Language Tree SB 3

Scope and Sequence Unit

Reading and comprehension

Speaking and listening

1 The Swing

Predict story Revise predictions

Retell story: beginning, middle, end

2 A Special Visitor

Recall details Question and answer relationships

Listen to a short biography Generate questions to elicit information Role play an interview

3 Going to the Library

Predict content from picture

Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction

4 Tortoise Tries to Fly

Describe character Discuss ’lesson’ of story

Role play characters in a story

5 Clean-up Day

Inferring Problem solving

Summarise main points in presentation Discuss problem and plan a solution

6 Steel Band Jump Up

Features of poems: rhymes, repetition, rhythm

Recite a poem Peer evaluation

7 Anansi Stories

Draw inferences from pictures

Discuss character in stories

8 The Class Visit

Study letter format Answer inferential questions

Create questions about a report Question and answer about visit to place of interest

9 Our Five Senses

Notice the layout of a poem Identify rhyming words Read a Creole poem Skim for general idea Identify relevant information

Discuss appeal to senses

10 The Invitation

Listen to an announcement Role play planning a trip

11 Take Notice!

Distinguish between fact and opinion Identify audience and purpose

Listen to and give instructions

12 All’s Well That Ends Well Make predictions Discuss behaviour

Use a street plan to give directions

Discuss an issue Express opinion

13 The Three Rs

Identify main idea and supporting detail Use a glossary

14 Turtles

Use prior knowledge (KWL chart)

Listen to a presentation Ask and answer questions

15 The Speech

Give and justify opinion Make notes

Prepare and give a short speech Peer evaluation

16 Grace Goes to School

Identify narrator Understand cause and effect

Discuss how to solve a problem

17 The Water Cycle

Interpret diagrams

Describe a process

18 The Missing Cake

Identify features of a play

Act a scene from a play Create a new scene

Every unit is followed by a page of formative assessment.

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