Guide to Lesson Planning and a Sample Lesson Plan

If you are in need of a sample lesson plan, the firstSkills: Understanding of letter sounds; Aware of splits in
thing to look at is to understand what makes a goodwords based on sounds
lesson. To understand, here is a basic format for aTitle: Sounds
lesson.Description: Using words to separate sounds into
Lesson Samplewords and words back into sounds.
Teacher:Goals: To have students understand the separation of
School:sounds with words and vice versa.
Grade Level:Objectives: Students demonstrate the understanding
Subject Area:of phonetics by separating words into sounds and
Skillsounds into words.
Title:Procedure:
Description:· Start by having the students listen to a word you
Goals:say and let them know the beginning, end, and middle
Objectives:sounds of that word. After they do this correctly, they
Procedure:can all say the word together.
Materials/Resources:· When it begins, say the word three times (Example:
Assessment/Evaluation:cat, cat, cat) and ask what is the beginning sound. The
By looking at this lesson plan format, it becomes easystudent should answer with "c". If confused, say the
to not only organize a lesson into the design you arecombination of both consonant and vowel "ca" and
looking for, but also to structure the lesson to best suitseparate both "c" and "a" so they understand they are
the level of the students along with what exactly youseparate sounds.
wish the students to learn.· Next ask what is the middle sound whereas the
Each and every lesson plan can be designed to beststudent should answer with "a".
suit the students that you are teaching rather than as· Then ask what is the end sound and the answer
a general lesson plan. In this way, students can bestshould end with "t".
maximize their understanding of the subject as well as· Repeat each sound and then have the students
for the teacher to best understand what it is that therepeat all the sounds separately as well as to form
student requires."cat" altogether.
The following is a sample lesson plan designed for· Use this procedure several times with other words
kindergarten students to understand the study ofsuch as "big, bag" etc.
phonetics and sound.Materials/Resources: None
Lesson Plan SampleAssessment/Evaluation: Assessment can be done by
Teacher:analyzing students understanding and checking
School:whether they understand the change between sounds
Grade Level: Kindergartenand words.
Subject Area: Phonetics