Week 7 Frogs SBA (Listening & Reading Comprehension)

Reading genre Descriptive / Writing genre Descriptive Focus words (and meanings) this week: These can be practised for homework, be used to make a picture dictionary, be displayed in the classroom with picture prompts and could be the focus of the first 5 minutes of each lesson along with games and activities which help consolidate understanding of the vocabulary. For those needing to continue consolidating sounds and simpler versions of the words, please enable them to do so. Word: 1. male 2. female 3. webbed 4. camouflage 5. water pollution 6. communicates 7. habitat 8. glide 9. loss Day Elements 1 Sustained Silent Reading Vocabulary Practice Listening and speaking (intro to shared read) Shared reading Reading Assessment Writing task Day 1 modelled/ class dictated Meaning: 1. boy 2. girl 3. joined by skin 4. hide 5. water that is dirty from rubbish 6. talks 7. home 8. fly 9. something that is lost Content Remind the children about the routines for SSR and expect all children to be silently reading during this time. Monitor book/ text choices and advise where needed. Remember to model good reading behaviour. Use a variety of games or activities to quickly rehearse the vocabulary which will be used throughout the lesson which the children may not be familiar with. Listening and Speaking (Introduction): Show the picture of todays frog. Write the name of the frog and the headings from the shared reading on the board (physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behaviour, threats) and discuss/explain what each one means. Referring to the picture ask the students to verbally predict what information may be included in the reading under each heading (accept all answers). Shared Reading (version b)
Nisa went to library during her English lesson. She found a book that was all about frogs in Borneo. These were the frogs that she liked reading about the most.

Lesser Rock Frog Physical Characteristics: The lesser rock frog is a small frog. Males can grow up 30mm long. Females can grow up to 55mm long. This frog breathes through its skin. It has long legs with webbed feet. It is green and brown, which helps it camouflage with rocks. Habitat: This frog lives in streams and waterfalls.

Sustained silent Reading Vocabulary Practice Listening and speaking (intro to shared read) Shared reading Listening Assessment

Diet: It eats insects like crickets. Behaviour: When it wants to communicate, it lifts its back leg and waves. It lays its eggs in streams. It looks for food at night and rests during the day. Threats: This frog is endangered because there are not many lesser rock frogs in Borneo. The danger for this frog is water pollution. Give each student a copy of the shared read and the 10 questions to answer. Remind the students of strategies to help them answer e.g. read the questions carefully, find the answers/clues in the text, and write their answers as full sentences, and use the words from the question to help them. Comprehension questions 1. How long can a male lesser rock frog grow? 2. How does this frog breathe? 3. What colour is this frog? 4. Where does it live? 5. What does this frog eat? 6. Why does it wave its leg? 7. Where does it lay its eggs? 8. What does it do during the day? 9. When does it look for food? 10. How many lesser rock frogs are there in Borneo? Listening and Speaking (preparation for writing): Revisit the shared reading. Referring back to the headings recorded on the board from the first L&S activity, ask the children to find information in the shared reading text under each heading. From the student responses record key words (verbs and nouns) on the board under each heading. Have the children formulate sentences using the key words. Modelled/class dictated writing: Using the key words, model writing sentences under each heading. Remind the children about the routines for SSR and expect all children to be silently reading during this time. Monitor book/ text choices and advise where needed. Remember to model good reading behaviour. Use a variety of games or activities to quickly rehearse the vocabulary, which will be used throughout the lesson, which the children may not be familiar with. Listening and Speaking (Introduction): Show the picture of todays frog. Write the name of the frog and the headings from the shared reading on the board (physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behaviour, threats) revisit what each one means. Referring to the picture ask the students to verbally predict what information may be included in the reading under each heading (accept all answers). Shared Reading (version b) Pea-Sized Frog

Writing task Day 2 group writing

Sustained Silent Reading Vocabulary Practice Listening and speaking (intro to shared read) Listening Activity

