HEROES Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 159
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What sound do you hear at the end of the word ‘hat’? (Elicit: /t/)
What sound do you hear in the middle of the word ‘hat’? (Elicit: /a/)
Ask: How many sounds does the word ‘hat’ have? (Elicit: 3)
Say and count to three on your fingers: /h/ /a/ /t/ ‘hat’
Have the pupils copy you by counting on their fingers and saying the sounds.
Ask: What happens if I take away /h/ and say /k/?
Say together with the pupils: /k/ /at/ ‘cat’
Tell pupils that ‘cat’ and ‘hat’ are rhyming words because they have the same
ending sound /at/ (use L1 when needed).
Ask: What happens if I take away /t/ and say /n/?
Say together with the pupils: /ka/ /n/ ‘can’
Remind the lexical chunk by saying: I can (jump).
Say: Look at the blue box. What do you see? (Elicit: I see a tree.)
Ask: What sound do you hear at the beginning of the word ‘tree’? (Elicit: /t/)
Repeat for the yellow box (world /w/).
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Say: Put the stickers from sticker page 5 in the correct box where the beginning
sound matches the picture you see.
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Give pupils a few minutes to do this on their own or with a partner.
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Reveal to check answers.
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Ask: What do you see in the (red) box? (Elicit: I see (a) dad, dog, and a door.)
What sound do you hear at the beginning of the words ‘dad/dog/door’? (Elicit:
/d/)
Repeat for each box.
Lexical Chunks
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Teach the new lexical chunk: Who is this? This is my…
Show the class a picture of your family. This can be a photograph or a drawing.
Ask and have pupils repeat: Who is this?
Say: This is my family.
Have the pupils ask: Who is this?
Point to (mom) and say: This is my (mom).
Repeat for several family members.
Teach the new lexical chunk: How many brothers/sisters do you have?
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