Reading Readiness TG - Book - Page 81
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Player #2 on the Guitars team then does the action for a letter, and Player #2 on
the Gorillas team must guess the name and sound. If it is correct, the ‘Gorilla’
writes the letter on the Gorilla’s scoreboard. Continue until all players have had
a turn.
The team with the most letters written on their scoreboard wins.
Name Cards Activity
If there are students whose names begin with the letter ‘G’ follow the instructions for
Name Cards Activity in Lesson 8, on page 21.
Note: If a student’s name begins with the soft sound of ‘G’, e.g. George, explain that their
name does begin with the letter ‘G’, and that there is another sound for the letter ‘G’ that
they will learn later.
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Draw a big ‘G’ on the board. Ask what shapes it has. (a part-circle and a straight line)
Now ask: What letter does big ‘G’ look like? (big ‘C’). And ask: What is the difference?
(‘G’ has a straight line added in the middle)
Letter Cards
• Open the Workbook to pages 41 and 43.
• Have students carefully remove the ‘G’ and ‘g’ Letter Cards.
• Chant: The letter is ‘G’. The sound is /g/. The word is ‘gorilla’.
• Now tell students to take out the ‘Qq’, ‘Cc’ and ‘Aa’ Letter Cards and put them on their
tables with the big and small letters in pairs, i.e. ‘Gg’, ‘Qq’, ‘Cc’, ‘Aa’.
• Say: Point to the letters ‘Cc’.
• Chant together and have students do the appropriate action: The letter is ‘c’. The
sound is /c/. The word is ‘cold’.
• Call out: big ‘G’. Students must raise the correct card and chant together.
• Repeat with small ‘g’, ‘Qq’, ‘Cc’ and ‘Aa’.
ABC Poster, Mural and Song
• Have a student point to the letters ‘Gg’ on the poster.
• Chant with the class and have students do the appropriate action: The letter is ‘G’. The
sound is /g/. The word is ‘gorilla’.
• Hold up the mural piece for ‘Gg’.
• Ask where they think the letters ‘Gg’ go. (after ‘Ff’)
• Hang up the mural piece.
• Sing the ABC Song (track 7).
• Do the actions for the letters they have learned.
Workbook (page 32)
Open the Workbook to page 32.
Activity 1
• Have students take out their plasticine. Have them roll small logs to cover the ‘G’s at
the top of the page.
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