Week 18, lesson 5 Three-Syllable Words - Phonics Phase 5, unit 3 - Lesson plan

Lesson 5 of Week 18 in the phonics programme focuses on the review of three-syllable words. The objective is clear: to reinforce the children's understanding and pronunciation of words with three syllables. The session begins with a 'Quickwrite Words' activity, where the instructor selects words from the week's lessons that contain graphemes the children may find challenging. The children then write these words on their whiteboards and display them for the class to see, providing an interactive way to revisit and practice spelling.

Diving deeper into the lesson, the 'Teach' section involves writing a three-syllable word on the whiteboard, such as 'a/ban/don', with slashes to denote syllable breaks. The teacher and students then sound-talk each syllable and blend them together to form the whole word. This process is repeated with additional words to solidify their understanding. In the 'Practise' part of the lesson, a game called 'Spot the Fake' is introduced, where children differentiate between real and nonsense words written on coins, sorting them into a treasure chest for real words or a bin for fake ones. To apply their skills, the 'Apply' activity involves sentence substitution, where children decide if the new word makes sense in the context of the sentence, encouraging comprehension and decoding skills. The lesson plan also includes a new worksheet activity involving anagrams, where children use a letter bank to form words, enhancing their ability to recognize and arrange graphemes.