SUBJECT: PHONICS

TERM: 2^ND TERM

LESSON PLAN FOR 5th WEEK

CLASS: PRIMARY 4

AGE: 9 years

DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: Sound patterns ‘aw’ and ‘au’

CONTENT: Sound patterns ‘aw’ and ‘au’

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

Recognize, read and spell the ‘aw’ and ‘au’ sounds

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

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses the ‘See the donkey in its stall’ song to arouse the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES :Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS :Objects with the ‘aw’ and ‘au’ sounds, chart showing objects with the ‘aw’ and ‘au’ sound, white board, dry erase marker, clue cards

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Sounding, identification and writing words with diagraphs ‘aw’

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSON/INTRODUCTION	- Revises the previous lesson on short vowel sounds - Introduces the topic on the board as Sounding, identifying and writing words with diagraphs ‘aw’	The pupils listen, observe and participate
2	EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING	- Explains that the letters ‘aw’ are pronounced like an ‘or’ sound - Writes words with the diagraph ‘aw’ on the board and sounds it repeatedly aw raw claw draw thaw straw	The pupils listen, observe and participate
3	GUIDED PRACTICE	- dictates each of the words containing ‘aw’ for the pupils to write down in their notes Hawk Squawk Dawn Fawn Lawn	The pupils listen, observe and participate
4	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Gives the pupils the exercise below Complete the sentences using the options on the left side (awesome, awkward, drawl, gnaw, outlaw, scrawl, sprawled, trawler, strawberries, flaw) 1. There is a small ______ in each of these new notes 2. When some people speak, they are said to _______ 3. An ______ is a well-known criminal 4. When the boy was exhausted, he ______ over the bed 5. The tall youngster is clumsy and quite ______ 6. The mouse began to _____ in the cardboard box it was in 7. the ______ hauled up its nets full of sardines 8. We poured rich cream all over the ________ 9. His writing is not much more than an untidy _______ 10. I can only describe his great performance as _________	The pupils listen, observe and participate
5	EVALUATION	- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

PERIOD 3: Sounding, identification and writing words with diagraphs ‘au’

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSON/INTRODUCTION	- Revises the previous lesson on sound pattern ‘aw’ - Introduces the topic on the board as Sounding, identifying and writing words with diagraphs ‘au’	The pupils listen, observe and participate
2	EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING	- Explains that the letters ‘au’ are pronounced like 1. ‘or’ sounde.g sauce 2. short ‘o’ sound e.g sausage - Writes words with the diagraph ‘au’ on the board and sounds it repeatedly au sauce haul maul paul daub	The pupils listen, observe and participate
3	GUIDED PRACTICE	- dictates each of the words containing ‘au’ for the pupils to write down in their notes Taut Fraud Cause Pause Fault	The pupils listen, observe and participate
4	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Gives the pupils the exercise below Complete the sentences with the words in the bracket (exhaust, saucer, taut, fraud, autumn, applause, automatic, auction, cause, sausage) 1. There was a lot of ______ for her fine performance 2. The gears on this new car are ______ and not manual 3. The coloured leaves fell from the trees in the ______ 4. The ______ on this old car makes it noisy 5. The boys pulled the string ______ to keep it tight 6. The people who gave money found out later it was a ______ 7. The cup and its _____ are on the table 8. I baked the ______ in the oven 9. The house was sold at an ______ last Saturday 10. We do not know the ______ of the problem yet	The pupils listen, observe and participate
5	EVALUATION	- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

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