strategies for explanation of phonics ( grade:1)

1. Teaching phonics for grade 1 students
Done by: Bayan Chehab, Lina Hamawi, Zahraa Haidar, and Noor Raad.
Grade 1
Lessonname: Phonics (a, b, c, & d)
Duration: 55 minutes
Objective: At the end of the session, students should be able to pronouncethe
sound of the letters in the alphabets (a, b, c, & d).
Strategy:Centers
Materials: Podcast,Interactive PowerPoint presentation, printable worksheet,
pictures sheet, alphabet sheet, blank sheets of paper, evaluation sheets.
Warm up:
- Display alphabet pictures sheet on LCD.
- Tell the students that they are going to listen to a podcast(explain what a
podcastis).
- Listen to the podcasttwice.
- Ask students to try and sing it (They might look at the pictures displayed).
- Tell the students to listen carefully one more time because they are going to
pronouncethe sound of each letter on the board.
- Have students pronounce the sound of each letter.
Activity:
- Open Interactive PowerPoint presentation.
- Read the directions for the students.
- Choosestudents to say the name of the picture and choosethe correct
beginning sound letter.
- Have students reread the name of the picture (word).
Center 1:
- Print out worksheet 1.
- Cut the cards.
- Read the directions for the students.

2. Center 2:
- Give students blank sheets of paper.
- Have students draw a picture of something that starts with “a” sound.
Center 3:
- Give students blank sheets of paper.
- Have students draw a picture of something that starts with “b”sound.
Center 4:
- Give students blank sheets of paper.
- Have students draw a picture of something that starts with “c”sound.
Center 5:
- Give students blank sheets of paper.
- Have students draw a picture of something that starts with “d”sound.
Evaluation:
- Printout evaluation sheet.
Done by:
Bayan Chehab
Lina Hamwi
Zahraa Haidar
Noor Raad