1. ESL Website www.starfall.com Where children have fun learning to read! By Supawan Intakeaw 540231053

2. Objective

Starfall.com is a free public service to teach children to read with phonics (pronouncing and spelling).

3. Learners Level

This systematic phonics approach is useful for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).

4. Components

This website includes 4 main functions:

5. ABCs This function contains the consonant A-Z and vowel: a, e, i, o, u. The students can hear the pronunciation of each consonant and vowel by choosing or clicking on the alphabet.Moreover, there are some words pronouncing as examples of each alphabet. 6. ABCs 7. ABCs 8. ABCs 9. Learn to Read

Students learn to pronounce the words by combining consonant with vowel.

10. Learn to Read (Cont.) 11. Learn to Read (Cont.) 12. Learn to Read (Cont.) 13. Its Fun to Read

There are subtopics for learning. In this function, students can learn to read in a sentence.

14. Its Fun to Read (Cont.) 15. Its Fun to Read (Cont.) 16. Im Reading There are plays, tales, fiction/non-fiction, comics, and other short stories for students to read. 17. Im Reading (Cont.) 18. More Functions 19. www.starfall.com

The websites method of instruction motivates children in an atmosphere of imagination and enthusiasm, provides opportunities for child-directed instruction, and supports English language learners and struggling readers learning alongside their peers.

20. Lesson Plan

AIM To practice pronouncing andreading about tales.

Level third grade

Time 1 hour

Preparation Hardware: One computer pergroup

Software: Internet

Knowledge: Searching for theinformation in EI or NetscapeNavigator

21. Lesson Plan (Cont.)

Procedure

Pre-computer work

Teacher begins with questions about tales

• Do you like reading tales?

• Do you know any tales?

• Do you want to read tales?

Introduce students the wed site for doing activity and practicing reading talesfromhttp://www.starfall.com

• Teacher explains how to use this website briefly and how to go to read the tale.

• Teacher explains how to use pronouncing guide to listen and read.

22. Lesson Plan (Cont.)

Computer-work

3.Students follow the instruction to read a tale.

• Students click onhttp://www.starfall.com

• There are 4 main functions. Students choose fourth function Im Readimg

• There are many tales in this function. Each student selects one story that they like and practices reading.

Post-computer work

4.Students who choose the same story stay in the same group.

5.Each group report to a class.

23. Lesson Plan (Cont.)

Evaluation

Students will be evaluated based on:

• Classroom presentation

• Discussion about each tale

To check their pronouncing and understanding from reading 24.