KSSR Year 2 English Unit 1 (Phonics)

   A friend asked the other day if I've stopped blogging. I grinned sheepishly and replied that I've been too busy. Then I told her I was just being lazy.

   So here I am, haha. I just came to share some materials that I made today. These worksheets were actually based on page 3 of the Year 2 English Activity Book. I just jazzed it up a bit to make it slightly more interesting and also because I wanted my pupils to write the words more than once. (You'll know what I mean if you're familiar with the exercise in the book).

   I also created a similar exercise for slightly more advanced pupils. I have two or three groups in my Year 2 class this year. The pupils are so much better behaved than Haslina's class (refer to my previous posts labeled Delima diaries) and they are very good at doing their work. Some can already read most of the simple words in the textbook and they also work quite fast so I thought I might as well create a second worksheet which included sentences.

    It's up to you of course, how you want to use them. The download links are below and I've provided images as a preview for your convenience (though I'm afraid the quality of the images is poor, boohoo). I've to go, hope this post and the worksheet helps you!

lower level

intermediate level

DOWNLOAD LINK: KSSR YEAR 2 ENGLISH UNIT 1 - PHONICS (LOWER LEVEL)

DOWNLOAD LINK: KSSR YEAR 2 ENGLISH UNIT 1 - PHONICS (INTERMEDIATE)

Cursive Writing Worksheet Generator

   I found this great worksheet generator for cursive writing exercises. You can either create a blank worksheet like this:

or ones with traceable words or sentences:

   Isn't it great? Following the introduction of KSSR, 'by the end of the 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to form letters and words in neat legible print including cursive writing.' However, I think cursive writing is also a required skill in KBSR since it's included in the KBSR Year 5 textbook. You can visit the worksheet generator at the link below:

LINK: CURSIVE HANDWRITING WORKSHEET GENERATOR

   I plan to use this generator to produce some worksheets for my lesson with Year 5 Z tomorrow. Some of them have rather terrible handwriting, even using normal handwriting, so I'm not quite sure how this will turn out, but you won't know until you try huh?


   I hope the week is turning out beautifully for everybody. To all teachers and future teachers, ganbatte ne! Remember, do everything for the sake of Allah and NEVER expect to get rewards or anything in return for what you're doing for your pupils now... only ask that Allah blesses you in all that you do. Otherwise, you'll end up being disappointed every single day of you life (imagine a class like the one I have to teach- 2D!) Take care!

KSSR Year 2: Listening & Speaking (Animal Sounds)

   Two posts in a day! Rajin pulak I, haha.

   As I have mentioned in my last post, I am teaching one Year 2 class. Since KSSR was first launched last year (2011), this year's Year 2 pupils are the first ones to follow the KSSR. I have gone for a course on KSSR when I was in my training institute, but it was merely a brief introduction and though it helped, I am still a little hazy about the whole thing. Thankfully I have some notes given by our very kind lecturer Madam Is.

   I prepared this lesson by following an example provided in the KSR Year 2 Teacher Guidebook. I am not sure if what I have done is right, but as I told you before, I was not able to carry this lesson out. If anybody is currently teaching Year 2 pupils and would like to try this lesson out, I welcome you to use my idea and please do come back and tell me how it when. I'd love to know.

Subject: English
Level: Year 2 KSSR
Skill: Listening & Speaking
Topic: Animal Sounds

You will need:
 Flashcards of animals
Audio files on animal sounds
Worksheet

STEPS

Set Induction: Talk to pupils about their favourite animals. If they do not know the English word for it, ask them to say the name  of the animal in their mother tongue. Then tell them the English version and make sure they repeat after you.

Step 1
1. First show pupils pictures of animals. Tell them the names of the animals and ask them to repeat after you. Go through all the picture you have.
2. In the second round, ask the children to make the sounds of each animal.

Step 2
1. Play the animal sounds, one by one. In the first round, ask them to guess what animal it is.
2. In the second round, play the sounds again and this time tell them the animals that make the sounds. repeat as necessary.

Step 3
1. Distribute the worksheets.
2. Explain to the children that you will play one animal sound. They must try to guess which animal makes the sound and write the number '1' on the box next to the picture of the animal.
3. After they have done that, play the next sound. Go through the sounds one by one and let them write the number before playing the next sound.
3. Check the answers with the whole class.


I believe this lesson is quite simple. If you try this out, do let me know, and  I'd love to hear you suggestions on how to make the activities better, more interesting or more suitable for lower/higher ability pupils. Thank you! I hope you enjoy this post!