By: Courtney Dobbel
“Ewww,
That’s
Gross”
By: Courtney Dobbel
Rational: To learn to read
and spell words, children need to break the
alphabetic code and understand digraphs in order to match letters to
phonemes.
This lesson will help children recognize the digraph ew= /ew/ in
both
written and spoken words by reading and spelling words with ew = /oo/.
Materials: Primary paper,
pencil. Elkonin letter boxes. Letters: e, w, n, c,
r, t, h, s. flashcards of the letterbox words, a chart with the
following
tongue twister on it: “The new crew threw the screws”,multiple copies
of "Shoe Man" by Alice Kunka.
1.
Introduce
the lesson by asking them if they have ever tasted or smelled anything
gross.
Then ask them if they have ever made the sound “ewwww” when they tasted
or
smelled something gross. Then explain words with ew makes the /ew/
sound. Now
allow them time to make the ewww sound.
2. Let's try a tongue twister. "The new crew threw the screws”. I
will read the sentence real slow and see if you can here that gross
“ewww”
sound. Repeat the sentence very slow holding out the /oo/ sound in each
word.
Now everybody say it together. Good job! How many words
have the ew
= /oo/ sound? You are right, 4 words. Now let's say it
again, but
this time let's stretch out the /oo/ sound. "The neeww creeww
threeww the screewws”.
3. Students will be given letterboxes with letters. "Now we will
be
spelling some words with the /ew/ sound in them. Each box
contains one
sound, so for every word we spell, you put the corresponding letter(s)
that
matches the sound you hear in that box. We know that ew together
makes
only one sound, so we will put those two letters in one box showing
that they
represent one sound. Are there any questions?" I will model
an
example on the board. I will spell our using two
letterboxes—f-ew. Let's
spell some words: out new (n-ew), crew (c-r-ew), drew (d-r-ew), threw
(th-r-ew), screw (s-c-r-ew), strew (s-t-r-ew).
4. I will hold up flash cards with the words we practiced, and call on
a
student to read the word on the card.
5. I will then read "Shoe Man" by Alice Kunka to the class. If they
hear the /oo/ sound have them hold their noses like something stinks.
Assessment: Students will
finish reading "Shoe Man" and I will walk
around giving running records.
References:
http://www.auburn.edu/rdggenie/chall/locklinbr.html
(Katy Locklin, "OW" O U Hurt Me)
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