Teacher’s Handbook for eDaya English 5
Topics
Contents
Learning Standard
( pg 1 )
living room
My
house
1.2.8 Name common objects
in the environment.
kitchen
1. pictures
of houses
3.2.2 Read simple words.
2.flashcards
bedroom
bathroom
3.4 Read simple sentences
with understanding.
Teaching Procedures
Teaching Materials
1. Ask children where do their live. Say
out the area.
2. Mention what type of house that they live in.
3. How many family members in their
house.
4. How long have they been living in.
5. What kinds of house they like most.
6. Do they have a dream house? Draw it out on a piece of paper, then colour it.
7. What do they have in their house?
Just mention a few by each child.
8. Tell children what is the meaning of
“ Home, Sweet Home!
There is no place like home! ”
Enrichment / Suggested
Follow-up Activities
1. A riddle. I am always hungry,
I must always be fed,
The finger I touch,
Will soon turn red. ( fire )
Many foods can make me strong, but give me water and I won’t last long. What am I? ( fire ) When you look at me,
You think of yourself.
I am always ready to talk
whether times are easy or rough.
What am I? ( a mirror )
If you drop me I’m sure to crack but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. ( a mirror )
What has arms and legs but no head? ( a chair )
I always run but never walk,
I sometimes sing but cannot talk,
No head on which a hat to place,
You always look me in the face.
What am I? ( a clock )
What has a ring but no finger? ( a telephone )
2. Tongue twister.
Children listen and practise saying it:
Kitty caught the kitten in the kitchen.
Suggested words.
flat terraced house
apartment detached
semi-detached bungalow storey
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Teacher’s Handbook for eDaya English 5
Topics
( pg 5 )
Contents
good
friends
My
neighbours
Learning Standard
3.4 Read simple
sentences with
understanding.
Teaching Procedures
Teaching Materials
1. pictures of
people
1. Children to talk about places of their neighbourhood.
2. flashcards
2. Say out the nearby area.
3. Who are their neighbours? Name a few.
4. How they celebrate festivals with their neighbours.
5. What special landmarks can be found near their place.
( pg 6 )
singing
My
hobbies
reading
swimming
fishing
dancing
painting
1.10.3 Ask simple ‘Wh’
questions.
1. pictures of
sports
3.2.2 Read simple
words.
2. flashcards
6. Say a situation where they can get help from their neighbours.
1. Children talk about their activities for
pastime.
Enrichment / Suggested
Follow-up Activities
1. Role-play
Children to act. How do they interact with their nextdoor neighbours.
2. How they make a response to emergency cases from their neighbours? Act to the
situation.
Suggested words.
uncle aunty pak cik
mak cik hugging friendship
emergency fainted on fire
robbery thief break-in
burglary ambulance
1. Children talk to each other about hobbies.
2. Use “Wh” in their questions. 2. Show pictures of their hobbies.
3. Collect pictures of different hobbies and 3. Children name the hobbies shown to display in class.
them. Suggested words.
4. Show words of hobbies and children repeat after the teacher.
stamp-collecting baking
swimming camping
5. Children match words with pictures.
reading painting
singing dancing
6. Name the pictures.
cycling gardening
playing chess playing the guitar 7.Ask children:
Do you like reading?
Do you have a favourite book or comic?
Tell us all about what have you read.
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Topics
( pg 7 )
Like /
Likes
( pg 8 )
My action
Contents
cooking
playing
collecting
walk
run
jump
dance
sit
stand
read
write
sing
eat
drink
Learning Standard
3.4 Read simple
sentences with
understanding.
1. pictures of
food
2. flashcards
3.4.2 Read a range of simple sentences
independently.
1.10.3 Ask simple ‘Wh’
questions.
3.2.2 Read simple words.
Teaching Procedures
Teaching Materials
1. pictures
2. flashcards
1. Encourage children to say out what
they like; what they do not like.
2. Teacher to write on the board.
3. Tell the reasons if children have the
wrong concept. Correct them.
