SUBJECT: Phonics

TERM: 1^st Term

WEEK: 5

CLASS: PRIMARY 1

AGE: 6 years

DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: Homophones

CONTENT: Homophones (four, for) (sun, son) (sale, sail) (tale, tail) (no, know) (male, mail)

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

Define the term ‘Homophones’
Give examples and meanings of some pairs
recognize and discern homophones in text

ENTRY BEHAVIOR: Pupils can identify alphabet letters

SET INDUCTION: The teachers uses the sentences: ‘there are three things wrong with these sentences. Raise your hand when you see them’. To arouse the students by asking them to figure it out within a specified time

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: index cards, timer, Holy homophones worksheet

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Identification, sounding and spelling homophones

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	INTRODUCTION	-Explains that homophones are words that sound the same but have different meaning and spellings -draws a T-chart on the board and writes two common homophones in the heading sections of the T-chart e.g ‘no’ and ‘know’ - Explains that ‘no’ can be used to say you cannot do something or something is not allowed while ‘know’ means to understand something	Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING	-in the T-chart, draw a picture that represents each homophone(i.e a facing shaking back and forth under ‘no’, and a light bulb under ‘know’ - Asks pupils volunteers to think of sentences that use homophones (e.g ‘My mom said no’ and ‘I know my name’) and write the sentences under the correct words. Keep going until there are three sentences under each	Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	GUIDED PRACTICE/INTERACTIVE MODELLING	- Hands out Holy homophones worksheets to each pupil - explains the directions of the worksheet and have the pupils complete them independently -walk around the room to monitor the pupils and help as needed	Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Have pupils create their own sentences with incorrect homophones, then switch papers and identify - asks the pupils to use their dictionaries to find the meaning of the following words 1. tale 2. tail 3. no 4. know 5. male 6. mail	Pupils listen, observe and participate
5	EVALUATION	- She writes this short exercise on the board Choose the correct word to answer each sentence 1. Tom doesn’t _____ his baby’s name(no, know) 2. the cat bit the dog on the _______(tale, tail) 3. Mrs Johnson gave birth to a _______ child(male, mail)

PERIOD 3: Identification, sounding and spelling homophones

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	INTRODUCTION	-Explains that homophones are words that sound the same but have different meaning and spellings -draws a T-chart on the board and writes two common homophones in the heading sections of the T-chart e.g ‘for’ and ‘four’ - Explains that ‘four’ is a numeral while ‘for’ means to something belonging, given or sent to someone	Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING	-in the T-chart, draw a picture that represents each homophone (i.e., number ‘4’, and a set of books with a person holding it under ‘for’ - Asks pupils volunteers to think of sentences that use homophones (e.g ‘she is four years old’ and ‘I left the presents for Steph’) and write the sentences under the correct words. Keep going until there are three sentences under each	Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	GUIDED PRACTICE/INTERACTIVE MODELLING	- Hands out Holy homophones worksheets to each pupil - explains the directions of the worksheet and have the pupils complete them independently -walk around the room to monitor the pupils and help as needed	Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Have pupils create their own sentences with incorrect homophones, then switch papers and identify - asks the pupils to use their dictionaries to find the meaning of the following words 1. four 2. for 3. sun 4. son 5. sale 6. sail	Pupils listen, observe and participate
5	EVALUATION	- She writes this short exercise on the board Choose the correct word to answer each sentence 1. The gorgeous socks are on ______ at Walmart(sale, sail) 2. The _____ is shining brightly(son, sun) 3. She has ______ cars(four, for)

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