It's GRRReat to be an Auburrrn Tigerrr!
RRRR!
Emergent Literacy Design
Rationale: The goal for
this lesson is for students to learn and identify /r/, the phoneme represented
by r. In order for students to be
effective readers, they need to know that letters stand for phonemes and that we
make different phonemes with different mouth movements. Students need to be able
to recognize individual phonemes for them to be able to decode. This lesson will
focus on the r
and the /r/ sound it makes while teaching the students a way to
remember that sound and allow them to practice finding it in words.
Materials: primary paper,
pencils, crayons, chart with tongue twister, chart with "Row Row Row Your Boat",
pictures of tigers, white paper, worksheet
Procedure:
1. Decoding and reading words is
something special that we get to learn when we come to school. We get to
discover what letters stand for and which sounds we make with our mouths when we
move them to say those letters and words. Today, we're going to talk about the
letter r and the "rrrr" sound that
it makes. The letter r is in a lot
of words and we're going to try to find him!
2. Have you ever been to a zoo?
Give me a thumbs up if you have! Did you see the tiger? What kind of sound does
a tiger make? He grrrrowls doesn't he? Well ther
letter makes a sound just like a tiger. Hey! I think there is anr
in the word tigerrrr. Do you hear it? Do you notice the shape your mouth
makes when it says "rrrr"? (have a discussion about the way your mouth looks and
feels when saying it)
3. Let's try a tongue twister.
Do you know what a tongue twister is? It's a sentence with a lot of the same
sounds, so it can be tricky to say but it's also fun! (have tongue twister on a
chart) "Raise Ruth's red roof" let's drrrrag out the /r/
sound in each word as we say it. "Rrrrraise Rrrrruth's rrrred rrrrroof"
(show the "raise the roof" motion which is pushing your hands up in the air over
your head) Great job! Let's say it again and try to separate the /r/ from the
rest of the word. Like this: "/R/ aise /R/ uth's /r/ ed /r/ oof" can you hear
the "rrrr" sound? Let's say it one more time with grrrrowling sound, I want to
hear you sound like tigers! "Rrrrraise Rrrrruth's rrrred rrrrroof" great job,
you all sound like tigers!
4. (Have students take out paper
and pencil.) To write the letter r
(lowercase) we are going to drrraw a line from the fence to the sidewalk. Then
go back up to the fence and make a little currrve. (drag out r's to emphasize).
For a capitalR we are going to make
a line from the rrrrooftop to the sidewalk. Then go back up to the rrrrooftop
and make a rrrround half circle to the fence. And from the fence to the
sidewalk, we're going to give him a little kickstand, like a bike has! I want to
see everyone's lowercase r. Good
job! Now make 9 more just like mine! (Repeat with uppercaseR).
5. Call on students and ask how
they knew the answer: "Do you hear /r/
in: finger ortoe?
rat ormouse? left orright?
nose orear? prince orking?
6. I'm going to sing a song that
I think a lot of you might know. When you hear the rrrr sound I want you to use
your hands to look like paws like tigers have and put them up! ("Row Row Row
Your Boat" on chart)
7. Since we've been talking
about tigers today, I'm going to read you all a poem. Listen for some /r/ sounds
in the words in the poem, and put your paws up if you hear them. (readI
Asked a Tiger to Tea ) Now I want you all to think of your favorite animal
that has anr in its name (have a
list of animals) and draw that animal having tea with you and write its name!
8. Show RAT and model how to
decide if it's rat orcat.
I'm making the grrrowling sound when I say rrrrat, /r/, so this word is rat. You
try some: ROAD: road or
load? ROUND: sound or
round? RICE: rice or nice? REAL:
real or teal?
Assessment:
Give students a worksheet. On this worksheet they will color the pictures that
begin with r and write ther
in the blank. Call on students individually for phonetic cue reading in step 8.
Reference:
Tongue
twister:
http://www.twisterking.com/r.php
Poem:
http://weerbigger.users.50megs.com/poems.html
Assessment
Worksheet:
http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/r-begins2.htm