1. One child comes out. Make an
action,the whole class follow it.
2. Children should start from the easy oneto the harder one.
3. What similarities in action between people and animals?
4.Do we immitate animals’ action? Give a few examples.
5. Ask children who can make a
conjuring trick? Come out to show it.
6. Who can play a magic?
Show it in front of others. (This child may need some preparations before
hand).
7. Teacher explains:
“ You have to crawl before you can walk”. or “We must learn to walk
before we can run”.
8.Teacher explains:
“Laugh and grow fat”.
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Enrichment / Suggested
Follow-up Activities
1. Find out more why children like certain things and dislike something else.
eg: don’t like jogging;
don’t like taking a shower;
eg: like watching TV
like playing computer games, etc.
2. A riddle. Feed me and I live, give me drink and I die. What am I? ( fire )
Suggested words.
hobby
keen of positive
negative choosy
1. Play the game “Simon Says”.
Get children to perform some actions,
eg: brush your teeth,wash your face, etc.
2. Follow me.
Get children to sit in a circle. Switch on the music.The first child starts an action, imitate
by the second child. The third chird imitates
the second child’s action.
The actions continue until the music stops.
Then, they start a new action and goes on.
3. Tongue twister.
Children listen and practise saying it:
The blue bluebird blinks.
4.Tongue twister.
Children listen and practise saying it:
The big bug bit the little beetle,
but the little beetle bit the big bug back.
5. Teacher explains :
“ Easier said than done”.
Suggested words.
warm up breathe bite
exercise sweating copy Topics
( pg 9 )
Facial
expression
( pg 11 )
My
ambition
Contents
sad
happy
scared
angry
teacher
doctor
nurse
policeman
postman
artist
soldier
sailor
Teacher’s Handbook for eDaya English 5
Learning Standard
1.10.3 Ask simple ‘Wh’
questions.
3.2.2 Read simple words.
3.2.2 Read simple words.
3.4 Read simple sentences with
understanding.
Teaching Materials
1. pictures
2. flashcards
3. facial
expressions
signs on
handphone
1. wall chart
2. pictures of
people & jobs
Teaching Procedures
1. Children show some angry face. Tell
why they are angry.
2. Replace with other expressions. Tell some reasons.
1. Ask each child what their parents do for a living.
2. Teacher writes down the names of job.
3. Ask children to imagine what they want to do in the furure.
4. Paste a wall chart. Children may point to the people on work if they cannot say the job.
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Enrichment / Suggested
Follow-up Activities
1. To act. Ask children to do some facial expressions when a word is mentioned.
Suggested words.
Angry Bird
envy jealous
unwilling glad jolly
cheerful merry pleased
on cloud nine relax take it lightly
disappointed rejoice excited
joyful afraid fear
panic frightened worry
horror
impatient regret
shame surprise
1. Role-play.
Children in pairs. Let them carry out the
action between a doctor & a patient;
policeman & suspect; judge & the accused;
boss & worker, etc.judge & the accused;
boss & worker, etc.
Suggested words.
grown up
work
job
occupation
task uniform
wages salary
travel
to and fro workplace by
means of transport dentist engineer
gardener fisherman guard
barber baker carpenter
labourer clerk porter
all walks of life sailor
plumber
Teacher’s Handbook for eDaya English 5
Topics
( pg 13, 14 )
In the city
Contents
transport
vehicle
car
bus
van
lorry
train
motorcycle
helicopter
aeroplane
motorboat
ship
Learning Standard
1.2.8 Name common
objects in the
environment.
1. wall chart
3.2.2 Read simple words.
3. flashcards
3.4 Read simple
sentences with
understanding.
Teaching Procedures
Teaching Materials
1. Ask children which place have they been in the city.
2. pictures
2. What kinds of transport they used.
3. Say out their experience.
4. Talk about the way children come to kindergarten. List out the means of transports /vehicles.
5. Describe a few types of vehicles on pictures.
Enrichment / Suggested
Follow-up Activities
1. Show the direction. Paste a map on the board, ask the class to direct the way from a place to another. By the way, name the landmarks on the
left and right.
