Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 1

The long ‘a’ sound pattern (ai, a_e and ay)

LESSON PLAN FOR 6th WEEK

CLASS : PRIMARY 1

AGE: 5-6years

DURATION : 3 periods of 40 mins each 

DATE:

TERM: 1st Term

TOPIC : The long ‘a’ sound pattern (ai, a_e and ay)

CONTENT : The long ‘a’ sound pattern (ai, a_e and ay)

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

  1. Spell, read and sort words with a long A sound

ENENTRY BEHAVIOR : Pupils can identify that all the vowels have both short and long sounds

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses the ‘a as in ……….’ to arouse the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities, 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Objects with the long a sound, chart showing objects with the long a sound, white board, dry erase marker, mirror

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES 

PERIOD 1 AND 2:  Spelling, reading and sorting words with the long a sound(ai, a_e)

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

- With a mirror or a partner, She pronounces the ‘a’ sound repeatedly. Emphasizing that the long ‘a’ sound takes the form of the letter name ‘a’

- Writes a list of words on the board and asks the pupils to help identify the ones with the long ‘a’ sound which she underlines

Stick    made    run   cat   rain    slow    may    like   fun    eight    stay    tube    they    fan    spot    run    spade

- The pupils are grouped into pairs and asked to come up with a list of words with the long ‘a’ sound

-Then the teacher comes up with a T-chart of some letter combinations of the long ‘a’ sound

ai                        a_e

rain                     date

aim                     make

bait                     bake

chain                  cake

claim                  take

fail                      fake

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

SPELLING GENERALISATIONS

- Explains that the ‘a_e’ and ‘ai’ represents the Long ‘a’ sound in the middle of a word

The ‘___’ in the middle of ‘a__e’ represents a consonant

a__e                          ai

blame                       mail

name                        paid

came                        sail

shave                       snail

cave                         trail

Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Asks the pupils to determine  whether each missing gaps will be the Long ‘a’ sound ‘a__e’ or ‘ai’

Tr__n

B_d_

T_k_

Br__n

W_k_

W__n__

Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils the below exercise to work on independently

The words in the bracket below all contain the Long ‘a’ sound. Write each word in the correct sentence below

(bake,  snail,  grapes,  train)

1. I picked a bunch of _______

2. My brother will _______ us a cake

3. we caught the ______ at the station

4. I saw a ______ with a big black shell

Pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

 

 

PERIOD 3:  Spelling, reading and sorting words with the long a sound(ay)

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

- With a mirror or a partner, She pronounces the ‘a’ sound repeatedly. Emphasizing that the long ‘a’ sound takes the form of the letter name ‘a’

- Writes a list of words on the board and asks the pupils to help identify the ones with the long ‘a’ sound which she underlines

Stick    made    run   cat   rain    slow    may    like   fun    eight    stay    tube    they    fan    spot    run    spade

- The pupils are grouped into pairs and asked to come up with a list of words with the long ‘a’ sound specifically with letter combinations (ay)

Stay

Pay

Day

Stray

Astray

Play

tray

bray

fray

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

SPELLING GENERALISATIONS

- Explains that the ‘ay’ represents the Long ‘a’ sound at the end of a word

- Lists the exceptions to the rule of spelling for the ‘ay’ Long ‘a’ sound e.g they, weigh

Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Asks the pupils to fill in the missing gaps

Dec___

Pr___

Holid__

Sw__

Del__

Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils the below exercise to work on independently

The words in the bracket below all contain the Long ‘a’ sound. Write each word in the correct sentence below

(play, stay)

1. We must ____ here till ourparents come

2. Joli loves to _____ football

Pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

 

 

 

PHONICS SCHEME OF WORK FOR PRIMARY 1 FIRST TERM

WEEK

TOPICS

1

Consonant blends 1(L-blends)

2

Consonant blends 2 (R-blends)

3

Double consonants

4

Hard and soft g and c sound

5

Homophones

6

Long a sound patterns

7

Long e sound patterns

8

Long i sound patterns

9

Long o sound patterns

 



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