Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 5

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STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSON/INTRODUCTION

- Revises the previous lesson on the ‘ch’ and ‘sh’ sounds

- Introduces the topic on the board as Sounding, identifying and writing the short and long ‘ea’ sound

The pupils listen, observe and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

- Explains that the letters ‘ea’ together are sometimes pronounced as

1. long ‘e’ sound e.g beat, meat etc

2. Long ‘a’ sound e.g break, steak etc

3. short ‘e’ e.g head, bread etc

ea(Long e)

meat

pea

leaf

seat

seal

ea(short e)

head

dead

bread

deaf

breast

dread

ea(Long a)

break

steak

The pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Shows the pupils clue cards with the short and long ‘ea’ sound in front and a clue word at the back. Have them say the clue word then sound long ‘ea’ or short ‘ea’ as the case may

e.g

short ‘ea’ sound

Feather

Leather

Long ‘ea’ sound

Beans

Beast

beam

-Shows the children several images of words containing the short and long ‘ea’ sound and asks them to pronounce it aloud

The pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils the exercise below

Use the ‘ea’(long e sound) words in the bracket to complete the sentences

(dreary, peace, breathe, bleach, conceal, increased, grease, disease, eagle, decrease)

1. The two warring countries decided to broker a ________ treaty

2. The thief tried to _______ the whereabouts of the missing jewels

3. I ________ my hair to make it blonde

4. The thick smoke made it difficult for us to ________

5. The company _____ the salaries of all the workers last month

6. The sea ______ swooped down and picked up the fish

7. We hope road accidents will _______ now that traffic lights are there

8. Her sister advised her to stop wearing those _________ colours

9. Cancer is now turning into an incurable ________

10. The mechanic smeared ________ around the joints of the vehicle

The pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

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STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSONS

- Revisits the previous lesson on the long and short ‘ea’ sounds

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Makes a list of more words containing the long and short ‘ea’ sound and ask the pupils to pronounce them aloud repeatedly

Long ‘ea’               short ‘ea’

Feast                     wealth

Flea                       health

Freak                     stealth

Gear                      leapt

Gleam                   meant

Near                      zealot

Mean                     breath

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils exercises on the long and short ‘ea’ sounds

Write the ‘ea’ words in the bracket beside the words they can be linked to below. The words have either long ‘a’ or short ‘e’ sounds

(heavy, weapon, death, steak, weather, jealousy, break, dread, head, sweat)

1. gun _______

2. envy _______

3. weight _______

4. smash _______

5. grave _______

6. meat ______

7. climate ______

8. perspiration _______

9. neck _______

10. fear _______

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary