Demonstration of a phonics lesson slide outlines

1. Demonstration of a phonics lesson 

Extract from a Literacy Hub professional learning webinar. 

2. Four key takeaways from the example phonics lesson – standard level 

  1. Gradual release of responsibility (I do, We do, You do) 
  2. Student participation and active engagement 
  3. Focus on student learning and immediate feedback 
  4. Check for understanding  

3. Phonics 

Sample lesson (standard level). 

4. Learning intention 

We are learning about letters and sounds so that we can read and write words.  

Success criteria

I will know I have been successful if I can: 

  • say the sound for sh 
  • read a word with sh 
  • write a word with sh. 

5. I do… 

sh sh sh 

[Image: icons in the lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board and a pencil.] 

6. We do… 

sh sh sh 

[Image: icons in the lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board in front of three people, and a pencil.] 

7. I do… 

fish 

[Image: icons in the lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board and a pair of glasses, indicating students are watching the instruction be modelled.] 

8. I do… 

fish wish shut 

[Image: icons in the lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board and a pair of glasses, indicating students are watching the instruction be modelled.] 

9. We do… 

shop 

[Image: icons in the lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board and a pair of glasses, indicating students are watching the instruction be modelled.] 

10. We do… 

shop dash shin 

[Image: icons in the lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board and a pair of glasses, indicating students are watching the instruction be modelled.] 

11. I do… 

[Image: graphic of a ship, a crash and a brush; icons in the lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board, and a pencil.] 

12. We do… 

[Image: graphic of a flash; icons in the lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board in front of three people, and a pencil.] 

13. I do… 

put put put 

[Image: icons in lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board and a pair of glasses, indicating students are watching the instruction be modelled, and a pencil.] 

14. We do… 

put put put 

[Image: icons in lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board in front of three people, and a pair of glasses, indicating students are watching the instruction be modelled, and a pencil.] 

15. I do… 

The ship is at the dock. 

[Image: icons in lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board, and a pair of glasses, indicating students are watching the instruction be modelled.] 

16. We do… 

The fish was on the dish. 

[Image: icons in lower left-hand side show a person writing on a board with three people watching, and a pair of glasses, indicating students are watching the instruction be modelled.] 

17. I do… 

[Image: pencil icon; icon in lower left-hand side shows a person writing on a board.] 

18. We do… 

[Image: pencil icon; icon in lower left-hand side shows a person writing on a board in front of three people.] 

19. Check for understanding 

I can…  

  • say the sound for sh 
  • read a word with sh: wish, crash, splash 
  • write a word with sh. 

[Image: icon in lower left-hand side show student showing their work on their mini-whiteboard] 

20. Check for understanding 

[Image: example phonics lesson student worksheet (standard) showing letter and sound practice using the letter–sound correspondence sh, and the irregular word put.] 

21. Independent practice 

[Image: Phonics instructional model showing review and explicit teaching sections, highlighting the Check for understanding section.] 

Examples of skill application tasks. 

Students can do the following independent tasks to practise, learn and master sounds. These purposeful tasks need to be carefully planned to enable revision and consolidation of learned skills and knowledge. Consider whether you have explicitly taught all of the skills for students to be able to access the materials and instructions for these tasks.  

  • Read a decodable text. 
  • /sh/ word hunt where /sh/ can be the beginning, middle or final sound in a word. 
  • Read a decodable word/sentence, write the word/sentence, draw the word/scene. 
  • Use the Literacy Hub’s phonics pair-game templates to focus on the /sh/ sound. 
  • Set up phoneme manipulation activities with the new sound (sound swap). 
  • Build sentences with words students know using punctuation. 
  • Encourage sorting activities: 
    • decodable words by initial phoneme 
    • pictures by initial phoneme 
    • decodable words by medial vowel (for example, short a/e/i/o/u).