Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 1

The long ‘e’ sound pattern (ee, ea and y)

LESSON PLAN FOR 7th WEEK

CLASS : PRIMARY 1

AGE: 5-6years

DURATION : 3 periods of 40 mins each 

DATE:

TERM: 1st Term

TOPIC : The long ‘e’ sound pattern (ee, ea and y)

CONTENT : The long ‘e’ sound pattern (ee, ea and y)

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

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

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

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

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities, 

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

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES 

PERIOD 1 AND 2:  Spelling, reading and sorting words with the long e sound(ee, ea)

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

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

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

Stick    made  tree  run  easy      rain    bee    may    seed   fun    eight    beat    tube    beach    fan    spot    run    teeth

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

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

ee                        ea

bee                     beat

tree                     treat

teeth                   breathe

peel                    beans

sweet                 dean                 

deed                   deal

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

SPELLING GENERALISATIONS

- Explains that the ‘ee’ can be found in the middle of the word and occassionally at the end of the word

 While the ‘ae’’ words can be found at the middle of the word                 

ee                           ea

breeze                  dream

creep                    feast

speech                 squeak

three                     reason

flee                       season

agree                    treason

Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Asks the pupils to determine  whether each missing gaps will be the Long ‘e’ sound ‘ee’ or ‘ea’

Tw__k

T__n

S___n

Bl___d

Sp___d

Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils the below exercise to work on independently

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence

1. Seven days is one ______. (weed, week)

2. I sleep with a _____ on my bed. (sheet, shoot)

3. I am going to ____ the kitten I found (keel, keep)

4. I enjoy eating rice and _____( beens, beans)

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 e sound(y)

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

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

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

Stick    made  tree  run  easy      rain    bee    may    seed   fun    eight    beat    tube    beach    fan    spot    run    teeth

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

Happy

Glory

Cherry

Twenty

Thirty

Smelly

Empty

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

SPELLING GENERALISATIONS

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

Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Asks the pupils to fill in the missing gaps

Berr__

Stink__

Famil__

Memor__

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 ‘e’ sound. Choose from them to fill in the gaps

(very, lolly, carry, penny, funny)

1. I had to ______ the shopping all the way home

2. We got back ______ late from a show in London

3. The clown was very _____

4. All I had in my purse was one ______

5. I had a _______ to help me cool down

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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