SUBJECT: PHONICS

TERM: 3^RD TERM

LESSON PLAN FOR 6th WEEK

CLASS : Primary 6

AGE: 10-11 years

DURATION : 3 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Sound patterns ‘ck’ and ‘qu’

CONTENT : Sound patterns ‘ck’ and ‘qu’

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

a Recognize, read and spell the ‘ck’ and ‘qu’ sounds

ENTRY BEHAVIOR : Pupils can identify all alphabets letters and long and short vowel sounds

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses the phonics songs 'We are clicking castanets' to arouse the interest of the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Flash cards, phonics sound chart, audiovisual clips of the phonics sound/song, pictures of objects with the 'ck'and ‘qu’ sound

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Recognition, spelling and reading the ‘ck’ sound

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

INTRODUCTION

-Revises the previous lesson which is the ‘ch’ and ‘sh’ sound

- Introduces the ‘ck’ sound

Pupils listen, observe and participate

TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION

- Explains that the sound ‘ck’ takes the sound ‘c’ and sometimes ‘k’

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

pick

lick

nick

pick

sick

Pupils listen, observe and participate

GUIDED PRACTICE

- Shows the pupils clue cards with the ‘ck’ in front and a clue word at the back. Have them say the clue word then sound ‘ck’ it represents e.g tick(ck)-

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

Pupils listen, observe and participate

INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME

- Gives the pupils exercises on the ‘ck’ sound

c	c	r	i	c	k	e	t	p
h	b	u	c	k	e	t	f	a
i	q	u	a	c	k	f	l	c
c	s	t	i	c	k	r	o	k
k	b	r	i	c	k	o	c	e
e	b	l	a	c	k	c	k	t
n	t	h	i	c	k	k	x	x

Find the ‘ck’ words in the puzzle and write them beside their meanings

1. poultry ________

2. noise of a duck _______

3. opposite of thin ______

4. water container ________

5. dark shade ______

6. sport _______

7. piece of wood _______

8. building block _______

9. a group of sheep or birds ________

10. small parcel _______

Pupils listen, observe and participate

EVALUATION

- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

PERIOD 3: Recognition, spelling and reading the ‘qu’ sounds

S/N	STEPS	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPILS ACTIVITY
1	INTRODUCTION	-Revises the previous lesson which is the ‘ck’ sound - Introduces the ‘qu’ sound	Pupils listen, observe and participate
2	TEACHER MODELLING/EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION	- Explains that the letter ‘q’ is almost always followed by a ‘u’. it can make two sounds depending on the vowel sound following: a. a ‘kw’ sound, e.g quack, question b. a ‘k’ sound e.g queue - Gives a list of word with the ‘qu’ sound qu(kw) quake quail qualm quash quich queer quiver qu(k) quay picturesque queue quiche	Pupils listen, observe and participate
3	GUIDED PRACTICE	- Shows the pupils clue cards with the ‘qu’ in front and a clue word at the back. Have them say the clue word then sound ‘qu’ it represents e.g queen(kw)- -Shows the children several images of words containing the ‘qu’ sound and asks them to pronounce it aloud	Pupils listen, observe and participate
4	INDEPENDENT WORKING TIME	- Gives the pupils exercises on the ‘qu’ sound Add a word piece from the brackets to make a ‘qu’ word described below (ilt, ail, een, eer, adrangle, arry, arrel, artz, ince, artet) 1. qu_____(an argument) 2. qu_____(small bird) 3. qu_____(ruler) 4. qu_____(odd, strange) 5. qu_____(a four-sided shape) 6. qu_____(bed covering) 7. qu_____(where stone is mined) 8. qu_____(a very hard kind of rock) 9. qu_____(a hard yellow fruit) 10. qu_____(group of four singers	Pupils listen, observe and participate
5	EVALUATION	- Monitors the pupils as they work and corrects where necessary

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