In A People House Lesson Plan - Unit 1
Open the theme, by asking the class where they live, in a house? An apartment? Interview how many people are in your house? Brainstorm items beginning with ch, r, st, and b that may be in their homes. Give clues as necessary (i.e. what is in pages 1 to 5).
Read the above pages with the class, ask the class do they have the same items in their houses.
Kids write any new words in their notebooks.
Individual reading.
For homework, the students draw pictures beside the words and try to to come up with one new word for each beginning letter.
In A People House Lesson Plan - Unit 2
Teacher reads page 1 to 9 to the class. Either get the students to write the words and sentences from these pages on strips of paper or you yourself have them prepared beforehand.
Students cut the sentences into individual words and attach a paper clip to each word, scattering the words on the floor. You can put students into groups to divide the writing and cutting fairly.
Each child or group has a fishing line with a magnet, and they race to catch the word in a designated order (as you read from the book) or fish out words and then using the book make them back into sentences as in "These are doughnuts". Their books can also be close at hand for a handy reference.
Homework: Self reading of pages 1 to 9 at home.
In A People House Lesson Plan - Unit 3
Open page 10 and keep the text covered, try to elicit the words from the children. It does not matter how few they get, proceed through to page 13 saying each word as you keep it covered.
Kids read pages 10 to 13.
Teacher calls out random words, kids have to find and touch the right picture or word.
Kids pair up and play this game with each other, taking turns to call out a word.
For homework, a little preparation is required: write down a list of words from pages 10 to 13 and photocopy for each student.
Students must read the word and then draw its corresponding picture beside it.
In A People House Lesson Plan - Unit 4
Teacher read pages 1 to 15 to the class.
Class reads 1 to 15 aloud.
Children make their own mini story book, using their notebooks or folded paper.
They can choose their favourite 7-8 pages from pages 1 to 15. Encourage them to draw the pictures and the text, they can even draw their own pictures for the same words
Depending on time, they can make a start on the pictures and text in class and finish at home.
Either way, have them colour it in and read and home for homework.
In the next lesson, have them read their stories to you or the class.
In A People House Lesson Plan - Unit 5
Read pages 16 to 19 to the class.
Students quickly and silently read pages 1 to 19 on their own as a review. As students are reading quickly write a selection of words (or sentences) on the board. You could have this done before the start of class or have some students do it.
Draw shapes around each word or sentence. The children take turns to throw or shoot something that sticks to the board.
As words are hit, they must write them down, getting points if they can then put their words into sentences or if they can simply read a single word. This will make the children strive to actually read what they are hitting.
Students read 16 to 19 for homework.