Lesson Exemplar in English

for Grades 2-4

(Phonics)

CONTENT STANDARD PERFORMANCE STANDARD

The learner demonstrates understanding
of process in sight word recognition or
phonic analysis to read and understand
words.
The learner uses words recognition
techniques to read and understand
words that contain complex
combinations, affixes and contractions
through theme-based activities.

I. LEARNING COMPETENCY : Distinguishes words with long vowel /a/ (EN3PW-00-3)

OBJECTIVE : 1. Read and write words with long /a/ in simple sentences.

Values: Gratitude

II. LEARNING CONTENT

Lesson: Words with Long /a/
Materials: Slide deck Presentation, video and answer sheet
References: Let’s Get Better in English Teacher’s Guide; 150-152
Let’s Get Better in English Learner’s Material; 146-160
https://youtu.be/fzFBaR8gtMw
https://youtu.be/m-uLFJp5ZtI

III. LEARNING TASKS

Introduction: (3 minutes)

Ask: What is the first letter of the alphabet? (a!)

(Show slide on letter “a”)

How do you pronounce “Long a”? (ai, ay, a-e)

Say: To properly pronounce the “Long a”, open your mouth with lips spread
out. Keep your tongue in the middle of your mouth to make the
sound.

(Have the pupils execute the lip and tongue formation.)

Everybody, open your mouth with lips spread out then keep your
tongue in the middle of your mouth to make the sound /ai/, /a-e/,
/ay/.

(Show slide on long “ a”)

 Say: Repeat after me… /ai/ (/ai/)
/a-e/ (/a-e/)
/ay/ (/ay/)

(Show slides for the more examples and ask the pupils to repeat after
you.)

Say: Please repeat after me.

/ai/ as in mail , tail, fail, jail, hail

/ay/ as in may, hay, pay, day, bay

Class, there is a “Magic Rule” which states that when a word contains
letter “e” at the end, it is usually silent and the preceding vowel has
the long sound, such as:

/a-e /as in bake, make, take, fake, rake

mate, date, hate, gate, late

Preliminary Activity: SONG (3 minutes)

Say: You will sing along with a video of a song about “Long a”. Follow the
movement of guitar’s head that means you will move your head from
left to right and snaps your fingers.

(Play Video of the song on “Long Vowel Letter ai/a-e/ay)

ACTIVITIES:

Task 1: NAMING GAME ( 2 minutes)

(Present set pictures from the song.)

Say: Let us see if you remember the name of the pictures presented in the
song.

(Click the next slide after showing each picture to check if the
answer of the pupils are correct. Then he/she will ask the
pupils to repeat the word after him/her.)

Ask: What is the name of this picture? (cake!)

 Say: cake…

Ask: How about this? (tape!)

Say: tape…

Ask: Which part of each word can you find the “Long a”?
(middle, medial)

Task 2 : Read Aloud (8 minutes)

(Read the passage aloud first, modeling fluent reading. Next, the
pupils will do it.)

Say: Listen carefully as I will read aloud the story titled “Cake for
Kate”. Then you will read it by yourselves after.

Cake for Kate

Jake bakes a cake. He takes the cake to Kate. “Did you bake this cake Jake?” Kate asks.
“Yes”, he says.
Together, Kate and Jake cut the cake. “Oh, thank you, Jake”, Kate adds. “It is your
birthday”, Jake smiles.

Ask:
Who bakes the cake? (Jake bakes the cake.)
Who eats the cake? (Kate and Jake eat the cake.)
Who thanks Jake? (Kate thanks Jake.)
What is the cake for? (The cake for Kate’s birthday)
Have you received a cake during your birthday? (Yes/No)
How did you feel when you receive the cake?
(Answer varies)
Why? (Answer varies)
What will you say if somebody gives you a gift?
(I will say “Thank you…”)

Say: Yes, always say thank you when somebody gives you
something, be thankful.

Ask: What are the words in the story with long /a/ ?

(Present slide for correct answers)

(Jake, bake, cake, Kate, birthday)
 What part of the word can you hear the long a?
Is it in the first, middle, or last?
(middle or medial except for birthday
which is in the last or final)

Task 3: Phonic Story Chant ( 8 minutes)

(Background)
Say: It’s Kate’s birthday and Jake wants to surprise Kate. Aside
from the cake which he placed inside the case, he also
brought with him other things. Let’s find out what are these as
we recite the story chant in the video.

Let us read out loud along with the video.

(Play the video on Phonic Story Chant with Long Vowel /a/
sound.)

Say: Group yourselves into two, one for boys and one for girls.
Each group will recite along with the video.

Say: All boys will stand at the left side and girls at the right side.
Choose a representative for your group to do “Bato Bato Pick”.
Whoever loss will be the first one to present.

(Chant Presentation)

(Show slide of the lyric of the chant)

What is in the case?

I have a vase
I have a rake
I have a cake
I have a date
Please, open the gate!

Ask: What are the words in the story with long /a/?

(Show slide for correct answers)

(case, vase, rake, date, gate)
IV. Assessment: (6 minutes)

I. Directions: Read orally the short story. Shake your hands up if the
word has long /a/.

Cake and Cape for Jake

It’s Jake’s birthday! This time, Kate and Nate made a surprise for him.
They bake a marble cake with a heart shape. It’s raining, but for their friend’s sake,
they go to the lake with their red cape.
Jake was with a rake sleeping near the lake. Alas! He was awake when
Kate and Nate gave him a blue cape! Tonight, they plan to have a dinner date.

II. Directions: Write the words with long /a/ found in the story “Cake and
Cape for Jake”.

(Answers: cake, cape, Jake, Nate, birthday, Kate, made,

bake, shape, sake, lake, gave, date)

Prepared by:

AIZEL M. BUCAG
T-III
Butuan City SPED Center