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Handout 3A

What Are Children Learning 

Develop transition activities for each of the content areas.  These should be activities you would use to transition children from one activity to the next.  They should not require a lot of materials or time.

Content Area | Thorough description of activity

Vocabulary & Language

•	Illustrating the words, this can be by showing pictures when demonstrating the meaning of a word. Or students to draw and label something to illustrate the meaning of the word. 
•	Play "quick draw," this has not to be a game necessarily, but it is good to see how quickly the learner can convey the meaning of words on the board without words. This does well with words relating to visual concepts like many geographical terms. 
•	Learners will later start using words themselves by answering questions that use words, for instance, what are the three things that would disconcert you?
•	Later, the student to generate examples and non-examples from words. By verbal descriptions.
•	Students to fill in blank exercises before they start using words in sentences themselves.
•	Finally, the learner will be able to compose with the words which he/she correctly uses often.

The Sounds & Rhythms of Language

•	Learners will be introduced to sounds through the listening game.
•	One of the phonemic awareness activities is to bring the attention of learners to noises.
•	Learners will use their ears to spot the direction of the sound: E.G., doors closing, air conditioner, or teacher talking.
•	This game is crucial since it gets children to pay attention to sounds and where it is coming from. And it allows learners to prepare their ears to listen carefully to sounds and direction.
•	Word pairs: a sound synthesis. Children will sit in a circle and explain to them that a new word can be made by adding a sound to a word. For instance, "ox." Then ask them what will happen if they thy add sound such as "f-f," and they will say "fox."
•	For rhythm, the teacher will help learners to grasp the concept of rhyme. This can be done by reading fun poems, rhyming books, as such learners will notice rhyme and enjoy the activities

Enjoying Stories & Books

•	The teacher explains that having a learner to retell a story orally and in writing helps them in structuring their story.
•	In language books, help them to learn transition words that indicate sequence.
•	Art and craft activities reinforce the ideas of sequencing. 
•	Story talking helps in language development and thinking skills.
•	Cooking with learners, reinforces stories read, math concepts as well as sequencing.

Exploring Writing

•	The activity one is Ad-Lib with framed paragraphs. Students are encouraged to fill in the empty sheet of paper with their own words.
•	Also, cook up some spicy paragraph Hamburgers, graphically organizing it to depict a paragraph to show learners how parts of paragraph work together.
•	Building the RAFT. This is a writing strategy which stands for Role, Audience, Format, and Topic

Number Concepts

•	Use labels with words and images on bins
•	Make a chart that connects the numeral numbers with words and pictures to reinforce the number concept.
•	Have number talks, to build rational number computation and student to know the hundred number chart with puzzles.

Patterns & Relationships

•	The students to sort and classify objects with similar attributes (size, shape, color)
•	The learner to identify, describe, and extend a repeating relationship found in the common objects, movements, and sound.
•	Learners will solve problems consisting of basic math of addition and subtraction. For instance 3+___=5?

Spatial Relationships | •	Elementary school learners can sharpen their spatial relations through activities such as jigsaw puzzles, art, and crafts such as jewelry or sculpting will promote student comprehension of related parts and dimensions.

Sorting & Classifying

•	Grouping children according to their age, the color of their hair.
•	Sorting out toys, rocks leaves, or similar objects while the teacher is explaining the basis of the classifications

Earth Science

•	Observing everyday weather occurrences
•	Perceiving and identifying states of water.
•	Sorting and classifying different soils and rocks.
•	Recording number of sunny days, gathering unique rocks, recording precipitation, and the water cycle. 
•	Teacher to display seeds, plants, and insect samples for learners to examine.

Social Skills

•	Creating a conducive environment for communication, demonstrating turn-taking and fairness to ensure each child gets a chance to shine.
•	Roleplay with other learners, singing songs.
•	Use of visuals, such as a poster with rules when starting a conversation.
•	The teacher is creating an environment which encourages discussion, for children to practice in talking and listening.

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