Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 6
Hard and soft 'g'
Hard and soft 'g'
SUBJECT: PHONICS
TERM: 1ST TERM
LESSON PLAN FOR 7thWEEK
CLASS : PRIMARY 6
AGE: 11 years
DURATION : 3 periods of 40 mins each
DATE:
TOPIC : Hard and soft ‘g’
CONTENT : Hard and soft ‘g’
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to;
ENTRY BEHAVIOR: Pupils can identify alphabet letters
SET INDUCTION: The teachers uses pictures of familiar objects with hard and soft ‘g’
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Discussion, group activities,
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Class set of the Consonants: Hard or soft?, set of mini whiteboards and dry erase markers, pencils, scissors, glue, pencils,
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
PERIOD 1 AND 2: Identification and sounding of hard and soft ‘g’ sound
S/N | STEPS | TEACHER’S ACTIVITY | PUPILS ACTIVITY |
1 | INTRODUCTION | - Asks the pupils to name the 5 vowels A, E, I, O, U. Asks them what makes vowels special. (Each letters make two sounds, vowels are sometimes silent within a word) - Tells the pupils that today they’ll learn about some special consonants that also make two sounds- ‘G’ - She introduces the soft ‘g’ sound as in /j/- germ and the hard ‘g’ sound as in /g/- goat - She shows the pupil a handy trick to figure out if it will be a soft or hard ‘g’ sound; If the letter after the ‘g’ sound is ‘i’, ‘e’ or ‘y’ then the ‘g’ sound will be a soft sound but if the letter after ‘g’ is followed by ‘a’, ‘o’ and ‘u’ or another consonant, it will be a hard ‘g’ sound | The pupils listen, observe and participate |
2 | EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING | - shows the pupils one word at a time written on the board and model thinking aloud how to tell if the word contains a soft or hard sound. For example ‘giant’- soft ‘g’ sound because the after the ‘g’ sound is ‘I’
- Repeats with: gas, gypsy, green, general
- asks the pupils the letters right after the ‘g’ sound and determine whether or not it will be a soft or hard ‘g’ sound | The pupils listen, observe and participate |
3 | GUIDED PRACTICE | - Writes a new set of words on the board: giraffe, germ, glass, good, gram, giraffe. Point to one of the words written on the board and asks the pupils to help identify whether or not the word has a soft ‘g’ or hard ‘g’ sound. - circle the hard sounds and underline the soft sounds | The pupils listen, observe and participate |
4 | INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME | - Gives the pupils exercises to work on Use the words in the bracket below to complete the sentences below (revenge, lounge, huge, guarantee, general, garlic, groan, engine, galaxy, government, genuine, guard, guide, guitar) 1. This machine is small but that one is a ________ 2. We lazed in the ______ all day 3. This is an artificial diamond but that one is _______ 4. The astronomer studied the _______ through the telescope 5. The _______ ordered the soldiers to retreat 6. The _______ of this car needs fuel 7. The pungent odour of the _______ made me sick 8. the pain in his stomach made him _______ 9. The _______ took the prisoner back to the cell 10. Jack plays his _________ when he gets the time 11. The tour ______ showed the visitors over the museum 12. The injured rhinoceros sought ________ on its tormentors. 13.This refrigerator has a ________ of two years 14. The ________ ordered everyone to be inoculated | The pupils listen, observe and participate |
5 | EVALUATION | - collects the worksheets and assess whether the pupils were able to correctly sort each word by its corresponding sound |
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PERIOD 3: Identification and sounding of hard and soft ‘g’ sound
S/N | STEPS | TEACHER’S ACTIVITY | PUPILS ACTIVITY |
1 | REVISITING THE PREVIOUS LESSON/INTRODUCTION | - Revises the previous lessons on the Identification and sounding of hard and soft ‘c’ sound
- Introduces the topic on the board as Identification and sounding of hard and soft ‘c’ sound | The pupils listen, observe and participate |
2 | EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING | - Writes more words with the hard and soft ‘g’ sound Hard ‘g’ sound Guitar Gadget Gutter Gorilla Gossip Goggles Gully Guilty
Soft ‘g’ sound Genie Gypsy Gyrate Gesture Genius Giant Giraffe General | The pupils listen, observe and participate |
3 | GUIDED PRACTICE | - dictates each of these words and ask the pupils to categorize them either under the Hard or Soft ‘g’ sound Genie Gypsy Gyrate Gesture Genius Giant Giraffe General Guitar Gadget Gutter Gorilla Gossip Goggles Gully Guilty | The pupils listen, observe and participate |
4 | INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME | - Gives the pupils the below exercise The words in the bracket below begin with either the soft ‘g’ or hard ‘g’ sound. Write them beside their meanings (gadget, guitar, gorilla, galaxy, gladiator, glacier, guilty, garbage, genius, geology, geometry, germinate, gymnasium, generator, generous, genuine) 1. Stringed instrument ___________ 2. large river of ice _________ 3. rubbish __________ 4. large ape ________ 5. small device _______ 6. large group of stars _______ 7. fighter in ancient Rome ___________ 8. Opposite of innocent __________ 9. form of Mathematics __________ 10. real, true ________ 11. extremely clever person _________ 12. large room for physical exercise _________ 13. very kind ________ 14. to emerge from a seed ___________ 15. machine that produces electricity _______ 16. study of rocks and the Earth’s surface ________ | The pupils listen, observe and participate |
5 | EVALUATION | - Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary |
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