Fun with Fish, Farms, Fans, and Fins

Fun with Fish, Farms, Fans, and Fins

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to recognize and write the capital and lowercase letter f and use it to read and write the words fish, farm, fan, and fin.

What do you already know about the letter f and the words fish, farm, fan, and fin?

Warm-up Activity

Let's start with a fun video about fish, farms, fans, and fins.

Introduction to the Letter F

The letter f is a consonant that makes the /f/ sound. It can be written in two ways: capital F and lowercase f.

Writing Practice: Capital F

Let's learn how to write the capital F. Start at the top, go straight down, then make a horizontal line across the middle.

Writing Practice: Lowercase f

Now, let's learn how to write the lowercase f. Start at the top, go straight down, then make a curved line to the right.

Reading Practice

Let's practice reading words with the letter f. Look at the word 'fish'. Can you say it?

Writing Practice: Vocabulary Words

Now, let's practice writing the words 'fish', 'farm', 'fan', and 'fin'. Remember to use the letter f correctly.

Wrap-up Activity

It's time for a fun game! Let's play 'Fish, Farm, Fan, or Fin'. I will say a word, and you have to show the corresponding picture card.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.