Physical Characteristics: This small frog is about the size of a pea. Males can grow up to 10mm. Females can grow up to 16mm long. It is brown with webbed feet. Habitat: This frog lives on the pitcher plants that grow in the rainforest. Diet: It eats bugs like ants. Behaviour: This frog looks for food at night. It sings when the sun is going down. It lays its eggs inside the pitcher plant. Threats: This frog is not endangered because there are many pea-sized frogs in Borneo. Reading Assessment: Comprehension Give each student a copy of the shared read and the 10 questions. Comprehension questions 1. How long can a female pea-sized frog grow? 2. What colour is this frog? 3. What are its feet like? 4. Where does this frog live? 5. Where do pitcher plants grow? 6. What does this frog eat? 7. What does a pea-sized frog do at night? 8. When does this frog sing? 9. Where does it lay its eggs? 10. Why is the pea-sized frog not endangered? Each mark is worth 1% up to a total of 10%. Listening and Speaking (preparation for writing): Revisit the shared reading. Referring back to the headings recorded on the board from the first L&S activity, ask the children to find information in the shared reading text under each heading. From the student responses record key words (verbs and nouns) on the board under each heading. Have the children formulate sentences using the key words. Group Writing: (this can be as modelled/class dictated writing if short of time) Using the key words, model writing sentences under each heading. Remind the children about the routines for SSR and expect all children to be silently reading during this time. Monitor book/ text choices and advise where needed. Remember to model good reading behaviour. Use a variety of games or activities to quickly rehearse the vocabulary, which will be used throughout the lesson, which the children may not be familiar with. Listening and Speaking (Introduction): Show the picture of todays frog. Write the name of the frog and the headings from the shared reading on the board (physical characteristics, habitat, diet, Behaviour, threats) revisit what each one means. Referring to the picture ask the students to verbally predict what information may be included in the reading under each heading (accept all answers).

Writing task Day 3 independent writing

Text for Listening activity (version b) Green Flying Tree Frog Physical Characteristics: The green flying tree frog can grow up to 10cm long. It is bright green and yellow. It has huge hands and feet, which are webbed. Habitat: This frog lives high up in the rainforest trees, near forest ponds. Diet: It eats insects and bugs. Behaviour: This frog stays up in the trees and only comes down to lay its eggs in forest ponds. It can glide from tree to tree. The webs on its hands and feet help it to glide. It can camouflage very well with the leaves of the trees because of the colour of its skin. Threats: There are not many green flying tree frogs in Borneo. The dangers for this frog are the loss of its habitat and water pollution. Listening activity: Multiple choice listening Teachers can use this activity as a practice for the Listening assessment on day 4. Give each student a copy of the recording sheet. Explain that you will read the narrative for the children to listen to and then you will read the questions from your master sheet and the options for the children to select their answers from. If necessary, the reading may be repeated 2-3 times, especially if you have a high number of low ability students in your class. (This is not a reading activity, so the teacher will read the choices out for the children). Read the narrative and then read out the first question and the answer options for the children to select. Allow time for the children to choose their answer by circling the letter, which corresponds to their choice. Use your professional judgement to decide whether you need to read the narrative after each question, or less often. Each correct answer is worth 1% = Total 10% Questions 1. How long can the green flying tree frog grow? 2. What colour is this frog? 3. What size are its hands? 4. What size are its feet? 5. Where does the green flying tree frog live? 6. What does this frog eat? 7. Why does it come down from the trees? 8. Where does it lay its eggs? 9. What helps the green flying tree frog glide? 10. What are the dangers for this frog? Listening and Speaking (preparation for writing): Revisit the shared reading. Referring back to the headings recorded on the board from the first L&S activity, ask the children to find information in the shared reading text under each heading. From the student responses record key words (verbs and nouns) on the board under each heading. Have the children formulate sentences using the key words.

