i-Learn Smart Start 1

Week: Date of teaching:.............................................................................

Period: 1
UNIT 10: MY HOUSE
Lesson 2
I. Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will review the sounds for letters A to M.
II. Teaching aids:
Teacher’s aids: student book and teacher’s book, class CDs, flashcards, IWB software,
projector/interactive whiteboard/TV.
Students’ aids: Student books, notebooks, workbooks.
III. Languages focus:
Vocabulary: Review
IV. Procedures:

Time Steps/Activities Organization

Warm-up
Option 1:  Teacher –
 Sing the alphabet song whole class/
 Write the letter, say the word groupwork/
- Write the letters of the alphabet on the board and ask children
individuals
to continue the list from their previous phonics lessons.
- Ask the students to give the words that begin with the letters a
to m (ant, boy,…) from the previous phonics lessons.
5’ - Use phonics cards to prompt if necessary.
Option 2:
 Sing the alphabet song
 Quick flash  Teacher –
- Use the flashcards of letters a to m.
whole class
- Show each card very quickly and then hide it again.
- Ask the class to call out the words that begin with the hidden
letter.

25’ New lesson

1. Listen and repeat.  Teacher –
CD2- Track 56 whole class/
- Have students look at the pictures. individuals
- Point to the pictures and say the letters’ sounds.
- Play audio. Have students listen and repeat the letter sounds.
2. Listen and point.
CD2-Track 57
- Have students look at the pictures.  Teacher-
- Demonstrate pointing to the correct letter when you hear the whole class/
sound.
groupwork/
- Play audio. Have students point to the correct picture at the
top of the page when they hear the appropriate sound. individuals
3. Find the odd one out. Circle a, b, or c.
- Have students look at the pictures and call out the things they
can see. Demonstrate the activity using the example.
- Have students choose the odd one out and circle a , b , or c .  Teacher-
- Check answers as a whole class whole class/
4. Play “Stepping stones”. individuals
- Divide the class into pairs.
- Have each pair plays rocks, paper and scissors. The winner will
play first.
- Have Student A start at A and say the first letter sound.  Teacher-
- Have Student B start at B and say the first letter sound. whole class/
- Have students take turns saying the sounds and go all the way pair work
round
Optional activities:
Option 1: Pair race
- Divide the class into two teams, each team has some flashcards
of letters a, b, c, d…. and pictures of ant, boy, door, cap…
- Say Go. Two students of each team take a letter and a picture
run to the board. If the letter and picture are matched. They will
have one point.  Teacher-
- Continue the game as the same way. whole class/
Option 2: Letter chain pair work
- Place letter cards from a to m on the board.
- Ask one student to say the first letter.
- Ask another student to say the next letter.
- Continue with each student saying the next letter in the
sequence, returning to the beginning when necessary.  Teacher-
- Remove one letter. The class repeats the sequence, including whole class/
the missing letter. individuals
- Remove one more letter each time, until students are saying the
whole alphabet from their memory.
 Wrap-up
Option 1: Tracing on backs
- Review the previous phonics lesson. Divide the class into groups.  Teacher –
- Have each group make a line, with the first child standing near whole class/
the board and the last child standing near the back of the
groupwork
classroom.
- Pass out a phonics card to the last child of each line, but don't
have them look at the card until you say, Go.
- Have children “Write” the letter very slowly on their classmates’
backs with their fingers.
5’ - The first child goes the board, writes the letter, and says the
sound. The quickest group with the correct letter and
pronunciation wins.
Option 2: Phonics matching
 Teacher –
- Display the phonics word cards on the board.
- Place the phonics picture cards on your table. whole class/
- Ask children to come to the front of the class to match the cards individuals
to the correct sounds on the board.
 i-Learn Smart Start 1
Week: Date of teaching:.............................................................................
Period: 2
UNIT 10: MY HOUSE
Lesson 2
I. Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will review the sounds for letters A to M.
II. Teaching aids:
Teacher’s aids: student book and teacher’s book, class CDs, flashcards, IWB software,
projector/interactive whiteboard/TV.
Students’ aids: Student books, notebooks, workbooks.
III. Languages focus:
Vocabulary: Review
IV. Procedures:

Time Steps/Activities Organization

Warm-up
Option 1:  Teacher –
 Sing the alphabet song whole class/
 Read my lips teamwork
- Have two teams set up and the first person on each team must
watch the teacher’s mouth.
- Set a letter with no voice, just move his/her lips in tongue in the
correct way. The first team to guess correctly gets a point.
Option 2:
 Sing the alphabet song  Teacher-
5’
 Listen and tap whole class/
- Write the letters and the words in different areas on the board. groupwork
- Divide the class into groups.
- Invite a student from each group to go to the board.
- Call out a letter sound or a word.
- The students will run and slap the letter or the word on the
board and say it loudly.
- The fastest student will be the winner.
- Repeat the activity with other students.

25’ New lesson

1. Listen and repeat.  Teacher –
CD2- Track 58 whole class/
- Have students look at the pictures. individuals
- Point to the pictures and say the letter sounds.
- Play audio. Have students listen and repeat the letter sounds.
2. Listen and point.
CD2- Track 59
 Teacher-
- Have students look at the pictures.
whole class/
- Demonstrate pointing to the correct letter when you hear the
sound. pair work
- Play audio. Have students point to the correct picture at the top
of the page when they hear the appropriate sound.
- Have students work in pairs. One points to the picture and one
says the sound of the letter. Swap roles and continue.
3. Write the letters.
- Have students look at the pictures and call out the beginning  Teacher-
sounds.
whole
- Demonstrate the activity using the example.
- Have students write the letters. class/
- Check answers as a whole class. individuals
4. Play “ Magic finger”.
- Have students look at the example.
- Divide the class into pairs.
- Have Student A draw a letter on Student B's back.  Teacher-
- Have Student B try to guess which letter it is. whole class/
- Have students swap roles and repeat. pair work
Optional activities
Option 1: Alphabet ball
- Have students make a big circle.
- Give a ball to the first student and ask he/she to say a letter, the
first student gives the ball to the second student. Have the
second student say a word.
 Teacher-
- Continue the game.
whole
Option 2: : Mystery bag
- Place toys (ant, elephant, leaf,…) and pictures ( cap, door,…) class/
within a bag—like ant for a, boy for b,…. individuals
- Have students name each toy or card, and guess the “mystery  Teacher-
letter”. whole
class/
individuals
 Wrap-up
Option 1: Phonics posters  Teacher –
- Divide the class into groups of five. whole class/
- Hand out sheets of paper and colored pencils. teamwork
- Children choose the “a”, “b”, “c”, “d”…….”m” sound.
- They must draw pictures of one or two words with their chosen
sound and color them. Somewhere on the poster they should
write the sound.
5’
- Put the phonics posters around the classroom.
Option 2: I spy
- Stick pictures of the alphabet in many places on the walls of the
class.
 Teacher –
- Think of a word and tell the students the first letter. “I spy with
my little eye, something beginning with __” whole class/
- Have students guess the word. individuals