Week 30, lesson 3 Phoneme "v,ve" - Phonics Phase 5, unit 3 - Lesson plan

In the third lesson of Week 30, students in Phase 5, Unit 3 of their phonics programme are introduced to the phoneme /v/ and its various spellings. The objective of the lesson is to learn the different ways to represent the /v/ sound in written English. The lesson starts with a quick review using 'Quickdash Words' from recent lessons, where students decode words by pointing to sound buttons drawn under each word on the board, breaking them down phoneme by phoneme.

The teaching segment introduces the Vulture pictophone, a visual aid to help students connect the /v/ phoneme with its written representation. The class is shown that the /v/ sound can be spelled as and , and they practice writing words using both graphemes, with a particular focus on underlining the part of the word that represents the /v/ phoneme. The children are then encouraged to identify patterns, such as the use of at the end of words where /v/ is the final phoneme. During the practice activity, "Spot the Fake," students differentiate between real and nonsense words, sorting them accordingly. The application of the lesson involves writing dictated words and sentences on mini whiteboards, offering an excellent opportunity to discuss homographs, particularly with the word 'live' which can have different pronunciations and meanings depending on the context.