SUBJECT: Phonics

TERM: 1^st Term

WEEK: 1

CLASS: PRIMARY 1

AGE: 6 years

DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: Consonant blends 1

CONTENT: Consonant blends (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl)

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

Define the term consonant blends
Identify, sound and spell words with consonant blends (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl)

ENTRY BEHAVIOR: Pupils can identify alphabet letters

SET INDUCTION: The teachers uses pictures of familiar objects with L-blends to arouse the pupils’ interest

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Two set of index cards with the beginning blends (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl) written on them, a few images (vocabulary cards) or objects of things that begin with the L blend (block, clock, plane, glue)

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Identification, sounding and spelling words beginning with L-blends (bl, cl, fl)

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	Introduction	-Displays one of the L-blend objects or images(clock) - Writes the name of the object on the board and underline the consonant blend Clock - Explains that today’s learningwill be about words that contain the L-blends at the beginning	The pupils identifies the object and say its name aloud
2	Building academic Language	- Reviews the sound L by writing a lowercase and uppercase l on the board. L l Says the sound loud - Explains that they’ll be learning how to identify and read words that contain L-blends. This means that the first letter of the word will be a consonant and the second letter will be an L - Writes a word that begin with an L-blend on the board and models how to segment the word into parts(l-blend and remaining letters) cl-ock	The pupils repeat the sound after the teachers -The pupils practice reading and blending the segmented words along with the teacher
3	Sentence	- Writes the following blends(bl, cl, fl) on the board and practices reading each blends and think of words that begin with them Bl cl fl Bl-ackcl-am fl-ower Bl-uecl-aw fl-ag -Models how to record the word and draw quick pictures of them Bl-ack
4	Discourse	-Pairs up the pupils and pass out one of the pre-written index cards and two pieces of blank paper to each pair - as pupils to work together to write and draw as many words that begin with their L-blends - brings the class together and have them share out the new words they came up with
5	Evaluation	-pass out the *Beginning Blends Review Worksheet* for each student to complete independently -As pupils are working, assesses if they are able to identify L-blends and appropriately blend the sounds in a word together

PERIOD 3: Identification, sounding and spelling words beginning with L-blends (gl, pl, sl)

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	Introduction	-Displays one of the L-blend objects or images(glass) - Writes the name of the object on the board and underline the consonant blend glass - Explains that today’s learning will be about words that contain the L-blends at the beginning	The pupils identifies the object and say its name aloud
2	Building academic Language	- Reviews the sound L by writing a lowercase and uppercase l on the board. L l Says the sound loud - Explains that they’ll be learning how to identify and read words that contain L-blends. This means that the first letter of the word will be a consonant and the second letter will be an L - Writes a word that begin with an L-blend on the board and models how to segment the word into parts(l-blend and remaining letters) gl-ass	The pupils repeat the sound after the teachers -The pupils practice reading and blending the segmented words along with the teacher
3	Sentence	- Writes the following blends(gl, pl, sl) on the board and practices reading each blends and think of words that begin with them glplsl gl-asspl-um sl-ice gl-uepl-ugsl-ice -Models how to record the word and draw quick pictures of them gl-ass
4	Discourse	-Pairs up the pupils and pass out one of the pre-written index cards and two pieces of blank paper to each pair - as pupils to work together to write and draw as many words that begin with their L-blends - brings the class together and have them share out the new words they came up with
5	Evaluation	-pass out the *Beginning Blends Review Worksheet* for each student to complete independently -As pupils are working, assesses if they are able to identify L-blends and appropriately blend the sounds in a word together

Beginning Blends Review

Look at each picture. Which letters match the beginning of the word? Color in the bubble next to the correct answer.

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