Fat Freddy Frog
Emergent Literacy
Rationale: This
lesson will
help students identify /f/. They will practice finding words that
contain /f/.
(Letter recognition)
Materials: primary
paper and
pencils; chart with Freddy the frog was
frightened by the fly. Picture page with fly, frog, bag, foot,
girl, fruit,
dog, football, fish.
Procedure:
1.
Say:
“Today we’re
going to learn about the F=/f/ sound.
At first you may not notice but in the end you will be able to see /f/
in many
different words.”
2.
Ask
students:
“Have you ever heard the /f/ sound? Let’s practice, have your teeth
touch your
bottom lip and blow through your mouth to make the /f/ sound.” [Have
the
children do this.]
3.
“Let’s
practice
this tongue twister!” [chart] Freddy the
frog was frightened by the fly. “Now each time you hear a /f/
sound, I want
you to clap.” [Let the children do this]
4.
[Have
the
children take out primary paper and pencil.] “Now we will practice
writing the
letter f. Start at the diving board
(bottom line), jump up to the top line, and dive into the water. Then
wrap the
towel around your waist (middle line).” Have the students write nine
more just
like it. Practice saying the /f/ sound each time you write it.
5.
Call
out
different words and ask students: “Do you hear /f/ in four or seven?
Frog or
girl? Five or ten?”
6.
Read
a story that
has the /f/ sound. Have students raise their hand each time they hear
words
with /f/. Write words on board and have children repeat them stretching
out the
/f/ sound on each word.
7.
Assessment:
Pass
out the picture page and have students name each picture. Have students
color
the picture whose names have /f/.
Reference:
Mrs. Cil Herndon, K,
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