SUBJECT: PHONICS

TERM: 3^RDTERM

LESSON PLAN FOR 5th WEEK

CLASS: PRIMARY 2

AGE: 7 years

DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: Sound patterns ‘ow’

CONTENT: Sound patterns ‘ow’

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

Recognize, read and spell the ‘ow’ graphemes

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

SET INDUCTION: The teachers uses the ‘Oh did you see the Billy goat’ song to arouse the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Discussion, group activities, songs

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Objects with the ‘ow’ grapheme, chart showing objects with the ‘ow’ grapheme sound, white board, dry erase marker, clue cards

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Recognition, spelling and reading the ‘ow’ graphemes

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	INTRODUCTION	-Revises the Long and short vowel sounds we’ve treated before - Introduces the grapheme ‘ow’ as one of the variations of the Long ‘o’ sound	Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION	- Explains that the sound ‘ow’ takes the sound of the ‘o’ letter name and could also sound as ‘ow’ e.g crowd - Gives a list of word with the ‘ow’ sound ow long o cow mow flower row clown narrow crown sow	Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	GUIDED PRACTICE	- Shows the pupils clue cards with the grapheme in front and a clue word at the back. Have them say the clue word then sound the grapheme it represents e.g snow(long o) Or owl(ow) - Shows the children several images of words containing the grapheme ‘ow’ and asks them to pronounce it aloud	Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Gives the pupils exercises on the ‘ow’ sound Among the words in the bracket, Choose a word that can be linked to the given word (clown, crown, cow, owl, bow, flower) 1. bird _______ 2. king _______ 3. circus ______ 4. milk ______ 5. Petal ______ 6. Actor ______	Pupils listen, observe and participate
5	EVALUATION	- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

PERIOD 3: Recognition, spelling and reading the ‘ow’ graphemes

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSONS	- Revisits the previous lesson on the ‘ow’ sounds	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	GUIDED PRACTICE	- Makes a list of more words containing the ‘ow’ sound and ask the pupils the pronounce them aloud repeatedly ow yellow elbow shower lower wow	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Gives the pupils exercises on ‘ow’ sounds Complete the sentences by supplying the missing letters from the ones in the bracket. The words are all pronounced with the ow sound as in cow (own, ers, el, own, er, n, er, d) 1. Sally wore a long g_____ to the ball 2. I dried myself with the tow____ 3. I picked some flow ______ from the garden 4. At the circus the cl_____ made us laugh 5. There was a large crow____ at the concert 6. After we finished the race we had a show____ 7. The queen wore a crow____ on her head 8. There is a tall tow_____ in our city	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	EVALUATION	- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

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