Week 19, lesson 5 Compound Words - Phonics Phase 5, unit 3- Lesson plan

In the Week 19 Day 5 lesson from the Phonics Phase 5 curriculum, the focus is on compound words. The objective of the lesson is to introduce and practice compound words with the students. The lesson starts with a 'Quickwrite Words' activity where children write down words dictated by the teacher, which contain graphemes they've been working on, onto their whiteboards. This helps to reinforce their understanding and recall of the graphemes taught in previous lessons.

The 'Teach' segment of the lesson involves writing compound words on the board, such as 'rainbow', 'cupcake', 'moonlight', 'football', and 'snowman', and engaging the students in clapping out the syllables. Volunteers are then invited to mark the division between the words that make up the compound word with slashes. During the 'Practise' activity, children play 'Spot the Fake' by sounding out words written on coins and sorting them into a treasure chest for real words or into a bin for fake ones, distinguishing between actual compound words and nonsensical combinations. Finally, the 'Apply' stage allows children to work with sentences on the board, substituting words to see if they still make sense, and reading out the new sentences. This helps the children understand the meaning and use of compound words in context.