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ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
Grade 4
HOW DO YOU DO?
Module 1
A BIRTHDAY CALENDAR
Welcome to Grade Four. I wonder if you have any new learners in your class. Have you found out anything about them yet? They are probably feeling rather shy and nervous. Try to make them feel welcome by introducing yourself as soon as possible.
Complete the following sentences. Your teacher will then give you an opportunity to share your details with the rest of the class.
My first name is ……………………………………………………………
My surname is …………………………………………………………….
I am ………………………….years old.
My birthday is on ………………………………………………………….
I was born in ……………………………………………………………….
I have …………………………. brothers.
GROUP WORK CHECKLIST | TICK | |
CRITERIA | Y | N |
Are all the names of people and months of the year written with a capital letter? | ||
Is your writing the correct size for Irish Lines? | ||
Have you written in neat cursive? |
Activity 1
A BIRTHDAY CALENDAR
A. Find a card in your classroom with your birthday month on it. There you will meet other classmates whose birthdays are in the same month as yours. Form a group and complete a birthday and classroom duty poster for your teacher. Your chart must be in date order. Make a copy for yourself to store in your portfolio.
(MONTH) | ||
DATE | NAME | FAVOURITE DUTY |
GROUP BIRTHDAY POSTER CHECKLIST | TICK | |
CRITERIA | Y | N |
Did everybody in the group participate? | ||
Did you check your spelling? | ||
Is your heading in neat capital print? | ||
Is your writing neat and large enough to see from a distance? | ||
Is the poster set out in date order? |
B Write these words down correctly and learn how to spell them.
THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR | |
a) | g) |
b) | h) |
c) | i) |
d) | j) |
e) | k) |
f) | l) |
DAYS OF THE WEEK |
m) |
n) |
o) |
p) |
q) |
r) |
s) |
Assessment
LEARNING OUCOME 2: WRITING
The learner will be able to write different kinds of factual and imaginative texts for a wide range of purposes.
We know this when the learner:
4.1 writes to communicate information:
4.1.2 writes lists with headings;
4.5 uses developing knowledge of language structure:
4.5.2 spells familiar words correctly.
Memorandum
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