Week 14, lesson 4 Review Day (th,o,oo) - Phonics Phase 5, unit 2 - Presentation

In the 14th week, lesson 4 of Phonics Phase 5, unit 2, students engage in a Review Day focusing on the sounds 'th', 'o', and 'oo'. The lesson starts with an introductory activity that sets the stage for the day's learning objectives. Students are then led through a 'Quickdash' exercise, which serves as a revisiting tool to quickly recall words that incorporate the targeted phonemes. This fast-paced activity helps to refresh the children's memory and primes them for the new learning ahead.

Following the initial warm-up, the teaching segment of the lesson introduces and consolidates the sounds 'th', 'o', and 'oo'. Students are encouraged to articulate these sounds clearly, understanding the different contexts in which they appear. The practice phase of the lesson involves an activity called 'Word Mood', where students experiment with the pronunciation and usage of words containing the focus sounds, such as 'weather', 'mother', 'together', 'health', 'think', 'three', 'mood', 'cool', 'book', 'gold', 'clocks', and so on. The lesson concludes with a recap, ensuring that the children have grasped the day's phonetic concepts and are able to recognize and use the sounds confidently in their reading and writing.