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KSSR Year Four Reading
KSSR Year Four Reading
OVERVIEW
The teaching of reading skills :
focuses on basic literacy with the use of phonics in Years 1
and 2;
begins at the word and phrase levels before progressing to
sentence recognition and reading at the paragraph level;
teaches pupils to extract specific information from a text and
to respond to a text with their own ideas and opinions; and
enables pupils to become independent readers who are able
to comprehend a text effectively and efficiently.
2.3
The learning standards begin with basic literacy which has been developed incrementally
in this manner :
distinguish the shapes of the letters;
recognise and articulate phonemes;
blend and segment words;
apply word recognition and word attack skills to acquire vocabulary;
read and understand phrases, simple sentences and texts; and
read independently for information and enjoyment.
Teachers should also carry out shared reading strategies in the classroom:
During shared reading, teacher and pupils read together, thus allowing pupils to
actively participate and support one another in the process of reading.
Teachers point to the text as they read slowly for word recognition and to build a
sense of story.
Ultimately, the objective of getting pupils to read a variety of texts enables pupils to see
how grammar is used correctly in order to emulate them in their productive skills;
speaking and writing. Pupils should also be made to realise that reading inculcates
enjoyment and pleasure in seeking information and knowledge. After which, pupils are
trained to give their own ideas and opinions in order to become efficient readers.
LEARNING STANDARDS
2.2.1 Able to apply word attack
skills by
identifying:
(a) homographs
(b) homophones
2.2.2 Able
phrases
and
(a)
(b)
LEARNING STANDARDS
2.3.1 Able to read for information
and
enjoyment with guidance:
(a) fiction
(b) non-fiction
ACTIVITY 1
Say these words:
scale
bow
tear
row
ACTIVITY 2
Say these words:
see
blue
sea
blew
meet
pair
meat
pear
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ACTIVITY 3
It was a blazing
summers day. My
surroundings were
slowly starting to
melt: the trees, the
houses, the sky
and the pathway to
my garage. It
seemed that I was
about to melt too,
becoming a puddle
of glue-like
ACTIVITY 4
Dear Diary,
Teacher said:
naughty ..
pulled Lailas long braid
Teacher punished me.
Non-linear Texts
NARRATIVE / STORY
LETTER
DIALOGUE
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
NEWS / REPORT
FACTUAL
BOOK REPORT
SPEECH
TABLE
PLAN / MAP
PICTURE
GRAPH / BAR
PIE CHART
TIME TABLE
DUTY ROSTER
ADVERTISEMENT
FORM
ANNOUNCEMENT
TV PROGRAMME
MENU / RECIPE
PROCESS / METHOD
NOTICE
LABEL
LIST
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SAMPLE READING
TEXT - In Danger of
Extinction
(with Higher Order Thinking
Elements [HOTS] incorporated into
comprehension questions)
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In Danger of Extinction
A species is the name for a group of animals that are
alike, such as lions and tigers. If a species is endangered
it means there are very few of those animals left in the
world. If all the animals in a species die, the species
becomes extinct. Those animals are gone forever. Many
species are protected. A protected species means
governments have made laws against killing the animals.
The koala is close to being an endangered species.
Interestingly, the koala is partly to blame for its decline.
Koalas are too stubborn for their own good! When you
were younger, were you a picky eater? Did your parents
have to force you to eat things that were good for you?
Hopefully you listened to what they taught you and ate
your dinner. Koalas are picky eaters. They live in tall
eucalyptus trees. Many of these trees are also called gum
trees. Koalas eat the leaves of those trees.
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In Danger of Extinction
Since there are over 600 different types of eucalyptus
trees, the koala should have no trouble finding food. But
koalas are picky! They only want certain gum tree leaves
to eat. Out of the 600 varieties of trees, koalas will only
eat the leaves of about 120 kinds of gum tree. Some are
even pickier than that. The koalas of a specific area will
only eat about four or five kinds of gum leaves.
They would rather starve than eat the other kinds. Now
thats stubborn! The biggest problem for koalas now is
that the brush land in Australia is being cut down. Towns
and cities are pushing farther into the brush. Since many
koalas live there, they are losing their tree homes and
the trees leaves that feed them.
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ACTIVITY 5
Look for these words in the dictionary:
around
booth
sound
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