Suggested Follow-up Activities
Learners’ possible problem(s) (for reference only)
- Learners are not able to obtain information about the reading materials from book covers, tables of contents, blurbs and glossaries
- Learners are not able to use simple resources (e.g. word cards, word charts, picture dictionaries or word books) for reference.
Suggested Follow-up Activities
| Learning Unit | Description | Problem addressed (see above) | Suggested duration (minutes) | For Students' Self-access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Book Covers |
By reading various book covers, learners identify the information given on them. They are provided the opportunity to create a simple story book in groups. Related Module: The World Around Us |
|
80 |  |
Knowing More About Clothes |
Learners make use of some picture cues and letter sounds to learn vocabulary items of clothing. They then design the clothes they like and label them. Related Module: The World Around Us |
|
75 | |
Reading the Book Covers |
Based on the information given on a book cover, learners learn to predict the story content with guided questions. They are asked to create the content of a story based on its cover. Related Module: Places and Activities |
|
80 | |
Other Resources
Teachers may refer to the following resources or experiences for further information in planning and preparing their learning and teaching activities:
- Education Bureau
Learning and Teaching Packages
SAMPLE
http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?langno=1&nodeID=2773 - Educational Television Programmes
Adventures into Storyland I & II:
http://etv.edb.gov.hk/index-e.asp - HKedCity
Learning Centre > Subject i-World > Primary English > Shared Resources > Reading:
http://www.hkedcity.net/iworld/resource/index.phtml?iworld_id=45&parent_id=1329 - BBC – Cbeebies – Story Circle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/storycircle/
| Title | Abstract | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| The Research Project on the Development of Learning, Teaching and Assessment Materials of English Language to Enhance Effective Learning Teaching in Primary Schools |
The research project aims to provide school-based support to participating schools in strengthening their students’ vocabulary learning, reading and writing skills, through offering intensive, onsite and school-based professional support including professional development activities, collaborative school-based learning and teaching material development, as well as research. |
Related Materials: Other key learning objectives |
| The Research Project on Building Online Assessment Resources to Empower Both Frontline Professionals and Students: Connecting Reading and Writing across Key Stages 1 to 2 (ELE) |
The research project aims at investigating and developing effective approaches to enhance online assessment and developing e-assessment packages (including the provision of feedback and LT materials) for connecting reading and writing at primary level. |
Related Skills: KS2 Reading KS2 Writing (*All reading tasks are |
| Study of Using Assessment Data to Enhance Learning and Teaching (English Language Education) Phase I — Analyzing Multiple Choice Items in the 2008 TSA Reading papers for Primary 3, Primary 6 and Secondary 3 |
This document reports an analysis into a set of 2008 Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) reading papers, students' performances and the facility indices. The objective of this work is to identify students’ learning problems, and the dimensions in which weaknesses in students’ performance are manifest. It is hoped the identification of these learning problems will lead to reliable and accurate estimates of possible causes of prospective students’ learning problems, resulting in the development of some school-based diagnostic assessment tools, the outcomes of which will inform future teaching and learning. |
Related Skill(s) and BC(s):
KS1 Reading:
KS2 Reading:
KS3 Reading: |
| Study of Using Assessment Data to Enhance Learning and Teaching (English Language Education) Phase II |
The objectives of this Study aree to i) empirically verify some students’ key reading problems observed in the Phase-I Study; ii) ascertain causes of reading difficulties for the students while they were reading; and iii) make use of what has been observed from the tests and interviews data to inform and enhance the teaching and learning of reading in the pilot schools. Findings of the Study have implications for the teaching of reading in both primary and secondary schools, and especially in teaching students reading skills which may enhance their performance in reading, with specific reference to the Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) reading papers. |
Related Skill(s) and BC(s):
KS1 Reading:
KS2 Reading:
KS3 Reading: |