Sustained Silent Reading Vocabulary Practice Listening and speaking (intro to shared read) Shared reading Listening Assessment

Group Writing: (this can be as modelled/class dictated writing if short of time) Using the key words, model writing sentences under each heading. Remind the children about the routines for SSR and expect all children to be silently reading during this time. Monitor book/ text choices and advise where needed. Remember to model good reading behaviour. Use a variety of games or activities to quickly rehearse the vocabulary which will be used throughout the lesson which the children may not be familiar with. Listening and Speaking (Introduction): Show the picture of todays frog. Write the name of the frog and the headings from the shared reading on the board (physical characteristics, habitat, diet, Behaviour, threats) revisit what each one means. Referring to the picture ask the students to verbally predict what information may be included in the reading under each heading (accept all answers). Text for Listening Assessment (version b) Borneo Horned Frog Physical Characteristics: This frog is large and can grow up to 120mm long. It is brown with patterns on its body. It has triangular shapes above its eyes, which look like horns. It also has a triangular shaped nose. This frog has webbed feet. Habitat: This frog lives in the leaves on the forest floor. Diet: It eats spiders, lizards and other frogs. Behaviour: This frog looks for food at night. It cant move fast so it camouflages itself in the leaves to hide from danger. It lays its eggs in streams. It makes a loud honk or henk noise. Threats: This frog is not endangered because there are many Borneo horned frogs in Borneo. Listening Assessment: Multiple choice listening Give each student a copy of the recording sheet for the assessment. Explain that you will read the narrative for the children to listen to and then you will read the questions from your master sheet and the options for the children to select their answers. If necessary, the reading may be repeated 2-3 times, especially if you have a high number of low ability students in your class. (This is not a reading assessment, so the teacher will read the choices out for the children). Read the narrative and then read out the first question and the answer options for the children to select. Allow time for the children to choose their answer by circling the letter, which corresponds to their choice. Use your professional judgement to decide whether you need to read the narrative after each question, or less often. Each correct answer is worth 1% = Total 10% Questions 1. How long can the Borneo horned frog grow? 2. What colour is this frog?

3. What do the triangular shapes above its eyes look like? 4. What shape is its nose? 5. Where does it live? 6. What does it eat? 7. When does it look for food? 8. Why does it camouflage itself with leaves? 9. Where does this frog lay its eggs? 10. What kind of noises does it make? Listening and Speaking (preparation for writing): Revisit the shared reading. Referring back to the headings recorded on the board from the first L&S activity, ask the children to find information in the shared reading text under each heading. From the student responses record key words (verbs and nouns) on the board under each heading. Have the children formulate sentences using the key words. Group Writing: (this can be as modelled/class dictated writing if short of time) Using the key words, model writing sentences under each heading. 5 Remind the children about the routines for SSR and expect all children to Sustained be silently reading during this time. Monitor book/ text choices and advise Silent where needed. Remember to model good reading behaviour. Reading Independent Research other types of frogs and use the heading s from the shared readings to record information about different frogs. study task Children select books to borrow and complete the process once study task Issuing of has been completed. books Differentiated Versions - Shared Reading Please read the different versions of the text and decide what version best suits your class (use a version that at least 50% of the class can decode and comprehend). Version A Day 1 Nisa went to library during her English lesson. She found a book that was about frogs in Borneo. These were the frogs that she liked reading about the most. Lesser Rock Frog Physical Characteristics: The lesser rock frog is a small frog. Males can grow up 30mm long. Females can grow up to 55mm long. This frog breathes through its skin. It has long legs with webbed feet. It is green and brown, which helps it camouflage when perching on rocks. Habitat: This frog lives in rocky rainforest streams and waterfalls. Diet: It eats insects like crickets. Behaviour: When it wants to communicate, it lifts its back leg and waves. This frog lays its eggs in streams. It looks for food at night and rests during the day. Threats: This frog is endangered because there are not very many lesser rock frogs in Borneo. The danger for this frog is water pollution. Day 2 Pea Sized Frog