2. Let children say about the way they come to kindergarten.
3. Colour the vehicles.
Distribute pictures of transport. Get
children to colour them.
4.Talking time.
Children to tell their experiences on
travelling using public transport.
Teacher to guide them by questioning.
5. A riddle.
What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats? ( a river )
I have three eyes but only one leg. (a traffic light )
6.Tongue twister.
Children listen and practise saying it:
Red lorry, yellow lorry.
Suggested words.
bike motorbike speedboat
airplane ferry ambulance
trailer
jeep mini bus
hovercraft ticket LRT
subway
highway speedy
station terminal airport
harbour road building
factory housing flat tower MRT the Underground Botanical Gardens 5
Teacher’s Handbook for eDaya English 5
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Topics
( pg 15 )
Places
Contents
city
garden
zoo
farm
camp
seaside
Learning Standard
1.2.8 Name common
objects in the
environment.
Teaching Materials
1. flashcards
2. pictures
3.2.2 Read simple words.
Teaching Procedures
1. Show some pictures. Ask children to name the place one by one and
describeit.
2. Get children to talk about places they know.
3.4 Read simple
sentences with
understanding.
3. Get children to talk about places they have been.
2.2.3 Name things in the
environment.
4. Talk about nature and things they see and do.
5. How do they go to these places?
6. With whom they go there.
7. How often do they go to these places?
8. Why did they go there?
( pg 17,18 )
Wild
animals
tiger
lion
monkey
elephant
zebra
giraffe
snake
horse
kangaroo
deer
1.2.8 Name common
objects in the
environment.
3.2.2 Read simple words.
1. pictures
2. word card
1. Show a picture of an animal.
Childrentalk about the picture
with descriptions.
2. Repeat with other animals.
3.4 Read simple
sentences with
understanding.
1.10.3 Ask simple ‘Wh’
questions.
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Enrichment / Suggested
Follow-up Activities
1. Children talk about the towns in Malaysia.
2. Children name the states in Malaysia. Refer the map.
3. Play a game. Each child to stand up, represents a place. A child plays the driver, driving from a town toanother.
He/She must mention the town and what can he/she
buy and do at thetown.
4. Talking time.
Get children to talk about nature.
Get children to talk about ways to love nature.
5. Organize an excursion with their parents along.
6. Get children to talk about a camping trip.
7. Get children to talk about what they do on a camping trip.
8. Organize a camping in a safe place nearby.
9.Tongue twister.
Children listen and practise saying it:
She sells seashells by the seashore.
Suggested words.
village beach forest restaurant
fast-food outlet hospital playground
factory office post office bank
gardens waterfall slippery police station
set up tent lamp hill
firewood rock twig bonfire
Boy Scout Girl Guide BBQ 1. Kim’s game.
Divide the class into groups. Place some pictures of animal on the table. Each group looks at the
pictures within a time limit. Cover all the pictures.
Each member to say out the animals by memory.
2.Imitate animals’ sound.
Children make sounds of animal.
3. Animal Mask.
Get children to make mask of animals and then
wear them.
Teacher’s Handbook for eDaya English 5
Topics
( pg 20 )
Sounds of
animals
Contents
moo
bleat
cluck
quack
neigh
Learning Standard
1.1 Listen to and
discriminate sounds.
1.5.1 Listen to and recite
nursery rhymes and
action song.
1. DVD player
2. tape recorder
3. the Internet
4. National
Geography
( pg 23, 24 ) inside
outside
Opposites
thin
fat
tall
short
dry
wet
dirty
clean
full
empty
Teaching Procedures
Teaching Materials
3.2.2 Read simple words.
1. pictures
3.4 Read simple
sentences with
understanding.
2. word card
1. Each child to say out the name of the animals from the wall chart.
2. Say the specific place where these
animals can be found, eg: desert, ocean.
