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CATCH-UP FRIDAY READING INTERVENTION SESSION GUIDE
School Grade FOUR
Learning National Reading Program
Teacher Area:
MARCH 1, 2024 THIRD
Teaching Catch Up Friday Quarter:
Teaching Date
Guide Section/Ti Checked
me by:
(Frustration Level)
Component No. Activities
of
Mins
Preparation and 20 Activity: Round Game : “I want to be a Tutubi”
Settling In Materials: P1 coin or ring
Procedure:
1. Group the pupils through a game “ The Boat is Sinking”.
2. If pupils have already 5 members, choose one “Taya”.
3. Choose one “Taya” and one who will hold the coin.
4. The Taya will face opposite the players so that she/ he will not
see who is the one holding the coin.
5. The pupils will all chant the following:
6. After singing the chant, the “Taya “ will get inside the circle
and look for the coin. If the “Taya” caught the one who holds
the coin, he/she will be the next “Taya”. This game will last for
30 minutes only.
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Dedicated 50 Activity: Reading of the story ‘A Bushel of Peaches ”
Reading Time A. Motivation:
Ask: Are you familiar with peach/peaches? (Show a picture of
peach/ peaches on screen). Do you include this in your basket
of 12 fruits in your table during Christmas and New Year’s Eve?
Our story was about a story of a boy with his Dad in a fruit
stand. Even though he doesn’t like peaches, he was able to
convince his Dad to buy not only a basket, but a bushel of
peaches. Let’s find out how Danny convinced his Dad to buy
peaches.
B. Unlocking of Difficult Words
Before we will read the story, let us first look at the unfamiliar
words in the story.
1. bushel – an imperial and US customary
unit of volume based upon an earlier
measure of dry capacity. The old bushel is
equal to 2 kennings (obsolete), 4 pecks, or 8
dry gallons, and was used mostly for
agricultural products, such as wheat. In
modern usage
2. peach/ peaches- a round stone fruit with juicy
yellow flesh and downy pinkish-yellow
skin
3. cobbler- dish cooked in the oven that consists
of cooked food, usually fruit, with a thick
bread-like mixture on top: For dessert there
was peach cobbler.
4. crumble- A crumble is typically a
dessert with a crumbly topping
consisting of flour, butter, sugar,
and sometimes oats, baked over a fruit filling
5. crisp- a dessert made with a streusel topping. In the US, it is also
called apple crumble, a word
which refers to a different
dessert in the UK, Canada,
Australia, and New Zealand.
Ingredients usually include
cooked apples, butter, sugar,
flour, cinnamon, and often oats
and brown sugar, ginger, and/or
nutmeg.
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Students will be asked to
accomplish the worksheet for
unlocking difficult words.
They will also be given time to
write sentences using the
unfamiliar words listed.
Materials: copy of the story “A Bushel of Peaches “
Activity:
A. Reading Aloud of the Teacher
Teacher reads the story aloud while pupils follow reading silently
holding the copy of it.
B. Understanding the Story
To further check the
understanding of the story, the ask
the pupils to answer the story
element worksheet.
Material: Understanding the Story
template.
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C. Comprehension Check Up
Teacher asks comprehension
questions from the story and pupils
answer.
Activity 30 D. Understanding the Text
Teacher asks questions based on
the story,(this time with levels of
reading skills added)
E. Dilemma Story Planner
The teacher this time assists
pupils to answer the activity (one -on-
one or by peer teaching with fellow
pupils)
Materials: copy of activity sheets
Reinforcement 35 Activity:
and Reflection A. EPP Integration
The teacher should supervise
pupils as they answer the activity.
The teacher will give guide / sample
format to do this activity.
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B. Mathematics Integration
Teacher explains the measurements used in the U.S. which are
not applicable to our country, but it has its equivalent measurement.
Teacher gives sample
how to solve the problem in
the activity sheet.
Materials: Activity sheet
Wrap up 5 mins
Wrap the lesson up by asking the students to accomplish the Exit Slip.
If there is still time, teacher may call one
or two volunteers to read their output in
front of the class.
Material: Copy of Exit Ticket Slip
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