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Observation Task 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

Table 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson
The Structure of the Lesson
What the teacher does What the children do Comments
Introducing the Sound:
The students are acting This good idea to let
The teacher playing the sounds the sounds and children to movement
song, and acting of the sounds. memorize the letter. and interacting with
teacher, also to be saved.
The teacher tell them a letter A The student are they
a say the sound and move That was great thing to
the fingers from other help them and students
The teacher say for student say arm, a, a, a . are saved this movement
letter a, a, a , to open they the sound of the letter.
mouth to spell it correct. Students are focus with
teacher and open they
The teacher show them a mouth like teacher do.
picture of the letter A a, with
Students answer the The students enjoyed
sound. doing this and really
teacher, from picture
and spelling the sound exaggerated their mouth.
Words: Apple, Ant, airplane,
Ambulance, Alligator, Angry. and word.

The students repeat the

words and look their
mouth.

Hearing the Sound in the initial position:

The students repeat This great idea to

Teacher show them flashcard after teacher to save memorize the word of
of the sounds, and spell after and sound of letter. letter and sound. Also
her the words and the sound. ho to spelling.
Students will close
She tell them to close their they eyes and listen. Students like to play in
eyes and she take a card and the lesson, to enjoy
hide it, to see if they know and have fun.
the missing.
The student will
focus of the words
She said the word is connect and select the right
with picture they says yes or one.
no.
The students will
She tell them to raise their
participate with
hand when they hear and see
teacher in the lesson.
the sounds of letter.

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 Words: Apple, Ant,
alligator, ambulance, arm,
air.
The teacher choose student,
she say name of picture and
student will select.
Students will say
sound of letter and Repeat words with
the words. sound for students to
save in terms of shape
Some students may and colors
concentrated with
be feel confuse of
pictures.
words, so teacher
help them by simple
thing like the color or The parameter help
something else, so the student in the
they will know. simplest way to
understand the student
and his choice the
correctly.

Introducing the Writing of the Sound:

The teacher will explain to them

how to write the letter Aa with steps The children sit Work on repeating the
in the board one by one: nicely, and listen name and sound of the
1. Start from up then go down. carefully with letter and repeat
2. Make next line up and go teacher. writing the letter and
down. also written on work
3. Make a straight line in the sheet, and with play
middle. The children repeat dough or with sand to
be memorize the letter
with teacher direction
And say the letter name with sounds. and sound /a/ in the in interesting way.
The teacher repeat this and children floor with their
copy the steps to do it in the floor fingers.
Make more practicing
with their fingers.
of writing in work
sheet.
She choose child to come and try to
write the letter to observe them, by
using the steps. The child write the
letter while other
children to learn.
She repeats this with another 3
children.

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Practicing Writing the Sound:
The teacher will selects one
group of children to move to
the writing table, and the rest
of children will play in the
areas.
She sits and show them a
letter and ask them do you
know which letter and
sounds.
She support them to say the
sound of letter and word start
with letter a / a, and they will
written it.
She show them pictures start
with this letter, and they will
say yes or no.
The children will go This was useful way to
work in small group to
with teacher, and
know children levels
most of them go to
to develop them, by
area and waiting
ask them about the
teacher to call group
name. sound and recognize
and write it the sound
Children trace the /a/.
sound /a/ and repeat
It was good idea to
the sound.
keep repeat the sound
Children say the /a/ and acting to
distinguish between
sound /a/ and write
the sounds, so that
the letter.
help to remember the
The children will letter by the song of
the sound or pictures.
concentrate the sound
of letter and listen
carefully and identify
the object of sound
/a/. When they hear
it, the write it under
the picture.
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Reflections on Observation Task 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

1. What program is us ed in your s chool to teach phonics ?

The program that used in my school is song of the sounds.

2. How is phonics taught in your s chool?

They are taught from song of the sound he letter and the acting to memorise
the letter and sounds, also use flash card are from ministry to teach the
students.

3. What was the focus of the lesson?

They focus in time management and individual activities for children, also make
check list for students.

4. Were the learners engaged in the phonics lesson? If they were, select (a); if they were not,
select (b).

a. Describe the different types of active engagement activities that the

teacher used.
She play the s ong to notice childre n know s ongs of le tte rs , als o
s he put the card down, and whe n s he s aid s ound of le tte r the y
will jump. The othe r one is s he the m ite m the childre n s ay the
s ound and le tte r name .

b. What could active engagement activities the teacher have us ed to

help learners be t t e r understand the les s on?

5. What types of activities did the children participate in during their independent centers that

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reinforced the lesson objective/learning outcome? If they participated in learning centers,
select (a); if they did not, select (b)
a) Des cribe the different types of learning ce nter activities that the
s tudents did.

b) Des cribe two (2) learning center activities that the teacher could
have us ed to help reinforce the learning outcome.
There are two type of activities is reading and writing. Teacher in
writing area she make flash card of students name to written in the area
to memorise the names and follow the dots and make they font better.
For the reading area put some cards of sight word to read the word and
saved, also the book story they point of thing they knowledge and take it
in the lesson.