Teaching Note
Milky Way School
English Education Department
Teaching Note
Presented by: English Education Team
Date: August 28, 2023
Teaching Note
Contents
01 Course Objectives
02 Teaching Schedule
03 Hats On Top Teacher’s Guide
04 Teaching Note Format
4.1. Aim and objectives
4.2. Opening
4.3. Instruction and Closure
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1. Course Objective
Hats On Top 1
Hats On Top 3
Term 1: Unit 1-3
Hats On Top 2 Term 2: Unit 4-7
Term 3: Unit 8-10
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Hats On Top 1
Objectives:
Upon the completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Recognize, identify and trace the alphabets from Aa to Zz.
2. Recognize, identify and make sounds of alphabets.
3. Recognize, identify and trace the numbers from 0 to 20.
4. Identify and name all the pictures from the textbook.
5. Sing the songs in each unit.
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Hats On Top 2
Objectives:
Upon the completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Recognize and name the pictures from textbook through showing the pictures in term I & II.
2. Read, write alphabet from Aa to Zz and make sounds of the alphabet in term I & II.
3. Read and write all the numbers 0-20 and count the real things in term I & II.
4. Write, spell the words and numbers. Read and write short sentences or phrases in Term III.
5. Describe about the picture in the textbook.
6. Make conversation through each content in the textbook.
7. Ask and answer the questions about themselves and each lesson.
8. Sing the songs in each unit.
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Hats On Top 3
Objectives:
Upon the completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Pronounce, spell and write the words correctly.
2. Identify, count, and spell numbers 1-100.
3. Identify short vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u)
4. Make sentences with positive, negative, and question forms.
5. Ask and answer the questions about all contents in textbook.
6. Describe about the pictures and projects.
7. Do a short presentation about themselves and communities around them.
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2. Teaching Schedule
KEA
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KEB
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KEC
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What does a teacher do before, during, and after teaching?
1. Before Teaching
- Read teacher’s guide and Check course outline to choose a lesson for teaching.
- Write teaching note by following the teaching schedule and teacher’s guide.
- Submit teaching note to DCP or HT to check. Get the teaching note back on time.
- Prepare worksheets both classwork and homework and make sure that worksheets
are copied ready before teaching time at least one day in advance.
- Prepare flashcards, song poster, some hand-made teaching materials, real teaching
materials.
- Check pronunciation with reliable dictionary (Cambridge Dictionary or Macmillan
English Dictionary)
- Be ready with activities from teacher’s guide and other creative activities to create a
joyful classroom.
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What does a teacher do before, during, and after teaching?
2. During Teaching
- Follow the steps in teaching note.
- Manage classroom by using TPR (Total Physical Respond)
- Create a classroom routine: read classroom rule, alphabet, days of the week….
- Use warm-up before starting a new activity with student.
- Review lesson and introduce target language by eliciting with game or attractive
activities.
- Make a role model before having student practice activities.
- Have students to repeat teacher’s speech or mime teacher’s activities many times.
- Praise students with their good result and students who need improvement.
- Focus on slow learner.
- Move around the class.
- Manage time properly.
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What does a teacher do before, during, and after teaching?
3. After Teaching
- Assess students’ learning outcomes.
- Help slow learner by repeating each leaning point.
- Advice student with good hygiene and morality.
- Be organized after class.
- Work with relevant people to check student’s progress.
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3. Hats On Top Teacher’s Guide
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Three main points in Hats On Top Teacher’s Guide (Cont.)
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4. Teaching Note Format
Opening
Instruction
Closure
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4.1. Aim and Objectives
➢ Skill Focus
-There are four macro skills and three micro-skills.
-Macro Skills: Reading Skill, Listening Skill, Speaking Skill and Writing Skill
-Micro-skills: Vocabulary, Grammar and Pronunciation (Sound)
➢ Aim
-It is related with skill focus.
-What lesson or skill we want to teach our student.
➢ Objectives
- The Objectives are brief, clear, specific statements of what learners will be able to do at
the end of a lesson as a result of the activities, teaching and learning that has taken place.
- The objectives are often written with action verbs.
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Vocabulary Skill
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Vocabulary Skill (cont.)
➢ Aim:
-To present/practice vocabulary of brother and sister.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- recognize the pictures of brother and sister.
- pronounce the words (brother and sister) correctly.
- identify brother and sister by sorting the pictures.
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Speaking Skill
➢ Aim
-To present/practice speaking skill about family.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- ask and answer the question: Who’s this?
- say: Hello, brother. I love you.
- sing a song: I love you
- describe about family members.
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Listening Skill
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Listening Skill (cont.)
- In Hats On Tops, teacher can teach reading skill in lesson 3 and 7 of each unit.
➢ Aim
-To present/practice listening of sickness.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- identify and mime the actions of sickness.
- listen and repeat how to say about sickness.
- role-play the conversation about sickness.
- tell someone about their sickness.
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Reading Skill (Comprehension)
In Hats On Tops, teacher can teach reading skill in lesson 5 of each unit.
