WEEK 3 – GRADE 2 – LETTER O (35 minutes) PERIOD 5

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students can be able to:
Recognize and pronounce the letter Oo and its sound correctly
Understand, recognize and say the three Oo words
Write the letter Oo

Topic &
Key language
Resources
& Materials
Key Activities

Unit 2 - Lesson 1
Letter Oo

Integrated skills
Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing

Vocabulary
olive, orange, octopus

Sight words
this, is
Resources
i-Learn My Phonics Grade 2, Pupil’s book – p.6 & 7

Materials
CD
Phonics cards
Photocopies of a page from story books
Masking tape

Warm-up (5 mins)
Greet students
Activity: Hot Cards
Have the students sit down.
Hand out the phonics card from the previous unit.
Play the song from Lesson 2 Unit 1 (Track 06).
While the song is playing, the students pass the phonics card around.
Stop the song, the student holding the phonics card must say that word.

Presentation & Practice
Listen, point and repeat. Colour (Track 08): Introduction of letter O, its sound and how to pronounce the words beginning with Oo (7 mins)
Use a card with letter Oo (or write on board the letter Oo) to introduce to the students the new lesson.
Instruct students how to pronounce the letter name and the letter sound by saying: “This is the letter O /((/. The letter O says /(/.”
Repeat several times and check students’ pronunciation (letter O /((/ and its sound /(/)
Use the phonics cards with olive, orange, octopus, read the words out loud and have students repeat.
Use gestures to help students to understand the meanings of the three words.
Stick the cards on board and have students repeat the words chorally several times (in the correct order and then in any order).
Call some students to say the words out loud and correct their mistakes (if any)
Ask the students to open their books and colour in the letters.

Activity: Where’s the Letter? (3 mins)
Divide the class into 5 groups.
Hand out photocopies of the page from some story books.
Give the students 2 mins to search for and circle the letter Oo on that page.
Give feedback.

Listen and point. Choose. (Track 09): Read the words with structure “This is an…” (5 mins)
Have students look at the book and listen to the words: an orange, an olive, an octopus
Have students listen and repeat the words for several times
Put up the phonics cards on the board.
Point to the orange card and say: This is an orange.
Ask the students come to the board.
Point to the phonics card and say: This is an………..
Give feedback

Activity: Jumping Game (6 mins)
Put a line of masking tape on the floor
Designate one side True and the other False
Hold up a phonics card (e.g: octopus) and say: octopus
Jump on the True side.
Hold up another phonics card (e.g: olive) and say: nut
Jump on the False side.
Do the same with another phonics card
The students who end up on the wrong side sit out.
Give feedback

Chant and show! (Track 10) (5 mins)
Use the phonics cards on the board and have students sing the chant with olive. Do the same with orange and octopus.
The whole class sings the whole chant.
Do the chant again without the CD.
Keep the rhythm by clapping your hands or snapping your fingers.
Give feedback

Production (4 mins)
Divide the class into 3 groups (olive, orange, octopus).
Each group says the appropriate chant while the rest of the class claps.
Ask the groups to show their corresponding picture cards while they chant.


WEEK 3 – GRADE 2 – LETTER O (35 minutes) PERIOD 6

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Recognize and say the three Oo words correctly
Do the corresponding actions
Read the story
Sing letter Oo song

Topic &
Key language
Resources
& Materials
Key Activities

Unit 2 - Lesson 2
Letter Oo

Integrated skills
Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing

Vocabulary
olive, orange, octopus

Sight words
this, is, an, with, and
Resources
i-Learn My Phonics Grade 2, Pupil’s book – p.8

Materials
CD
Phonics cards

Warm-up (4 mins)
Greet students
Show the phonics cards, ask students to do corresponding actions then say the sound of the letter and words.
E.g. Teacher: (show