English Resource Description
In the fourth lesson of Week 32, the focus is on the phonics phase 5, where the class will be exploring the use of the prefix 'un-'. The objective of the lesson is to help the children understand and identify words that begin with 'un-', such as 'unhappy' and 'unkind'. This prefix, when added to the start of a word, can change its meaning to the opposite, without altering the spelling of the root word itself.
The lesson begins with a revisiting activity called 'Sound Match', where a grapheme is written on the board, and the children are encouraged to suggest different phonemes that the grapheme represents. For example, the grapheme could represent the sounds /o/ as in 'hot', /oa/ as in 'told', or /u/ as in 'other'. The grapheme might represent the sounds /ow/ as in 'cow' or /oa/ as in 'slow'. Moving on to the teaching phase, the instructor writes the word 'happy' on the board and sound-talks it with the class. They then demonstrate how to add the prefix 'un-' to create the new word 'unhappy', showing that the root word remains unchanged. Another example is shown using the word 'zip'. For practice, children are provided with a worksheet to trace words with the 'un-' prefix and match them to corresponding images. Finally, the lesson concludes with an application activity where children are asked to write dictated words, such as 'unkind', 'unlucky', 'unsafe', 'unfair', and 'unfold' on mini whiteboards and display them, reinforcing their understanding of the 'un-' prefix.
