Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 5

Sound patterns 'au' and 'ou'

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;

  1. Recognize, read and spell the ‘au’ and ‘ou’ 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 ‘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

 

 

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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