Example of a five word lesson lasting an hour : topic – colours
Materials required
- Five promptcards for the colours. (You could simply use five blobs of coloured chalk on the board but drawing five coloured circles does not take more than two minutes with an upside-down cup and a box of felt tips, and as well as having more visual impact, promptcards do give you more scope for manoeuvre as you can see from the following example. )
- Five word cards. (Not necessary but preferable for the same reasons.)
- Blutack or something similar which will allow you to stick paper temporarily on the board and remove it easitly.
- Something for each child to write on. Scrap paper will do.
Suggested procedures