Reading Comprehension

Theme: World of AnimalsTopic: Sea creatures (English Year 3, pg 32)Class: 3 Bakawali (Average to weak pupils)Time: 60 minutesSpecifications:3.1.1 Recognise and understand words by reading and matching3.6.1 Scan for specific information3.6.6 State the collective nouns3.8.1 Read and respond verbally to events3.9.1 Read and give details about the people and animals in the story3.11.1

Pre ReadingActivity A

• Get pupils to guess the name of the animals found in the picture

• Pupils are picked at random to answer.

Pre ReadingActivity A (3.1.1) Identify the sea creatures below.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

a whale

a swordfish

an octopus

a dolphin

a stingray

a turtle

a boxfish

8.

a cockle

Pre Reading Activity B (

• Guess the sea creature in the picture.

While ReadingActivity A (3.6.1)

Read the text. Tick the statements which are True (T) or False (F)

1. Dolphins live in the pond.

2. Dolphins lay eggs.

3. They have long noses

4. Dolphins can make 30 different sounds

FALSETRUE

While ReadingActivity A

• Students sit in groups of 3’s or 4’s.

• They are instructed to observe the picture

shown and discuss about the pollution and what will happen to the sea creatures in the near future.

• After the discussion a member of the group reads out their answers loudly in class.

While Reading Activity B (3.9.1)Based on the picture, the sea is polluted discuss what will happened to the animals now.

1. The sea creatures will disappear.

2.The animals will lose their home/habitat.3. Sea creatures will not be

able to get oxygen to breathe.

Post ReadingActivity B• In groups of 3s teacher asks students to

list the things one could do to help keep the ocean clean.

• The students are given a worksheet to write their ideas on.

• A student from the group is called to read out their points.

Post Reading Activity A ( 3.8.1)

List 3 things you could do to keep the ocean clean

1. _______________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________________

Post ReadingActivity B

• Listen as teacher explains about scrape book

• Collect pictures of other sea creatures and paste them on A4 paper.

• Decorate creatively

• Show and talk about the animals.

Post ReadingActivity B (3.11.1)Discuss in a group and create a (10 page) scrape book on animals found in the sea.

• SEA CREATURES SCRAPEBOOK

SEACREATURES

1. SQUID2. TURTLE3. STARFISH4. STINGRAY5. JELLYFISH

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6. OCTOPUS7. GUPPY8. CRAB9. PRAWN10.WHALE

Post ReadingActivity B (3.6.6)State the correct collective noun

A shoal of tuna

A school of whale

a pod of dolphin

A cast of / A bushel of crab

Collective noun animal

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