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Lesson 4 – Phonics

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Lesson 4
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- sounds /l/, /m/, /n/
- words containing the
sounds /l/, /m/, /n/
- PB p.6
- AB p.7

REVIEW
What can
you see?

I can see
seventeen crayons.

PRACTICE

Let's play!
- Divide students into groups of four.
- Have students look at the picture and
count.
- Choose the correct answer: A, B or C.
- 1 correct answer = 1 point.
- All students say aloud the answer.

START

What can you see?

A. I can see
fourteen pencils.

B. I can see
twelve pencils.

C. I can see
eleven pencils.

What can you see?

A. I can see
twelve rubbers.

B. I can see
eleven rubbers.

C. I can see
thirteen rubbers.

What can you see?

A. I can see
nineteen birds.

B. I can see
eighteen birds.

C. I can see
twenty birds.

What can you see?

A. I can see
fifteen ducks.

B. I can see
seventeen ducks.

C. I can see
fourteen ducks.

What can you see?

A. I can see
twenty rulers.

B. I can see
seventeen rulers.

C. I can see
eighteen rulers.

What can you see?

A. I can see
thirteen rabbits.

B. I can see
fourteen rabbits.

C. I can see
fifteen rabbits.

END

WARM - UP
Song: Alphabet Chant

-

Listen to the song.
Clap your hand and
sing along.

LEAD -IN
This is the Alphabet.
How many letters?

26 letters
Look.
Say the letters.

-

Click on the number to show the letter. Number 1 – Letter L, number 2 – Letter M,
Number 3 – Letter N
Have students listen and repeat each letter after you.

SOUND /l/
Letter

Ll
Sound

/l/
Click on the letter & sound to hear the voice

look

SOUND /m/
Letter

Mm
Sound

/m/
Click on the letter & sound to hear the voice

mum

SOUND /n/
Letter

Nn
Sound

/n/
Click on the letter & sound to hear the voice

number

PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)

- Play the audio, students listen and repeat.
- Put students into pairs to practise.

PRACTICE
Let's play!

MULTIPLE
CHOICE

- Divide students into two teams.
- Have students look at the picture
and choose the correct answer: A, B
or C.
- 1 correct answer = 1 point.
- All students say aloud the answer.

a

b

l

n
c

?

m

Next

a

b

m

l
Next

?

c

n

b

a

m

l
?

c

n

Next

a

b

?

?

l
L

c

?

Next

a

b

?

n
N

?
Next

c

?

a

b

?

m
M

?
Next

c

?

PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)
Answers

-

Listen

Write ”mat” and “jam” on the board and circle the m in each.
Elicit that in mat the m is the beginning of the word but in jam it is the end of the word.
Put students in pairs, they work together to write l,m,n to fill in the blanks.
Check answers and then open the audio, students listen and repeat.

PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)

- Have students look at the Pupils' books.
- Have students read each sentence aloud.
- Call groups of students to read aloud again.

PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)
f
e
e

t
w
e
ni n
t
y

s
i f t e en
v
e
l e v e n
t
e
t
i g ht e en
n
i
r
t
w t
e t e e n
e
l
v n
e

- Put students into pairs, they say and write the correct numbers in the crossword.
- Click on number 1 to 8 to show answers.

Answers
1

5

2

6

3

7

4

8

WRAP-UP

HOMEWORK

- Review vocabulary and grammar.
- Do exercises in the Activity book (page 7).

- Check answers in the Teacher's book (page 28) or Active Teach.

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