CATCH-UP FRIDAYS TEACHING GUIDE
I.
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Catch-Up Subject: National Reading Program (NRP)
English
Literacy Reading Comprehension
Competency: (Inferring Meaning of Compound
Words Using Context Clues)
Time: 12:15pm-3:15pm
II.
Grade: Five
Section: Leo
Date: February 16, 2024
SESSION DETAILS
Session
Objectives:
References:
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Understand the feelings of others.
Realize the importance of having true friendship.
Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words (compound) based on given context
clues.
 Consolidate information gained from reading.
K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum,
Content: Inferring the Meaning of Compound Words Using Context Clues
Main Text: Yago’s Heartbeat by Conchita Miranda
https://www.getepic.com/app/read/56837
III.
STRATEGIES IN TEACHING
Components
Duration
A. Pre-Reading
Activities
D. Dedicated
Reading
Activities
30 mins
60 mins
Activities
Activities: Unlocking of Difficulties
Materials: Pictures, Power point Presentation
Procedures:
A. Spelling Test
1. friendship
2. heartbeat
3. wheelchair
4. sunset
5. teenage
(Show an example picture and meaning of each word)
B. Activation of Prior Knowledge
Have you ever seen a wheelchair before? Where do
you usually see it? Why do people use a wheelchair?
What does it do?
C. Developing a purpose for reading
(Show a picture of best friends)
Do you have someone you consider your best friend?
What are the things you do together?
How do you feel about your friendship?
(Our story will be about a friendship between a small child in wheelchair
and a snail.
Activities: Interacting with the text through
listening/reading/viewing
Can be done in various formats, e.g., read-aloud, and guided
reading.
Materials: Yago’s Heartbeat by Conchita Miranda
Illustrated by Monica Carretero
Procedures: Teacher Reading the Text (Guided Rading)
Group Reading
One learner will read the text.
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Activities:
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E. Progress
Monitoring
through
Reflection
and Sharing
Discussion (Comprehension Questions)
Who are the characters in the story?
What made the snail different?
What special language did Yago have?
If you have a friend like Yago, how will you try to
understand him?
5. Do you think having friends are important?
Why?
Materials: Chart, PowerPoint presentation
Procedures: List down the compound words you saw in the
story, then write what type of compound words they are.
Ex.
Compound Words
Type
wheelchair
close
45 mins
Note:
If two words are combined as one word, without any hyphen or space, it is
called a closed compound word.
If the words combine has a space it is an open compound word.
If it has a hyphen, it is called hyphenated compound word.
Here are more examples:
F. Dialogic
Reading
30 mins
G. Wrap Up
15 mins
Activities: Writing/Drawing
Materials: Notebook
Procedures:
A. Write a poem about your best friend.
B. Draw the part where the snail finally heard Yago’s
heartbeat. Then describe what you felt when you read
it.
Activities: Reflection
Procedures:
In your opinion, what does true friendship mean?
What is the moral lesson of the story?
Prepared By:
Bernadette A. Mateo
Teacher I
Recommending Approval:
Approved:
Charito S. Enero
Master Teacher I
Evangeline M. Aman PhD
OIC-Principal/PSDS
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