Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 4
Sound patterns 'or' and 'ow'
Sound patterns 'or' and 'ow'
SUBJECT: PHONICS
TERM: 3RD TERM
LESSON PLAN FOR 2nd WEEK
CLASS: PRIMARY 4
AGE: 9 years
DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each
DATE:
TOPIC: Sound patterns ‘or’ and ‘ow’
CONTENT: Sound patterns ‘or’ and ‘ow’
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to;
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 ‘or’ and ‘ow’ sound, chart showing objects with the ‘or’ and ‘ow’ sound, white board, dry erase marker, word web,
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
PERIOD 1 AND 2: 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’, ‘ou’ and ‘oa’ preceding it Torch
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 enormous organ morsel hornet gorgeous scorch sword tornado orchard | - Pupils listen, observe and participate |
3 | GUIDED PRACTICE | - Dictates the following words for the pupils to write down in their notebooks enormous organ morsel hornet gorgeous scorch sword tornado orchard | - Pupils listen, observe and participate |
4 | INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME | -Gives the pupils exercises on r-influenced words ‘or’ Write each ‘or’ word beside its meaning 1. large wasp ________ 2.to burn _______ 3. huge _______ 4. pretty to look at ______ 5. soak up ________ 6. strong wind _______ 7. verandah ______ 8. direction ________ 9. musical instrument _________ 10. small scrap of food _________ 11. metal weapon _______ 12. farm of fruit trees _______ | - Pupils listen, observe and participate |
5 | EVALUATION | - Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary |
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PERIOD 3: Recognition, spelling and reading the ‘ow’ graphemes
S/N | STEPS | TEACHER’S ACTIVITY | PUPILS ACTIVITY |
1 | INTRODUCTION | -Revises the ‘or’ sound we treated previously
- Introduces the grapheme ‘ow’ as one of the variations of the Long ‘o’ sound | Pupils listen, observe and participate |
2 | TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION | - Explains that the sound ‘ow’ could appear in these forms 1. like an ‘au’ sound e.g how, fowl etc 2. as a long ‘o’ sound e.g low, grow etc
- Gives a list of word with the ‘ow’ sound ow long o cow mow flower row clown narrow crown sow | 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 snow(long o) Or owl(ow) - Shows the children several images of words containing the grapheme ‘ow’ and asks them to pronounce it aloud | Pupils listen, observe and participate |
4 | INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME | - Gives the pupils exercises on the ‘ow’ sound Write each of the ‘ow’ words in the bracket beside a word it can be linked to below (coward, town, powder, vowel, eyebrows, trowel, drowsy, renown, rowdy, jowls) 1. sleepy _______ 2. village _______ 3. noisy _______ 4. Hero _______ 5. talc ________ 6. consonant ______ 7. concrete _______ 8. eyelashes _______ 9. fame _________ 10. jaw ________
Choose the right word from the bracket to complete the sentences below (rainbow, sparrow, shallow, burrow, elbow) 1. The rabbit ran down its _________ 2. A large _______ appeared in the cloud 3. He hurt his _______ when he fell on the ground 4. That water is deep but this is _______ 5. The ______ built its nest in the tree | Pupils listen, observe and participate |
5 | EVALUATION | - Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary |
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