Days of the Week - lesson plan and resources

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Days of the Week - Session Plan and Resources

for Milestone 8 ? Entry 1 Literacy

Cont ent s

I nstructions, curriculum links Lesson plan Word origins cards set 1 Word origins cards set 2 TV planner

this page p 2-4 p 5-8 p 8 p 9

Diaries (with / without pictures) Key words for diaries Abbr eviat ion s Question sheet (easy) Question sheet (hard)

p 10-11 p 12 p 13 p 14 p 15

Overview and differentiation

This is a `days of the week' session which is aimed at M8 up to Entry Level 1. I have explored the origins of the words, because some students find that this is a good `key' for spelling the days. For example, some students confuse the spelling of Tuesday and Thursday ? if they remember that Thursday is named after Thor it can remind some and it gives the later work a bit more credibility and status with them.

Andrew Speers andr ew speer s@r at h bon e. co. uk

Related resources

Available at in the PreEntry or Entry 1 literacy areas Look, say, cover, write, check ? spell the names of the week (PowerPoint) Look, say, cover, write, check ? spell the names of the week (PDF for those with no PPT facilities)

Good links

Pagan Origin of Days of the Week, Word Etymology (video) http:/ / watch?v= C0z4yNxCgVs

Main Curriculum References

Actual references will vary with the learner group and the way the resource is used.

pr eEnt r y

Rw / M8.3 Recognise / read a growing repertoire of familiar words, signs, symbols they encounter in daily life. Wt/ M8.4 Use in their supported writing - words and letters, signs, symbols, images to communicate meaning for different simple purposes when writing short texts

Entry 1 Literacy

Rw / E1.1 Possess a limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs and symbols Ww / E1.1 Spell correctly some personal key words and familiar words e.g. days of week. Wt/ E1.1 Use written words and phrases to record or present information.

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This resource was kindly contributed by Andrew Speers, Birmingham Rathbone Society andrewspeers@rathbone.co.uk . Wt/E1.1, Rw/E1.1, Ww/E1.1. Rw/M8.3, Wt/M8.4.

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LESSON PLAN

Rathbone Birmingham "enabling people with learning difficulties to achieve their full potential"

Cour se T it le: Pr e-ent r y lit er acy

Gr oup abilit y: M8

T ime: 10.00 ? 12.30

Dat e: 11.01.08

Subj ect / Lesson T opic:

Locat ion:

Dur at ion: 2.5 hr s

N o of St udent s: 7

Days of t he week and nar r at ives.

Aims:

To develop r ecognit ion of t he wr it t en f or ms of t he days of t he week and also how t o use t hese in r elat ion t o planning f or t he week.

Key wor ds:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thur sday, Fr iday, Sat ur day, Sunday ? social sight / Dolch list wor ds ? I , t hen, went , go, f ir st , t o, t hat , was.

Obj ect ives

By t he end of t he session, st udent s will be able t o:

Wr it e t he days of t he week, using wr it ing f r ames, if necessar y.

Ut ilise social sight list wor ds t o f or m ver y basic nar r at ives about t he days of t he week and exper iences.

T eaching Point / Act ivit ies

St udent Act ivit ies

Resour ces * pr ovided. See

pages 5-15.

I nt r oduct ion. Re-cap last week's lear ning and int r oduce t oday's t opic.

Dif f er ent iat ed Act ivit y (1)

Dif f er ent iat ed Act ivit y (2)

Dif f er ent iat ed Act ivit y (3)

The st udent s ar e int r oduced t o some of t he or igins of t he days of t he week ? t hey can mat ch t he or igins wit h t he moder n days ? t his is par t ly as f un and also t o explor e any associat ions t hat may help.

The names ar e r ead t o t he gr oup and t her e ar e also pict ur es.

The st udent s can have t he moder n names r epeat ed t o t hem if t hey ar e not able t o r ecognise t he wor ds.

* Mat ching exer cises ? pr int , cut out and mat ch. (could be laminat ed).

Par t s of t he days of t he week ? t her e is some wor k on let t er st r ings ? looking at t he ending _at and also t he ending _un, wit h pr act ice at f or ming new wor ds.

The gr oup ar e given let t er t iles wit h t he var ious endings - _at and also _un.

Member s of t he gr oup who f ind t his exer cise ver y easy can have t he suf f ix `day' spelled out and t hen have t o f or m t he st ar t s of t hem.

Let t er t iles

This resource was kindly contributed by Andrew Speers, Birmingham Rathbone Society andrewspeers@rathbone.co.uk

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T eaching point / Act ivit ies

Look at abbr eviat ions f or t he days of t he week. Get t he gr oup t o complet e t he mat ching exer cise. St udent s ar e asked t o t hink of examples wher e it would be helpf ul t o abbr eviat e.

Mat ching act ivit y ? t her e is a wor ksheet f or t he st udent s t o mat ch t he days of t he week wit h t heir abbr eviat ions.

St udent Act ivit ies

St udent s can r eceive suppor t wit h r eading some of t he days.

Pr act ice act ivit y wit h wr it ing days of t he week.

Ther e ar e some complet ed wor d f r ames f or t he gr oup t o wr it e over (t hose who ar e not able t o complet e t he wor ds independent ly).

Ther e ar e some diar y sheet s f or ot her member s of t he gr oup t o complet e.

TV planner ?

Ther e is some pr act ice wit h f or ming basic nar r at ives using t he days of t he week and also some wor ds f r om t he social sight / Dolch list t o connect t he par t s of t he st or y and a diar y sheet .

* Quest ion sheet 1 et c.

* Quest ion sheet 2 et c.

Ther e is a ver bal evaluat ion

The concept is car ef ully

r egar ding t he session and

explained t o all of t he

lear ner s have t o complet e an lear ner s.

`emot icon' t ype pict ur e on a

post it t o descr ibe how t hey

f elt about t heir lear ning at

t he end of t he session ? a

smile f or happy, a line f or O.K.

and t hen a f r own f or unhappy.

Session Evaluat ion / N ot es ? see over

Resour ces * Wor ksheet on mat ching days of t he week wit h abbr eviat ions.

* Ther e ar e some wr it ing f r ames / quest ion sheet s.

* Diar y act ivit y.

Also some j umbled wor ds.

Post -it s f or t he r esponses t o be wr it t en-up.

This resource was kindly contributed by Andrew Speers, Birmingham Rathbone Society andrewspeers@rathbone.co.uk

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Session Evaluat ion

N ot es

This resource was kindly contributed by Andrew Speers, Birmingham Rathbone Society andrewspeers@rathbone.co.uk

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Or igins of t he days of t he week

Monandaeg sacr ed t o t he goddess of t he moon

Monday

Named af t er t he Nor se God Tyr

This resource was kindly contributed by Andrew Speers, Birmingham Rathbone Society andrewspeers@rathbone.co.uk

Tuesday

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