Week 0, lesson 5 Review (ur,ow,oi,ear,air,er) - Phonics Phase 5, unit 1 - Lesson plan

The lesson plan for Week 0, Day 5, in the Phonics Phase 5 Unit 1, is a review session focusing on the graphemes 'ur', 'ow', 'oi', 'ear', 'air', and 'er'. The lesson begins with a dynamic 'Quickdash' activity, where children are shown grapheme flashcards and are encouraged to shout out the corresponding phoneme at an increasing pace. This is designed to refresh the children's memory and help them recognise the graphemes quickly.

During the 'Teach' phase of the lesson, the teacher displays the day's grapheme flashcards alongside pictophone flashcards on the board, placing them in a random order. The graphemes are positioned on the left, with the pictophones on the right. The teacher introduces each pictophone by its name, such as 'Owl with a Scowl', and repeats the associated phoneme multiple times. The children are then invited to identify which grapheme corresponds to the phoneme, and the teacher draws a line connecting the pictophone to the correct grapheme. In the 'Practise/Apply' stage, the children participate in 'Sound Pops', where they are divided into small groups and given grapheme/pictophone flashcards. When the teacher calls out a phoneme, the child holding the matching card lifts it above their head, providing a fun and interactive way to reinforce their phonics knowledge.