Grade 3 unit 1 lesson 4 period 15

SEMESTER 1 – Unit 1 – Lesson 4 - Period 15Lesson 4 – Phonics Objectives: - First letter sounds a/b/c/d, Speaking and writing skills Topic – Language target Resources and Teaching KEY LAN

SEMESTER 1 – Unit 1 – Lesson 4 - Period 15

Lesson 4 – Phonics Objectives: - First letter sounds a/b/c/d, Speaking and writing skills

Topic – Language target Resources and Teaching

KEY LANGUAGE

FOCUS:

Writing – Speaking

KEY VOCABULARY

Apple

Bird

Cat

Dog

ADDITIONAL

VOCABULARY

Bag

Door

SENTENCE PATTERN

Resources

WORKBOOK p.11

Teaching Aids:

- Phonics cards 1-4

- Extra Practical Classroom Activities: Sounds Fun Pair

Activity

Introduction

Show the phonics cards and elicit the words again Ask individual children to come to the front and write the first letters on the board, in both upper- and lower-case

Ask the children to trace the letters in the air and say the sounds as they do so

Development

Look and trace: Children do exercise 1, tracing the correct first letter sound for each picture

Exercise 2: Children do the exercise and write the words Put the children in

pairs and ask them to point and answer about the pictures, What’s this? It’s a (dog).

Exercise 3: Do the exercise Children write the first letters of the words

Exercise 4: Ask children to match the upper- and lower-case letters

Sounds Fun pair activity: Put children in pairs and give each either an A or B part of the worksheet They do not show their worksheet to their partner and sit back to back They read out their words in turn, and listen and tick the correct first letter sounds they hear Check as a class

Consolidation

Phonics game: Put children in pairs again and ask them to trace one of the letters a, b, c or d (in upper- or lower-case) on their partner’s back Their partner must guess the correct letter and whether it is upper or lower They can take turns and work with different partners Model the activity first with one or two stronger students