LESSON PLAN FOR 8th WEEK

CLASS : PRIMARY 1

AGE: 5-6years

DURATION : 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TERM: 3rd Term

TOPIC : Sound patterns ‘ow’

CONTENT : Sound patterns ‘ow’

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

Recognize, read and spell the ‘ow’ graphemes

ENTRY BEHAVIOR : Pupils can identify and recite all the letters of the alphabets and the vowels

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses the ‘Oh did you see the Billy goat’ song to arouse the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities, songs

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Objects with the ‘ow’ grapheme, chart showing objects with the ‘ow’ grapheme sound, white board, dry erase marker, clue cards

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Recognition, spelling and reading the ‘ow’ graphemes

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	INTRODUCTION	-Revises the Long and short vowel sounds we’ve treated before - Introduces the grapheme ‘ow’ as one of the variations of the Long ‘o’ sound	Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION	- Explains that the sound ‘ow’ takes the sound of the ‘o’ letter name and could also sound as ‘ow’ e.g crowd - Gives a list of word with the ‘ow’ sound ow long o cow mow flower row clown narrow crown sow	Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	GUIDED PRACTICE	- Shows the pupils clue cards with the grapheme in front and a clue word at the back. Have them say the clue word then sound the grapheme it represents e.g snow(long o) Or owl(ow) - Shows the children several images of words containing the grapheme ‘ow’ and asks them to pronounce it aloud	Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Gives the pupils exercises on the ‘ow’ sound Among the words in the bracket, Choose a word that can be linked to the given word (clown, crown, cow, owl, bow, flower) 1. bird _______ 2. king _______ 3. circus ______ 4. milk ______ 5. Petal ______ 6. Actor ______	Pupils listen, observe and participate
5	EVALUATION	- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

PERIOD 3: Recognition, spelling and reading the ‘ow’ graphemes

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSONS	- Revisits the previous lesson on the ‘ow’ sounds	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	GUIDED PRACTICE	- Makes a list of more words containing the ‘ow’ sound and ask the pupils the pronounce them aloud repeatedly ow yellow elbow shower lower wow	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Gives the pupils exercises on ‘ow’ sounds All the words below contain ow as a long o sound. Each one has a smaller word in it. Find and write the smaller word that contains ow. Example: narrow, row 1. mower _______ 2. below _______ 3. snowing _______ 4. rowing ________ 5. elbow ________ 6. shown ________ 7. yellow ________ 8. owning ________	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	EVALUATION	- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

THIRD TERM PRIMARY PHONICS SCHEME

WEEK	TOPICS
1	Sound patterns, ch and sh
2	Sound patterns ck
3	Sound patterns; long and short ea
4	Sound patterns oa
5	Sound patterns oi and oy
6	Sound patterns oo
7	Sound patterns ou
8	Sound patterns ow
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Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 1