# Lesson Plan: Phonemic Awareness - Initial, Medial, and Final Sounds
## Objective:
- Students will be able to recognize, identify, and produce initial, medial, and final sounds in one-syllable words.
## Grade: Primary 1
## Duration: 45 minutes
### Materials:
- Flashcards with pictures and corresponding word cards (e.g., cat, bat, hat, dog, frog)
- Whiteboard and markers
- Audio clips of simple words (optional)
- Phoneme segmentation worksheet
- Small objects that correspond to words (e.g., toy cat, toy dog)
- Alphabet chart
### Introduction (10 minutes):
1. **Greeting & Warm-Up:**
- Greet the students enthusiastically.
- Begin with a simple warm-up song about the alphabet to engage the students.
- Example: "The Alphabet Song" or "Phonics Song."
2. **Objective Introduction:**
- Explain to students that they will be learning about the beginning, middle, and end sounds of words.
- Introduce the terms: initial (beginning), medial (middle), and final (end) sounds.
### Direct Instruction (15 minutes):
3. **Initial Sounds:**
- On the whiteboard, write down a simple word (e.g., "cat").
- Point out the initial sound (e.g., /k/).
- Show a flashcard with the picture of a cat and emphasize the initial sound.
4. **Medial Sounds:**
- Write another simple word (e.g., "dog").
- Identify the medial sound (e.g., /o/).
- Use a flashcard with a picture of a dog and emphasize the medial sound.
5. **Final Sounds:**
- Write a simple word (e.g., "hat").
- Point out the final sound (e.g., /t/).
- Show a flashcard with the picture of a hat and emphasize the final sound.
### Guided Practice (10 minutes):
6. **Sound Identification Activity:**
- Scatter the flashcards with pictures around the room.
- Call out a word and ask students to find the corresponding flashcard.
- Once they find it, ask them to identify the initial, medial, and final sounds in that word.
7. **Sound Segmentation:**
- Hand out phoneme segmentation worksheets.
- Guide students to segment simple words into their initial, medial, and final sounds.
- Example: "mat" can be segmented into /m/ - /a/ - /t/.
### Group Activity (5 minutes):
8. **Interactive Sound Game:**
- Place small objects that correspond to words in a bag.
- Have students take turns drawing an object from the bag.
- Ask them to identify the object and then identify its initial, medial, and final sounds.
### Independent Practice (5 minutes):
9. **Sound Sorting Worksheet:**
- Give students a worksheet where they have to sort words into columns based on their initial, medial, and final sounds.
- Example: Words like "cat," "bat," "mat" (initial /k/, /b/, /m/), etc.
### Conclusion (3 minutes):
10. **Review & Recap:**
- Quickly review the key points of the lesson.
- Praise students for their participation and effort.
- Remind them of the importance of phonemic awareness in reading and writing.
### Homework:
- Assign students a simple worksheet with pictures where they need to identify and write down the initial, medial, and final sounds of the given words.
### Assessment:
- Observe students during activities and note their ability to identify and segment sounds.
- Review completed worksheets to assess understanding of initial, medial, and final sounds.
### Extensions:
- For students who grasp the concept quickly, introduce them to simple blending activities.
- For students needing extra support, provide additional one-on-one or small group practice with flashcards and sound segmentation exercises.