Objectives: build up the sense of what to learn.

Have a brief introduction of the reading skills in this

lesson.

Foundational Skills 15%

1.Learn long u spelled ue, u_e
6% Vocabulary and Language 2.Read the high frequency words

Learn and use science vocabulary words

Listening and Speaking 15%

Talk with compare and contrast

54% Writing 10%

Reading
1.Decode the story Farm and His Write a comparison
Farm Animals
2.Learn to use Venn Diagram

1
 Objectives: introduce the big question.
1. Have students look at the picture, find details to
answer the questions.
2. Pay attention to the theme and the big question.
Give a brief introduction of the topic.

• What are these animals?

• Where can you see them?
• Tell the similarities and
differences between an alligator
and a frog.

How are animals

different from one
BIG
Question another? 3
 Objectives: introduce the topic of this lesson.
Tell students that we are going to take a forest
adventure today. Introduce the detective, guide
students to make a prediction about what we will see
in the forest, then guide students to go into the forest.

Forest
Adventure

1
 Objectives: practice the social studies vocabulary
A/An _____ has _____, but
words.
1. Review the features of these three animals.
2. Teach and model how to use the sentence frame,
a/an _____ has _____.
then, have students use the words and the
sentences to talk about the animals’ features.

scales

beak
mouth

tail
i

feathers
fur

4
 Objectives: explain what a syllable is.
Explain to students about syllables. Pay attention to
the emphasized words and phrases.

A syllable is a word part with a vowel

sound.

The number of vowel sounds in a

word corresponds to the number of
syllables.

1
 Objectives: practice to recognize syllables in a word.
1. Model how to find out syllables in a word.
2. Categorize words to practice.

1 syllable multi-syllable

hue flamingo
2 syllables
cube alligator
tiger
hippo
l l i
upgba
pet
o o r
ahc

3
 Objectives: learn some words with long u sound.
1. Read and have students repeat the words.
2. Focus on the long u sounds.
3. Encourage students to mention some words with
long u sound.

u_e
cube mule

ue
hue fuel

3
 Objectives: learn and read the high frequency words.
1. Read and have students repeat the HF words.
2. Recall the animals that shown on the PPT, read
the detective’s daily fluently.

Three small birds

look through a hole.
Then I see an
alligator’s big eyes!
The tiger rests under
the tree.
The alligator is not
far from the
flamingo.

3
 Objectives: introduce the reading skills.
To compare, write what is
1. Introduce the Venn Diagram. Recall what we
learned about animals’ features.

the same here.

2. Model how to fill in the diagram.
3. Move to the reading stage.

flamingo both alligator

• feathers legs
• _____ • scales
beak
• ________ • ______
tail

To contrast, write what is

different here. 3
 Objectives: pre-read the story, make predictions.
1. Have students look at the cover of the story. Ask
and answer the questions.
2. Model and encourage students to make a prediction before
reading.

Details
What is the title of the
story?
What animals does the
farmer have?

Predictions
What will the animals
do on the farm?
Farmer and His
Farm Animals

1
 Objectives: read, comprehend and analyze the story.
1. Ask and answer questions.
2. Have students try to read the story by themselves.
Do it in turns.

Decode
Read and spell the
words.

Details
Where does Sue live?
How can Sue get her
fuel?

Connections
How can you get your
fuel?

Sue the Sheep lives in the “I get my fuel through eating Predictions
stable in her This
smallis cube.
my family.
grass and hay,” says Sue the What other animals
Sheep. will live in the stable?

3
 Objectives: read, comprehend and analyze the story.
1. Ask and answer questions.
2. Have students try to read the story by themselves.
Do it in turns.

Decode
Read and spell the
words.

Details
How is the hen?
What does she eat?

Comparisons
Compare Sue with
Hue.

A cute hen named Hue also Hue the Hen gets her fuel Connections
lives in a pen.This is my family. from eating worms and grain. Mention one animal
that eats worms too.

3
 Objectives: read, comprehend and analyze the story.
1. Ask and answer questions.
2. Have students try to read the story by themselves.
Do it in turns.

Decode
Read and spell the
words.

Details
Where is Cupid?
What does he do?

Comparisons
Compare the animals’
features.

