Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 4

Sound patterns 'ee' and 'oa'

SUBJECT: PHONICS

TERM: 2ND TERM

LESSON PLAN FOR 7th WEEK

CLASS: PRIMARY 4

AGE: 9 years

DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: Sound patterns ee and oa

CONTENT: Sound patterns ee and oa

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

  1. Spell, read and sort words with the ‘ee’ and ‘oa’ sound patterns

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 ‘ee’ and ‘oa’ sound, chart showing objects with the ‘ee’ and ‘oa’ sound, white board, dry erase marker, mirror

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Spelling, reading and sorting words with the long e sound(ee)

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    made  tree  runeasy   rain    bee    may    seed   fun    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 ‘ee’ sound

 

-Then the teacher comes up with a list of words with the ‘ee’ sounds

ee

bee

tree

teeth                   

peel                   

sweet                

deed                  

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

SPELLING GENERALISATIONS

- Explains that the ‘ee’ can be found in the middle of the word and occassionally at the end of the word

 

ee

breeze                 

creep                   

speech                

three

flee

agree

Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Dictates the following words for the pupils to write in their note books

1. sleep

2. weed

3. breeze

4. sneeze

5. referee

6. leech

7. canteen

8. screech

Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils the below exercise to work on independently

Unscramble the ‘ee’ words below and write them beside their meanings below

Keel breeze succeed toffee sneeze canteen screech heed steeple referee leech cheerful

1. to be successful _______

2. place to get a meal _______

3. to yell loudly _________

4. part of a ship _______

5. Light wind ___________

6. happy, carefree ________

7. part of a church ________

8. umpire ___________

9. hard sweet __________

10. blood-sucking creature _________

11. to take notice of ___________

12. involuntary cough _________

Pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

 

 

PERIOD 3: Recognition, spelling and reading the ‘oa’ graphemes

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

-Revises the Long and short vowel sounds we’ve treated before

 

- Introduces the grapheme ‘oa’ as one of the variations of the Long ‘o’ sound

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION

- Explains that the sound ‘oa’ takes the sound of the ‘o’ letter name

- Gives a list of word with the ‘oa’ sound

oa

oak

cloak

croak

goat

road

Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Shows the pupils clue cards with the grapheme in front and a clue word at the back. Have them say the clue word then sound the grapheme it represents e.g goat(oa)

 

- Shows the children several images of words containing the grapheme ‘oa’ and asks them to pronounce it aloud

Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils exercises on the ‘oa’ sound

Write the words in the bracket where appropriate in the sentences

(approach, cocoa, soaking, toadstool, moat, loathe, loaves, hoax, coax, boastful, cloak, foam)

1. I really _______ having to clean up my room

2. The baker gave away the ______ of bread to a charity

3. Around the castle was a deep _______

4. I tried to _____ the horse into the float

5. There was a lot of _____ in the glass of beer

6. The pilot said we would _____ the airport shortly

7. I had a cup of warm _____ for supper

8. Adamu is a very _____ boy, always talking to himself

9. The visitor wore a long ______ to the dance

10. I am ______ the seeds tonight

11. We tried not to mix up the _____ with the mushroom

12. The people believed them, but later realized it

Was a ______

Pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

 



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