LETTER WORK

FIRST TERM WEEK 1

NURSERY 1 (AGE 3) 

THEME – LISTENING AND COMMUNICATION 

PREVIOUS LESSON – 

 

TOPIC – SOUND IN OUR ENVIRONMENT 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Sounds in Our Environment

2. Letter Sounds /a/ – /e/

3. Tracing Strokes and Curves

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment

 

BEHAVIOUR OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the children should be able to,

1. identify different sounds in their environments.

2. make the correct sound for each letter of the alphabet /a/ – /e/ and each letter in both its small and capital form.

3. identify and differentiate one sound from one.

4. identify and tracing strokes and curves with pencils and crayons.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR 

The children can differentiate animals from engine sound.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS 

The teacher will the lesson with the aid of,

1. mp3 player and chart showing objects that make sounds.

2. chart and flashcards showing alphabet Aa – Zz.

3. pencils, crayons and writing books.

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS 

1. Recommended textbook

2. National Curriculum

3. All relevant materials

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

INSTRUCTION – AUDITORY PROCESSING

A sound is anything that can be heard. Music, the barking of a dog, the wailing of a siren, and the voice of a friend are all sounds.

We hear and listen with our ears.

Sound can be high or low.

 

SOUNDS IN THE ENVIRONMENT 

Environmental sounds are sounds that surround us in our everyday lives, including natural and man-made sounds. They can be faint, like birdsong, or loud, like music or industrial noise.

 

LESSON 1 – THINGS THAT MAKE SOUND

Teacher uses mp3 player to lead and guide the children to identify different sounds in their environments.

For example – sounds make by,

1. People

2. Animals

3. Plants

4. Water

5. Wind

6. Objects like iron, drum, whistle, etc.

 

LESSON 2 – LETTER SOUND /a/ – /e/

Teacher guides the choice to identify letter names and pronounce their sound correctly.

ACTIVITY 1 – READING A – Z

Teacher leads and guides the children to identify and read A – Z.

Teacher leads and guides the children to identify and read aloud capital and small letters correctly. That’s, capital letter A small letter a, and so on.

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Ii Jj

Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr

Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

 

ACTIVITY 2 – LETTER SOUNDS /a/ – /e/

Teacher guides the children to identify letter names with their sound correctly.

Letter A a, Sound ah /a/

Letter B b, Sound buh /b/

Letter C c, Sound cuh /c/

Letter D d, Sound duh /d/

Letter E e, Sound eh /e/

 

ACTIVITY 3 – LETTER SOUNDS AND OBJECTS 

Letter A a, Sound ah /a/ as in 🍎

Letter B b, Sound buh /b/ as in ⚽

Letter C c, Sound cuh /c/ as in 🐈

Letter D d, Sound duh /d/ as in 🐕

Letter E e, Sound eh /e/ as in 🥚

 

ACTIVITY 4 – SUMMARY AND LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher guides the children to responses to the following questions,

Letter Aa sound ___ as in ___

Letter Bb sound ___ as in ___

Letter Cc sound ___ as in ___

Letter Dd sound ___ as in ___

Letter Ee sound ___ as in ___

 

LESSON 3 – TRACING SLANTING STROKES/LINES

DIFFERENT TYPES OF STROKES 

Teacher guide the children to identify and tracing different types of strokes correctly.

ACTIVITY 1 – / / / / / / /

ACTIVITY 2 – \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

ACTIVITY 3 – ||||||||

ACTIVITY 4 – ————–

 

LESSON 4 – TRACING DIFFERENT TYPES OF CURVE

Teacher guide the children to identify and tracing different types of curves correctly.

ACTIVITY 1 – ⊂⊂⊂⊂⊂⊂

ACTIVITY 2 – ⊃⊃⊃⊃⊃⊃

ACTIVITY 3 – ∪∪∪∪∪∪

ACTIVITY 4 – ∩∩∩∩∩∩∩

 

LESSON 5 – SUMMARY AND WEEKLY ASSESSMENT

Lesson 1 – Sounds in the Environment

Lesson 2 – Letter Sounds /a/ – /e/

Lesson 3 – Tracing Strokes // \\ || – –

Lesson 4 – Tracing ∩∪⊂⊃

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

To deliver this lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson based on what he/she has taught or what the children has learnt, then adopts the following steps:

LESSON 1 – SOUNDS IN THE ENVIRONMENT 

1. Teacher displays sample/chart showing bell, drum, microphone, mp3 player, etc. for the children to identify and describe their uses.

Children’s Activities – The children identify and describe bell, drum, microphone, mp3 player, etc. for the children to identify and describe their uses. 

2. Teacher uses the sample/chart and the children relevant responses to introduce the lesson and uses mp3 player to play the sound of animals like dog and goat, sound a baby, bell, etc. for them identify by listening.

Children’s Activities – The children identity animals sounds, baby sound, etc.

LESSON 2 – LETTER SOUNDS /a/ – /e/

3. Teacher displays chart and flashcards showing Aa – Zz for the children to read and identify the letters.

Children’s Activities – The children identify and play with the alphabet letters.

4. Teacher leads the children to sing alphabet song and guides them to identify each letter as they sing.

Children’s Activities – The children sing alphabet song along with their friends abd teacher.

5. Teacher uses chart, flashcards, song and the children active participation to introduce the lesson, leads and guides the children to make correct sound of letter /a/ – /e/.

Children’s Activities – The children pay attention to the lesson introduction, for the teacher’s lead and guide to make correct sound of letter /a/ – /e/.

6. Teacher guides the children to identify and match letter sounds with objects.

Children’s Activities – The children make correct letter sounds and match with the objects.

LESSON 3 AND WEEK 4 – TRACING STROKES AND CURVES

7. Teacher guides the children to tracing different types of strokes and curves.

Children’s Activities – The children identify strokes and curves, trace and colour correctly.

LESSON 5 – SUMMARY AND LESSON EVALUATION 

3. Teacher summarizes the lesson by asking the children questions based on the lesson taught and gives the children work to do at home.

Children’s Activities – The children participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding to the questions and do their homework at home.

 

LESSON EVALUATION/HOMEWORK

1. Teacher leads the children to make sounds by crying baby, bell, drum, dog, good, horn, police car siren, etc.

2. Teacher asks the children,

Letter Aa sound ___ as in ___

Letter Bb sound ___ as in ___

Letter Cc sound ___ as in ___

Letter Dd sound ___ as in ___

Letter Ee sound ___ as in ___

 

3. Trace and Colour the following,

⊂⊂⊂⊂⊂⊂⊂⊂⊂⊂

⊃⊃⊃⊃⊃⊃⊃⊃⊃⊃

∪∪∪∪∪∪∪∪∪∪

∩∩∩∩∩∩∩∩∩∩∩∩∩∩