Note to Volunteer Teacher

Thank you for volunteering as a teacher! We appreciate your dedication and willingness to make a
positive impact on your students' learning journey. As you embark on this teaching experience, we want
to provide you with some important information and guidelines:

Levels, Concept list, and Lessons:

✰ We have a total of 6 English learning levels - Letter, Word, Sentence, Story, Advanced year 1, and
Advanced year 2.
✰ Each learning level focuses on a set of essential concepts to ensure progressive learning of the English
Language.
✰ The concepts in each level will be taught in an average of 3 - 5 lessons.

Pre-assessments:

✰ Please check the pre-assessment tracker to verify 2 important details:

1. The level the student has been placed. Example: Letter, Word, etc.
2. The comments in the pre-assessment tracker to get a good understanding of the student’s
learning needs.
✰ Each level in the pre-assessments is designed with 2 parts. Therefore, reviewing the tracker will help
identify the specific areas where the student requires intervention within that level.
Example: Let’s say student A is placed in the WORD level. Here, we have 2 possibilities:
1. Case 1: The student A did not clear Part 1 and has to be taught all concepts in the level.
2. Case 2: The student A has cleared Part 1, but failed Part 2. In this situation the tracker would
have given clear instructions about the concepts to cover and for which concepts intervention
is required.
Therefore, it is essential to revisit the pre-assessment tracker before starting your teaching classes.

Teacher Guides:

✰ Each of our teacher guides represents one lesson.

✰ Our teacher guides are intended as a helpful reference. You are not required to strictly follow the exact
content provided. Feel free to adapt and personalize the lessons according to your students' needs.
✰ The online and offline activities suggested in the guides are only examples. We encourage you to be
creative and explore alternative activities that align with your student’s learning style, pace, interests,
and the available resources at your learning center.
Example:
1. You notice your student responds better to a class with pictures, videos, charts, etc. then try to
use visual teaching aids wherever possible.
2. Let’s say your student likes sports, then try to give examples from sports for the concept being
taught (if possible).
When we connect teaching to student’s learning style or interest, there is a higher rate of them being
more involved and responsive to the class.
✰ We understand that not all our volunteer teachers have prior teaching experience. Hence the given
lesson plan can be modified and simpler teaching activities can be adopted., and you can continuously
improve your teaching skills throughout the journey.
✰ Remember, it's important not to rush through the lessons. Take the time to plan your teaching based
on your students' learning pace and individual learning requirements.
Knowledge Pitstop:

✰ At the end of each concept, you will find a "Knowledge Pitstop" activity. This activity serves as a brief
learning check to gauge your students' understanding of the concept. It will help you identify whether
to progress to the next concept or repeat the same concept for better learning.
✰ The teacher guides provide the activity question and rubric for the Knowledge Pitstop at the
conclusion of each concept.
✰ Please note that the suggested activities can be modified to suit the resources available at your learning
center.
✰ The workbook includes a dedicated space for the "Knowledge Pitstop." As most of the knowledge
pitstop questions are activity based, we encourage you to use this space to take notes and summarize
all the learnings for the respective concept.

We hope these guidelines provide you with the flexibility and confidence to deliver effective and
engaging lessons. Remember, your dedication and commitment as a volunteer teacher are invaluable.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further assistance. Thank you for making a
difference in your students' lives!

Best regards
Child Development Team, U&I.
 Note to Volunteer Teacher

Teacher Guides:

✰ Our teacher guides are intended as a helpful reference. You are not required to strictly follow the exact
content provided. Feel free to adapt and personalize the lessons according to your students' needs.
✰ The online and offline activities suggested in the guides are only examples. We encourage you to be
creative and explore alternative activities that align with your student’s learning style, pace, interest,
and the available resources at your learning center.
✰ Remember, it's important not to rush through the lessons. Take the time to plan your teaching based
on your students' learning pace and individual learning requirements.

Knowledge Pitstop:

✰ At the end of each concept, you will find a "Knowledge Pitstop" activity. This activity serves as a brief
learning check to gauge your students' understanding of the concept. It will help you identify whether
to progress to the next concept or repeat the same concept for better learning.
✰ The teacher guides provide the activity question and rubric for the Knowledge Pitstop at the
conclusion of each concept.
✰ Please note that the suggested activities can be modified to suit the resources available at your learning
center.
✰ The workbook includes a dedicated space for the "Knowledge Pitstop." As most of the knowledge
pitstop questions are activity based, we encourage you to use this space to summarize all the learnings
for the respective concept.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further assistance. Thank you for making a
difference in your students' lives!

