Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 3

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

SUBJECT: Phonics

TERM: 1st Term

LESSON PLAN FOR 5th WEEK

CLASS : PRIMARY 3

AGE: 8 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  run easy   rain    bee    may    seed   fun   alley eight    beat receipt 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

Write each long e word from the bracket below beside a word it can be linked to in some way

(easy, neat, trapeze, beetle, canteen, season, peanut, greedy, neon, asleep)

1. autumn ______

2. difficult _______

3. circus  ________

4. glutton _______

5. light _________

6. awake _______

7. hazelnut ______

8. Untidy _______

9. food   ________

10. Insect  _______

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

Write each long e word from the bracket in its correct sentence below

(fever, even, here, these, compete, female, cedar, evening, meter, complete)

1. A male pig is a boar, while a _______ pig is called a sow

2. The numbers five and seven are odd while two and four are _______

3. We waited until ______

before going outside

4. the two schools are going to _______ against each other in sport

5. The workers hope to _______ the new road by May

6. In our garden is a water ______ that tells how much water we use

7. The man instructed his two dogs to come ______

8. Isabelle is quite ill with a ______

9. A large _____ tree is growing in the backyard

10. We do not know who _______ belong to

Pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

 



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