LESSON PLAN (READING LESSON PHONEMIC AWARENESS)

Subject Class Enrollment Level Date/Day Time Theme Topic Focused Skill : : : : : : : : : English Year 2 Gemilang / 35 pupils Mixed ability pupils 21 August 2013 / Wednesday 8.40 am 10.10 am World of Knowledge Unit 14: Precious Drops Reading (Phonemic Awareness) Listening and Speaking Specifications 2.1.1 Able to recognise and articulate initial, medial and the final sounds in single syllable words within given context. 2.1.2 Able to blend phonemes into recognisable words and read them aloud.

Integrated Skill :

Learning Outcomes 2.1 Pupils will be able to apply knowledge of sounds of letters to recognize words in linear and nonlinear texts. 2.1 Pupils will be able to apply knowledge of sounds of letters to recognize words in linear and nonlinear texts.

Lesson Objectives : I. II.

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

Read and articulate words with ew and oe such as stew, new, dew, toe, hoe and foe correctly. Read and build up words with ew and oe by using sound cards in Build Me activity.

Educational Emphasis : I. II. III. Multiple intelligences: Visual-spatial, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Verbal-linguistic Thinking skills: Critical and creative thinking skills, making association Moral values: Cooperation, turn-taking

Language Content :

Vocabulary: New words (e.g.: stew, hoe, doe, foe, toe) Sound system: Phonemes (/ju:/ for ew and // for oe) Matthew, Joe, stew, toe

Teaching aids : Picture cards, word cards, poem entitled Matthew and Joe, sound cards, Word Search Previous knowledge : Pupils are already familiar with some vocabulary such as new and toe. Anticipated problems : Pupils may not be able to build the words with ew and oe correctly. Possible solutions : Teacher assists pupils by asking pupils to read and sound the words with ew and oe. Pupils who have difficulty in building the words are helped by their friends.

Stage/Time
Set Induction (7 minutes)

Content
Picture and word cards

Teaching-Learning Activity

Rationale

Remarks
Picture and word cards

1. Pupils are introduced to the To introduce the phonemes /ju:/ for ew and // for topic of the day. oe. To sound the 2. Pupils look at the pictures put up letters of the words one the board. correctly. 3. Pupils are taught on how to articulate the phonemes of the To associate word as shown by the picture. meaning of picture 4. Five pupils are called in front to to written words. match the word cards to the ew and oe sound respectively. 5. Pupils look at the poem that is put To develop the up on the board. ability to hear, 6. Teacher asks pupils to read and say identify and manipulate the the highlighted words correctly. individual sounds 7. Teacher leads pupils in a choral in spoken words. reading and read the poem with correct pronunciation and To make learning enunciation. fun and 8. Several pupils are called to read the meaningful. poem loudly and teacher corrects To develop pupils their pronunciation. phonemic 9. Once again, pupils are asked to say awareness. aloud the words on the board before they move on to the next To recognize letter activity. sounds. 10. Pupils listen to teachers To develop pupils instructions attentively. They are phonemic awareness through going to play Build Me activity. phonics. 11. Pupils are divided into six groups and each group have been given a To recognize letter set of sound cards and a piece of sounds. mahjong paper. 12. In their groups, pupils are asked to To recognize the form words that end with ew and relationship between oe. phonemes.

stew

hoe

Presentation (10 minutes)

Poem There was once a boy named Joe. He had a friend named Matthew. Matthew was digging a pit with a hoe. The hoe fell on Matthews toe. Joe took Matthew home. Matthews mother made some stew.

Enlarged poem

Practice (23 minutes)

Build Me activity Form words that end with ew and oe with the sound cards given and paste them on the mahjong paper. hoe doe toe foe stew few

Sound cards (6 sets)

dew new

13. Pupils compete to form the words To cooperate in and the first group to form the groups. word pastes the sound cards on the mahjong paper.

Production (10 minutes)

Word Search activity Find and circle 8 words in the box. hoe doe toe foe stew few dew new

14. In their respective group, pupils get To incorporate ready to complete Word Search element of fun activity. when doing Word 15. Pupils listen attentively to teachers Search activity. instructions. To recognize letter 16. They need to work collaboratively sounds. to find and circle 8 words in the Word Search activity. To incorporate fun 17. After they have finished, pupils are and meaningful asked to say aloud the words that activity in the they have circled in the activity. lesson.

Word Search (6)

Closure (5 minutes)

1. What have learned today?

you 18. Pupils are asked to say aloud the To consolidate what they have words with ew and oe sound. learned. 2. Can you identify the 19. Teacher highlights the moral values words with the sound learned in the lesson. To instill moral ew / oe? values to pupils.