B1 English Language · Term 2 Week 2: Phonics

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.2.2.1.2 - Recognise and produce letter names and sounds randomly

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Name at least 12 letters of the alphabet when shown letter cards in random order.
Produce the correct sound for at least 10 letters when the teacher says the letter name aloud.
Identify which of two given letters comes first in the alphabet (e.g., “Does m come before p?”).
Sort a set of 5 letter cards into alphabetical order without singing the alphabet song.
Give at least one word that begins with the sound of each of two target letters taught in the lesson.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Phonics (2.2)
Content standard: B1.2.2.1 - Connect sounds to letters and blend letters/syllables in order to read and write
Indicator: B1.2.2.1.2 - Recognise and produce letter names and sounds randomly
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 2 (Week 14 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 19
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Have learners play alphabet games to practice recognition of letter names at random.
e.g. Lucky Dip game, Treasure Hunt.
- Let learners use letter cards to order the letters of the alphabet.
- Have learners find out which letter comes before the other, among a given set of letters, as a whole class, in groups, in pairs and individually.
- Select letters whose sound you intend to teach,
e.g. two letters at a time.
- Say each sound first in context and then in isolation,
e.g. ants-a
- Have learners repeat it after you.
- Give examples of words that contain each sound at the initial, medial and final positions,
e.g. bag, table, bulb
- Have learners work in pairs to provide examples of words that contain the sounds.