Phonics lesson plans – th

DAY We Are Learning MODEL / INTRODUCTION INDEPENDENT WORK PLENARY

To (WALT):

Recognise, Go through flashcards for today’s high frequency words Lower ability – circle the correct word (from a Revise the
read and Revise the graphemes (letter strings) that we have choice of 3 words) under a picture phrase for
spell the th covered previously – show children clue cards with today: ‘T H
grapheme each grapheme on the front and a clue word on the Middle ability – join the correct letters together represents
back. Have them say the clue word, then the sound to make the word to go with a picture e.g. (th)’
that the grapheme represents e.g. bat, (b)
Show the children several images of words containing Ask children
today’s grapheme/s to think, pair,
Say the word aloud that each image represents, share as
without letting the children see the words many of the
Ask children to think, pair, share which sound they can words from
hear in all of the words today’s
Ask children where the sound comes in the words i.e. lesson as
at the beginning of the word, in the middle of the word Higher ability – unscramble the letters to make they can
at the end of the word, or in more than one position the correct word to go with a picture e.g.
Show children the images again, this time with the word Complete
underneath each image the additional
Ask children to think, pair, share what pattern (i.e. what IWB activities
grapheme) they can see in all of the words e.g. match
Show children images again, this time with the words the word and
under each image and the grapheme highlighted image and /
Ask them to see if they spotted the pattern correctly or guess the
Discuss where in the words we find the grapheme missing word
Have children repeat this phrase – ‘T H represents (th)’
Extension – complete a Wordsearch with
Repeat this phrase several times in different ‘voices’
words with today’s grapheme
e.g. loudly, quietly, quickly, slowly etc

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