“R, R, RRRRR," Is What the Tigers Say!
Emergent Literacy Design
Rationale: This lesson will help children identify the letter R.
The sound /r/. They will recognize the phoneme. The
representation is the visual growling like a tiger and showing
your claws and the sound will be the actual growling like a
tiger. Students will be able to pick the /r/ sound out of words
when they are spoken or heard. Students will also recognize the
word in writing and be able to write words with the letter R.
Materials: 1 sheet of primary paper per child.
1 pencil per child.
Notecards with words, CARD,
PAPER, RAGE, PARTNER, RAGTOP.
Board to write words from number 9 on to show students where the
letters come in. Book, “Pat’s Jam”
Procedure:
1. Say: There are many sounds that make up our language.
What language do we have? That’s right, English! Today we are
going to look at one specific sound. That sound is made by the
letter R. It sounds like a tiger growling. Everyone practice
making their tiger “RRRRR”.
2. Now let’s pretend like we are tigers in the jungle or tigers
on the football field and say “”RRRR””!! That was scary! We say
RRR by closing our mouth and almost putting our teeth together
with rounded lips. Our tongue curves around.
3. I am going to say a word then I will find the R in the word.
I will listen for the tiger RRR. Ccccc-aaaa-rrrrr-dddd. Card. Where was it? It was
carrrrd. I found it!
4. Now you try. I will say this word and you say it and
look for the RRR.
PPPP-aaa-pppp-eeee-rrrr.
Where was the RRR? Say it again slowly to yourselves. It’s
at the end! We found it! RRR! Now growl like a tiger! Show me
your fangs and your claws!
5. Now we will learn to write the letter R. Take out
primary paper and pencil. Draw a straight line with a cup around
the top and a leg coming out of the cup. There you have an RRR.
RRR like a tiger! Now practice writing that letter 10 times!
6. Now write the word RAGE on your paper. Underline the RR in that word.
Do the same with
Partner and Ragtop. Have these
words written so children can copy them.
7. Ask students if they hear R in rip or slip?
What about
car or
map? Watch my mouth
when I say the word CAR.
Look for the tiger RRR.
8. Practice reading from some pages from the book “Pat’s
Jam”. Read the page with the word “rat”. Have them find the RR
word. Read the page with the word “car”. Have them find the R.
9. Show them how to decide is R in a word. Show them
Rap. Help them decide
if it is
Rap or
Tap. Show them
deliberately how you move your mouth to find the sound. Do the
same with
Run. Run or
Fun?
Ripe. Ripe or
Pipe?
10. Assessment. Give children for them to practice. Assess as
you move through the lesson. Take notes on children that seem
eager and children that aren’t speaking up. You can learn a lot
throughout the lesson by watching the children. Let children the
worksheet. When they finish have them individually read the
words and show you the RRR by making a tiger RRR .
Worksheet:
http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/r-begins2.htm
Book Reference: Decodable text, “Pat’s Jam”
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/awakenings.html