Observation Task 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

Table 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson

The Structure of the Lesson

What the teacher does What the children do Comments

The teacher asked the

students, what is the begging
The students sing the This worked very well
sound for M-Mouse?
song of the sounds. with the students
The teacher explained how to because they enjoyed it
The students say “M”. when making the sound
say the sounds M/m.
M/m by using their lips.
The students try to
Teacher says: press your lips
make the sound M by Students are practice
together lightly and say, mm,
using their lips. writing the letter M/m.
mm,
Students are learning
The students write the
The teacher explains how to new words with the
sound of the letter M/m begging sound of the
write the sound of the letter
in the whiteboard after letter M/m.
M/m. She is written the
the teacher writes.
capital M and small m on the
whiteboard. She says for the The students say the
capital M is called Mama and words with the begging
for the small m is called sound of the letter M
baby. after the teacher say
the words.
The teacher used the booklet
for MOE to teach the
students new words with the
begging sound M/m and these
words support with the
picture.

For example, Mouse, Mosque

and Map.
Hearing the Sound in the
initial position:

The teacher says some words

Students are listening This worked well and
with the begging sound of the
carefully. allows the students to
letter M/m and some will not.
focus on the sound M/m.
Students raise their
The teacher asks the students
hands when they hear But some students have
to listen carefully to the
the sound “M”. difficulties hearing it.
words that begging with the
M/m sound. Some students have
difficulties hearing it.
The teacher asks the students
when hearing the word with
the begging sound M/m raise
your hands.

The teacher gives the

students a star when the
answer right.
Introducing the Writing of
the Sound:
Students write the This way supports the
The teacher explains how to capital “M” and the students to write the
write the sound of the letter small “m” on the sound of the letter “M”.
M/m. She is written the whiteboard.
capital M and small m on the
whiteboard. She says for the
capital “M” is called Mama
and for the small “m” is
called baby. She showed
them how the letter “M”
looks like.

Then, the teacher let the

students practice writing the
letter M/m on the
whiteboard.

Practicing Writing the

Sound:
Students write the This way let the
Teacher gives the students’ sound “M” by students practice more
paper with the sound of the following the to write the sound “M”.
letter M/m. instructions 1-4 above.

Then, the teacher asks the

students to write the sound of
the letter “M” by using
instructions 1-4 above.
Table 2: Teaching a Phonics Lesson
The Structure of the Lesson

What the teacher does What the children do Comments

Introducing the Sound:

The teacher put the song of The students sing the Students are practice
the sounds to engage the song of the sounds. writing the letter N/n.
students.
The students say “N”. Students are learning
The teacher asked the new words with the
The students write the
students, what is the begging begging sound of the
sound of the letter N/n
sound for N-Nurse? letter N/n.
in the whiteboard after
The teacher explains how to the teacher writes.
write the sound of the letter
The students say the
N/n. She is written the capital
words with the begging
N and small n in the
sound of the letter N
whiteboard. She says for the
after the teacher say
capital N is called Mama and
the words.
for the small n is called baby.

The teacher used the booklet

for MOE to teach the
students new words with the
begging sound N/n and these
words support with the
picture.

For example, Nurse, Nose,

Nut.

Hearing the Sound in the

initial position:
Students are listening This worked well and
The teacher says some words carefully. allows the students to
with the begging sound of the focus on the sound N/n.
Students raise their
letter N/n and some will not. hands when they hear But some students have
the sound “N”. difficulties hearing it.
The teacher asks the students
to listen carefully to the Some students have
words that begging with the difficulties hearing it.
N/n sound.

The teacher asks the students

when hearing the word with
the begging sound N/n raise
your hands.

The teacher gives the

students a star when the
answer right.

Introducing the Writing of

the Sound:

The teacher explains how to

Students write the This way supports the
write the sound of the letter
capital “N” and the students to write the
N/n. She is written the capital
small “n” on the sound of the letter “N”.
N and small m on the
whiteboard.
whiteboard. She says for the
capital “N” is called Mama
and for the small “n” is called
baby. She showed them how
the letter “N” looks like.

Then, the teacher let the

students practice writing the
letter N/n on the whiteboard.

Practicing Writing the

Sound:

Then, the teacher asks the

Students write the This way let the
students to write the sound of
sound “N” by following students practice more
the letter “N” by using
the instructions 1-4 to write the sound “N”.
instructions 1-4 above.
above.
 Reflection:

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

The teacher used many different of program for example:
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2. How is phonics taught in your school?

The teacher teaches the students two letters in a week and this called a
Synthetic phonics approach. The synthetic phonics approach is a way of
teaching reading. Students will be learning how to the connection between
letters and sounds and breaking down or decoding words, for example,
students have "Map" words, so they are decoding this word to (M-a-p).

3. What was the focus of the lesson?

The teacher focus with the letter "M" because it is a new letter for the
children to learn.

4. Were the learners engaged in the phonics lesson? If they were, select (a);
if they were not, select (b).

a. Describe the different types of active engagement

activities that the teacher used.
 b. What active engagement activities could the teacher
have used to help learners b e t t e r understand the lesson?

The teacher put some cards with the letters M and some cards with
the letter N on the whiteboard and then she chooses two students to
play the game. The teacher gives each student a stick and asks them
if any of these students answer right when I ask you, I gave her/his
one point. For example, she chooses Reem and Salem. She asks
them I want the word Nut, then Reem put the stick in the Nut word
so she is having one point and so on. This way helps the students to
understand the lesson.
This game includes in the lesson about how can know the difference
between letters N and M. This game is worked well with the
students.

5. What types of activities did the children participate in during their

independent centres that reinforced the lesson objective/learning outcome? If
they participated in learning centres, select (a); if they did not, select (b)
a) Describe the different types of learning centre activities
that the students did.
Make a Mouse mask activity:
In this activity, children make a Mouse mask by using the Print
(shape of the Mouse), Colour. Then, they color the Mouse and they
are cutting and glue their crown together.
b) Describe two (2) learning centre activities that the
teacher could have used to help reinforce the learning
outcome.