DIFFERENTIATED

LEARNING
INSTRUCTION
READING

OBJECTIVE
By the end of the session, CPs able to:
understand

the objectives and

differentiated instructions in reading lesson
.
provide various activities according to
pupils ability.
design reading lesson based on mixed
ability classroom.
conduct differentiated instructions for
reading lesson.

DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONS

Giving instructions according to

the pupils ability.
To make sure LINUS pupils can
understand the instructions given
by the teacher.

INSTRUCTIONS
IN ADAPTATION &
ACCOMMODATION

Adaptation: altering the lesson/

work to support pupils with
special education needs.
Accommodation: measures taken
to support the weak pupils in
following the same curriculum/
work as their peers.

DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONS
IN ADAPTATION & ACCOMMODATION
Teacher can differentiate at least 4 classroom
elements based on pupils readiness, interest or
learning profile.
4 classroom elements are:
a) Content: what the pupils need to learn
b) Process: activities in which the pupils engage in
order to master the content
c) Products: tasks/ exercises/ outcomes that
requires pupils to rehearse, apply and extend
what they have learned.
d) Learning environment: the conduciveness of
the classroom.

READING

TEXTBOOK YEAR 4:
UNIT 5

~THE LESSON PLAN~

Focus: Reading
LS
: 2.2.2, 2.2.3
Objs. : (Mainstream)
a) To answer 8 Wh- questions about the
story read
b) To arrange 8 sentence strips according
to the
story correctly
(LINUS)
a) To answer 5 Wh- questions about the
story read
b) To arrange 5 sentence strips according

Activities:
1) Pupils learn about the the title, author and illustrator
on the book cover.
2) Pupils read aloud the story given by the teachers :
echo reading, choral reading.
3) Pupils recall all the sounds (dungeon, mountains,
kidnapped, rode, fought & locked) in the story that
they have learnt in Year 1, 2 and 3.
4) In groups, pupils arrange sentence strips according to
the story read correctly: 8 sentence strips (M), 5
sentence strips (L) . Pupils present their outcomes in
front of the class.
5) Pupils answer Wh- questions given in the worksheet :
8 Qs (M), 5 Qs with guidance (L).
6) Extension activity- pupils rearrange words taken from
the story : 8 words (M), 8 words with guidance (L).

THE STORY

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Prin
By M

title

author

illustrator

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Illustra

Cena

Once upon a time, there was a princess

named Arabella. She lived happily with
the king and queen.

One night, three big monsters came to

her room. They kidnapped her.

The monsters ran and took Princess

Arabella to the mountains.

They locked her up in a dungeon. She

was very sad.

The king and queen ordered a brave

and handsome prince to save the lovely
princess.

He rode his white horse quickly to the

mountains.

He found the princess and fought with

the ugly monsters.

The prince killed the monsters and

freed the princess. They got married
and lived happily ever after.

IDENTIFYING WORDS BY INITIAL

SOUNDS

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

m
l
r
k
f
d

mountains, monsters
- locked, lovely, lived
- rode, ran
- king, kidnapped
- found, fought
- dungeon

SENTENCE STRIPS (MAINSTREAM)

Once upon a time, there was a princess named Arabella. She lived
happily with the king and queen.
One night, three big monsters came to her room. They kidnapped
her.
The monsters ran and took Princess Arabella to the mountains.
They locked her up in a dungeon. She was very sad.
The king and queen ordered a brave and handsome prince to save
the lovely princess.
He rode his white horse quickly to the mountains.
He found the princess and fought with the ugly monsters.
The prince killed the monsters and freed the princess. They got
married and lived happily ever after.

SENTENCE STRIPS (LINUS)

Once upon a time, there was a princess named Arabella. She lived
happily with the king and queen. One night, three big monsters came
to her room. They kidnapped her. The monsters ran and took
Princess Arabella to the mountains.
This sentence strip is
already pasted for
the pupils

They locked her up in a dungeon. She was very sad.

The king and queen ordered a brave and handsome prince to save
the lovely princess.
He rode his white horse quickly to the mountains.
He found the princess and fought with the ugly monsters.
The prince killed the monsters and freed the princess. They got
married and lived happily ever after.

WH- QUESTIONS (MAINSTREAM)

WITHOUT GUIDANCE
Answer the questions below.
1. What is the title of the story?
_____________________________
2. Name the author and the illustrator of the story.
_________________________________________________
3. Name three characters in the story.
_________________________________________________
4. What happened to the princess?
_________________________________________________
5. Who ordered the prince to save the princess?
___________________________________
6. Where did the prince go to find the princess?
___________________________________

WH- QUESTIONS (MAINSTREAM)

WITHOUT GUIDANCE

7. If you were the prince, would you save the princess? Why?
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
8. What is the moral value that you have learnt?
__________________________________

WH- QUESTIONS (LINUS)

WITH GUIDANCE
Answer the questions below using the words given.
kidnapped

Mary Jane

king

prince

Princess Arabella

mountains

John Cena

1. What is the title of the story?

The title of the story is _______________ .
2. Name the author and the illustrator of the story.
The author of the story is _____________ and the illustrator is
_______________.
3. Name three characters in the story.
The characters are Princess Arabella, _______________ and
_____________.

WH- QUESTIONS (LINUS)

WITH GUIDANCE

4. What happened to the princess?

The princess was _______________ by the monsters.
5. Where did the prince go to find the princess?
The prince went to the ______________ to find the princess.

EXTENSION ACTIVITY
JUMBLED WORDS (MAINSTREAM)
8 WORDS WITHOUT GUIDANCE
Rearrange the jumbled letters to form the correct words.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

kappedidn = ________________
cessnirp = ________________
dongeun = ________________
mtainsoun = ________________
stersmon
= ________________
bvera = ________________
lygu = ________________
eenqu = ________________

EXTENSION ACTIVITY
JUMBLED WORDS (LINUS)
8 WORDS WITH GUIDANCE
Rearrange the jumbled letters to form the correct words.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

kappedidn = k _ d _ _ pp _ d
cessnirp = p _ _ nc _ ss
dongeun = d _ ng _ _ n
mtainsoun = m _ _ nt _ _ns
stersmon
= mo _ _t _ _s
bvera = b _ av _
lygu = u _l _
eenqu = q _ _ _n

GROUP WORK

YOUR TASK

Gro
u
Wo p
rk

Using the textbook, each group

will have to produce a reading
lesson plan with activities
which are suitable for mix
ability classroom.

THANK YOU!