Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Nursery 1

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 

z-STORY

Have you ever seen a bee? It buzzes around the flowers making the sound ‘z  z  z  z  z’

ACTION

The children pretend to be bees. They tuck in their elbows and flap their arms like wings, making a continuous /zzzzzzzzzzz/ sound.

w-STORY

It is a windy night. The wind is so noisy that it wakes up everybody. It makes the sound, ‘w  w  w  w  w’.

ACTION

The children pretends to be the wind and blow on their open hands saying, /w,  w,  w/

ng-STORY

Bally is a very young and strong lad. He lifts up some heavy weights ‘ng  ng  ng  ng’

ACTION

The children pretend to lift a heavy weight above their head, saying, /ng/.

v-STORY

Dilian loves to drive her van. She drives to her friend’s house holding the steering wheel ‘v  v  v  v’.

ACTION

The children pretend to be driving a van, turning the steering wheel, and making a continuous /vvvvvvvvvv/ sound.

oo and OO

STORY

A cuckoo clock has a small bird inside it. Every hour the bird comes out of the clock and makes the sound ‘oo  OO  oo  OO’

ACTION

The children pretend to be the cuckoo in the clock, moving their head back and forth saying /oo, oo;  oo, oo/.

The pupils listen

2

IDENTIFICATION

Using flashcards with the z-OO 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 'z’

b. letter sound ‘w'

c. letter sound 'ng'

d. letter sound 'v'

e. letter sound 'oo'

f. letter sound ‘OO’

The pupils participate and respond

4

CLASS ACTIVITY

With the cardboard sheets and the coloured pencils/crayons, the teacher draws each of the Group 5 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 z-OO

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

Z as in

Z-i-p

w as in

W-e-ll

ng as in

K-i-ng

v as in

V-a-n

oo as in

B-oo-k

OO as in

S-p-OO-n

The pupils participate and respond

3

EVALUATION 

The teacher asks the pupils to associate more objects/pictures like zebra, zig-zag, wall, window, swing, ring, vest, vase, hook, wood, mOOn, brOOm  with the Group 5 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 5 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