Week 2, lesson 4 Phoneme "qu" and Grapheme "qu" - Phonics Phase 3 - Lesson plan

The fourth day of Week 2's phonics lessons introduces the phoneme /qu/ and the corresponding grapheme to young learners. The objective of the lesson is to familiarize students with this sound, which is often represented as a pair in words. To spark the children's interest, the teacher presents the "Queen Feeling Green" flashcard alongside the grapheme flashcard , asking the students to guess who it could be. This visual aid serves as a mnemonic device to help children associate the phoneme with the image of a queen.

Building upon previous sessions, the lesson revisits tricky words through a "Quickdash" game where children shout out the words as they are shown at increasing speeds. The teaching segment incorporates a story featuring the Queen Feeling Green to contextualize the /qu/ sound within words, such as 'banquet', 'quite', 'quenched', and 'queasy'. The story is designed to reinforce the phoneme by repeating the /qu/ sound in a memorable context. Children are encouraged to mime the action of retching over a bucket, saying /qu/, /qu/, /qu/ to further cement the sound. Practice involves demonstrating how to write the grapheme and having students trace it in the air or on a friend's back. They also decode and blend words like 'quiz', 'quit', 'quick', and 'quack' using flashcards or board-written words. To apply their new skills, children use YES/NO cards to respond to phrases, decoding them and showing their understanding. The lesson plan includes extension activities such as Letter Circling and using Shaving Foam to make learning multisensory and engaging.