Suggested Lesson Plans – i-Learn My Phonics – Grade 2 Semester I

WEEK 1 – GRADE 2 – LETTER N (35 minutes) PERIOD 1

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students can be able to:
 Recognize and pronounce the letter Nn and its sound correctly
 Understand, recognize and say the three Nn words
 Write the letter Nn
Topic & Resources Key Activities
Key language & Materials
Unit 1 - Lesson 1 Resources Warm-up (5 mins)
Letter Nn  i-Learn My  Greet students
Phonics Grade 2,  Write the letters A to M on the board leaving out a couple of them.
Integrated skills Pupil’s book – p.2  Ask the students to copy and complete the letters in their notebooks.
Reading, Listening, &3
Speaking, Writing Presentation & Practice
Materials 1. Listen, point and repeat. Colour (Track 02): Introduction of letter N, its sound and how
Vocabulary  CD to pronounce the words beginning with Nn (8 mins)
nut, net, nest  Phonics cards  Use a card with letter Nn (or write on board the letter Nn) to introduce to the students the new
lesson.
Sight words  Instruct students how to pronounce the letter name and the letter sound by saying: “This is the
look letter N //. The letter N says //.”
 Repeat several times and check students’ pronunciation (letter N // and its sound //)
 Use the phonics cards with nut, net, and nest, read the words out loud and have students
repeat.
 Use gestures to help students to understand the meanings of the three words.
 Stick the cards on board and have students repeat the words chorally several times (in the
correct order and then in any order).
 Call some students to say the words out loud and correct their mistakes (if any).
 Ask the students to open their books and colour in the letters.

Activity: Sit and Stand Game (4 mins)

 Show the 3 phonics cards one by one. For example, show the card with nut, but incorrectly say
net or nest, the students will stand; if the words are correctly said, they will stay sitting.
 Do the same procedure for the other two cards.
 Give feedback

2. Listen and point. Colour. (Track 03): Read the words with “Look!” (5 mins)
 Have students look at the book and listen to the words: a nut, a net, a nest.
 Have students listen and repeat the words for several times.
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 Give feedback
 Ask the students to colour the nut, net and nest using any colour they like.
 Go around the classroom asking the students to name the item they are colouring.
E.g: Teacher: (pointing to the nut) What’s this?
Student: A nut.

Activity: Touching Game (5 mins)

 Put the 3 phonics cards on the board in this order: nut, net, nest.
 Divide the class into 2 teams; call one student of each team to stand 1m from the board
 Read one of the three words out loud (e.g. a nut), students must run to tap the card of that
word.
 Student who taps the correct card first will get 1 point for his/her team.
 Call 4-6 students per team to the board if possible
 Give feedback

Activity: Optional Game

Step 1
 Give instructions of how to play the game. Give each student one card with a word/words/letter
(N/NN/Nn/nnn/a nut/a net…). Students take turn to show their cards and say the word(s)/letter.
(Note: N says //, NnN says //…)
Step 2
 Have a group of students to go in front of the class and show up their cards. Read any
word(s)/letter out loud. Students holding the card with the read word(s)/letter must jump high.
 Do the same procedure with other groups, ask students to read the word(s)/letter instead of the
teacher.
 Give feedback

3. Chant and show! (Track 04) (5 mins)

 Use the phonics cards on the board and have students sing the chant with nut.
 Do the same with net and nest.
 The whole class sings the whole chant.
 Do the chant again without the CD this time.
 Keep the rhythm by clapping their hands.
 Give feedback.

Production (3 mins)
Activity 1: Writing in the air
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 Show the letter Nn again, have students write the Nn in air with their fingers.