SUBJECT: PHONICS

TERM: 3^RD TERM

LESSON PLAN FOR 3rd WEEK

CLASS: PRIMARY 4

AGE: 9 years

DURATION: 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC: Sound patterns ‘ou’ and ‘ur’

CONTENT: Sound patterns ‘ou’and ‘ur’

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

Recognize, read and spell the ‘ou’ and ‘ur’ graphemes

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

SET INDUCTION: The teachers uses the ‘I pricked my thumb with a needle’ song to arouse the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Discussion, group activities,Songs

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Objects with the ‘ou’ and ‘ur’ grapheme, chart showing objects with the ‘ou’ and ‘ur’ grapheme sound, white board, dry erase marker, clue cards

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Recognition, spelling and reading the ‘ou’ graphemes

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

INTRODUCTION

-Revises the ‘ow’ sound pattern treated previously

- Introduces the grapheme ‘ou’

Pupils listen, observe and participate

TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION

- Explains that the sound ‘ou’ can be sounded in three forms

1. ‘ow’ e.g bough

2. long ‘oo’ sound e.g troupe

3. Short ‘u’ sound e.g rough

- Gives a list of word with the ‘ou’ sound in the explained variations

owoo u

rout you cough

sound youth tough

sour route rough

round routine wrought

souse troupe

found wound

Pupils listen, observe and participate

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 round(ow)

Or wound(oo)

Or rough(u)

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

Pupils listen, observe and participate

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils exercises on the ‘ou’ sound

Group each of the below words under the right sound patterns

Youth, founder, double, hound, soup, cousin, group, devour, trouble, touch, you, astound

ou=ow sound	ou=long oo sound	ou= short ‘u’ sound

Pupils listen, observe and participate

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

PERIOD 3: Spelling, reading and sorting words with the ‘ur’ 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 Turn And asks the pupils to pronounce it aloud and state their observations - Explains that sometimes ‘ur’ makes an ‘er’ sound e.g fur, hurt etc	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS	- Makes a list of words containing ‘ur’ and ask the pupils the pronounce them aloud repeatedly ur murder turnip turkey absurd suburb urgent	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	GUIDED PRACTICE	- Dictates the below words for the pupils to write down in their notebooks murder turnip turkey absurd suburb urgent burden	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	-Gives the pupils exercises on sound pattern ‘ur’ Write each of the ‘ur’ words in the bracket beside its meaning below (hamburger, murder, furniture, turnip, turkey, surgeon, absurd, purchase, suburb, urgent, sunburn, burden) 1. stupid, ridiculous _________ 2. root vegetable _________ 3. tables, chair _______ 4. takeaway foods _________ 5. type of doctor _________ 6. buy __________ 7. needing immediate attention _________ 8. load _________ 9. outskirts of a city _________ 10. farmyard bird ________ 11. kill illegally _______ 12. skin damage from the sun _________	- Pupils listen, observe and participate
5	EVALUATION	- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

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