Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 2

The long ‘o’ sound pattern (o, ough, oe)

SUBJECT: PHONICS

TERM: 1ST TERM

LESSON PLAN FOR 8th WEEK

CLASS: PRIMARY 2

AGE: 7 years

DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: The long ‘o’ sound pattern (o, ough, oe)

CONTENT: The long ‘o’ sound pattern (o, ough, oe)

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

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

ENTRY BEHAVIOR: Pupils can identify that all the vowels have both short and long sounds

SET INDUCTION: The teachers uses the ‘o as in ……….’ chant to arouse the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Discussion, group activities,

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

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Spelling, reading and sorting words with the long o sound (o, ough)

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STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

- With a mirror or a partner, She pronounces the ‘o’ sound repeatedly. Emphasizing that the long ‘o’ sound takes the form of the letter name ‘o’

- Writes a list of words on the board and asks the pupils to help identify the ones with the long ‘o’ sound which she underlines

 

high    made goat tree dough    easy    poach bike    bee spoke rice    seed   ride bloat    eight    pride    tube    smile    whole fan    spike    run   oval white rose

 

- The pupils are grouped into pairs and asked to come up with a list of words with the long ‘o’ sound

-Then the teacher comes up with a T-chart of some letter combinations of the long ‘o’ sound

o                            ough

hotel                      dough

program                though

total                       although

oval

no

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

SPELLING GENERALISATIONS

- Explains that the ‘o’ can be found in the middle of the word and occasionally at the beginning of the word while ‘ough’ words can be found at the end of the word                

o                               ough

ago                           dough

gecko                       though

no                             although

total

oval                      

Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Asks the pupils to determine  whether each missing gaps will be the Long ‘o’ sound ‘o’ or ‘ough’

T__tal

__val

Alth___

D____

Y__ga

Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils the below exercise to work on independently

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Find out the long ‘o’ words from the grid above and write each besides its meaning

1. digits on your feet _______

2. small horse _________

3. Flower _________

4. dogs like to eat them ______

5. to sleep _________

6. near __________

7. Turned to ice ________

8. a feature on your face _______

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 o sound(oe)

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

- With a mirror or a partner, She pronounces the ‘o’ sound repeatedly. Emphasizing that the long ‘o’ sound takes the form of the letter name ‘o’

- Writes a list of words on the board and asks the pupils to help identify the ones with the long ‘o’ sound which she underlines

high toe   made goa tree    easy    poach bike foe    bee snow spoke rice    seed   ride bloat    eight    pride    tube  borrow smile    whole fan    spike    run    white rose

- The pupils are grouped into pairs and asked to come up with a list of words with the long ‘o’ sound specifically with letter combinations (oe)

Doe

Roe

Woe

Oboe

Aloe

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

SPELLING GENERALISATIONS

- Explains that the ‘oe’ represents the Long ‘o’ sound at the end of a word

 

Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Asks the pupils to fill in the missing gaps

Al___

D___

R___

Ob__

T___

Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils the exercise below

Add a word piece from the bracket to complete the words or letters in the sentence below

(work,  ter,  ly,  age,  er,  en,  ate,  ful)

1. The new toy is already bro____

2. The wealthy lady will don____ some money to the charity

3. Our teacher gave us some home____ last night

4. We are hope____ that the lost dog will be found

5. I bought five post____ stamps this morning

6. I put slices of bread in the toas_____

7. Sam cut the thick grass with the mow_____

8. When everyone had left he felt quite lone___

Pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

 



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