tree Student’s Book K delivers the OECS syllabus can be found in the online Teacher’s Guide. On-the-page teacher’s notes Teaching suggestions on each page enable you to use the pupils’ content to deliver an integrated curriculum. Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills all develop from the illustrations and/or text in each unit. Listening Texts The symbol indicates a text at the back of the book for you to read aloud. These texts engage pupils in a range of structured listening activities, enabling you to develop and assess their listening skills. When reading aloud, demonstrate how to read with expression. Pause from time to time to check pupils’ understanding. How to Use this Book
What have I learnt? These activity pages occur regularly throughout the book. They can be used by the teacher according to the needs of the class – to review and practise or to assess skills and to identify areas in which pupils need further support while enabling pupils to recognise their own progress. Language Tree Workbook K provides activities to teach or reinforce skills arising from the activities in the Student’s Book. The sequence of phonemes in Workbook K is based on how common they are and how
useful they are in forming words. Online Teacher’s resources offer
suggestions for planning and integrating your language work using Language Tree , with further teaching notes. Teaching Tips In addition to the suggestions in the teacher’s notes, use the following techniques in connection with any text. Reading Before reading: Help pupils to make connections with their prior experience and to predict what the text will be about based on the title and the pictures. During reading: Language Tree uses both a phonic and a whole-word approach to reading. The workbook offers systematic practice of phonic awareness and sound blending. These skills are practised, in context, in this Student’s Book, alongside sight vocabulary and content words.
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