Gary, the Gold Gorilla
Emergent Literacy Design
Rationale: This is an
emergent literacy design with the focus on letter recognition, specifically the
litter g which make the /g/ sound.
Materials: For this lesson,
I will need a piece of paper with a big g, picture of a gold gorilla, lined
pieces of paper labeled (with the sidewalk, ditch, fence and rooftop), coloring
worksheet (with pictures of gorilla, grasshopper, horse and apple), crayons
(gold, green, gray, pink and blue) and various pictures of items and colors that
start with the letter g as well as some pictures that do not:
Gargle
Glass
Grey
Gold
Green
Grandparents
Purple
Apple
Frog
Jacket
Procedures:
1. Say:
There are 26 letters in the alphabet, and
they are all special because they make their own sounds.
Today we are going to be talking about 1 of those letters and hear some
words that have that letter in them!
2. I will begin my lesson
by introducing the letter on a laminated piece of paper. I will ask if any
student can tell me what letter this is. (It"s a g!). I will then begin to talk
about the sound the letter g makes. To
make the sound a g makes, your mouth is open, tongue humped at back of mouth.
Voice Box is on. It sounds like you are
gulping a big glass of water on a hot day /g/, /g/, /g/. I will do this by
introducing our new friend Gary, the Gold Gorilla.
3. (I will model during
instruction on whiteboard) Now that we
know what it sounds like, lets practice writing the letter g.
To write an uppercase G you want to start just below the rooftop, then
you want to reach backwards up and touch the sky then curve back around to the
sidewalk and once you have done this keep curving up to the fence and make a
straight line on the fence. Lets
look at making a lowercase g. I want you to make a circle in between the fence
and the sidewalk and then give your circle a tail in the ditch.
4.
Now
we are going to do a silly tongue tickler.
I am going to say it one time and I want you to listen closely for the
/g/ sound. Gary, the gold gorilla is going to the gala. Now lets say it together
and when you here the /g/ I want
you to act like you are beating on your chest like Gary the gold gorilla would
do (model).
5.
Can you think of any other words that
have the /g/ sound in them?(Yes! Great does start with the letter G!)
6.
Now I am going to read you some words.
I want you to act like Gary the gold gorilla if you hear the /g/ sound.
Give, golf, play, gallop, horse, guess
7.
Lets look at some pictures.
Tell me if you think the word starts with the letter G. (I will then
show the pictures of various items and colors that start with the letter g.)
8.
Gggggreat job learning the letter
G today everyone!
Assessment: For my
assessment, I will give the students a coloring sheet with pictures of a
gorilla, grasshopper, horse and an apple.
Students will also receive 6 crayons (green, gold, gray, pink and blue).
The students will be asked to color only the pictures that start with the
letter g with colors that start with the letter g (gold, green, grey).
References:
Powell, Megan. Butterflies and Dragonflies.
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/voyages/powellel.html
Chall, J. S. (1983).
The stages of reading development. New York: McGraw Hill