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Letter d

Subject: English | Class: Playgroup | Series: Skillford

Overview

This lesson introduces the letter "d". Learners look at a big picture of a duck and a dog on a garden path, say the words duck and dog, and meet three more words that begin with "d": dolphin, drum and doll. On the second day they finger-trace and pencil-trace the letter "d" and decorate the duck picture with paint dots. All talk is oral and playful. Learners are not expected to read or write words.

Learning Outcomes (from textbook)

  • Recognise the letter "d" and say its sound
  • Learn simple words that begin with the letter "d"
  • Trace the letter "d"

Key Vocabulary

  • duck
  • dog
  • dolphin
  • drum
  • doll

Speech-Bubble Sentence

  • "The dog and the duck are playing in the garden."

Day 1: Look and Say (30 minutes)

Materials

  • Textbook page 10
  • A picture book showing a duck and her ducklings
  • Picture cards (or the book pictures) of duck, dog, dolphin, drum, doll
  • A tablet or screen with a short clip of a dog and a duck
  • A dice

Circle Time Warm-Up (5 minutes)

  • Sit the learners in a circle and sing a hello song together
  • Quickly revise "a", "b" and "c": ant /a/, boy /b/, cap /k/
  • Draw a big "d" in the air and ask learners to copy you
  • Say the sound /d/: tap the tongue behind the top teeth: /d/, /d/, /d/, like a little drum

Little Explorers (5 minutes)

  • Open a picture book at a duck and her ducklings
  • Point to the big duck and say "duck"
  • Tell the learners that a baby duck is called a duckling
  • Count the ducklings together

Look and Say (10 minutes)

  • Open page 10 and point to the big yellow "d"
  • Point to the duck and say "duck". Learners repeat
  • Point to the dog and say "dog". Learners repeat
  • Read the speech bubble aloud: "The dog and the duck are playing in the garden." Learners echo it in two short parts: "The dog and the duck" / "are playing in the garden"
  • Point to each picture card and say the word; learners repeat twice:
    • dolphin
    • drum
    • doll
  • Play "Point to it": say a word, learners point to the right picture in their book
  • Add actions: swim like a dolphin, bang a drum, rock a doll

Little Innovators (5 minutes)

  • Play a short clip of a dog and a duck
  • The learners bark for one and quack for the other
  • Pause and ask: "Is this the dog or the duck?"

Little Thinkers (4 minutes)

  • Let each learner roll a dice
  • Count the dots out loud together
  • Say who rolled the biggest number
  • Ask: "Dice starts with which sound?" Learners say /d/

Wrap-Up (1 minute)

  • Bark and quack goodbye: "Woof! Quack! Bye-bye, dog and duck!"

Differentiation

  • Support: Let shy learners bark or quack instead of saying the word
  • Extension: Ask confident learners to say the whole sentence in one go

Day 2: Trace and Write (30 minutes)

Materials

  • Textbook pages 10-11
  • Grey playdough
  • Cotton buds and yellow paint
  • Crayons
  • Pencils

Warm-Up (4 minutes)

  • Show page 10 again. Point and say: duck, dog, dolphin, drum, doll
  • Say the sentence together: "The dog and the duck are playing in the garden."
  • Chant the sound: "d, d, duck; d, d, dog; d, d, drum"

Little Builders (5 minutes)

  • Give out grey playdough
  • Let each learner roll a dolphin: smooth back, pointed nose, one curved tail
  • Ask: "What did you make?" Learners say "dolphin"

Finger Tracing and Colouring (5 minutes)

  • Open page 11 and point to the big pink "d" in the cloud
  • Show the stroke: make a small round "c" shape first and close it, then go up to the very top and draw a tall line straight down
  • Let the learners run a finger along "d", then colour it in
  • Do the Colour, Say, Trace icons together: colour it, say "d", trace it

Trace and Write (9 minutes)

  • Hand out pencils and check the pinch grip
  • Work through the traced rows together, one line at a time
  • Row 1: model the first "d", then follow the arrows: the round part first, then the tall line down
  • Row 2: trace the dotted letters, starting at the red dot
  • Rows 3 and 4: learners try to make a "d" from each red dot, with your hand over their hand if needed
  • Remind learners: "d" has its round part first, then the tall line; "b" has the tall line first
  • Praise every try: "Super d!"

Little Artists (6 minutes)

  • When the writing is done, start the Little Artists art activity
  • Dip a cotton bud in paint and press dots onto the duck on page 11
  • Use yellow paint so the duck turns yellow like the duck on page 10
  • As they work, ask: "What is this?" Learners say "duck"

Wrap-Up (1 minute)

  • Draw "d" in the air one last time and say /d/
  • Remind parents to finish with the matching pages in the Activity Book

Differentiation

  • Support: Use a thick crayon; trace the round part with the learner, then let them do the line
  • Extension: Let confident learners play a "b or d?" game with letter cards

Teaching Tips (from textbook)

  • Let the learners run a finger along "d", then colour it in
  • Hand out pencils and work through the traced rows together, one line at a time
  • When the writing is done, start the Little Artists art activity
  • Finish with the matching pages in the Activity Book
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