A cuddly cow named Cupid All three animals live on the Connections
also gets fuelThis
from eating
is my family.
farm with food as far as their Mention more animals
that live on the farm.
grass and hay. eyes can see.
3
 Objectives: read, comprehend and analyze the story.
1. Ask and answer questions.
2. Have students try to read the story by themselves.
Do it in turns.

Decode
Read and spell the
words.

Details
Who comes into the
stable?
How is the stable?
What does the farmer
do?
What will he do with
the wool?

One day, the farmer comes The farmer goes to Sue the Connections
into the hugeThis
stable.
is my family.
Sheep and cuts wool from Where can you get
her. wool?

3
 Objectives: read, comprehend and analyze the story.
1. Ask and answer questions.
2. Have students try to read the story by themselves.
Do it in turns.

Decode
Read and spell the
words.

Details
What does the farmer
get?
How does he feel?

Predictions
What will the farmer
make?
Then, the farmer walks over to Next, the farmer goes to Cupid
Hue the Hen. “I want to get some the Cow, and gets milk from Connections
This is my family. Cupid.
eggs for my daughter’s What do you have for
breakfast.” breakfast?
3
 Objectives: read, comprehend and analyze the story.
1. Ask and answer questions.
2. Have students try to read the story by themselves.
Do it in turns.

Decode
Read and spell the
words.

Details
How does the farmer
think about his
animals?

Comparisons
Compare the
productions of the
animals.
The farmer looks around, “I have three “Sue gives me wool to keep warm, Hue
nice animals, they live in the same gives my daughter eggs to eat, and Connections
place. They are different in their Cupid gives us milk. They are all
features and jobsThis is my family. needed for my farm!” says the farmer. What are things you
though,” says the
need?
farmer.
3
 Objectives: practice to use the Venn Diagram.
1. Compare and contrast the characters in the story.
2. Ask questions to help fill in the Venn Diagram.
Venn Diagram
3. Teach and model how to use the sentence frames. Then, have
students use the information and sentences to talk about the
characters.

Comparisons
Compare the differences
and similarities between
Sue the Sheep and Hue the Sue the Sheep Hue the Hen
Hen. both
1. What can we get from • wool eggs
them?
_________ • farm animals •
________ _________
2. What features do they ________
• four legs
_________ • two legs
_________
have?
3. Where do they live?

_____ and _____ are alike because _____.

_____ and _____ are different because _____.
3
 Objectives: oral reading test.
1. Have students read the passage one by one.
2. Use the timer to record time.
3. Record the number of their misspelling words. Use the WCPM
A cutebody
What cow named
parts do Cupid
birdsalso gets
have? 6 words
76 words chart.
4. Expression is how you use your voice to express feeling.

fuel
Theyfrom
haveeating grass
eyes and and hay. All
legs. 12
81 words
three
They animals live feathers,
have wings, on the farm andwith
a 18
86 words Oral Reading Test
food
beak.asBirds
far ascan
their eyes can
be many see.or
hues, 25
92 words Set the timer for one
One day,
colors, theas
such farmer
blue or comes
black.into
A the 29
99 words minute. Have the
huge
turtlestable.
does not have wings. It does 34 words
105 words students read the passage
The farmer
not have goes toItSue
feathers. hasthe Sheep
a shell. 38
110words
words in turns. Then input the
number of students’
and
But acuts wool
turtle from
does her.eyes and
have 44 words
117 words
errors in the WCPM
Then,
legs. the farmer walks over to 50 words
123 words chart.
Hue
It hasthe Hen. “I
a beak, want
too. to get
Turtles some
and 56 words
130 words Guide students to read
eggs
birdsfor
usemy daughter’s
their beaks to breakfast.”
eat. Some 63 words
136 words with phrasing.
animals look cute. Others look 60 words
140 words
scary. 70
143words
words

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 Objectives: use the Venn Diagram to compare and contrast animals.
1. Choose an animal to compare with the bird.
2. Ask and answer questions to fill in the diagram. Teacher types
the words or phrases on the blanks.
3. Use the sentence frames to describe the comparisons.

bird butterfly

both
bird
_________ _________
• ________
• _________ • _________
alligator whale
• _________ • _________

_____ and _____ are alike because _____.

_____ and _____ are different because _____. horse cow
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 Objectives: explain the homework.
Explain the homework to students.
Remind students to shoot and post their
writing.

• Online exercise

• My Writing Journal P1-4