SUBJECT: Phonics

TERM: 2^nd Term

LESSON PLAN FOR 5th WEEK

CLASS: PRIMARY 1

AGE: 6 years

DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: The short ‘e’ sound pattern

CONTENT: The short ‘e’ sound pattern

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

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

SET INDUCTION: The teachers uses the alphabet song to arouse the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Discussion, group activities,

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

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Spelling, reading and sorting words with the short e sounds

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	INTRODUCTION	-Asks the pupils to recite all the letters of the alphabet, vowels and long e sound(ee, ea, y) words - Introduces the new topic as ‘short e’ sound	Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION	- Explains that unlike the ‘long e’ sound, the ‘short e’ sound appears in only one form ‘e’ - Gives a list of word with the short e sound e pen tent wet cents ten rest	Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	GUIDED PRACTICE	- Asks the pupils to fill in the missing gap with the short ‘e’ sound and pronounce the word aloud B___d B___g F___d L__d R___d	Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Gives the pupils exercises on the short ‘e’ sound Use a word from the bracket to complete each sentence (pen, tent, wet, cents, ten, rest) 1. If you are in the rain, you might get ______ 2. I write with a ______ 3. On the camp, we slept in a ______ 4. We can spend twenty _______ 5. The number after nine is _______ 6. After a long walk, I like to have a _______	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 short e sounds

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSONS	- Revisits the previous lesson on short ‘e’ sounds	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	GUIDED PRACTICE	- Makes a list of more words containing the short ‘e’ sound and ask the pupils the pronounce them aloud repeatedly e bet let met net shed shell egg nest	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Gives the pupils exercises on short ‘e’ sounds Fill in the blanks in the story below using words from the box (bed, shed, dress, shell, egg, nest) One day, Sophie got out of _______. She put on a blue _______ and went to the _______. In a tree, she saw a bird’s ____ that had an ______ in it. Nearby on the grass, she saw a snail that had a large _______	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	EVALUATION	- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

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