Observation Task 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

Focus: Identify the structure of a phonics lesson used by your MST and the supporting activities
used to reinforce the concepts taught

Objective: To encourage student teachers to identify and discuss the structure of a phonics
lesson, focusing on what the MST does, what the students do in response and the student
centered activities used to support the students learning.

Procedure: Familiarize yourself with the Observation Table: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

Table 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

The Structure of the Lesson
What the teacher does
Introducing the Sound:
Teacher asks children what sound
they make when they touch or feel
something hot.
The teacher explains that we make
that hot sound with our mouth open
When we say H sound mouths
should be open.
What the children do
Children was show up their
hands if they touch to hot
thing or feel hot and what
sound comes out of mouth.
Children was try to open
their mouth and realize that
this sound can make open
mouth.
Comments
This idea worked well
because when we touch hot or
feel hot this sound H comes
out.
It was interesting for them to
know that should have to keep
Our mouth open when we say
H sound.

Hearing the Sound in the initial position:

. the teacher ask children to open Children were looking each Children were enjoying and
mouth and take out sound of ha ,ha, other as pair and share how feeling happy and looking to
ha ,as you feel something hot and open mouth the sound comes each other how their friends
this sound comes out naturally . out. are saying sound.

Teacher ask children what their lips

do when they say this H sound. They all doing well as they
Children touch their lips and
doing they were enjoying H
mouth and keep hands then
sound practice.
cheeks when say H sound.
Teacher ask children to see their They were brilliant while
mouth when they say H sound and Jumping and saying H sound doing and saying H sound .
jump while saying it . is good exercise for them .

Teacher ask children to laugh ha, ha, Children was laugh ha, ha, They liked a lot at the end we
ha ,and recognize the sound of H ha, and realize the sound . laugh sound of H comes out .

Introducing the Writing of the Sound:

Teacher explains how to write letter Children sat and look to the Children were great at
H teacher practicing letter H
She show them letter H formation on Children will practice on
the white board sand.

Practicing Writing the Sound:

Teacher was give children Children was tracing letter H It was a great they develop
worksheet to trace it letter H and saying the sound H their writing skills and
learning sound of H
Reflections on Observation Task 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

1. What program i s used in your school to teach phonics?

Song of sound program is used in government school to teach phonics