Pigs Play Patty- Cake at the Park
Rationale:
Grapheme and phoneme recognition is very important to the reading success of a
young reader. If children do not know letters in the alphabet and the sounds
that they make, reading and writing will be aggravating to them. In teaching
letter recognition, the students need to learn the grapheme along with the
phoneme it represents. I am going to teach letter recognition by writing and
learning the sound. This lesson will help children learn the letter p.
The goal for the lesson is for the students to able to write the upper and lower
case p as well as learn what sound it makes. Every letter is crucial to
the success of a child’s reading. This lesson emphasizes the importance of
grapheme and phoneme connection to enhance fluency, so that reading will become
easier.
Materials:
Poster board with the a big upper and lower case p on it
The tongue twister, “Pigs Play Patty-cake at the Park” on chart paper
Chart paper
Marker
Picture cards (pig, purse, house, pencil, dog, pen, etc.)
If You Take a Pig to a Party
by Laura Numeroff
Each child will need two sheets of lined primary paper
Procedure:
Explain what we will be working on today. Today we are going to learn about
the letter in the alphabet that is in between o and q. Today we are going to be
learning about the letter p. The letter p is used in many words. I want us to
learn how to write the letter p and hear the sound that it makes.
In order to active their knowledge of the letter p, I am going to hold up a
poster board with big upper and lower case p. This way everyone can see
it. I will then ask the class, what letter is this? That is right!! This is
the letter p. Does anyone know the sound that the letter p makes? The /p/ sound
is right. The /p/ sound can be heard in words like: pink, pencil, paper, pig,
and play. Can you think of any words that begin with the sound /p/? When
you say /p/ can you feel what your lips are doing? When I say the sound
/p/, my lips go tight together then when they open; I can feel my breath rush
out. Let’s all try it and see. Put your lips together and say /p/.
Did you feel it? Now let’s try that same sound in a word. Let’s say
“pickles,” ready say “pickles.” Great job! We can also use our hands
to help us say the “p” sound. Hold your hands like you’re making a puppet
talk. Open and close your fingers. Now let’s try another /p/ word.
When our lips go together, close your fingers like this. (Demonstrate.)
When you feel your breath rush out, open you fingers like this. (Demonstrate.)
That is just like you would make a puppet talk. Alright now, everyone say
pretty purple pigs. How many times did your puppets talk? You’re
doing great, let’s practice some more.
I will introduce the tongue twister already written on chart paper:
Pigs play patty-cake at the park. Now everyone say it with me. “Pigs play
patty-cake at the park.” Remember to open and close your fingers.
This silly sentence has a lot of words that start with the letter p.
Listen closely to how I put a lot of emphasize on the p sound. I will say
the tongue twister using hand motion. Now I want you to say that and remember
to hold out the /p/ sound and open your puppets mouths. (They will say it) Great
job!!! Lets say that again all together.
Now that we know what sound the letter p makes we are now going to write it. Can
everyone please get out a pencil while I bring you a piece of paper.
I will pass out primary paper to each student. At the front of the room I will
have a piece of chart paper so that I can model for them how to write the letter
p. Now watch me as I write the letter p. First I am going to write the
upper case P. Go down and pick up and around the fence. After having them
watch me I will allow them to write an upper case P. Now I want you to
practice writing upper case P five times. I will be walking around so raise your
hand if you need help. I will walk around and watch them write if anyone has
a problem I will help them. Now we are going to write the lower case p. I am
going to start at the fence go straight down to the ditch then come up and put
his chin on the sidewalk. Now I want you to practice writing a lower case p
five times. I am here for help if you need it. I will walk around and help
if needed.
After we have finished writing the letter p, I am now going to go through some
pictures to see if they can hear the /p/ sound in words. I am going to hold
up two pictures. One picture will start with the letter p and the other will
not. I want you to tell me what picture has the p sound in it. Ready? Which of
these do you hear the sound /p/? I will hold up one card with a pig
and the other with a horse. What picture is this (hold up the horse)
class will say, Horse. Then I will hold up the picture of the pig. Class
what is this a picture of? Class will say, A pig. Now what picture has the /p/
sound in it? Class will say, pig. I will have other pictures like this and I
will go through them in the same way.
I will now read the story, If You Take a Pig to a Party by Laura Numeroff.
I have a book I would like to share with you. The name of this book is
If You Take a Pig to a Party. I want you make your puppets talk
every time you hear the sound /p/. I will then read the story.
First I will pass out two sheets of lined primary paper and get the students to
write the letter p in upper and lower case; they will write upper case p on one
sheet and lower case p on the other. Then, I will assess my students on
recognizing objects that start with the /p/ sound. Students will circle the
words that begin with the /p/ sound. The objects include: pool, pig, pony,
umbrella, igloo, dog, pink, star, porch, bat. This worksheet will help me to
assess them individually since we have been doing everything else as a class.
References:
Adams, Marilyn Jager. Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning about Print.
Urbana, IL: Center for the Study of Reading, 36-43
Kilgore, Holly. "Pink Puffy Pig".
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/odysseys/kilgoreel.html
Numeroff, Laura. If You
Take a Pig to a Party. Publisher: Harper Collins Children Books, Sep 2005
Murray, Bruce. The ReadingGenie
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/
Whitcomb, Amy. "Sammy the Slimy Snake". http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/odysseys/whitcombel.html