LetterLand teacher 39 s guide

Teacher's Guide Learn English as a Second Language with Letterlan d Chapter 1: Introduction What is Letterland ELT? Is Letterland ELT for you? Structure of this Teacher's G u id e Structure of the Lesson Plans Scripted te x t Scope & sequence The teaching order 10 What is our approach to teaching English? Main com ponents Highly recommended Chapter 2: Training 15 Where is Letterland? How to use the Lesson Plans 15-29 Teaching Section Keyword R outine Teaching Section Letter sounds 16 17 Teaching Section The character’s w o rd s 20 Teaching Section Letter shapes 22 Teaching Section Phonemic awareness & phonics .25 Teaching Section Topics Teaching Section Review and pair work .29 30-32 General information Teaching the correct letter sounds 30 Letter sounds vs letter names 31 The Vowel Men say their letter names 31 Dealing with exceptions 32 Cross-curricular opportunities 32 \mi га Contents J w 29 ш ш fiii m What language w ill children learn? 183 rii m tat tat tit ill rii tit tat tit til Foreword m tit tit ni rat m m nit rr, n: in m Contents Chapter 3: Lesson Plans 33 Timing & flexibility 33 Assessment outcomes 33 Preparations 34 Checklist .35 Lesson 1: Cc Clever C at 36 Lesson 2: Aa Annie Apple & Mr A 38 Lesson 3: Dd Dippy Duck 40 Lesson 4: Hh Harry Hat M an 42 Lesson 5: Mm Munching M ike .44 Lesson 6: Tt Talking Tess 46 Lesson 7: Ss Sammy Snake 48 Lesson 8: Ii Impy Ink & Mr 50 Lesson 9: Nn Noisy N ic k 52 Lesson 10: Oo Oscar Orange & Mr О .54 Lesson 11: Pp Peter Puppy .56 Lesson 12: Yy & Gg Yellow Yo-yo Man / GoldenG irl .58 Lesson 13: Ее & Uu Eddy Elephant & Mr E: UppyUmbrella & Mr U 60 Lesson 14: Kk & Qq Kicking King / QuarrelsomeQueen 62 Lesson 15: Ff & Rr Firefighter Fred / Red Robot 64 Lesson 16: Ll & Vv Lucy Lamp Light / Vicky Violet .66 Lesson 17: Bb & Ij Bouncy Ben / lumping Jim 68 Lesson 18: Ww & Xx Walter Walrus / Fix-it Max 70 Lesson 19: Zz Zig Zag Zebra 72 Beyond a-z 74 Lesson 20: sh 76 Lesson 21: ch 78 Chapter 4: Appendices 81 Action Tricks 82 Activity Bank 84 Costumes and P rops 88 Copymasters 89 Templates 110 Picture Code Cards:sh & ch 111 Glossary 112 ★★★ Chapter ★★★ Introduction What is Letterland ELT? Letterland ELT is a starter level course that introduces beginners to: ☆ A basic English vocabulary of common words and structures ☆ The shapes and sounds of Aa - Zz, short and long vowels, sh and ch ☆ Early word-building ☆ Listening and speaking skills Is Letterland E LT fo r you? Our years of correspondence with Letterland teachers in ELT situations have helped us to arrive at the conclusion that you're all different! Some of you: ☆ see your students every day ☆ see your students once a week ☆ follow a purely activity-based approach ☆ use books and CD's ☆ speak English as a first language ☆ speak English as a second language ☆ speak the home language of your students Letterland ELT is flexible, so you can make the decisions on which products you use for your specific circumstance The full Letterland ELT range is designed to be best suited to teaching phonics and literacy skills in ESL environments Structure of this Teacher's Guide This Teacher’s Guide has four chapters: Introduction Training Lesson Plans Appendices -A- The Training chapter explains in detail how to teach each Section in the Lesson Plans It will help you to get the best results from your Letterland teaching Use it to train yourself and other teachers ★ The Lesson Plans contain seven Sections (See pages and 7) ★ The Appendices contain an Activity Bank and photocopiables, including Student Cards, assessment Activity Sheets, and Pupil Record Sheets V (^Chapter 1: Introduction f) Structure of the Lesson 1) Present th e keyword Present a simple word that starts with the target sound D Letter sound Introduce the character and 'discover' their letter sound Teach their action and sing the ELT Alphabet Song Picture-code the plain letter (3) Character wor ds Learn three words that start with the target sound Use them in games and simple sentences The page numbers in the star next to each Section heading refer you to the relevant pages in the Training chapter Refer to these pages whenever you need a reminder of how to teach that Section "anJTtn.— ^ Tfffwement of a sn, with your hand as you hiss: 'Sss ' It’s a sssnake Then take the toy or ratdjauLof_the_box (Tip: Really emphasise Sammy Snake's 'sss ' sound at the beginning ’ • :n fhis lesson ) ★ Sammy Snake Can you find a snake on the Wall Frieze? Good! Tills Sammy Snake Sammy Snake lives In Letterland ★ Theme Song Go to Letterland! :he ) Chapter 1: Introduction) 14 л Lette r shapes '«"л ^ Activities for encouraging visual discrimination and letter formation skills Introduce lower case and capital letter shapes Щ Weviousjy trac« Wai» i« i« X> »*!S $** I*,У ad rhe, IS"8lc^w0,dst ~ C,? • > “ , ^ /Ы - ’ firfj4!3^rUfyf ts^[e^ rehr (|w,t ■, Sfe»* Ч *»hep»>"«d,?U^u en,isad^ x : еп,иы>1< Ч ^ Ч ц ,, »a j,s c4 tfe|) Activities for developing phonemic awareness and speaking skills Review previously learnt words and letter sounds (Some lessons include a phonics / word-building activity.) Outer Д а ° rder та № e cL ■ ■ n^ « tJhe" *'* tc> '* * * * £ £ * Happy у 5) Phonemic awareness & phonics Topics Activities to help children learn, use and remember common words and structures (grouped in topics) V-Л c°ul