Ick, Ick, Icky
Rationale:
This lesson covers phonemic awareness,
decoding, blending, spelling patterns, and dictation. It can be used as
an
introduction or a follow up lesson.
Students will be able to identify letters and sounds
associated with the
-ick word family. Students will be able to decode words with
the -ick sound. Students will be able to spell words with the -ick
spelling
pattern.
1. Chart with -ick
words
2. index cards with
-ick words
3. highlight tape
4. white boards and
markers
5. -ick poem from Fun Phonograms - Learning How Words
Work, by Trisha Callella.
Phonemic Awareness Warm-up
·
“I’m going to tell you some things
that might
happen at our school. If they are good,
I want you to say mmmm! If they are yuck
and icky, I want you to say “-ick”.
o
You got gum on your
shoe
o
Someone shows their
food at lunch
o
We get to eat
cinnamon rolls
o
Someone has a runny
nose
o
We get to watch a
movie
o
Someone gets sick at
lunch
· Show the –ick sound and chart with –ick words. (cover the –ick)
o Chart words:
lick
chopstick tricky
chicken quickly sickly
I got seasick on the boat.
·
Tell children you are going to pass
out cards
with –ick words. They should find the
–ick chunk and highlight it with tape.
Read the card silently. Share
with a partner.
·
Read cards as you take them back up. Make sentences with any unfamiliar words.
o
homesick
yardstick
sticker lipstick
o
toothpick
ticket wicker slicker
o
bicker click
sidekick
lovesick
o
trickle nickel tickle drumstick
o
candlestick cricket
broomstick thicken
·
Use white boards to write sentences
with –ick
words.
o
That
man did a card trick.
o
My
dog chased a stick.
o
My
dad lit the wick on the candle.
Apply the lesson
· Choral read a decodable text with –ick words.
· Find all the –ick words.
Students may be given sentences to complete using the -ick
word family.
Students may be asked to read a selection to the teacher
that contains the -ick word family.
Student may do a web of -ick words.