October Operations
Beginning Reading
Materials:
1. Poster for Tongue twister: In October, Oscar the ox
operated on the octopus.
2. Flash Cards with words: shop, hit, cop, frog, clock,
fast, frost, and strong.
3. Letter Boxes and Letter[s,h,l,o,t,c,f,r,g,c,k,a,s,t,n]
per child.
4. Document Camera or Overhead
5. Book Doc in the
Fog [per child]
6. Cover-up Critter
7. Student's notebook and pencil [per child]
Procedures:
1. Say: In order for us to become excellent readers we need
to learn the code that tells us how to pronounce words. We have already learned
how to read words with short vowel words of a, e, and I such as snack, bell, and
pig.
2. Today we are going to learn about the short /o/. [Pull
out the poster with the tongue twister on it: In October, Oscar the ox operated
on the octopus. ]I am going to read a sentence, listen for the /o/ sound as I
read. In October, Oscar the ox operated on the octopus. Now let's read it
together. Did you hear the /o/ in the
sentence? Can you tell me what words have /o/ in them?
3.Say before we can spell /o/, we need to listen for it in
some /o/ words, When I say /o/ in words, my lips open wide and my tongue stays
still. I will show you how first; fl-oooo--p. Yes, I hear the /o/ in flop. Let's
try one more, foot. My mouth did not open wide with this one. Now you try, pop
or sat, pet or knob, cat or hot.
4. Letter Box Lesson: Now we are going to practice spelling
words that have /o/ in them. I will first model how to spell using the Elknonin
boxes and letter tiles on the overhead. First I l will show you how to spell the
words out in the Elkonin Boxes. Each phoneme will get its on box. For example, I
am going to spell plop. P-L-O-P. Now you can practice some on your own.
3-shop, hit, cop
4-frog, clock, fast
5-frost, strong
5. I will now use the document camera so the students can
read the flashcards Class, now I am going to let you read the words you all have
just spelled. I will show you how to read on of the tough words first. [Display
the word Frost] I am going to use my cover-up critter to get the first part. Fr-ooo.
[Uncover s]-ssss [Uncover t]-t. Frost. Class read frost with me. FROST. Okay,
now its is your turn to practice spelling. [Have class read the words off the
flash cards until the list is complete.
6. You all have done a great job reading our new sound /o/.
Now we are going to read a book called Doc in the Fog. Doc is a magical wizard.
He liked to show that he could use magic to change one object into something
else. For example, he turns the mop into a doll, the doll into a top. He is
going to turn the dog into something, but you will have to read to find out what
the dog Is turned into.
7. Have students pair up with a partner to read Doc in the
Fog. After the class is finished regroup as a class and reread he book
altogether and ask questions before turning the page such as what do you think
will happen next or what will the pot turn
into?
8. For the assessment: I will have students write a message
in their journal as an extension of the reading. Student should use the prompt,
If I were a Doc in the fog, what I would turn myself into. [Collect notebooks at
the end of the day and evaluate their responses]
References:
Bruce Murray. Reading Genie website.
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/
Lindsey Stewart. Jog through the Fog.
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/invitations/stewartbr.htm