Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 3

R-influenced vowels (ar and or)

SUBJECT: Phonics

TERM: 2nd Term

LESSON PLAN FOR 1st WEEK

CLASS : PRIMARY 3

AGE: 8 years

DURATION : 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : R-influenced vowels (ar and or)

CONTENT : R-influenced vowels (ar and or)

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

  1. Recognize and spell sets of words with ‘r’
  2. Be familiar with ‘r’ controlled spelling patterns

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

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses the ‘The bossy R’ song to arouse the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Objects with the ‘ar’ and ‘or’ sound, chart showing objects with the ‘ar’ and ‘or’ sound, white board, dry erase marker, word web,

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Spelling, reading and sorting words with the ‘ar’ sound

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

- Asks the pupils what they know about vowels

-Writes an r-controlled word on the board specifically the one that has the vowel ‘a’ preceding it

Card

And asks the pupils to pronounce it aloud and state their observations

- Explains that when r comes after any vowel in this case ‘a’, we cannot he

ar the vowel sound because the ‘r’ takes over making the ‘r’a bossy ‘r’

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS

- Makes a list of words containing ‘ar’ and ask the pupils the pronounce them aloud repeatedly

ar

far

scar

star

hard

yard

jar

bark

dark

harm

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Asks the pupils to join the word pieces and write the word on the line

1. st  +  ar

    _______

2. c   +   ar

    _______

3. h  +  ar  +  p

   ________

4. c  +  ar  +  d

   _________

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

-Gives the pupils exercises on r-influenced words ‘ar’

Choose the ‘ar’ word from the brackets and write it in the space provided

1. When I was fishing in the sea, I saw a (shark, park)

2. The third month of the year is (March, Starch)

3. We watched the funny(carpets, cartoons) on television

4. She grows lots of roses in her (pardon, garden)

5. If you do not eat food, you will (starve, carve)

6. He fired and got a bullseye on the (market, target)

7. The new student is very (smart, tart)

8. When it is ripe, we(harvest, garden0 the crop

9. When the fire (army, alarm) sounded, we left the room

10. I received a large (parcel, pardon) in the mail.

- 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 ‘or’ sound

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

- Asks the pupils what they know about vowels

-Writes an r-controlled word on the board specifically the one that has vowel(s) ‘o’ preceding it

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And asks the pupils to pronounce it aloud and state their observations

- Explains that when r comes after any vowel in this case ‘o’, we cannot hear the vowel sound because the ‘r’ takes over making the ‘r’a bossy ‘r’

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS

- Makes a list of words containing ‘or’ and ask the pupils the pronounce them aloud repeatedly

or

Porch

horse

forty

corner

order

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Asks the pupils to fill in the missing gaps with ‘or’, ‘ore’, ‘our’ and ‘oar’ and write their meanings beside it

1.  F ___

2. st____m

3. sh____

4. ___ginal

5. b___

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

-Gives the pupils exercises on r-influenced words ‘or’

b

t

o

r

c

h

c

e

h

o

r

s

e

o

f

s

h

o

r

t

u

o

n

o

r

t

h

r

r

s

h

o

r

e

s

e

s

t

o

r

m

e

Find the words in the grid and use them to complete the sentences

1. Josh is tall but Sam is ________

2. The cowboy put the saddle on the _______

3. The sailors in the wreck swam to the nearest ______

4. I met Sally on the golf ________

5. I used a ______ to see in the dark

6. The violent ______ wrecked many homes

7. They went east then turned ________

8. We left ______ he arrived

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

 



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