Cranking Cooky Cars
Emergent Literacy Lesson Design
Rationale: It is crucial for emergent readers to understand that all letters have special vocal gestures or sound. Phoneme awareness is essential in teaching children to read and spell successfully. In this lesson, children will learn the phoneme /k/. This lesson will help them recognize /k/ in spoken words, as well as written words.
Materials:
1.Today we are going to learn the new sound /k/,
like the
sound you hear in cat and clock. To make
the special /k/ sound, we open our mouths and touch the very back of
our tongue
to the roof of our mouth. This special
sound is a lot like cranking a cooky car.
Listen to me, let me show you how
to crank the car : Teacher
will model the /k/ sound, /k/, /k/,
/k/, /k/, /k/ and gestures like she’s cranking a car.
2.Now you try it.
Open your mouths, put the back of your tongue on the roof of
your mouth,
and crank the car! Students make the /k/,
/k/,
/k/, /k/, /k/ sounds and gestures like they are cranking the car.
3.Now let’s say some words that use our /k/
sound….and let’s
crank the car every time we hear the /k/ sound.
Let’s say the word cat while
cranking the car. c-c-c-c-cat. Let’s say
the word cake while cranking the car. c-c-c-c-cake. Continue this with other /k/ words until
students have a good understanding of the /k/ sound.
4.I think you guys
are so good at
the /k/ sound, that you can even say a /k/ tongue twister. Pass out a
copy of
the tongue twister to the students. Model reading the tongue twister to the students.
Carol
and Claire can cook carrots, corn, and cabbage.
5.Ok, whenever we say the /k/ sound, we have to
crank our
car. Everybody
get ready…….
C-c-c-carol
and C-c-c-claire
c-c-c-can c-c-c-cook c-c-c-c-carrots, c-c-c-corn, and c-c-c-cabbage. GREAT JOB!!!! I
can’t trick you guys!
6.Now let’s sing a fun song with the /c/ sound in it. Every time you hear our special /k/ sound pull your ear.
Be my echo
(teacher)
Be my echo
(students)
C says /k/
(teacher)
C says /k/
(students)
Carrie and
Camie (teacher)
Carrie and
Camie (students)
Cranking the
Car (teacher)
Cranking the
Car (students)
/k/, /k/, /k/ (teacher)
/k/, /k/, /k/ (students)
7.Now that we know the /k/ sound, let’s try
writing the
letter C. Everyone take
out your writing paper and
pencil and get ready to write the letter C.
8.Everybody listen and watch me.
To make the capital letter C start just below
the rooftop, go up to
touch, around, and up. Teacher
models making the letter C on the board.
9.Now it’s your turn.
Write the capital letter C.
Remember to start just below the rooftop, go up to touch, around, and
up. Teacher models again.
10.Ok, now let’s make a lower case c. Listen and watch me. Start
like a little a. Go up and touch the
fence, then around and
up. Teacher
models.
11.Now it’s your turn.
Write the lower case c. Remember
to start like a little a. Go up and touch
the fence, then around and
up. Teacher
models again.
12.Ok, I want everyone to make 9 more capital C’s and 9 more lower case c’s so I can
see how smart you are! Walk around the room and monitor
students as
they write the letter C until everyone is finished.
13.Everyone, it’s time to read our Dr. Seuss ABC book. Open your
books to page 5. Let me read the C page to you, everyone listen for the /k/ sound and
pretend to
crank the car when you hear our special sound……teacher
reads the C page aloud to students and models cranking the car
when a /k/ sound is read.
Assessment:
To assess the student’s knowledge and understanding of the phoneme /k/, I will distribute a worksheet of pictures and words on it. Some pictures/words will start with the /k/ sound, and some will not. The students will circle the pictures and words that say the sound /k/.
References:
Can Teach, http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems36.html
Sarah Byrd, Five Fantastic Frogs, http://www.auburn.edu/%7Emurraba/invent/byrdel.html
Kidzone, http://www.kidzone.ws/imageschanged/kindergarten/c-poem.gif
Casey Fullilove, Pop your P’s; Pop,
Pop, Pop, http://www.auburn.edu/%7Emurraba/invent/fulliloveel.html