➢ Aim
-To present/practice reading about parts of body and what they can do.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- identify the character in the story: I have two eyes to see
- build print awareness of reading
- read the story with rebus texts
- answer the questions: How many hands do you have?
How many ears does she/Sam have?
-describe about Human parts of body and the frog’s body parts.
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Reading Skill: Comprehension (cont.)
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Reading Skill: Comprehension (cont.)
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Writing Skill
In Hats On Top 1, teacher can teach writing skill in:
▪ Unit 1: Lesson 1: Practice Early Writing Skills (Follow the path).
▪ Unit 2: Lesson 1: Practice Early Writing Skills (Follow the path).
▪ Unit 3: Lesson 1: Practice Early Writing Skills (Follow the path).
▪ Unit 4: Lesson 3: Develop Early Writing and Math Skills (Trace Numbers).
▪ Unit 5: Lesson 1: Practice Early Writing Skills (Follow the path).
▪ Unit 7: Lesson 1: Practice Early Writing Skills (Follow the path).
▪ Unit 9: Lesson 1: Practice Early Writing Skills (Follow the path).
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Writing Skill (cont.)
In Hats On Top 2, teacher can teach writing skill in:
▪ Unit 1: Lesson 3: Write your name.
▪ Unit 1: Lesson 6: Write numbers.
▪ Unit 3: Lesson3: Write numbers.
▪ Unit 5-9: Lesson 6: Write letters.
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Writing Skill (cont.)
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Writing Skill (cont.)
➢ Aim
-To present/practice writing your name.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- identify their name and say: This is my name.
- recognize the first letter of their name.
- spell and write their name.
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Alphabet
➢ Aim
-To present/practice letters P and p.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
-recognize letters P and p
- make sound /p/
- identify pictures of the words beginning with
sound /p/.
-Trace / Write Pp.
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4.1.1. Aim and Objectives for KEA and KEB
Number
➢ Aim
-To present/practice numbers 11, 12 and 13
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- Identify numbers 11, 12 & 13.
- count real things.
- answer the question: How many (apples) are there?
- trace / write 11, 12 & 13.
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4.1.2. Aim and Objectives for KEC
Vocabulary Skill
➢ Aim
-To present/practice vocabulary of bother and sister.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- identify, pronoun and spell the words “brother and sister”
correctly.
- make a sentence by using each word.
- ask and answer the questions: Who’s this?/ What do you help
your (sister)?
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4.1.2. Aim and Objectives for KEC
Speaking Skill
➢ Aim
-To present/practice speaking about activities we help our
family.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- sing a song: This is my family.
- describe about family members and activities we help our
family.
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4.1.2. Aim and Objectives for KEC
Listening Skill
➢ Aim
-To present/practice listening about locations and people
activities at home.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- identify the locations and people activities at home.
- ask and answer the questions: Where are you?/ Where is
(Mom)? What is she/he doing?
- role-play the conversation.
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4.1.2. Aim and Objectives for KEC
Reading Skill (Comprehension)
In Hats On Tops, teacher can teach reading skill in lesson 5 of each unit.
➢ Aim
-To present/practice reading “The Lost Whales”.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- identify the scene and feeling when we lost a way.
- identify the character in the story: The Lost Whales.
- build print awareness of reading.
- read the story with rebus texts
- answer the questions about the whales.
- tell the story: The Lost Whales.
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4.1.2. Aim and Objectives for KEC
Writing Skill
➢ Aim
-To present/practice writing about what we can or can’t.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- identify the activities we can or can’t do together.
- ask and answer the question: Can you/we carry a cup?
Yes, I can. / No, I can’t. / Yes, we can. / No, we can’t.
- complete sentences with the correct words.
- read the questions and write the correct answers.
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4.1.2. Aim and Objectives for KEC
Sound
➢ Aim
-To present/practice the short /a/ vowel sound.
➢ Objectives
By the end of the lesson student will be able to:
- identify short /a/ vowel sound a with the words “cat, bat,
hat, man, fan and pan.
- blend the words with /a/.
- sing a song: The Sound of Aa.
- say and complete the words with letter Aa.
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4.2. Opening
Link to previous learning (Review)
-Greeting, Attendance, Days of the week, Alphabet, Songs
-Review: Hello! Mom. This is my (mom).
Lead-in to the main activity to create interest in the lesson
-T shows cut-out puppets (mom, dad, and Cassie).
-T asks: Who’s this? Ss replies: (Dad)
-T mimes: Dad, Mom and Cassie. They are family.
-T asks: How many members are there in your family?
Do you have a (dad)?
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4.3. Instruction & Closure
The main activities of the lesson
-T teaches new vocabulary (brother and sister)
-Memory Game and guessing game
-Circle Time
1. Introduce Key Language
2. Greet the family
3. Sorting Concept Mat: Family Members
4. Preview the Song
-With the Book
1. Explore the page
-Classwork
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Closure
- T Summarizes what Ss have learnt today.
- T sets up homework.
- T asks Ss to sing some songs.
- T gives advice to Ss.
Academic Task Orientation
Academic Task Orientation
