Week 8, lesson 4 Three Syllable Words - Phonics Phase 5, unit 2 - Lesson plan

The lesson plan for Week 8 Day 4 in the Phonics Phase 5 curriculum is dedicated to teaching children how to read words with three syllables. The objective of the lesson is clear from the outset: students will learn to break down and read longer words that consist of three distinct syllables. The lesson begins with a 'Quickdash Words' activity, where the teacher selects words from previous lessons that contain graphemes and phonemes the children need more practice with. These words are written on the board, complete with sound buttons and bars, to support the children in decoding them phoneme by phoneme as a class.

During the 'Teach' phase, the teacher writes a three-syllable word on the board, such as 'fantastic' or 'enjoying', and claps out each syllable, encouraging the children to join in and mimic the clapping. This physical demonstration helps students to understand the concept of syllables within words. In the 'Practise' activity, the teacher writes more three-syllable words on the board and invites pairs of volunteers to come up and place slashes to indicate the syllable breaks. Examples include 'abandon', 'banana', 'afternoon', 'hamburger', and 'lemonade'. The 'Apply' phase includes two activities: 'Caption Match', where students match phrases to pictures, and 'Mini Whiteboard Work', where they write dictated words on their whiteboards to demonstrate their understanding of the syllable concept. The teaching notes clarify that the exact placement of slashes between syllables is flexible, with variations like 'lem/on/ade', 'le/mon/ade', and 'lem/o/nade' all being acceptable.