Assessment for Learning Resource Bank

Web-based Learning and Teaching Support

Learning and Teaching Activity – Lovely Letter Sounds

Learning Targets for Key Stage 2 :

KSf -	to understand some aspects of how the English language works, including how grammatical features contribute to meaning and how simple texts are organized; and apply this understanding to one's learning and use of the language
ESa -	to develop an awareness of the basic sound patterns of English and an enjoyment of imaginative texts through activities such as reciting poems and rhymes, singing songs and presenting short simple plays

Learning Objectives:

Text Types

Vocabulary

Language Items and Communicative Functions

Language Skills

Attitudes

Generic Skills

cartoons

N.A.

-	Listening
-	Reading

-	develop sensitivity towards language use in the process of communication

-	collaboration skills
-	creativity
-	communication skills

Related Basic Competencies:

L3-L-1-P6BC:	Discriminating between words with a range of vowel and consonant sounds
L4-L-2-P6BC:	Understanding the use of a small range of language features in simple literary / imaginative spoken texts
L3-R-2-P6BC:	Reading aloud unfamiliar words with a range of vowel and consonant sounds in simple texts
L4-R-4-P6BC:	Understanding the use of a small range of language features in simple literary / imaginative texts

Activity

Description

Duration

(mins.)

For students'self-access

Part 1

An interactive activity: A Bad Day for Sunny
Learners are helped to differentiate the voiced th (e.g. that) and unvoiced th (e.g. thief) when they learn the consonant blend th. Learners then watch and listen to a cartoon focusing on two digraphs (i.e. sh and th) and participate in an interactive task to identify some words with the consonant digraphs.

Part 2

An interactive activity: Selfish Sandy
Learners watch and listen to a cartoon with the consonant blends (e.g. sk, sl, sw and st) and participate in an interactive task to identify some words with the consonant blends.

Part 3

Activity Plan

A classroom activity: My Tongue Twister
Learners create their own tongue twisters and practise reading them aloud.