Best regards
Child Development Team, U&I.
 WORD LEVEL
Age (8-11 years)

Estimated teaching time: 1 hour 45 mins

Ideal Class teaching time: 2 hours

Listening Speaking Reading Writing Grammar

Lesson 1 - Spelling of CVC words

Learning outcome: Teaching Tips:

✰ Remember the spellings of simple CVC words ✰ Use more fun and engaging activities
✰ Remember the spellings of 4 and 5 letter ✰ Use story reading and ask the students to
words that begin with consonant digraphs identify the CVC and consonant digraphs
✰ Use the CVC words and words with words as they hear/read them. You can pause
consonant digraphs in sentences and emphasize on the CVC and digraph
✰ CVC Words are words that are made up of a words while reading.
consonant, vowel and consonant sound. Ex:
cat, hot, tip, man and hut
✰ Digraphs are two letters that make one sound.
Ex: sh, th, ch, ng

Revision: 10 mins

✰ This is your first class, create a rapport with the student by having a conversation around their
hobbies and interests.
✰ Ask them about how good they are at spelling words in the English language.

Introduction: 5 mins
✰ Start the class by saying hi and introducing yourself.
✰ You can even start with a hook saying, “Can you find objects around you that begin with the
sound B, F, T & G, (etc.) ?” And connect it to the lesson outcome today which is to learn to spell
words beginning with consonant sounds.
✰ Check for interest level and use some icebreaker activities followed by concentration exercise.

Some common starter activities (Icebreaker): 15mins

✰ Start with some “Crossword” activity. This helps the student switch on their focus.
Some useful links: Forest Animals Crossword 5-8 year olds.jpg
✰ Story Reading: CVC words 5-8.jpg

Development of the lesson: 30mins

✰ Start with the basics: Before teaching the spellings of words, make sure the children know the
letters themselves. Check for level of understanding of spellings during Introduction of the class
and the Icebreaker activities.
✰ Show the students the Find the CVC words worksheets and ask them to locate the word among
the letter maze.
✰ Spell the word slowly and repeatedly when the students are locating it.
✰ When they successfully locate the word, celebrate it, and ask them to repeat back the spelling to
you.
✰ Use visual aids: Use colors to highlight words found and learnt by the students.
✰ Make it interactive: Have the children repeat the spelling after you. You can also ask them to
identify objects around them and spell them out to you..
✰ Incorporate movement: Children learn better when they are actively engaged, so try to
incorporate movement into your teaching. For example, you can ask the children to stand up and
jump every time they correctly spell a word.
✰ Use rhymes: Using the CVC and Digraphs worksheets that are stories with rhymes can help
them pick up the spellings quicker because the words are similar.
✰ Use repetition: Repetition is key for young learners. Repeat the spellings frequently and have the
children repeat them back to you. You can also play games like "I Spy" to help them practice their
spellings.

Online Activities (20mins)

ACTIVITY EXAMPLE RESOURCES

✰ CVC and Digraph Give students a list of CVC words - List of CVC and digraph
Word Hunt to find in a story or article. You can words within a story
also use a scavenger hunt format - If you are using a story
where they have to find CVC and make sure story is age
digraph words in their appropriate and suits
surroundings. student’s language
competency

✰ CVC Word Bingo Create a bingo board with CVC - Board in a bingo
words and have students mark the template with CVC and
words as they hear them during a digraph words
story or read them in a book - Age appropriate story
with many CVC and
digraph words
 Offline Activities (20mins)
ACTIVITY EXAMPLE RESOURCES

✰ CVC & Digraphs Create jigsaw puzzles with CVC - CVC and digraph
Word Puzzles words. Students have to put the words as jigsaw puzzles
puzzle together and then read the
word out loud

✰ CVC & Digraph - Index cards of CVC

Write CVC words on index cards
Word Charades words
and have students act out the word
without using any words, while their
peers guess what word they are
acting out.

Learning check: 10mins

✰ Read a short story and make it a reading session.
✰ Play a round of scrabble with the students.

Class Summary: 10mins

✰ Start with "In today's class, we learnt how to spell different words. We learnt to spell different
words through the crossword game and reading stories and finding the words. We also learnt
that some two letters make only one sound.”
✰ Remind them about examples of digraphs.
✰ Talk to the students about how important it is to practice spellings regularly.
✰ Two minutes reading session if possible, or needed.

DIY - Discover it yourself!: 5mins

✰ Serial Speller: Have the children go on a letter hunt around their home or neighborhood. They
can search for objects and recall the spellings for the same and make a list of all the items they
came across and spelt.
✰ Drawing and Coloring: The students can draw and spell the words they came across until the
next class.