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.

Cylinder

                                     Picture cards for activity 1

Cage

City

Giraffe

Mice

                                               

          

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