Lesson example

Lesson 53 /oo/ ou soup Tricky Word: through

Revisit Alternative Spellings: /ee/ ee, y, ey, ea, e-e, ie /oa/ oa, oe, o-e, o, ow

Say the sound and point to the picture for /oo/ oo, ue, ew, u-e

Invite the children to read: too, blew, chew, true, clue, flute, prune

Teach /oo/ can also be written ou tricky word - th-r-ough

Practise Blending/segmenting: y-ou, g-r-ou-p, s-ou-p

Apply Read/Write: You were the first in the group to eat the soup.

Teach

Review the previous learnt spellings and word examples of the focus phoneme (e.g. oo boot, ue blue, ew grew, u-e flute

Explain to the children that they will be learning a new way to spell the phoneme today.

Display the picture with the new spelling (e.g. ou soup).

Display flash cards with the new spelling and blend through the words.

Mix up the cards and ask the children to read you the word as you show them the cards (e.g. y-ou, g-r-ou-p, s-ou-p).

Read a flash card with a new spelling, segmenting each word using your fingers to show each separate sound in the word. (e.g. y-ou, g-r-ou-p, s-ou-p). Identify each sound and blend each sound, running your finger underneath the graphemes as you go.

Now display a phoneme frame and model encoding the word, grapheme by grapheme.

1.Write the sentence on the whiteboard and have the children read it with you.

2.Rub the sentence off the whiteboard and dictate it to the children while they write it.