i-Learn Smart Start 1

Week: Date of teaching: Period: 1
UNIT 10: MY HOUSE
Lesson 2
Objectives:
By the end of this lesson,students will review the sounds for letters A to M.
Teaching aids:
Teacher’s aids: student book and teacher’s book, class CDs, flashcards, IWB software, projector/interactive whiteboard/TV.
Students’ aids: Student books, notebooks, workbooks.
Languages focus:
Vocabulary:Review
Procedures:

Time
Steps/Activities
Organization

5’
Warm-up
Option 1:
Sing the alphabet song
Write the letter, say the word
Writetheletters ofthealphabet on theboard and askchildrento continuethelist fromtheirprevious phonics lessons.
Askthe studentsto givethewords that begin withthelettersa to m(ant, boy,…) fromtheprevious phonics lessons.
Usephonics cardsto prompt ifnecessary.
Option 2:
Sing the alphabet song
Quickflash
Usetheflashcardsof letters a to m.
Showeachcardveryquicklyandthenhide itagain.
Asktheclass to call out thewords that begin with the hidden letter.


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25’
New lesson
1. Listen and repeat.
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Have students look at the pictures.
Point to the pictures and say the letters’ sounds.
Play audio. Have students listen and repeat the letter sounds.
2. Listen and point.
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Have students look at the pictures.
Demonstrate pointing to the correct letter when you hear the sound.
Play audio. Have students point to the correct picture at the top of the page when they hear the appropriate sound.
3. Find the odd one out. Circle a, b, or c.
Have students look at the pictures and call out the things they can see. Demonstrate the activity using the example.
Have students choose the odd one out and circle a , b , or c .
Check answers as a whole class
4. Play “Stepping stones”.
Divide the class into pairs.
Have each pair plays rocks, paper and scissors. The winner will play first.
Have Student A start at A and say the first letter sound.
Have Student B start at B and say the first letter sound.
Have students take turns saying the sounds and go all the way round
Optional activities:
Option 1:Pair race
Divide the class into two teams, each team has some flashcards of letters a, b, c, d…. and pictures of ant, boy, door, cap…
Say Go. Two students of each team take a letter and a picture run to the board. If the letter and picture are matched. They will have one point.
Continue the game as the same way.
Option 2: Letter chain
Place letter cards from a to m on the board.
Ask one student to say the first letter.
Ask another student to say the next letter.
Continue with each student saying the next letter in the sequence, returning to the beginning when necessary.
Remove one letter. The class repeats the sequence, including the missing letter.
Remove one more letter each time, until students are saying the whole alphabet from their memory.




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5’
Wrap-up
Option 1:Tracing on backs
Reviewtheprevious phonicslesson.Divide the class into groups.
Haveeachgroup make a line, with thefirst child standing near the boardand thelastchild standing nearthe back oftheclassroom.
Pass out a phonics cardto thelast child ofeachline,butdon`t havethem lookat thecard until you say,Go.
Havechildren “Write” the letter veryslowlyon their classmates’ backs with theirfingers.
Thefirst child goes the board, writes the letter,and saysthesound. Thequickest group with thecorrect letterandpronunciation wins.
Option 2: Phonics matching
Displaythephonics wordcards on theboard.
Placethe phonics picturecards onyour table.
Ask children to cometothefront of the class to match thecards to the correct sounds on theboard.




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i-Learn Smart Start 1

Week: Date of teaching:
Period: 2
UNIT 10: MY HOUSE
Lesson 2
Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will review the sounds for letters A to M.
Teaching aids:
Teacher’s aids: student book and teacher’s book, class CDs, flashcards, IWB software, projector/interactive whiteboard/TV.
Students’ aids: Student books, notebooks, workbooks.
Languages focus:
Vocabulary:Review