LESSON PLAN Grade 1

Long-term plan unit:
Unit 2 My school School:
Date: Teacher name:
Grade: 1 Number present: absent:
Theme of the lesson: Initial letters
Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to 1.R1 recognise initial letters in names and places
1.W2 form some lower case letters of regular size and shape
Lesson objectives Learners will be able to:
Sound letters of the alphabet
Recognize the majority of letters
Success criteria Learners have met the learning objective (R1) if they can:
Identify 5 or more letters.
Value links Lifelong learning
Cross-curricular links ICT, art
ICT skills Using videos, working with URLs
Previous learning Vocabulary knowledge from Unit 1, basic colours and numbers 1-10
Plan
Planned timings Planned activities Resources
Beginning
5 mins
Organizational moment
Teacher greets students; students respond to greeting and take their places.
Warming up
Teacher asks students “How are you?” to find out their mood at the beginning of the lesson; students choose one of the smiles they have on their handouts, saying “I am happy/sad….etc.” PPT Slide
Middle
30 mins
Revising the ABС (18) (D, W, G)
Demonstration / Whole-class activity:
- inform students that they are going to watch the 1st 2 mins of the video about the ABC and ask them to repeat after the speaker
- demonstrate flash cards to students and ask them to name letters
Group work: (FA)
- split the class into 2 teams
- take two different sets of ABC flashcards and mix each of them; after provide each group with one set of cards
- set a time limit of 7 mins and explain the task - to try and put mixed letters in the correct order (from A to Z)
- monitor students’ progress and assist if necessary
- in 7 minutes ask groups to present their results
- groups feedback to peers’ presentations, identifying one good point and one area for improvement.
- play the song from the beginning of the lesson again in order to check if they did everything correctly as well as consolidate.
Dynamic break (W) (2)
Whole-class activity:
Ask students to stand up, go to the carpet and repeat the moves shown in the video for dynamic break “Head, shoulders, knees & toes”
Tracing letters (10) (I)
Individual work (with extension to home task if necessary):
- provide each student with a worksheet for tracing letters A-Z
- explain that students should first trace the letters and then try to write letters themselves on the space provided
- remind that students should use pens only
- set a time limit of 10 minutes; monitor students’ progress and assist if necessary
- when students finish, check and assess the work (orally or with an appropriate sticker)
NOTE: if some students do not finish the exercise in class let them take it as a home assignment and check it the next lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-3nQX8EE8o
ABC Flash cards
2 sets of ABC Flash cards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-3nQX8EE8o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4eueDYPTIg
Worksheets
End
5 mins Good bye song
Students sing a good-bye song and dance to the tune repeating the moves shown in the video
Smiling feedback
Teacher asks students “How are you?” to find out their mood at the end of the lesson, compare it to the initial mood students had and make conclusion how the lesson influenced students and why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcws7UWWDEs
PPP Slide
Additional information
Differentiation – how do you plan to give more support? How do you plan to challenge the more able learners? Assessment – how are you planning to check learners’ learning? Health and safety checkICT links
Less able students – greater support by means of prompts, visuals or writing difficult words on the blackboard
More able students – independent work on definite tasks with little/no support
While group or pair work more able students can also provide less able students with additional support through observation Work with the SMART board not more than 10 minutes
Make a dynamic break in the middle of the lesson
Monitor classroom space when students start moving around
Use water based markers
Check sockets’ safety
Reflection
Were the lesson objectives/learning objectives realistic? What did the learners learn today? What was the learning atmosphere like? Did my planned differentiation work well? Did I stick to timings? What changes did I make from my plan and why? Summary evaluation
What two things went really well (consider both teaching and learning)?
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2:
What two things would have improved the lesson (consider both teaching and learning)?
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2:
What have I learned from this lesson about the class or individuals that will inform my next lesson?