Week 20, lesson 3 Review Day "oa" - Phonics Phase 5, unit 3 - Lesson plan

The lesson plan for Week 20, Day 3, focuses on reviewing the various spellings of the /oa/ phoneme in Phonics Phase 5, Unit 3. The objective of the day is clearly stated: to consolidate the children's understanding of the /oa/ sound and its different graphemic representations. The lesson begins with a 'Quickdash Words' activity. Words from recent lessons are displayed on the board, complete with sound buttons beneath them. The class collaborates to decode each word, focusing on the individual phonemes as they point to the corresponding sound buttons.

During the 'Teach' section, the instructor introduces the Ogre pictophone to engage the children and then proceeds to write out the five graphemes that represent the /oa/ phoneme on the board: , , , , . The children are invited to contribute words containing the /oa/ sound, which are then categorised under the appropriate grapheme, with examples such as 'foal', 'go', 'tone', 'toe', and 'blow'. The 'Practise' activity, 'Rhyme Time', involves writing a word on the board, reading it with the class, and generating a list of rhyming words. Volunteers then come forward to underline the rhyming sounds, highlighting the different graphemes. Finally, in the 'Apply' stage, the children are tasked with writing dictated words such as 'snow', 'grow', 'cold', and 'soak' on their mini whiteboards, applying their knowledge of the /oa/ phoneme and its spellings.