Sample Week: Lesson 4

Getting Started

OBJECTIVES:

To know the sound a letter makes.

To blend to read the sounds in a word.

To know that print is read from left to right, and from top to bottom.

To make links to own experience.

RESOURCES:

Laptop, PC or tablet whiteboard and pen | Strips of card | Counters | Plain A4 paper | Pencils

Dragons Den - Phase 2 (Phonics Play) Links to an external site. | Worm Picture Download Worm Picture | Apple and the Worm poem Download Apple and the Worm poem | Nobody Likes Me poem Download Nobody Likes Me poem | Insect Collage Download Insect Collage | High Frequency Word List Download High Frequency Word List (marked with spellings your child does not yet know)

Sound Flashcards 1 Download Sound Flashcards 1 | Sound Actions Download Sound Actions | Blank Strips Download Blank Strips | Alphabet Mat Download Alphabet Mat | Lined Paper Resource Download Lined Paper Resource

VOCABULARY:

Words in bold can be found in the Year 1 English Glossary Download Year 1 English Glossary.

What to Get Ready

Before the lesson watch Video 5: Caption Reading.

Make a small booklet by folding in half five sheets of plain A4 paper.

Cut strips of card. If needed you can print the blank strips Download blank strips resource on to card and then cut out.

Check that you know the actions for the following sounds: s, u and r (it may help to have the Sound Actions Download Sound Actions next to you).

Remember: grapheme means any letter or group of letters that make one sound. For example, t, p, sh, h.

PHONICS

Quick Fire

On a blank piece of paper, play the game 'Letter Match' (shown in Video 2: Phonics Games) Use the following letters: G, g, H, h, I, i, U, u.

New Learning

Lay the flashcards Download flashcards h, l, ll, e out in front of your child. Ask them to point to one they know and tell you the sound it makes. Repeat the sound and demonstrate the matching action, asking your child to join in with you. Complete for each of the cards.

When introducing the grapheme ‘ll’ to your child, tell them that it is very rare to find it at the beginning of a word; explain that it is often found at the end of words.

Play 'Flip Over' and/or 'Slow Reveal' (shown in Video 2: Phonics Games). Include the flashcards for all sounds taught so far.

Blend to Read

Remind your child how we blend to read a word:

Say the sounds.

Blend the sounds.

Read the word.

Write the word ‘hat’ onto the whiteboard and model blending to read it.

Write the following words onto the whiteboard one at a time, and support your child as they blend to read them: ten, doll, till, leg.

Apply

Write the caption, ‘a hen on a rug’ on a strip of card. Tell your child they will be blending to read the words in order to understand the story they tell. Support your child as they read the caption, as modelled in Video 5: Caption Reading.

Remember to ask: ‘Where do you need to begin reading?’ and, ‘Which way do you need to go?’. Make sure your child follows the words with their finger.

Ask your child what the story is. Can they draw a picture of a hen on a rug? (Children may want to keep captions and to draw more detailed pictures to go with them outside of lesson time.)

Phonics Play

PLAY – Dragon's Den - Phase 2 (Phonics Play) Links to an external site.

Select any of the 'Set 1' options for your child to play.

Extra Support

If your child needs extra support, encourage them to use their finger to point to each grapheme in turn, saying its sound.

Extra Challenge

If your child is ready for an extra challenge, ask them to blend to read the following words with four sounds: held (h-e-l-d), glad (g-l-a-d).

READING & WRITING

Introduction

Show your child the Worm Picture Download Worm Picture.

What do they think of worms? How would they describe them? How would it feel to eat one? What words could we use to describe how it might feel

For example, they might use the words oozy, slimy, squishy, squelchy, tough, muddy, gritty, and so on.

Speaking and Listening

Read your child the poems Apple and the Worm Download Apple and the Worm and then Nobody Likes Me Download Nobody Likes Me. Discuss their reaction to the poems.

Did they like it? Did they find it funny/disgusting? Which words did they like?

Writing

Explain to your child that they are going to be writing a list poem about different insects and mini-beasts. Explain that today we are going to be collecting ideas and in the next lesson they will write it out neatly.

Write a list of insects with your child on the right-hand side of the Lined Paper Download Lined Paper. You could look at the Insect Collage Download Insect Collage to help you.

Choose an insect or mini-beast from your list (for example, a spider). Ask your child to think of words to describe that insect (for example, ‘black’, ‘crawly’, ‘creepy’, ‘tiny’ or ‘hairy’). Choose your child’s favourite word and ask them to write it to the left of the insect name (for example, ‘creepy spider’).

Repeat this activity with the other insects.

Extra Support

If your child needs extra support, you could write the insect name list (spider, caterpillar, and so on) and they could just sound out to write the words to describe the insect.

When your child is spelling a word, first ask them to say the word slowly. Ask them ‘What is the first sound you can hear?’ then, ‘What is the last sound you can hear?’ and, ‘Can you hear any other sounds in the middle?’

You can also encourage them to use their Alphabet Mat Download Alphabet Mat to help them spot the sounds they can hear, but do not tell them the letters/sounds they need. It does not matter if spellings are incorrect.

Extra Challenge

If your child is ready for an extra challenge, you could ask them to write two words for each insect. For example, they could write ‘creepy hairy spider’ rather than just ‘hairy spider’.

What to Notice

While they are doing this activity remember to praise your child for the skills they are using.

For example:

‘I can see you thinking hard to find exciting describing words.’

‘Well done for remembering to use your Alphabet Mat!’

‘I have noticed you forming your small letters carefully.’

Handwriting and Spelling

During this part of the lesson, you will continue to test your child’s spelling of all the High Frequency Words Download High Frequency Words they aim to learn during Year 1.

Read out the next 20 words for your child to spell. Circle the words on the list that they can already spell on their own. This will let you know which spellings your child needs to work on in the coming weeks. Keep this sheet as you will need it later in the unit of work.