Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 2

The long ‘e’ sound pattern (ei, ie and ey)

SUBJECT: PHONICS

TERM: 1ST TERM

LESSON PLAN FOR 6th WEEK

CLASS: PRIMARY 2

AGE: 7 years

DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: The long ‘e’ sound pattern (ei, ie and ey)

CONTENT: The long ‘e’ sound pattern (ei, ie and ey)

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

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

ENTRY 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 (ei, ie)

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  belief  made  tree  runeasy   rain    bee    may    seed   fun   alley eight    beatreceipt 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

ei                        ie

conceit               field

ceiling                believe

perceive             belief

receipt                brief

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

SPELLING GENERALISATIONS

- Explains that the ‘ei’ and ‘ie’ sound can both be found in the middle of the word

ei                           ie

conceive               chief

receive                  niece

Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

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

Pr___st

S___ge

P___ce

Conc__t

Rec___pt

Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils the below exercise to work on independently

Find the long e words and write them beside their meanings

(niece, conceive, receive, chief, brief)

1. To collect   _________

2. Pregnancy _________

3. Female relation ________

4. short __________

5. A ruler  ____________

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(ey)

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 key    made tree run easy   rain    bee    may    seed   fun  alley   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 (ey)

Valley

Galley

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

SPELLING GENERALISATIONS

- Explains that the ‘ey’ 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

All___

Gall___

Vall___

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

(steam, here, weak, scene, dream, fleas, teeth, sweet)

1. After her operation, Sophie felt quite _______

2. Jack cleans his _______ after each meal

3. A lot of _____ was coming off the boiling water

4. The teacher ordered the children to come ______

5. The tea with the sugar tasted _________

6. The artist painted a ______ of the ocean

7. Last night, I had a ______ about dinosaurs

8. We sprayed our puppy to kill all the _______

Pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

 



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