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Reading the story words
Connect Primary 1, Term 2: Unit 17 Let’s read a story
GoalRead short words and sentences from the story by sounding them out.
New words
big · not smallsmall · not bigsit · to rest on a chairbed · you sleep on itchair · you sit on it
Explanation
To read a word, say each sound. Then join the sounds. b – i – g: big. s – i – t: sit. b – e – d: bed. h – o – t: hot. Some little words we learn by sight: the, is, this, a. Point to each word with your finger.
| Sounds | Word |
|---|---|
| b – i – g | big |
| s – i – t | sit |
| b – e – d | bed |
| h – o – t | hot |
Worked examples
Goldilocks goes into the next room. There are three chairs. Daddy Bear’s chair is big. Mummy Bear’s chair is in the middle. Baby Bear’s chair is small. Goldilocks sits on the small chair. Crack! She is very tired. She sees three beds and lies down on the smallest one. Zzz.
Tap each card, listen, and read the word.
Now you. Read with a grown-up: The bed is big. The chair is small.
Class activity
Word hunt. Write the words big, hot, sit, bed and cat on five cards. Put the cards face down. Turn one, sound it out, say the word and show the thing or act it. Then read the sentence The bed is big.
Practice
1
Listen. Which word do you hear?
…
Small.
2
Join the sounds h – o – t. Say the word.
Hot.
3
Read: The chair is small. In the story, who sits on the small chair?
Goldilocks sits on Baby Bear’s small chair.
4
What does Goldilocks see in the last room?
Three beds.
5
Write: The bed is big.
The child copies the sentence.