SUBJECT: PHONICS

CLASS: NURSERY 1

TERM: 1st TERM

LESSON PLAN FOR 1ST WEEK

CLASS : NURSERY 1

AGE: 3-4years

DURATION : 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Sounding, identification and associating jolly phonics sounds s, a, t, I, p, n with pictures and objects

CONTENT : Sounding, identification and associating jolly phonics sounds s, a, t, I, p, n with pictures and objects

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to;

Identify and sound all the Group 1 letter sounds
Associate all the Group 1 letter sounds with pictures and objects

ENTRY BEHAVIOR : Pupils can identify alphabet letters

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses the phonics songs of all the Group 1 letter sounds to arouse the interest of the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Singing, storytelling, playway, gestures/demonstration,gestures, explanation and repetition

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Flash cards, phonics sound chart, audiovisual clips of the phonics sound/song, pictures of objects with the Group 1 Phonics sounds, cardboards, crayons/coloured pencils, scissors, paper tape

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Identification of letter sounds s-n

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	INTRODUCTION	The teacher introduces the topic as using sounds to say our letters. This is done using storyline s-STORY I was on my way to the house one day. And as I began on the lonely bush path, with no one right ahead of me and even behind me, I heard suddenly beside me a sound ssss..ssss.ssssss. Lo and behold, it was a green snake heading towards me from the grass just on my left hand side……… ACTION The children pretend to be snakes weaving their hands in an “s” shape and making a continuous /ssssss/ sound a-STORY Mum had instructed Mercy to wash the plates before going to bed last night but she bluntly refused saying she was really tired. Next morning, as early as 4am she went to the kitchen to wash the plates before Mum woke up so she will not be scolded. Unfortunately, the Kitchen bulb was burnt. What could she do? She tried and found her way to the kitchen, walked in darkness towards the sink. On getting to the sink, she tried to pick up a plate and felt something crawl up her arms. Then she felt something bite her. She screamed /aaaaa/! /aaaaa/!. Everyone in the house including mum rushed into the kitchen to see what had happened only to discover that it was an ant. ACTION The children pretend that ants crawl up their arms saying “a, a, a” t-STORY Last night, I watched a table tennis match on television. It was between two grown male players. It was quite interesting how they continued hitting the ball as I moved my head /t/ /t/ /t/ /t/ back and forth. ACTION The children imitate watching a table tennis match, turning their heads from side to side saying, /t/ /t/ /t/ i-STORY Mr Steve bought a bottle of ink while coming home yesterday. His curious son, Peter wanted to know what was in the bottle his dad had dropped on the table. He tried forcefully opening it and the whole ink spilled on him and screamed /i/-/i/-/i/ ACTION The children wiggle their fingers on the end of their nose, like whiskers, saying, “i, i, i” p-STORY It is Benny’s Birthday. She puffs out the candles on her cake. Let’s join Benny in puffing out the candles. ‘p, p, p ,p’ ACTION The children pretend their finger is a candle and try to puff out the trick candle, saying “p, p, p” n-STORY How does an aeroplane fly? It flies in the sky and its wings move up and down like this. It makes a lot of sound ‘n, n, n’ ACTION The children put their arms out and pretend to be a “nasty noisy aeroplane”, making a continuous/nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn/ sound	The pupils listen
2	IDENTIFICATION	Using flashcards with the sound s-n written on it, the teacher makes the pupils to repeat it severally	The pupils participate
3	EVALUATION	The teacher asks the pupils to identify a. letter sound 's' b. letter sound 'a' c. letter sound 't' d. letter sound 'i' e. letter sound 'p' f. letter sound ‘n’	The pupils participate and respond
4	CLASS ACTIVITY	With the cardboard sheets and the coloured pencils/crayons, the teacher draws each of the Group 1 letter sound and cut them using the scissors	The Pupils watch, listen and participate
5	CONCLUSION	The teacher marks the pupils work, commends and make necessary corrections

Period 3- Associating jolly phonics sounds in Group 1 to pictures and objects

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSON	The teacher revises the identification of letter sounds s-n	The pupils listen
2	ASSOCIATING JOLLY PHONICS SOUND s-n WITH OBJECTS AND PICTURES	The teacher draw each of the objects associated with each letter sounds in group 1 on the board S as in S-n-a-k-e a as in apple T as in Table i as in I-n-k p as in p-e-n-c-i-l n as in N-e-t	The pupils participate and respond
3	EVALUATION	The teacher asks the pupils to associate more objects/pictures like sun, arrow, tennis, igloo, parrot and nails with the Group 1 letter sounds	The pupils participate
4	CLASS ACTIVITY	In the activity book, the pupils are asked to associate the given picture and objects with the Group 1 letter sounds	The pupils participate
5	CONCLUSION	The teacher marks, commends and corrects them where necessary

NURSERY 1

PHONICS SCHEME OF WORK FOR FIRST TERM

WEEK	TOPIC
1	Sounding, identification and associating jolly phonics sounds s, a, t, I, p, n with pictures and objects
2	Writing Jolly phonics sounds s, a t, I, p, n
3	Sounding, identification and associating jolly phonics sounds c/k/ck, e, h, r, m, d with pictures and objects
4	Writing Jolly phonics sounds c/k/ck, e, h, r, m,d
5	Sounding, Identification and associating jolly phonics sounds g, o, u, f, l, b with pictures and objects
6	Writing Jolly phonics sounds c/k/ck, e, h, r, m, d
7	Sounding, identification and associating jolly phonics sounds ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or with pictures and objects
8	Writing Jolly Phonics sounds ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or
9	Sounding, identification and associating jolly phonics sounds z, w, ng, v, oo, OO

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