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LANGUAGE ARTS
Grade: 1

Unit: Word Families

Lesson: 2

Activity: OP Book and Craft

Duration: 40 minutes

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General Learning Outcome 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to
comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
Specific Learning Outcome 1: Use Strategies and Cues
Use comprehension strategies

identify by sight some familiar words from favourite print texts

identify high frequency words by sight

General Learning Outcome 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to
comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.
Specific Learning Outcome 2: Respond to Texts
Experience various texts
participate in shared listening, reading and viewing experiences, using oral, print and other
media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres, such as poems, storytelling by
elders, pattern books, audiotapes, stories and cartoons
Learning Objectives
Students will:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Participate in listening to the book Hop on Pop

Brainstorm words that belong in the op word family
Create a craft incorporating the words ending in op
Recognize and identify op words on worksheet

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:

Students ability to brainstorm words

Students ability to complete craft

demonstrating knowledge

Students ability to complete worksheet

Key Questions:

What words belong in the op word family?

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demonstrating their word recognition

and knowledge
Written/Performance Assessments:
Creating a craft with construction paper and pop and little hop cut outs, coming up with four additional
words in the op word family. Completing a word worksheet, testing their recognition and knowledge.
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Book: Dr. Seuss Hop on Pop

Variety of Colours of Construction Paper

Pop and little hops outlines

Scissors

Glue

Writing Instrument, Pencil

Pencil Crayons or Crayons

Flip chart and markers

Worksheet
PRE-LEARNING CONSIDERATIONS

Students previous knowledge of similar worksheets for other word families

Time of day: Fourth block, prior to lunch recess

Desks are arranged in foursomes

Construction paper is laid out on a desk for the students to pick from
TEACHER RESOURCES

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Sample (Appendix 1)

Worksheets (Appendix 2)
PROCEDURE

Introduction

Teacher

Student

Teacher asks students to put away their snack

Students have returned

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(2 min):

in their backpack after they have had a snack

break after recess.
Today we are going to learn about a new word
family. Words that end in o and p.
We are reading the book Hop on Pop by Dr.
Seuss, then we will be creating a craft using
the words we have learned, followed by a
worksheet with more practice

from recess and are

finishing their snack at their
desk.
Students put away snack in
backpack and return to
desk to listen

Expectations for Learning and Behaviour:

Students are expected to have their listening
ears on and put their hand up if they would like
to add to conversation. No talking over each
other and no talking over teacher.
Teacher/Student
Transition

Teacher

Student

Ask students to come sit on the carpet

Students find a spot on the

carpet to sit quietly and
patiently

Learning Activity #1

Teacher

Student

(10 min.):

When the students are ready, read Dr. Seuss

Hop on Pop

Students listen attentively

(1 min.):

Book/Brainstorm
GLO 2/SLO 2

Prompt: What rhyming words do we hear?

Brainstorm on flip chart words that end in op
Brainstorm a minimum of six words
Teach students the rhyme/song:
Put the p with the op, what do you
get?
p op pop! clap hands
Run through the rest of the list of words to help
students put the words into their long-term
memory
Introduce the craft, let students what materials
they will need when they have their
construction paper write your name as big as
you want on one side, in pencil crayon or

Students raise their hands

to participate in
brainstorming
Students participate on
rhyme/song

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crayon
Teacher decides the quietest students to
choose their construction paper colour and
return to their desks
Assessment: Students previous knowledge of
words outside of what was read in book
Key Question: What are words in the op
word family?
Teacher/Student
Transition
(2 min.):

Teacher

Student

Ask students to return to their desks

Students return to their

desks

Teacher passes out rest of materials for craft

Students pay attention to

teacher
Students wait patiently for
materials and for instruction
Learning Activity #2

Teacher

Student

(15 min.):

Ask students to flip over their construction

paper to the blank side.

Students follow steps and

prepare their crafts

Craft
GLO 2/SLO 1

Start by cutting out pop and the little

hops

Students raise their hand

for help

Glue on the construction paper

Write op words on each in pencil

Students raise their hand

when they are done to
receive the next activity

Put their hand up for a teacher to check

Go ahead to color pop and hops

When students are finished their craft, they put

up their hand for a teacher to check
Hand in craft and get out their worksheet in
their LA duotang
Assessment: Students ability to come up with
op words
Accommodations: Teacher walks around class
assisting students with their crafts and answers

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questions
Key Question: What are words that end in
op?
Transition

Teacher

Student

(1 min.):

Teacher hands out worksheet when students

are done their craft

Students receive worksheet

at their desk

Learning Activity #3

Teacher

Student

(8 min.):

Teacher walks around assisting students who

are still working on craft

Students work on
worksheet at their desk

Worksheet
GLO 2/SLO 1

Students who are done worksheet can put up

their hand for teacher to check
Assessment: Students completion of
worksheet
Accommodations: Teacher walks around class
assisting students with their crafts and answers
questions
Key Question: Can you recognize and identify
words that end in op

Closure

Teacher

Student

(1 min.):

Please put your work away and get ready for

recess

Students wait at their desks

until asked to get ready for
recess

Consolidation/Assessment of Learning:
Students completion of worksheet and craft
Transition to Next Lesson: Next day we are
learning the word family for og

Extra Time Activity: Students choose a literacy centre to work on or choose a book to read quietly at
their desk

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Appendix 1

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Appendix 2

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