Letters D and E | Beginner phonics lesson

In this beginner phonics lesson, young learners are introduced to two new letters of the alphabet: Dd and Ee. For each letter, students meet the uppercase and lowercase forms side by side, practise tracing them, and sort mixed capital and small letters into the right groups. They then learn the letter sound — D says /d/ and E says /e/ — and sing along to the Super Simple ABCs letter song for each one.

Four new words are introduced per letter: dog, desk, duck and doll for Dd, and egg, elbow, elephant and envelope for Ee. Students match pictures to words, find the matching word, write the words, and join in with the Dd and Ee chants to hear the initial sound repeated in context. The lesson finishes with a mixed D-and-E practice round and an interactive game with Pip, where students tap the picture that starts with the target letter.

This is Lesson 3 in Level 1 of Phonics Easy Peasy, following on from the earlier letters of the alphabet.

Learning objectives
By the end of this lesson, students can:

• Recognise the letters D and E in both uppercase and lowercase
• Say the sounds /d/ and /e/ correctly
• Trace and write the letters D, d, E and e
• Name at least three words beginning with each letter

This lesson covers:

• Phonics: initial sounds /d/ and /e/
• Letter recognition: uppercase and lowercase Dd and Ee, with sorting activities
• Handwriting: tracing and writing D, d, E, e and the new words
• Vocabulary: dog, desk, duck, do, doll / egg, elbow, elephant, envelope
• Songs and chants: Super Simple ABCs letter songs plus the Dd and Ee chants
• Interactive practice: picture matching, word finding, and a tap-the-picture game with Pip

Suitable for: Pre-A1 / beginner young learners