Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Nursery 1

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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 

c/k/ck-STORY

Dennis loves playing castanets and dances as he plays. The castanet sounds ‘k k k k’. let’s dance

ACTION

The children click their fingers above their heads saying “ck, ck, ck”

e-STORY

Kelly loves fried eggs. His mother cracks eggs ‘e  e  e  e’ and then fries it

ACTION

The children pretend to hold an egg in one hand and tap it against a pan saying “e, e, e”. then they use both hands to open the imaginary egg shell, and say “e”

h-STORY

Gregory hops and hops and when he is tired he breathes ‘h, h, h’ panting for breath

ACTION

The children pretend that they are panting and say “h, h, h, h”

r-STORY

Jenny’s puppy is very stubborn. He grabs Jenny’s rag with his teeth and rips it ‘rrrrrrr’

ACTION

The children pretend to be a puppy holding the blanket, shaking their heads and making a continuous /rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr/ sound

m-STORY

George’s Mum prepared a very delicious meal. And after we ate the meal, we rubbed our tummies ‘mmmm’.

ACTION

The children rub their tummies as though eating their favourite foods, and make a continuous /mmmmmmm/ sound

d-STORY

Have you ever seen a marching band?  They assemble at an open space with their very attractive attires. Carrying their drums on their hands or hanging them. Then their conductor makes a call out and each one hits their drum /ddddddddd/

ACTION

The children pretend to hit a drum with their hands making the sound /dddddd/ as they hit the imaginary drum

The pupils listen

2

IDENTIFICATION

Using flashcards with the sound c-d 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 'c'/ ‘k’/ ‘ck’

b. letter sound 'e'

c. letter sound 'h'

d. letter sound 'r'

e. letter sound 'm'

f. letter sound ‘d’

The pupils participate and respond

4

CLASS ACTIVITY

With the cardboard sheets and the coloured pencils/crayons, the teacher draws each of the Group 2 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 

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STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSON

The teacher revises the identification of letter sounds c-d

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 2 on the board

c as in

cup 

k as in 

kite 

E-gg

H as in

House

R as in

r-a-t

M as in

M-a-t

D-r-u-m

The pupils participate and respond

3

EVALUATION 

The teacher asks the pupils to associate more objects/pictures like cap, cat, kettle, envelope, elephant, hand, hut, mango, man, door, dog, roof, rocket with the Group 2 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 2 letter sounds

The pupils participate

5

CONCLUSION

The teacher marks, commends and corrects them where necessary

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