Aaaa-Aaaa-Apple!
Rationale: A
key component to
children’s success in reading is phoneme awareness.
In order for a child to become phonemically
aware, they must first recognize short vowel sounds and learn to decode
unfamiliar words.
Materials: Primary
paper, tongue
twister on chart paper (Apples fall in fat cat’s hats on Ashley’s
alligator
path), picture page containing words such as dog, fat,
mad, apple, pig, sit, hat, hen, frog, cat, hand and mat, a dry erase marker,
and A Cat Nap by Educational Insights.
Procedures:
1. HOW
MANY OF YOU
HAVE EVER EATEN SOMETHING THAT IT ROUND AND RED AND GROWS ON A TREE? WHAT IS THAT THING CALLED?
THAT’S RIGHT—AN APPLE! ALMOST
EVERYONE HAS EATEN AN APPLE
RIGHT? TODAY WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE /a/ SOUND, LIKE WE HEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF /a/a/a/PPLE.
2. I
HAVE A TONGUE
TWISTER WRITTEN ON THIS CHART THAT HAS A LOT OF WORDS WITH THE /a/
SOUND IN
IT. WHEN I POINT TO THE WORDS, I WANT
YOU TO TRY TO HELP ME READ IT OUT LOUD.
READY? (Read tongue twister as a
group) APPLES FALL IN FAT CAT’S HATS ON
ASHLEY’S ALLIGATOR PATH. VERY GOOD! LET’S READ IT AGAIN TOGETHER AND WHEN WE HEAR
/a/, LET’S STRETCH IT OUT. FOR EXAMPLE:
/a//a//a/PPLE. (Repeat while stretching
out /a/)
3. I
will then give
a short lesson on the proper way to write an “a”. The
children will write the letter on their
primary paper while I am demonstrating it on the board.
4. YOU
GUYS ARE
REALLY SMART! NOW WE ARE GOING TO READ A
REALLY GOOD BOOK TO YOU AND I WANT YOU TO LISTEN AND LOOK FOR THE /a/
IN
WORDS. THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT A CAT—RAISE
YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A CAT. THIS CAT
LIKES TO TAKE NAPS—I LIKE TO TAKE NAPS—DO ANY OF YOU LIKE TO TAKE NAPS? WELL, THIS CAT TAKES A NAP AND WAKES UP
SOMEWHERE NEW! WHERE DO YOU THINK HE
IS? HOW DID HE GET THERE?
LET’S READ TO FIND OUT! (I will put
all students with a partner so
that they can read the book aloud together)
5. Afterwards, I will give each student a
picture page containing pictures and the name of the object underneath
the
drawing. EVERYONE LOOK AT YOUR PICTURE
PAGE. THERE ARE SOME OBJECTS ON THIS
PAGE THAT HAVE THE /a/ SOUND IT THEM.
WHEN YOU SEE THOSE WORDS, I WANT YOU TO CIRCLE THEM. ANY WORDS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE /a/ SOUND PUT
AN “X” THROUGH THEM. DOES ANY ONE HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS?
Assessment:
I will
listen as
the students are reading together and assist them as needed. This will give me an assessment of each
student’s decoding skills and comprehension of today’s lesson. I will then collect the picture pages as a
tool of assessment as well.
References:
http://www.auburn.edu/rdggenie.html
A Cat Nap by Educational Insights
Adams,
Marilyn
Jager. Beginning to Read. Center
for the Study of
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