Week 21, lesson 3 Review Day Long "oo" and "yoo" - Phonics Phase 5, unit 3- Lesson plan

In the third lesson of Week 21, the focus is on reinforcing the phonemes for the long "oo" and "yoo" sounds in Phase 5 Phonics. The objective is straightforward: students will review the spellings associated with these sounds. The lesson begins with a 'Quickdash Words' activity, where words from recent lessons are displayed on the board, each accompanied by sound buttons. The class works together to decode the words, focusing on each phoneme in turn, thereby helping to cement their understanding of the sounds.

The teaching segment introduces the Oon and Unicorn pictophones as visual aids to represent the target phonemes. The teacher models the writing of words containing the long "oo" and "yoo" sounds, such as 'spoon', 'huge', and 'music', and underlines the graphemes that correspond to these sounds. To practice, the 'Countdown' game involves children decoding and blending words from a list on the board, with points awarded for each word correctly read within a set time limit. To apply their knowledge, students engage in a 'Mini Whiteboard Work' exercise, where they write dictated words and sentences that include the target phonemes, such as 'The church has lots of pews' and 'The mule is rather cute', along with individual words like 'unicorn' and 'smooth'. This hands-on approach helps students to apply their phonics skills in both reading and writing contexts.