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Daily Lesson Plan -- Lesson 19
Letter Ss
Subject: English | Class: Nursery | Series: Skillford
Overview
This lesson introduces the letter "Ss". Learners meet the big capital "S" and the small "s" and learn the sound /s/, a long hiss like a snake. They look at a picture of a spider and a sparrow sitting on a pile of woolly socks, and name a bar of soap and a sofa. On the second day they trace and write "Ss", capital first, then small, and tick the pictures that begin with /s/.
Learning Outcomes (from textbook)
- Point to 'Ss' and say the sound /s/.
- Name three things that begin with the sound /s/.
- Trace and write 'Ss', capital first, then small.
Key Vocabulary
- spider
- sparrow
- socks
- soap
- sofa
Speech-Bubble Sentence
- "The spider and the sparrow are sitting on the socks."
Day 1: Look and Say (30 minutes)
Materials
- Textbook page 52
- Two cloths and a bowl of water
- A pair of socks and a bar of soap
- Picture cards (or the book pictures) of spider, sparrow, socks, soap, sofa
- A tablet or screen for a short clip of a ship at sea
Science: Start Early (3 minutes)
- Do this first thing in the morning so there is time to check after lunch
- Wet two cloths. Put one in the sun and one in the shade
- Ask: "Which one will dry first?" Let learners guess
Circle Time Warm-Up (4 minutes)
- Sit the learners in a circle and sing a hello song together
- Draw a big "S" in the air with your finger and ask learners to copy you
- Say the sound /s/ like a snake: /sss/. Learners hiss with you
- Wiggle an arm like a snake while hissing
Meet the Letter (4 minutes)
- Open page 52 and point to the big white "S" and the yellow "s"
- Say: "This is big S. This is small s." Learners point and repeat
- Show that big S and small s are the same shape; small s is just smaller
- Tell learners: "Today we will say /s/, find /s/ things and write Ss."
Look and Say (9 minutes)
- Point to the spider and say "spider". Learners repeat and wiggle their fingers like spider legs
- Point to the bird and say "sparrow". Learners repeat
- Point to the woolly socks and say "socks". Hold up the real socks
- Read the sentence aloud: "The spider and the sparrow are sitting on the socks." Say it a few words at a time; learners echo each part, then the whole sentence
- Point to each side picture and say the word; learners repeat twice:
- soap
- sofa
- Play "Point to it": say a word, learners point to the right picture in their book
Technology (5 minutes)
- Play a short clip of a ship at sea
- Ask: "Why does the ship rock up and down?" (the waves push it)
- Learners sway side to side like a ship and say "ship, /s/ /s/ ship"
Science: Check the Cloths (After Lunch, 3 minutes)
- Go back to the two cloths and let learners feel them
- Ask: "Which one has dried?" (the one in the sun)
- Say: "The sun dried it. Sun starts with /s/!"
Wrap-Up (2 minutes)
- Ask: "What does sofa start with?" Learners say /s/
- Learners hiss like a snake back to their seats
Differentiation
- Support: Let shy learners point to pictures instead of saying words; say the sentence with them in short parts
- Extension: Ask confident learners to say the whole sentence on their own
Day 2: Trace and Write (30 minutes)
Materials
- Textbook pages 52-53
- White playdough
- A handful of stones, some smooth and some rough
- Pencils and crayons
Warm-Up (4 minutes)
- Show page 52 again. Point and say: spider, sparrow, socks, soap, sofa
- Say the sentence together: "The spider and the sparrow are sitting on the socks."
Engineering (5 minutes)
- Give out white playdough
- Roll three balls: big, middle and small
- Stack them into a snowman. Say: "snowman, /s/ /s/ snowman"
Trace and Write (9 minutes)
- Open page 53 and let learners run a finger over the big "Ss" at the top
- Show the capital "S": start at the top right, curve round to the left, swing back across to the right, then curve round to the bottom, like a snake
- Show the small "s": the same snake shape, but small, between the middle and bottom lines
- Hand out pencils and check the grip
- Row 1: look at the model "Ss", then trace each dotted pair, capital first
- Row 2: trace each dotted pair carefully
- Rows 3 and 4: learners write "Ss" on their own, capital first, then small
- Praise every try: "What a wiggly snake S!"
Tick the /s/ Pictures (4 minutes)
- Point to each picture and say its name: snail, rose, spider, tiger
- Ask: "Does it begin with /s/?" Learners hiss if it does
- Learners tick the box next to the snail and the spider
- The rose begins with /r/ and the tiger begins with /t/
Arts (4 minutes)
- Colour the swan at the top of page 53
- As they colour, ask: "What is this bird?" Learners say "swan"
Maths (4 minutes)
- Lay out a handful of stones
- Count them aloud together
- Sort them into smooth ones and rough ones, then count each group
Differentiation
- Support: Use a thick crayon for tracing; hold the learner's hand for the first "Ss"
- Extension: Let confident learners write "Ss" on the board with a marker
Teaching Tips (from textbook)
- Guide learners to trace and write Ss, starting with a capital letter first, followed by a small letter.