Physical Characteristics: This tiny frog is about the size of a pea. Males can grow up to 10mm long. Females can grow up to 16mm long. It is brown with webbed feet. Habitat: This frog lives on the pitcher plants that grow in the rainforest. Diet: It eats small bugs and insects like ants and flies Behaviour: This frog looks for food at night. It sings when the sun is going down. It lays its eggs inside the pitcher plant. Threats: This frog is not endangered because there are many pea-sized frogs in Borneo. Day 3 Green Flying Tree Frog Physical Characteristics: The green flying tree frog can grow up to 10cm long. It is bright green and yellow. It has huge hands and feet, which are webbed. Habitat: This frog lives high up in the rainforest trees, near forest ponds. Diet: It eats insects and bugs. Behaviour: This frog stays up in the trees and only comes down to lay its eggs in forest ponds. It can glide from tree to tree. The webs on its hands and feet help it to glide. It can camouflage very well with the leaves of the trees because of the colour of its skin. Threats: This frog is endangered because there are not many green flying tree frogs in Borneo. The dangers for this frog are the loss of its habitat and water pollution. Day 4 Borneo Horned Frog Physical Characteristics: This frog is very large and can grow up to 120mm long. It is brown and has patterns over its body. Above its brown eyes are triangular shapes, which look like horns. It also has a triangular shaped nose. This frog has webbed feet. Habitat: This frog lives in the dead leaves on the forest floor. Diet: It eats spiders, lizards and other frogs. Behaviour: This frog looks for food at night and rests during the day. It cant move fast and doesnt climb so it camouflages itself in the leaves to hide from danger. It lays its eggs in streams. It makes a loud honk or henk noise. Threats: This frog is not endangered because there are many Borneo horned frogs in Borneo. Version B Day 1 Nisa went to library during her English lesson. She found a book that was about frogs in Borneo. These were the frogs that she liked reading about the most. Lesser Rock Frog Physical Characteristics: The lesser rock frog is a small frog. Males can grow up 30mm long. Females can grow up to 55mm long. This frog breathes through its skin. It has long legs with webbed feet. It is green and brown, which helps it camouflage when sitting on rocks. Habitat: This frog lives in streams and waterfalls. Diet: It eats insects like crickets. Behaviour: When it wants to communicate, it lifts its back leg and waves. It lays its eggs in streams. It

looks for food at night and rests during the day. Threats: This frog is endangered because there are not very many lesser rock frogs in Borneo. The danger for this frog is water pollution. Day 2 Pea-Sized Frog Physical Characteristics: This small frog is about the size of a pea. Males can grow up to 10mm long. Females can grow up to 16mm long. It is brown with webbed feet. Habitat: This frog lives on pitcher plants that grow in the rainforest. Diet: It eats bugs and insects like ants. Behaviour: This frog looks for food at night. It sings when the sun is going down. It lays its eggs inside the pitcher plant. Threats: This frog is not endangered because there are many pea-sized frogs in Borneo. Day 3 Green Flying Tree Frog Physical Characteristics: The green flying tree frog can grow up to 10cm long. It is bright green and yellow. It has huge hands and feet, which are webbed. Habitat: This frog lives high up in the rainforest trees, near forest ponds. Diet: It eats insects and bugs. Behaviour: This frog stays up in the trees and only comes down to lay its eggs in forest ponds. It can glide from tree to tree. The webs on its hands and feet help it to glide. It can camouflage very well with the leaves of the trees because of the colour of its skin. Threats: This frog is endangered because there are not many green flying tree frogs in Borneo. The dangers for this frog are the loss of its habitat and water pollution. Day 4 Borneo Horned Frog Physical Characteristics: This frog is large and can grow up to 120mm long. It is brown with patterns on its body. It has triangular shapes above its eyes, which look like horns. It also has a triangular shaped nose. This frog has webbed feet. Habitat: This frog lives in the leaves on the forest floor. Diet: It eats spiders, lizards and other frogs. Behaviour: This frog looks for food at night. It cant move fast so it camouflages itself in the leaves to hide from danger. It lays its eggs in streams. It makes a loud honk or henk noise. Threats: This frog is not endangered because there are many Borneo horned frogs in Borneo. Version C Day 1 Nisa went to library. She found a book that was about frogs in Borneo. These were the frogs that she liked reading about. Lesser Rock Frog Physical Characteristics: This frog is small. Males can grow up 30mm long. Females can grow up to 55mm long. It breathes through its skin. It has long legs with webbed feet. It is green and brown,

