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A complete, child-friendly Grade 1 reading lesson with visuals, gestures, phonics, guided reading, comprehension, and playful practice. Optimized for a 15-minute micro-lesson.

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🎯 Lesson Overview

• Lesson Type: Reading
• Target Vocabulary: friend, desk, chair, pencil, bag, book
• Language Focus: sight words “this / is / my”; pattern “This is my ___.”
• Time: Pre 3 min • While 8 min • Post 4 min
• Materials: word cards, item pictures, child pictures, magnets or tape, colored pencils

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Objectives

• Students recognize and say classroom nouns.
• Students read and use the sentence frame: “This is my ___.”
• Students answer simple who/which questions about a short text. </aside>

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Differentiation

• Stronger: read full sentences aloud; lead pair work.
• Emerging: use word banks, point-and-say, work in pairs. </aside>

🔤 Phonics and Sight Words

• Sight words: this • is • my
• Initial sounds: b (bag, book), d (desk), ch (chair), p (pencil), f (friend)

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Articulation Tips

• b: lips together, quick pop.
• d: tip of tongue behind teeth.
• ch: air+stop: ch-air. </aside>

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Audio (echo practice)

• “This is my bag.”
• “This is my chair.”
• “This is my book.”
• “This is my friend.”

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👀 Pre-Reading (3 min)

• Show pictures of: desk, chair, pencil, bag, book. Gesture and say each word.
• Quick TPR game: “Point to the bag!” “Show me the pencil!” “Touch the chair!”
• Chorally repeat with rhythm and claps.