TEACHER'S GUIDE

Each day do a little of each of the following sequences: Phone

Numbers, Calling 911, and the Poison Booklet. This also fits well
with a mini-unit on families.

Phone Numbers

1. Teach numbers zero to 10 using real objects and the successintesl

laminated Literacy Number Boards. Go over the stroke direction. Have upper
students cover the number and write it and then uncover to check their
spelling.
2. Have students count to 10: (a) choral (you say and they repeat); (b) each
student in turn says one number going in order around the class, (c) the
Step-by-step
instructions
in the
student you point at
says the next number
(going in random
order), and finally
Teachers
Guideturns
make
you
a number). (Too
(d) students count with
a partner (taking
to say
each
easy? Have the students count
down fromStar.
10 to 1 in the same sequence:
Literacy
choral, do 1 by 1, and then in pairs).
3. When your students can count from zero to 10, do pages 21 and 22 (on
different days).
4. If your class knows numbers from 1 to 10, do numbers to 20 and then try
the easy math problems from successintesl Money & Number Wizard kit.
5. Grouping: Ask several students for their phone number. As they say the
number, write it on the board. Then choral it, sweeping your hand under the
number as they repeat. Be sure they group the numbers: 604 -- 254 -- 90 -84.
6. Do a chain drill. Ask S1 and S2 for their phone numbers. Then ask S2 to
ask S3. Choral the question as necessary, cuing it by holding up a finger for
each word in the question. Then have students ask their partners.
7. Do the mixer on page 23.

Calling 911
Hint for new teachers: Do each step on consecutive days.
1. Identifying 911 Emergency Vehicles
a) Hold up each large flash card (from pages 6-8) in turn. Elicit the word and
choral (you say and they repeat.) Do several times with the whole class.
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Name:

Date:

Phoning

911:

What's the Mat ter ?

1.
am bu lance
2.
po lice
3.
fire

I need an am bu lance.

Simple substitution drill to help

students master the key phrases
for emergencies.

I need the po lice.

I need a fire truck.

What's the mat ter?

1. Hello. I need _____________________.
2. Hello. I need ____________________.
3. Hello. I need ____________________
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Big Picture Flashcards make it

easy to review vocabulary and do
question chains.
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Name: ___________________ Date: ____________________________

What is your?

phone number

name

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1.
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Level-appropriate mixers help
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3.
giving personal information.

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Par don me ?
a, b, c ?

How do you spell it ?

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What ci ty ?

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Mar y Lee.

Co quit lam.

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Hel lo.

I need an am bu lance.

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What is your name ?

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What is your ad dress ?

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Dialog
to review
and/or
845strips
Shaw
Aven
ue.
intro the dialog after you have
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done a roleplay.

Is that a house or an a part ment ?

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It ' s a part ment 302.

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What is the prob lem ?

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Poi son. I don t speak Eng lish.

I speak Chi nese.

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O kay.
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pre-lit to mid one to sound out
and spell multi-syllablic words.

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Match.

Name_____________________________________

mo ther
drink
kit chen
ba by
Give one handout per pair, folded
in half with the picture side
poi son
showing. Have Ss say the word.
Then give out the remaining
un con scious
handouts and have Ss do.

am bu lance
H

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hos pi tal

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Name: _____________________________

Poison !

are

Write
baby

the missing words.

is

phone

sees

1.

Mary Lee __________ a mo ther.

2.

This is her ____________________.

3. They _________ in the kit chen.

4

Mary goes out to an swer the _____________.

A multi-level review
of poi
theson.
5. Her ba by _____________
some
reader: pre-lit students copy the
is
mother
poison
sees
missing word from
the reader
lit students use only the
6. He drinkspages,
the _______________.
word banks, and higher students
7. He ____________
un conbank
scious.
cover the word
to do.
8.

The ________________ comes back.

9.

She __________________ her

comes

go

ba by.

She

10.

___________ phones 911.

11.

An am bu lance ______________.

12.

They ___________ to the hos pi tal.

13.

____________ her ba by is o kay.

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First Name _________________ Last Name ______________________

Poison !

Yes or No?

_________ 1. Mary has one child.

_________ 2. Her ba by an swers the phone.
_________ 3. Her ba by sees some poi son.
_________ 4. Mary drinks some poi son.
_________ 5. She phones 119.
_________ 6. She phones 911.
this reading exercise in a
_________Putting
7. She
needs an am bu lance.
true/false format makes it more
_________ 8. She
the po lice.
funneeds
for students.

_________ 9. An am bu lance comes.

_________10. Mary and her ba by
go to the hos pi tal.
_________11. Mary phones her hus band.
_________12. Her hus band goes to the hos pi tal.
_________13. Mary thanks the doc tors.
_________14. Her hus band thanks the doc tors.
_________15. I have poi son at home.
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Students are proud of being

able to read their first book
in English. This is an excerpt
frombyone
of 3 literacy
Donna Bowler

readers included: Poison, The

He is
watch ing TV.

Car Accident, and Fire.

This is Sam.

He smells

He is home.

smoke.

Poi son

Name

ambulance

hospital

phones

baby

kitchen

poison

drink

mother

see

okay

uncon scious

Lots of fun ways for students to review

the key vocabulary. Note the picture
clues and pronunciation help for
multisyllabic words.

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Write:

Name: ________________________________

A M B U L A N C E _________________________
a m b u l a n c e __________________________
Circle ambulance.
AMBULANCE APARTMENT AMBULANCE APPLE
apartment ambulance appointment ambulance
Circle and Write.

Write pages focus students on

writing and recognizing key
2
3
words, as well as distinguishing
am bu lance
am bu
lance
problem
pairs.

po lice

po lice

____________________

604
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po lice
fire

______________________ _____________

5
po lice car
fire truck

6
po lice car
fire truck

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Look Out for the Truck

Guitar and Vocals

by Antonia Robertson.

1. This is Jo and this is Chuck.

2. They are going to work.
3. They are talking happily.
4. They don't see the truck.

Chorus
Oh no! Good-bye Jo!
Take care. A truck is there.
Look out!

Songs help review the key

Don't
you see?
vocabulary
and teach students
Look out for the
truck.
sentence-level
stress and
intonation.

5. Sue sees the accident.

6. She phones 911.

7. An ambulance takes Jo and Chuck.

8. to Emergency.

Chorus
9. Thank you Sue.

Thanks 911.

10. Thanks for helping us.

11. Maybe next time we won't drive.
12. We will take the bus.