which helps it camouflage with rocks. Habitat: This frog lives in streams and waterfalls. Diet: It eats insects. Behaviour: It lifts its back leg and waves to communicate. It lays its eggs in streams. It looks for food at night. Dangers: There are not many lesser rock frogs in Borneo so this frog is endangered. Dirty water could hurt this frog. Day 2 Pea Sized Frog Physical Characteristics: This frog is small. It can grow up to 16mm long. It is brown with webbed feet. Habitat: This frog lives on pitcher plants. Diet: It eats bugs like ants. Behaviour: This frog looks for food at night. It sings when the sun is going down. It lays its eggs inside pitcher plants. Dangers: There are many pea-sized frogs in Borneo so this frog is not endangered. Day 3 Green Flying Tree Frog Physical Characteristics: This frog can grow up to 10cm long. It is green and yellow. Its big hands and feet are webbed. Habitat: It lives in the trees. Diet: It eats bugs. Behaviour: This frog stays up in the trees and only comes down to lay its eggs in forest ponds. It can fly from tree to tree. The webs on its hands and feet help it to fly. It can camouflage with the leaves of the trees because of its colour. Dangers: There are not many green flying tree frogs in Borneo so this frog is endangered. Dirty forest ponds and cutting down trees could hurt this frog. Day 4 Borneo Horned Frog Physical Characteristics: This frog is big and can grow up to 120mm long. It is brown with patterns on its body. It has triangular shapes on top of its eyes and nose. This frog has webbed feet. Habitat: This frog lives in the leaves on the ground. Diet: It eats spiders and lizards. Behaviour: This frog looks for food at night. It cant move fast so it camouflages itself in the leaves to keep safe. It lays its eggs in streams. It makes a loud honk noise. Dangers: There are many Borneo horned frogs in Borneo so this frog is not endangered. Version D Day 1 Nisa went to library. She looked at a book about frogs in Borneo. These were the frogs that she liked

reading about. Lesser Rock Frog What it looks like: This frog is small. It has long legs. It has webbed feet. It is green and brown. Where it lives: This frog lives in the water. What it eats: It eats insects. What it does: It can wave its legs. It lays its eggs in the water. It looks for food at night. What could hurt it: There are not many lesser rock frogs in Borneo so this frog is endangered. Dirty water could hurt this frog. Day 2 Pea-Sized Frog What it looks like: This frog is small. It is brown. It has webbed feet. Where it lives: This frog lives on plants. What it eats: It eats bugs. What it does: This frog looks for food at night. It sings when the sun is going down. It lays its eggs inside plants. What could hurt it: There are many pea-sized frogs in Borneo so this frog is not endangered. Day 3 Green Flying Tree Frog What it looks like: This frog is big. It is green and yellow. Its hands and feet are webbed. Where it lives It lives in the trees. What it eats: It eats bugs. What it does: This frog stays in the trees. It lays its eggs in forest ponds. It can fly. The webs on its hands and feet help it to fly. What could hurt it: There are not many green flying tree frogs in Borneo so this frog is endangered. Dirty forest ponds and cutting down trees could hurt this frog. Day 4 Borneo Horned Frog What it looks like: This frog is big. It is brown. It has triangles on top of its eyes and nose. This frog has webbed feet. Where it lives: It lives in the leaves. What it eats: It eats spiders and lizards. What it does: This frog looks for food at night. It is slow. It hides in the leaves to keep safe. It lays its eggs in streams. It makes a loud honk noise. What could hurt it: There are many Borneo horned frogs in Borneo so this frog is not endangered.

Lesser rock frog

Pea-sized frog

Green flying tree frog

Borneo horned frog