How to Teach a RAZ Reading Class to Chinese Students

About Class Procedures CONTENTS Chinese Students’ English Standards Preparations Before Class About Class Procedures

like past tense. 3) Make a lot of grammar mistakes Level Students’ Ages Students’ Characteristics, Beginning English Standards and Teaching Tips AA Level 4-6 1) Have learnt most of letters in the alphabet but might mix up some of the similar letters. 2) Interested in things around them or related to them(for instance: body parts ,colors, family members, food, pets, transportations). 3) Not able to make or understand long sentences. 4) Couldn’t use a mouse well. 5) Easily distracted and couldn’t stay attentive for a long time. Teaching Tips: Demonstrate things you want students to do or say；Use body language and visual aids; Simplify your sentences and lower your talking speed; Encourage students to speak out key vocabulary words and repeat simple sentence; Frequently give students rewards and encouragements. B Level 5-7 1) Familiar with the alphabet and some simple nouns and verbs. 2) Familiar with some simple sentence structures like: I can__ ; I go to __; I see__; 3) Could use a mouse but couldn’t draw well with it. 4) Could focus on things they are interested in for a relatively longer time but are still easily distracted by things. 5) Developing a correct reading order but need to point at individual words while reading. Teaching Tips: Talk at a lower speed and encourage students to talk in full sentence ; Give students simple tasks to accompalish; Demonstrate a lot with high energy. D Level 7-8 1) Familiar with most of high frequency words in Kintergarten and are able to make few long sentences with these HFW. (For example: I see a bird fly in the sky; I can go to school by bus ; My favorite sport is basketball). 2) Have mastered lots of basic and useful vocabulary words. 3) Are able to have simple conversations with teachers but constantly make grammar mistakes. 4) Could handle a mouse well. Teaching Tips: Try to use some smart words while talking but demonstrate a lot when they couldn’t understand; Gve students opportunities to compete with each other in a friendly environment; Correct necessary grammar mistakes. G Level 8-10 1) Have grasped a large amount of vocabulary and are able to talk in full sentences. 2) Have learnt some easy grammars like past tense. 3) Make a lot of grammar mistakes Teaching Tips: Focus more on comprehension skills and strategies while teaching; Have real conversations with students; Correct their grammar mistakes; Talk at a normal speed

out he she with they were has for this what be us who it have came at High-Frequency Words I like me can see am is look a my the and we go come are you in on up was do went play out he she with they were has for this what be us who it have came at

AA level B level D level G level

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TIME STAGE PROCEDURE SKILL FOCUS TEACHER TALK ADDITIONAL NOTES   WARM UP & INTRODUCTION PICTURE WALK/ GUIDED READING INDEPENDENT READING ACTIVITY ONE ACTIVITY TWO WRAP UP

TIME STAGE PROCEDURE SKILL FOCUS TEACHER TALK ADDITIONAL NOTES   WARM UP & INTRODUCTION PICTURE WALK/ GUIDED READING INDEPENDENT READING ACTIVITY ONE ACTIVITY TWO WRAP UP

Teacher’s Daily Lesson Plan TEACHER_____________ CLASS NUMBER______ DATE____ COURSE AND LEVEL _____ LESSON TITLE______ LESSON OBJECTIVES___________________________ STAGE & Duration PROCEDURE TEACHER TALK ADDITIONAL NOTES WARM UP & INTRODUCTION   PICTURE WALK/ GUIDED READING INDEPENDENT READING ACTIVITY ONE ACTIVITY TWO WRAP UP TIME STAGE PROCEDURE SKILL FOCUS TEACHER TALK ADDITIONAL NOTES   WARM UP & INTRODUCTION PICTURE WALK/ GUIDED READING INDEPENDENT READING ACTIVITY ONE ACTIVITY TWO WRAP UP

1.Warm-up AA Level B Level D Level G Level

2.Reading 1.Talk about the book cover and the book’s name. 2.Talk about the picture and key vocabulary words, play audio, have students read after the audio . 3. Independent reading : Students read the book with teacher’s help. 1.Talk about the book cover and the book’s name, writer and illustrator . Predict what the book is about. 2.Talk about the picture , key vocabulary words and sentences, play audio, ( have students read after the audio ). 3. Independent reading: Students read the book or parts of the book with teacher’s help.

4. After Class Activities