SUBJECT: PHONICS
TERM: 3rd TERM
LESSON PLAN FOR 1st WEEK
CLASS : PRIMARY 5
AGE: 10 years
DURATION : 3 periods of 40 mins each
DATE:
TOPIC : Sound patterns ‘au’ and ‘ou’
CONTENT : Sound patterns ‘au’ and ‘ou’
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to;
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 ‘au’ and ‘ou’ sounds, chart showing objects with the ‘au’ and ‘ou’ sound, white board, dry erase marker, clue cards
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
PERIOD 1 AND 2: 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’ sound e.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 Use the words in the bracket to complete the sentences below (autumn, auction, exhaust, gauze, caution, sausage, authentic, nausea, automatic, tarpaulin) 1. She suffered ________ from the smell of the chemical 2. They placed some _______ around the deep wound 3. The house was sold at an _____ last week 4. In the USA, they refer to ______ as the fall 5. The strong ______ was used to cover the perishable goods 6. I ate a spicy ______ at the barbecue 7. My father just bought a car with an ________ gear 8. The manager handled the matter with great ______ 9. The frame on the wall is fake, but this one here is quite ________ 10. The fumes coming from the _______ fans permeated the room | The 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 ‘ou’ graphemes
S/N | STEPS | TEACHER’S ACTIVITY | PUPILS ACTIVITY |
1 | INTRODUCTION | -Revises the ‘ow’ sound pattern treated previously
- Introduces the grapheme ‘ou’ | Pupils listen, observe and participate |
2 | 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 ow oo u rout you cough sound youth tough sour route rough round routine wrought souse troupe found wound | 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 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 |
4 | INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME | - Gives the pupils exercises on the ‘ou’ sound Write each of the words in the bracket below beside its meaning below (cougar, flounder, routine, acoustics, cousin, mountain, moustache, toucan, amount, soup) 1. hair below nose _______ 2. kind of fish ________ 3. wild cat __________ 4. colourful bird _________ 5. to do with sound ________ 6. very high hill __________ 7. daily practice _________ 8. watery food _________ 9. relation __________ 10. quantity __________ | Pupils listen, observe and participate |
5 | EVALUATION | - Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary |
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