Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 5

Sound patterns ‘or’ and ‘oa’

SUBJECT: PHONICS

TERM: 3rd TERM

LESSON PLAN FOR 6th WEEK

CLASS : PRIMARY 5

AGE: 10 years

DURATION : 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Sound patterns ‘or’ and ‘oa’

CONTENT : Sound patterns ‘or’ and ‘oa’

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

  1. Recognize and spell sets of words with ‘or’ and ‘oa’

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 ‘oa’ sound, chart showing objects with the ‘or’ and ‘oa’ sound, white board, dry erase marker, word web,

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2:  Spelling, reading and sorting words with the ‘or’ sound

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STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

- Asks the pupils what they know about vowels

 

-Writes a ‘or’ sound pattern word on the board

 

Torch

 

And asks the pupils to pronounce it aloud and state their observations

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS

- Explains further that the sound pattern ‘or’ have four spellings

a. ‘or’ as in sword

b. ‘oar’ as in board

c. ‘oor’ as in poor

d. ‘our’ as in your

 

- Makes a list of words containing ‘or’ sound pattern and ask the pupils to pronounce them aloud repeatedly

or

broad

floor

enormous

four

sponsor

door

moor

roar

core

meteor

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

3

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Dictates the following words for the pupils to write down in their notebooks

1. enormous

2. organ

3. orchard

4. broad

5. floor

6. four

7. sponsor

8. door

9. moor

10. roar

11. core

12. meteor

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

-Gives the pupils exercises on the ‘or’ sound pattern

Fill in the gaps with the right words from the bracket

(broad, floor, enormous, four, sponsor, door, moor, roar, core, meteor)

1. She grimaced as she bit into the apple’s ______

2. She hid behind the ______ when she heard the intruder

3. I asked my parents to _______ me in the fun run

4. The lion’s _______ made everyone jump

5. The astronomer followed the path of the ______ across the sky

6. He was well known for his ______ shoulders

7. There were ______ students in the group

8. He had to mop the _______ after he left his muddy footprints

9. An elephant is ______ when compared with a tiny mouse

10. She was terrified as she walked across the gloomy ________

- Pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

 

 

PERIOD 3:  Recognition, spelling and reading the ‘oa’ graphemes

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STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

-Revises the ‘or’ sound pattern

 

- Introduces the grapheme ‘oa’ as one of the variations of the Long ‘o’ sound

Pupils listen, observe and participate

2

TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION

- Explains that the sound ‘oa’ takes the sound of the ‘o’ letter name

- Gives a list of word with the ‘oa’ sound

oa

road

loaves

throat

coach

boat

boast

broach

hoax

whoa

cocoa

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 goat(oa)

 

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

Pupils listen, observe and participate

4

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils exercises on the ‘oa’ sound

Choose the correct ‘oa’ word in the brackets to complete the sentences

1. The baker has seven ________ of bread in the oven (loaves, oats)

2. Be careful as you _______ the old bridge(poach, approach)

3. Around this castle is a deep _______. (float, moat)

4. In 1850, a _______ service ran between the towns. (coach, boast)

5. John has a very sore _______. (bloat, throat)

6. We tried to ______ the kitten down from the roof. (loam, coax)

7. I had a hot drink of _________ in the morning. (whoa, cocoa)

8. It was only an April Fool’s Day _______. (hoax, broach)

Pupils listen, observe and participate

5

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

 



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