Teaching phonics for grade 1 students

Done by: Bayan Chehab, Lina Hamawi, Zahraa Haidar, and Noor Raad.

Grade 1

Lesson name: Phonics (a, b, c, & d)

Duration: 55 minutes

Objective: At the end of the session, students should be able to pronounce the sound of the letters in the alphabets (a, b, c, & d).

Strategy: Centers

Materials: Podcast, Interactive PowerPoint presentation, printable worksheet, pictures sheet, alphabet sheet, blank sheets of paper, evaluation sheets.

Warm up:

- Display alphabet pictures sheet on LCD.- Tell the students that they are going to listen to a podcast (explain what a

podcast is). - Listen to the podcast twice.- Ask students to try and sing it (They might look at the pictures displayed).- Tell the students to listen carefully one more time because they are going to

pronounce the sound of each letter on the board.- Have students pronounce the sound of each letter.

Activity:

- Open Interactive PowerPoint presentation.- Read the directions for the students.- Choose students to say the name of the picture and choose the correct

beginning sound letter.- Have students reread the name of the picture (word).

Center 1:

- Print out worksheet 1.- Cut the cards.

- Read the directions for the students.

Center 2:

- Give students blank sheets of paper.- Have students draw a picture of something that starts with “a” sound.

Center 3:

- Give students blank sheets of paper.- Have students draw a picture of something that starts with “b” sound.

Center 4:

- Give students blank sheets of paper.- Have students draw a picture of something that starts with “c” sound.

Center 5:

- Give students blank sheets of paper.- Have students draw a picture of something that starts with “d” sound.

Evaluation:

- Printout evaluation sheet.

Done by:

Bayan Chehab

Lina Hamwi

Zahraa Haidar

Noor Raad