Basic 1 Ghanaian Language Term 1 Week 5 Lesson Plan

Flash letter cards to learners for them to make its sounds. Ask pupils to write some letters in the air as you mention them Have learners to write letter patterns in the air. Engage learners to sing songs and dance to it

Demonstrate to learners how to handle books appropriately. Discuss with learners some of the inappropriate ways of handling a book. Example: folding a book, soiling the book with food, putting in water, etc. Let learners come out with reasons to handle books with care. Example: folding a book may break the spine Revise with learners the previous lesson by telling them not to fold a book which may break the spine. Discuss with learners how to keep the print material neat. For instance, by not writing/ drawing in the book. Invite learners in turns to demonstrate how to handle books with care. Demonstrate how reading is done holding the book appropriately for learners to observe. Learners demonstrate how reading is done holding the book correctly. For this activity, learners use Ghanaian-language storybook, locally made sentence cards and pointer stick to handle and read the printed text while tracking words and sentences with the pointer.

Use questions to review their understanding of the lesson Ask learners to summarize what they have learnt