Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Nursery 2

Diagraphs ‘ai’ and ‘ay’

SUBJECT: PHONICS                                    

CLASS: NURSERY 2

TERM: 2ND TERM

LESSON PLAN FOR 4TH WEEK

AGE: 4-5years

DURATION : 3 periods of 40 mins each 

DATE:

TOPIC : Diagraphs 

CONTENT : Diagraphs ‘ai’ and ‘ay’

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

  1. Sound and identify words with diagraph ‘ai’ and ‘ay’

 

  1. Write words with diagraph ‘ai’ and ‘ay’

  

ENTRY BEHAVIOR : Pupils can identify and sound long words

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses the songs of phonics sound ‘ai’ to arouse the interest of the pupils 

 

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

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Flash cards of words with the diagraphs ‘ai’ and ‘ay’, phonics sound chart, sentence strips showing words with ‘ai’ and ‘ay’ 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES 

 

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Sound, identify and write words with diagraphs ‘ai’  

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSON/INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson long words and their meanings

The teacher introduces the topic on the board as Sounding, identifying and writing words  with diagraphs  ‘ai’

The pupils listen

2

SOUNDING, IDENTIFICATION  AND WRITING OF WORDS THAT HAVE THE DIAGRAPH ‘AI’

The teacher The teacher writes words with the diagraph ai on the board and sounds it repeatedly

ai-l

r-ai-l

b-ai-l

f-ai-l

h-ai-l

j-ai-l

m-ai-l

t-ai-l

n-ai-l

The pupils respond and participate

3

EVALUATION

The teacher evaluates the pupils 

By dictating each of the words containing ‘ai’

ai-l

r-ai-l

b-ai-l

f-ai-l

h-ai-l

j-ai-l

m-ai-l

t-ai-l

n-ai-l

 

4

CLASS WORK

In the class activity book, The pupils are given a classwork to circle five words that have ‘ai’

 

5

CONCLUSION

The teacher marks, commends and corrects the pupils where necessary

 

 

PERIOD 3: Sounding, identification and writing words with diagraphs ‘ai’  

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSON/INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on words with the diagraph ‘ai’

The teacher introduces the topic on the board as Sounding, identifying and writing words  with diagraphs  ‘ay’

The pupils listen

2

SOUNDING, IDENTIFICATION  AND WRITING OF WORDS THAT HAVE THE DIAGRAPH ‘AY’

The teacher The teacher writes words with the diagraph ay on the board and sounds it repeatedly

b-ay

d-ay

h-ay

l-ay

m-ay

p-ay

r-ay

s-ay

w-ay

The pupils respond and participate

3

EVALUATION

The teacher evaluates the pupils 

By dictating each of the words containing ‘ay’

b-ay

d-ay

h-ay

l-ay

m-ay

p-ay

r-ay

s-ay

w-ay

 

4

CLASS WORK

In the class activity book, The pupils are given a classwork to circle five words that have ‘ay’

 

5

CONCLUSION

The teacher marks, commends and corrects the pupils where necessary

 

 




 

 

SCHEME OF WORK FOR SECOND TERM

Week

Topic

1

Use of ‘I’ stand alone in a sentence (why it is pronounced using its name rather than its sound)

2

Phrases and short sentences. I can run,     a red bag,    a big bag,    a frog can jump

3

Longer words-meanings, spellings and making sentences with them: market, basket, banana, umbrella, animal etc

4

Diagraph ‘ai’; rain,   pain,   jail,  mail,  tail,  nail,  fail,

Diagraph ‘ay’; stay,  pay,  clay,  pray,  may

5

Diagraph ‘ee’: see,  fee,  reed, peep, 

Diagraph ‘ea’; tea,  heat, meat, seat

6

Diagraph ‘oa’ e.g coat, boat,  road,  float,  goat, soak,  croak   

Diagraph ‘ow’ e.g b-ow, ow-n,  l-ow,  bl-ow,  cr-ow

7

Diagraph ‘oo’(short); book,  look,  cook,  took,  hook,  wood

Diagraph ‘OO’(long); moon,  soon,  cool,  shoot,  food,  roo

8

Diagraph ‘ou’: sour,  loud, cloud, noun, found

Diagraph ‘ow’: owl, how, now, down, town, cow, howl

9

Diagraph ‘oi’: oil, boil, coil, coin, foil, soil, 

Diagraph ‘oy’; e.g   boy,   toy,  ploy,  enjoy,  annoy 

 

 



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