LO: Get to know their partners; get a basic idea about the

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topic of today’s lesson.
1. Greet Ss and ask Ss to get to know each other.
2. Have an open discussion about the given question.
3. Introduce the title and the topic of the lesson.

What can you see

in the sea?

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Learning Goals
Go through the learning goals with Ss. Tell Ss that they’re
going to learn an important reading skill and strategy in
this lesson.

1. Identify and pronounce the consonant digraph ph;

decode the words including ph.
2. Practice the key words swimmer, test, underwater,
octopus, chest, gold, and point, and use them in
sentences.
3. Learn the reading skill and strategy: Use the illustrations
and details from a story to describe its setting.
4. Talk about the story The Treasure Chest, and discuss
how to stay safe in daily life.
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ph; read the text fluently.
1. Read the chant to Ss with rhythm.
Phonics
2. Guide Ss to read the chant aloud together. Have Ss

Read on Your Own read the chant in turns.

3. Give feedback.

In the photo,
a trophy, phantom,
alphabet—typhoons circling.
See the elephants,
how they wander, observe,
and love.

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Introduction
Characters
people or animals in the story

Mum and mom are two

Mum
spelling variants of a noun.
In British English, mum is
widely used. In American
Floppy
English, mom is commonly
used.

mum vs. mom

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Lead-in
Book Cover

Before Reading
1. What is under the octopus?
Why do you think the octopus
is grabbing it?
2. What is the underwater world
like?

Written by Roderick Hunt

Illustrated by Alex Brychta
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Lead-in
Make Predictions

Use details in the picture.

 What are the children

doing? What are they
wearing?
 What might the children
meet in the water?

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Every week Mrs May took The children were taking a

some of the children to the swimming test.
swimming pool. The children “It’s time to begin,” said Mrs
were good swimmers and May. “Who wants to go first?”
they liked going with Mrs May. “We do,” said Nadim.
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test (n.)(n.) Read Pages 1-7

swimmer
Comprehension
1. What did Mrs. May ask the
children to do in the swimming
test?
2. Why was everyone pleased
Definition:
Definition:
an with Chip?
anattempt or athat
individual trialswims
used to
in
determine someone’s
water Connections
knowledge or ability
Example: Have you ever had a swimming
Example:
Anna is the best swimmer in
Bob test or a similar kind of test? What
theisswimming
working hard
team. because
he wants to pass the test. was it like?
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Pages 8-9

Biff and Chip told Mum and Dad Mum and Dad had a surprise
about the swimming test. for them. Biff and Chip couldn’t
“We passed,” they said. see what the surprise was.
Mum and Dad were very pleased too. “What is it?” asked Biff.
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Comprehension

1. Why did Mum and Dad prepare Read Pages 8-13

a surprise for the children? What
Connections
was the surprise?
What kind of surprises have you
2. Where did Dad take the
children? What did the children received from your parents or
see there? friends?

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Dad put some more fish in Wilma and Nadim came to

the tank. He put rocks on the see the fish tank.
bottom. Next to the rocks he “It looks lovely,” said Wilma.
put a ship and a little box. “I wish I could swim in there.”
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Read Pages 14-17

Comprehension
1. How was the fish tank different
after Dad put things in it? Connections
If you had a fish tank, what
2. Why did Wilma say, “I wish I
could swim in there”? would you want to put in it?

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Pages 18-19

The magic took them underwater. The children had never seen so
The children had masks and flippers many fish. They were all different
colours.
and tanks of air. They could swim “This is better than the pool,”
underwater. thought Chip.
“I feel like a fish,” thought Wilma.
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underwater (adv.) Read Pages 18-23

Comprehension
1. What did the children wear
underwater? What was the
equipment used for?
2. How did the children feel about
swimming underwater? How do
Definition: you know?
beneath the surface of water
3. Why didn’t Biff and Wilma swim
Example: close to the jellyfish and the
He swam underwater to see ship? If Biff touched the jellyfish,
the sea turtle closely. what would happen?
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octopus
Read Pagechest (n.)
24-25(n.)
Comprehension

1. What did the children do to

drive the octopus away?
Definition:
Why did they do that?
Definition:
an eight-legged animal with
2. box
a How did the children
often work
a soft or container
body and suckers used
on its
to store
tentacles, valuables
with each other?
found or Use
treasures
living inthe
the
They saw an octopus. Oh no! It Example:
ocean
illustration and text to
Grandma
Example: showed me a
was sitting on a chest. They couldn’t support your answers.
treasure chest that
I saw an octopus when had jewelry
I was
look inside the chest with an octopus inside.
swimming in the sea.
sitting on the lid.
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Pages 26-27

The children opened the chest Biff and Wilma pushed the chest
and looked inside. It was a treasure over and all the gold fell out.
chest and it was full of gold. Nadim picked up a necklace and
Biff picked up a gold cup.
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gold (n.)
Read Pages 26-27

Comprehension

What was in the treasure chest?

Definition:
a heavy, yellow, valuable
metal often used for making Connections
coins or jewelry What would you do if you found
Example: a treasure chest?
Look here! I found three coins
that are made of gold.
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Biff and Nadim were busy looking Chip and Wilma couldn’t tell Biff
at the treasure. They didn’t see what and Nadim. They pulled them
Chip and Wilma saw. A shark was away and pointed at the shark.
coming.
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point (v.) Read Pages 28-29

Comprehension
1. Why didn’t Biff and Nadim see
the shark coming at first?
Past Tense: pointed 2. How did Chip and Wilma warn
Definition: Biff and Nadim that there was a
to indicate with the use of a shark?
gesture, often with the use of a
finger, eyes, or the nod of a
head Connections
Example: How can people communicate
“This is my home,” he said, and underwater?
pointed to the map.
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Read Pages 30-32

Comprehension
1. How did the children
escape from the shark?
2. Why were the children
surprised to see the
treasure chest in the tank?
The children ran to look in the fish tank.
“Look, there’s the treasure,” said Chip. 3. Why was it a different sort
“How did it get there?” asked Nadim. of adventure?
“It’s magic!” said Biff.
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Listening & Speaking

Let’s Talk
What would you
do to stay safe in
the sea?

 learn and practice diving skills first

 wear diving suit

 be cautious
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Value

What can you do to stay safe in daily life?

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Review

Let’s Review

Vocabulary
swimmer, test, underwater, octopus, chest,
gold, point
Sentences
 The children had never seen so many fish.

 They blew bubbles at the octopus.

pack, laugh, cottage,

torch, shadow, game station
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2. Have
1. Ss say goodbye
Briefly comment.to each other.
2. Say “goodbye” to each other.

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