TTTT…..Goes
the Clock
By: Constance Wood
Rationale: My goal is for students to recognize phonemes quickly and easily in
order to read efficiently. Students will practice writing and saying /t/ in this
lesson. They will practice finding /t/ in spoken words and written words. They
will practice writing t in words they
hear.
Materials:
Primary Paper
Pencils
Picture card with a clock
Tongue Twister card
Worksheet
Flashcards with /t/ words
Procedure:
-Today we will learn the /t/ sound. We write the /t/ sound as the letter
t. Listen to the sound /t/ makes. It
sounds like a clock ticking the seconds away. Letter
T is for /t/, the tick of a
grandfather clock.
A
grandfather clock is wound by a pendulum that swings back and forth.
Gesture: hand swinging like a
pendulum.
-What happens to our tongue when we say /t/? It touches the front teeth as you
blow.
-Let's try this tongue twister:
Timmy tucked a tiny toy tiger into a tall tree.
Stretch it: Tttimmy tttucked a
tttiny tttoy tttiger inttto a tttall tttree.
T
stands for /t/, the clock sound.
Let's move our arm like a clock hand while saying our twister:
Tttimmy tttucked a tttiny tttoy tttiger
inttto a tttall tttree.
-Let's
see if the clock tick /t/ is in pat.
I'll know it's there if my teeth come together and I blow air. P-p-p-aaa-t-t. P-aaaattttt….At
the end my teeth came together and I blew. That was /t/! We do say /t/ in
pat.
-Listen to some words I say.
Do you hear /t/ in turn or
spin? In
table or
desk? In
cat
or dog?
I'll say some words. If they have /t/ in them, make the clock sound
ttt. If they don't, say
bonk like a broken clock.
Tan, bike, lake, mat, park, time,
clock, sat, joke, water park, slide
-Listen to me sound out some words. What am I saying: t-ry, la-te, t-ug, no-te
-I will show you some flashcards and you tell me which word is correct.
Is this tab or
cab?
take or
make?
Too or
boo?
Try or
fry?
Assessment: I will give the student a worksheet with different pictures on it.
They will draw a line to each picture that starts with /t/.
References:
http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/t-begins1.htm