Week 18, lesson 1 Phoneme "ea, ee, e, e_e" - Phonics Phase 5, unit 3- Lesson plan

In the first lesson of Week 18, the focus is on Phase 5 Phonics, where Year 1 students explore the various graphemes that represent the long /ee/ phoneme. The objective of the lesson is to help children understand and identify the different spellings of words containing the /ee/ sound. The lesson begins with a 'Quickdash' activity, where students quickly revisit grapheme flashcards, including digraphs and trigraphs, and shout out the corresponding phoneme for each grapheme presented, with the pace gradually increasing.

The teaching segment introduces the Eagle pictophone, a visual aid that represents the /ee/ phoneme. The class is encouraged to recognize that this phoneme can be spelled in multiple ways, and the teacher demonstrates this by writing the graphemes , , , and on the board. Together with the class, the teacher writes and underlines the grapheme within words such as 'feel', 'leap', 'theme', and 'me' that represents the /ee/ sound. The practice activity, 'Rhyme Time', involves writing a word on the board, reading it with the class, and then brainstorming rhyming words. Students are invited to underline the rhyming sound, highlighting the different graphemes used. The application of the lesson is through 'Mini Whiteboard Work', where children write dictated words and sentences, such as "A sweet treat is not a meal" and "My feet steam in the bath," focusing on words like 'even', 'feel', 'theme', 'keep', and 'began'.