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Teacher-ready Grade 1 reading lesson on playground vocabulary with clear steps, gestures, phonics, guided reading, checks for understanding, and ready-to-use activities. Designed for a 15-minute micro-lesson.

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🎯 Lesson Overview

• Lesson Type: Reading
• Target Vocabulary: swing, slide, ball, kite, sand, children
• Language Focus: color adjectives + be (is); pattern “The is .”
• Time: Pre 3 min • While 8 min • Post 4 min
• Materials: playground pictures, word cards, colored pencils

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Objectives

• Students recognize and say six playground words.
• Students read and use “The is .” with colors.
• Students answer two simple comprehension questions. </aside>

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Differentiation

• Stronger: create new sentences and lead pair work.
• Emerging: use picture cues and word banks; echo then solo. </aside>

🔤 Phonics and Sight Words

• Structure: The • is • color words (red, blue, yellow, green)
• Initial sounds: s (swing, slide), b (ball), k (kite), s (sand), ch (children)

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Articulation Tips

• ch: air + stop, like "ch-air".
• sl: slide the s into l for "slide".
• k: back of the tongue up for "kite". </aside>

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Echo Reading

• “The ball is red.”
• “The kite is blue.”
• “The swing is yellow.”
• “The slide is green.” </aside>

👀 Pre-Reading (3 min)

• Show playground pictures: swing, slide, ball, kite, sand, children. Gesture each word.
• TPR game: “Point to the swing!”, “Show me the kite!”, “Touch the slide!”
• Quick chorus: teacher models, class echoes with a clap.