Kangaroo only be found in Australia;
polar bear in the North Pole; penguin
in the South Pole.
1. Teacher says a word, let children say the opposites.
2. Get children to give the opposite
meaning of the pictures shown.
3. Give comparison to two objects which
are the opposite.
4. Match pictures with their opposites.
5. Match words with their opposites.
Enrichment / Suggested
Follow-up Activities
1. Play a few taped / recorded sounds.
Let children listen for a few times. Next, namethem.
2. If none of the children can guess it right, teacher to find out why. Then, give them
a clue.
Suggested words.
bark (dog) coo (pigeon)
growl (bear) roar (tiger , lion)
hiss (snake)
howl (wolf) crow (cock)
chirp (bird)
bellow (bull) squeak (mouse)
croak (frog) hoot (owl)
trumpet (elephant) 1. Children to come out in pairs. One makes an action, his partner makes the opposite in action:
eg: one stretches his body (tall), her
partner bendsher knees (short). One
child laughs, the other cries.
2. Teacher pastes a few words on the board.
Children who are holding the opposites
run out to paste themunder each word
correctly. 3.Tongue twister.
Children listen and practise saying it :
Not these things here, but those things there.
4.Tongue twister.
Children listen and practise saying it :
I can think of six thin things,
but I can think of six thick things too.
Suggested words.
far near up down
far-sighted near-sighted
clockwise anti-clockwise
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Teacher’s Handbook for eDaya English 5
Topics
Contents
( pg 26, 27)
playing
collecting
skipping
swimming
running
building
eating
We are…
They are…
Learning Standard
3.4 Read simple
sentences with
understanding.
Teaching Procedures
Teaching Materials
1. pictures
2. comic books
1.10.3 Ask simple ‘Wh’
questions.
1. Explain:
We --- include me. They --- not include me, refer to
people as seen in a position.
( pg 28, 29 )
Weather
sunny
windy
cloudy
rainy
1.2.8 Name common
objects in the
environment.
1. pictures
3.2.2 Read simple words.
3. wall chart
1.9.2 Use simple
sentences to carry
out a conversation.
2. word card
1. Point at the pictures, ask children how is the weather.
2. Explain: What is cloud?
How are clouds formed?
What is rainwater?
Where does the rain from?
What is wind? Where does it from?
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Enrichment / Suggested
Follow-up Activities
1. Say and act.
Divide children into groups.
Let them say something and act,
eg: We are flying.
Another child stands far away says: They are flying.
2. Select two groups of children.
One group do this, the other group do the opposite:
eg: We are turning to the left; they are
turning to the right.
(replace with standing --- sitting, etc).
Suggested words.
driving cooking
gardening
shopping watering sailing calling 1. What activities can children do on a sunny day?
2. What activities can children do on a windy day?
3. What activities can children do on a cloudy day?
4. What activities can children do on a rainy day?
Teacher and children give some examples.
5. Teacher explains :
“ Always prepare for a rainy day”.
Suggested words.
season
monsoon
east coast
year-end
thunderstorm snow
winter sunlight sunglasses
during snowman snowball
Appendix
balloon
ball
see-saw
slide
marbles
swing
equipment
kite
skateboard
Play
tools
skipping rope
flute
top
monkey bars
roundabout
gong
instruments
drum
toy
yoyo
doctor
xylophone
dentist
violin
nurse
triangle
judge
recorder
pilot
piano
policeman
guitar
organ
postman
sailor
harmonica
soldier / army
fire fighter
waiter / waitress
with uniform
mechanic
zoo keeper
Occupations
cook
without uniform
actor / actress
artist
clerk
dancer
hairdresser
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tailor
teacher
receptionist
lecturer
Transportation
Air transport
Sea transport
Land transport
aeroplane
boat
bus
helicopter
ferry
bicycle
jet
ship
car
yacht
lorry
raft
motorcycle
train ( bullet train )
trishaw
van
LRT
bullock cart
jeep
cable car
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