G wins the Gold
Emergent Literacy
Rationale: Children
must learn to recognize letters and
phonemes to eventually learn to read.
Recognizing letters will help children become automatic and
accurate in
mapping the phonemes to the letters. Through hearing sounds and seeing
words,
this lesson will help children learn the letter g and
the /g/ sound to help in future reading success.
Materials:
Primary paper
and pencils
Book: Cronin, D. (2002). Giggle, Giggle,
Quack. Scholastic
Inc.:
Picture of
letter g (one for every child)
Cards that have
a picture of
piece of gold on them (one for every child)
Chart with
tongue
twister: “Good going on getting the gold
medal.”
Cards with words: gold, door, pig, yarn, gate, gum, book, flag
Picture
worksheet: gold, fish, gate, gum, book,
bug, mug, sun
Procedure:
1.
Explain to students the importance of
recognizing letters and understanding their sound.
“Today we are going to win the gold for
recognizing and remembering the letter g.”
2.
Ask students:
“Have you ever tasted something that did not taste very good? What did you say after you tasted it? Gross!
Do you hear the /g/ in gross?
Good, now say GGGGGGrosss.”
3.
“Let’s try this tongue twister: Good
going on getting the gold medal!” Now
let’s say it again. Now this time hold up
your gold medal when
you hear the /g/ sound.”
4.
“Now everyone take out your paper and pencil,
we are going to practice writing the letter g. Start at the fence and draw a curve down to
the sidewalk. Then go back up to the
fence. Now without moving your pencil
draw a line straight back down to the sidewalk and keep going but start
curving
it back up. Stop curving once you get to
where you almost touch the sidewalk again.
Now write a g and I will give
you a sticker. Then I want you to write
five more. When you see the letter g say gross.”
5.
Now tell the student’s to hold up their
letter g when they hear the /g/ sound
in these words. “Do you hear /g/ in go or stop? Leave
or get? Gum or candy? Monkey or gorilla? Say:
Now when you see the g in
these words, then I want you to say the /g/ sound.”(hold up cards one
at a
time)
6.
Read Giggle,
Giggle, Quack, and do a book walk.
“This book is about a farmer that leaves his animals with his
brother. The animals on the farm are
very sneaky. Find out what happens to
the brother when you read Giggle, Giggle,
Quack.” Have the students write a
message about the book. Display their
work.
7.
Hand out a worksheet that has pictures of
different things on it. Have the
children circle the picture that has the /g/ sound in it.
Then have them write the letter g next to the
picture.
References:
Eldridge, J. (2005).
Teach decoding why and how.
Merrill Prentice Hall: New
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