Lesson Plan of Hard and Soft Sounds of Letters” C” and “ G ”English Grade 3
Lesson Plan of Hard and Soft Sounds of Letters” C” and “ G”
English Grade 3
Students’ Learning Outcomes
· Articulate hard and soft sounds of letters ‘c’ and ‘g’.
Information for Teachers
Skill: vocabulary and pronunciation
*soft ‘c’ is pronounced ‘s’ as in cell, city,
mice, citrus, cycle.
* A hard ‘c’ is pronounced ‘k’
as in clock, correct, cup, cage, class.
* A soft ‘g’ is pronounced ‘j’
as in giant, giraffe, gypsy.
* A hard ‘g’ is pronounced ‘g’ as in golf,
gun, great, gum, goat.
* While teaching the lesson,
the teacher should also use textbook where required.
Material / Resources
Pictures given at the end of
the lesson plan starting with the letters ‘c’ and ‘g’ or the same things can be
drawn on the board.
Warm up Activity :
·
Ask the class: Tell the names
of things that start with letter c.
·
( Answer: cap, car, cup, cow.
appreciate the children who give correct answer by saying good/ very good.)
·
Tell them that the sound of
letter ‘c’ here is hard as it is pronounced as ‘k’.
·
Name a few things that start
with letter ‘g’ ( answer: giraffe, gun, gate, goat,etc.)
·
Tell them that giraffe has ‘j’
sound, it is soft ‘g’.
·
While in gun, gum, gate, goat
is hard ‘g’.
Development
Activity 1
·
Show the picture card 1 to
the students for soft ‘c’ sound and ask them: what can you see in the picture ?
( Answer: two mouse/rats.)
·
Tell the children they are
called mice when two are together.
·
What can you see in the
picture number 2 and 3 ( Answer: city,
cylinder.
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
A soft ‘c’ pronounced ‘s’ |
A hard ‘c’ is pronounced ‘k’ |
A soft ‘g’ is pronounced ‘j’ |
A hard ‘g’ is pronounced ‘g’ |
Cell, city, mice, cylinder. |
Clock, correct, cup, class, clap, cage, copy |
Giraffe, giant, gel |
Gun, grass, gate |
·
Ask the class to clap for the student who has
given a correct answer.
·
Write the words on the
blackboard under the soft ‘c’ ( write the words on the board making four
columns like this):
·
Tell them that if the sound
of the above mentioned words in first column is ‘s’ it is called the soft ‘c’.
·
Where are you sitting?
Answer: in the classroom.
·
Tell the students that the ‘k’
sound is called a hard ‘c’.
·
Take a cap, cup, clock,copy
and cat in the class or the picture cards to the class and ask them: What are
these things called ? Answer: cat, cup, cap, clock, copy. Appreciate them by
asking to clap for correct answers given by the students.
·
Show the class a picture of a
giraffe/giant/gel. Ask them “What is it”? When they answer, write it in column
3.
·
Tell the students that the
sopund ‘j’ is called a soft ‘g’.
·
Show plastic gun or the
picture of gun and ask them: “what is it”? When they answer, write the word in
column 4. Tell the students that the ‘g’ sound is a hard ‘g’.
·
A soft ‘c’ is pronounced ‘s’;
A hard ‘c’ is pronounced like ‘k’.
·
A soft ‘g’ is pronounced ‘j’;
A hard ‘g’ is pronounced like ‘g’.
·
Read the words written on the
blackboard aloud.
·
Correct the students if they
pronounce it wrongly.
Activity 2
·
Students will work in pairs
and read the words written on the blackboard from the previous activity. They
can give more words with the same sounds.
·
Ask them to identify if the
word has soft sound of letters ‘c’ and ‘g’ or hard sound of letters ‘c’ and ‘g’.
·
Ask the students to draw the
four columns from activity 1 in their notebook and note all the responses.
Assessment
·
Ask the questions:
Name a few things that start with soft ‘c’.
Answer: cell, city, cyle, cylinder.
Name a few things that start with hard ‘c’.
Answer: call, clock, cup, cage, class.
Name a few things that start with soft ‘g’.
Answer: giant, giraffe, gypsy.
Name a few things that start with hard ‘g’.
Answer; golf, gun, great, gum, goat, grass.
·
Involve the students in
solving the problems given in the exercise at end of unit/chaqpter.
Follow Up
·
Paste pictures or draw two
things that start with soft ‘c’ and ‘g’ or hard ‘c’ and ‘g’.
( soft ‘c’)cell, city; ( hard
‘c’): cup, cap, cream, clock, cage, class.
( soft ‘g’) giant, giraffe, (
hard ‘g’) goat, golf, gun.
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| Cylinder |
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| Cage |
 |
| City |
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| Giraffe |
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| Mice |
1.
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