1. Topic-
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Phonemes/Digraphs
The 'sh' sound |
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2. Content-
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Decodable words with the 'sh' sound in the beginning, middle or
end of a word. |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1. Children learn the 'sh' sound.
2. Children learn to read words with the 'sh' sound.
3. Children learn to write words with the 'sh' sound. |
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4. Objectives-
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1. To teach children another sound in the English language.
2. To teach children that the letter s and letter h joined together
produce 1 sound.
3. Children identify sh sound in a word.
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5. Materials and Aids-
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Story,pictures,Flashcards,sentence strips, whiteboard, language
games, starfall.co.uk, handouts. |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1. Tell story to children.
2. Emphasizing sh sound by putting index finger to mouth and saying
sh the baby is asleep. |
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B. Development-
1. Ask children which letter/s of alphabet produce the ch sound.
2. Children come and write letter on whiteboard.
3. Show children card with sh printed on it.
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C. Practice-
1. Practice action.
2. Give oral blending exercise to train children to listen to the
digraph: e.g. sh/i/p; sh/o/p; f/i/sh..
3. Fishing game: Children fish for a flashcard.
4. Show Flashcards to children: children read words.
5. Write words on English study book.
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D. Independent Practice-
1. Reading Flashcards, sentence strips.
2. Blending and segmentation exercises.
3. Classwork: Lesson 1) Fill in; Lesson 2) Put ch or sh |
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
1. Give non-decodable words/harder words to more able readers: eg.
shoes, push, .
2. Adapt classwork for less able children.
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F. Checking for understanding-
1. Write and sound exercises.
2. Segmentation.
3. Read words with 'sh' sound |
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G. Closure-
1. ICT activities, eg starfall.co.ok
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7. Evaluation-
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1. Revision and reinforcement.
2.Monitoring children's reading and writing |
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8. Teacher Reflection-
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Reinforcement and revision are crucial because children can understand
and learn the concept of the ch sound but often don't apply the concept
in writing: confuse it and revert to the maltese letter x |
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