Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 3

Homophones

SUBJECT: Phonics

TERM: 1st Term

LESSON PLAN FOR 3rd WEEK

CLASS : PRIMARY 3

AGE: 8 years

DURATION : 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Homophones

CONTENT : Homophones

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

  1. Define the term ‘Homophones’
  2. Give examples and meanings of some pairs
  3. 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 ‘ate’ and ‘eat’

- Explains that ‘ate’ is the past tense of ‘eat’ while ‘eight’ means a number

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

-in the T-chart, draw a picture that represents each homophone(i.e a plate of food blazing hot under ‘eat’, and number eight ‘eight’

- Asks pupils volunteers to think of sentences that use homophones (e.g ‘I ate rice and salad last night’ and ‘Eight is my favourite number’) 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

- Makes a list of some homophones so that the pupils can read it aloud repeatedly

Pair  pear

Bean  been

Ball    bawl

Ate     eight

Sea    see

Tow   toe

Flour  flower

Rose   rows

 

Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils the below exercises

Use the words in the bracket to complete the sentences below

(deer, steel, week, fir, dear, steal, wear, fur)

1. The thief tried to ________ the diamond

2. a large _____ tree grew in the forest

3. It is just a ______ to my birthday

4. After her operation, Margaret felt quite ______

5. The wolves ran after the _____ and its fawn

6. This device is made of stainless _______

7. There seemed to be a lot of fleas in the _______ of the dog

8. These shoes are cheap, but the ones on the table are _______

Pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

 

- Monitors and corrects where necessary

 

 

PERIOD 3: Identification, sounding and spelling homophones

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSONS

- Revisits the previous lesson on homophones

 

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Makes a list of more homophones and ask the pupils the pronounce them aloud repeatedly

Rein      rain

Won     one

Cent     scent

Brake   break

Cell       sell

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils exercises homophones

These homophones are cramped up. Find each pair and write them together.

sum ring hole rose hour toe wring roar row stow blue blew our whole raw some

1. __________

____________

2.  __________

____________

3. . __________

____________

4. . __________

____________

5. . __________

____________

6. . __________

____________

7. ___________

  ____________

8. ___________

  ____________

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

 



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