# Lesson Plan: Phonological Awareness for Primary 1 Students
## Learning Objective:
To develop phonological awareness by recognizing and manipulating sounds in spoken words.
## Duration:
60 minutes
## Materials:
- Flashcards with pictures and corresponding words
- Chart paper or whiteboard and markers
- Nursery rhymes (pre-recorded or printed)
- Simple storybook
- Phoneme segmentation worksheet
- Various objects or toys for a game
## Introduction (10 minutes):
1. **Greeting**: Begin with a warm greeting and a brief discussion about what sounds they remember from their favorite TV shows or songs.
2. **Objective**: Explain the goal of the day’s lesson: "We are going to learn about different sounds in words and how to hear and play with them."
## Warm-Up Activity (10 minutes):
1. **Nursery Rhyme Recitation**: Choose a familiar nursery rhyme (e.g., "Humpty Dumpty"). Recite it together with the students.
2. **Identify Sounds**: After reciting, ask students to pick out words that rhyme (e.g., "wall" and "fall").
3. **Clapping Syllables**: Clap your hands while saying the nursery rhyme to help students identify the number of syllables.
## Main Activity 1: Sound Matching (15 minutes):
1. **Flashcards**: Show flashcards with pictures and words (e.g., cat, dog, sun, hat, etc.).
2. **Word-Picture Matching**: Ask students to match pictures with words. Hold up a picture of a cat and ask them to find the flashcard that says "cat."
3. **Sound Segmentation**: Slowly say each word, exaggerating the sounds (e.g., c-a-t). Have the students repeat after you.
## Main Activity 2: Phoneme Segmentation (15 minutes):
1. **Phoneme Worksheet**: Hand out a worksheet with pictures of simple CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words (e.g., bat, dog, sun).
2. **Sound Out Words**: Show an example and guide them to segment the word into its individual phonemes. For "bat," they would write "b-a-t".
3. **Practice with Help**: Walk around the room, helping students as needed while they complete the worksheet.
## Game: Sound Hunt (10 minutes):
1. **Set Up**: Scatter various objects or toys around the room.
2. **Find and Sort**: Call out a sound (e.g., "b" sound). Have students find objects that start with that sound (e.g., ball, book).
3. **Classify**: Place the objects in a designated area or basket.
## Conclusion (10 minutes):
1. **Review**: Gather students in a circle. Review what sounds they learned and how they could find them in different words.
2. **Share**: Ask a few students to share their favorite activity from today’s lesson and what they learned.
## Assessment and Follow-up:
1. **Formative Assessment**: Observe and take notes of student participation and ability in activities.
2. **Homework**: Provide an activity sheet with pictures where students have to match pictures with the beginning sounds of words.
## Additional Notes:
- Ensure that instructions are clear and concise, and be ready to demonstrate examples.
- Encouragement and praise will help boost student confidence as they develop their phonological awareness.
This lesson plan aims to build a foundational skill in phonological awareness, which is critical for developing word recognition and reading abilities in young learners.