Week 3, lesson 4 Spelling Tricky Words (they,all,are,what) - Phonics Phase 4 - Lesson plan

In the third week and fourth day of the phonics programme, the lesson plan focuses on the spelling of four tricky words: "they," "all," "are," and "what." The objective of the lesson is to help children spell these familiar words accurately. The lesson begins with a revisiting activity where children practice writing capital letters for different phonemes on their whiteboards, which they then display for the class to see. This quickwrite exercise serves as a warm-up for the spelling tasks ahead.

The teaching phase of the lesson involves writing the word "they" on the whiteboard and ensuring all children can read it. The teacher sound-talks the word, identifying each phoneme with a raised finger and discusses the specific graphemes that represent these phonemes. Students are reminded that while the word has the /ai/ phoneme at the end, it is spelled with "ey". They are encouraged to trace the letters with their fingers to reinforce the spelling. This process is repeated for the words "all," "are," and "what." In the practice phase, children sound-talk the tricky words and write the corresponding graphemes on their whiteboards. The lesson concludes with an engaging "Write Race" activity where children have 60 seconds to write each word as many times as possible, aiming to achieve a high class total for each word. This activity not only reinforces spelling but also adds a fun, competitive element to the lesson.