SUBJECT: PHONICS

TERM: 2^ND TERM

LESSON PLAN FOR 1st WEEK

CLASS: PRIMARY 4

AGE: 9 years

DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: Silent letters

CONTENT: Silent letters

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

Recognize and spell sets of words with silent letters
Be familiar with words with silent letters

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 silent letters, chart showing objects with the silent letters, white board, dry erase marker, word web,

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Spelling, reading and sorting words with silent letters

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	INTRODUCTION	- Asks the pupils what they know about vowels -Writes a word on the board that contains silent letters And asks the pupils to pronounce it aloud and state their observations - Explains that when they are contained in a word silent or unsounded letters, they are called silent words	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS	- Makes a list of words containing silent letters and ask the pupils the pronounce them aloud repeatedly hate name climb crumb thumb tomb	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	GUIDED PRACTICE	- Tells the pupils that many words contain silent or unsounded letters. - Pupils are to work in pairs. Each pupil must think of words that have silent letters in them	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	-Gives the pupils exercises on the silent letters Complete the words below by adding their missing silent letters 1. lam__(baby sheep) 2. de__t(money owed) 3. this__le(prickly plant) 4. cas___le(large home for royalty) 5. dou__t(uncertainty) 6. __nock(hit) 7. thum___(digit of the hand) 8. hym__(sacred song) 9. we__nesday(day of the week) 10. of___en(many times) 11. s__ssors(cutting implement) 12. ___nife(utensil)	- 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 silent letters

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSONS	- Revisits the previous lesson on silent letters	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	GUIDED PRACTICE	- Makes a list of more words containing silent letters and ask the pupils the pronounce them aloud repeatedly Knee Castle Knife Palm Lamb School Thistle	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Gives the pupils exercises on silent letters Each of the wors in the brackets contains a silent letter. Match each word with its meaning below (calf, knee, beret, wrong, yolk, school, sword, palm) 1. not correct ______ 2. place of learning _____ 3. steel weapon ______ 4. part of your hand ______ 5. baby cow ______ 6. soft cap ______ 7. part of an egg ______ 8. Joint of the leg ________ Each of the incomplete words below contain a silent letter, complete the word and circle the silent letter in it 1. h_____(sixty minutes) 2. k_____(joint of the finger) 3. c_____(implement for your hair) 4. d_____(small boat) 5. p_____(person who mends taps) 6. c_____(shop to buy medicine) 7. s_____(smell) 8. k_____(found on a door)	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	EVALUATION	- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

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