P-P-P-Pop!
Emergent Literacy Design
Rationale: In order for young readers to become more fluent readers, they need
to be able to recognize sounds when spoken as well as relate the spoken letter
to print. This
lesson will help children identify /p/, the phoneme represented by
P.
Materials:
Primary paper and pencil
Poster with "Pam picked pretty purple poppies from the pot."
Word List ' pen, paper, hat, pass, grab, yellow, tap
Sheet with pictures and words ' fork, cup, dog, spoon, bowl, plate, cat,
pit
Princess Pigtoria and the Pea by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Cards with words - pig, pot, pork, pat, pale
Procedures:
1."We're going to talk about /p/ today. There are certain ways that our mouth
moves when we say every word. Today we're going to find out what our mouth is
doing when we say /p/. What is your mouth doing when you say /p/?"
2."Do you like popcorn? I love popcorn. It makes a sound when you're making it.
What sound does it make? Right, it makes a /p/ sound. Lots of words have the /p/
sound in them, and today we're going to talk about some. We're going to have a
secret hand gesture that we're going to make every time we hear the sound /p/.
(Model: place thumb and pointer finger together, now quickly open your fingers
when you hear the /p/ sound.)
3."Now, repeat after me, 'Pam picked pretty purple poppies from the pot.' Great!
Now let's say it again and stretch out the /p/ sound from the rest of the word.
P-p-p-am p-p-p-icked
p-p-purple p-p-p-oppies
from the p-p-p-ot. Excellent, now, let's make pop (hand gesture) whenever
we hear /p/."
4."Great, now I'm going to show you how we would find the /p/ in jump. We're
going to stretch out the /p/. jjjj-uuuu-mpp. I think I heard it, maybe I should
slow down even more. jjjj-uuuu-mmmm-ppppp. Yes,
I hear the sound /p/. Now I'm going
to say some words. If you hear the /p/ sound, I want you to make our pop with
our hand. Read the words: pen, paper, hat, pass, grab, yellow, tap."
5.Now, we're going to practice writing the letter P, that makes the /p/ sound.
Model: First we start at the fence and make a straight line down to the ditch.
Pick up you pencil and then make a circle starting at the fence and going down
to the sidewalk. Make sure the circle touches the straight line. Excellent,
let's finish this line practicing writing
6.This is one of my favorite stories. It's called Princess Pigtoria and the Pea.
It's about a princess named Pigtoria. Pigtoria's house has peeling paint, and
crumbling plaster. Pigtoria has no money to repair her home. A very handsome
prince wants to meet Pigtoria and even may propose. This would end her problems.
Do you think Pigtoria will pass the princes expectations? Let's find out.
Everytime you hear the /p/ sound, pop your fingers.
7.Show PIG and model how to decide if
it is
pig
or
dig:
The P
tells me to pop my fingers, /f/, so this word is
ppp-ig,
pig.
You try some: POT: pot or tot?
PULL: pull or full?
PORK: fork or pork?
PAT: sat or pat?
PALE: pale or male?
Assessment: After reading, the sheet
with pictures and words of pig, pot, pork, pat, pale under the corresponding
picture will be passed out. Students will be instructed to circle the picture
that has a /p/ in the name of it.
Reference:
Adams, Marilyn, Jager (1990). Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning about
Print, p.53-55.
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/encounters.html,
Piggy Pancakes, Emily Shumock
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/encounters/shumockel.html