Mama, do you Love Me?
By:
Hannah Tucker
Rational:
The two
best predictors of skillful readers are phonemic awareness and letter
recognition (
Paper and pencil
A copy of the book Mama, do you love me?
M&M candy
A board to demonstrate on
A worksheet with different pictures on it
Examples: mouse, mama, muffin, money, car, phone, pencil,
mountain, etc.
1. Explain Why:
-Students we have been
learning a lot of new letters and there sounds. Today, we are going to
learn a
new letter.
- I will review all the letters we have learned up to letter
m.
- Then I will ask each child a different letter and what
sound it makes.
- When we got up to letter m, I will ask the students
what they think what the next letter we
are going to learn is. Hopefully, they will say m.
3. Explain How
- Next, I will explain how we are going to learn about the
letter m.
- Today, class we are
going to play a game called I Spy. Then we will read a story about
children and
their mothers.
-Has anyone every
eaten something really good and said MMMMM that’s good. Well put your
lips
together and push the m sound out. As you are saying the MMMM sound,
rub your
tummy like you are eating your favorite food.
- Then I will tell them to repeat a tongue twister using the
MMM sound (My mama is making me macaroni).
- We will repeat this sentence several times while rubbing
our stomach to the sound.
5. Simple
Practice
- Now let’s learn how
to make an upper case M. Ok, we will
start at the sky and draw a straight line to the dirt.
Now draw a line from the sky all the way to
the dirt that is diagonal. Then make
another diagonal line up to the sky going in the other direction. Once you reach the sky this time, draw a
straight line down and you are finished.
- The students will learn how to write the lower and upper
case M.
- We will learn how to write the letter m, starting with the
lower case. Start at the
fence, go straight down to the dirt, then go back up that
straight line and near the top of your line go out and touch the fence
and make
a little hill, go down to the dirt and then make another little hill
just like
you did before.
- I will model on the board how to write the lower case m
for the students will see what I have done.
- Then I will ask the students to write the lower case m ten
times.
- The students will write the upper case letter M ten times.
- To finish the students will draw something that starts
with an M.
6. Whole Text
- I will introduce the story Mama, do you love me? I
will show the title. Ask for any
predictions.
- Then I will read the story aloud.
- While reading the story, ask the students to rub their
tummy when they hear the m sound.
7. Assessment
- Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the m sound
through oral responses and activities.
- After practicing how to write the letter m, the
students will participate in an I
Spy game. Using pictures and games around the room play a game called.
The
teacher will give a description of a picture or an object that starts
with the
letter m. Students will respond by saying, I spy (name of the object
i.e.;
monkey, map, etc).
- Have students point to the object. The teacher will
acknowledge and restate the name of the object.
- Remind or question students to repeat the beginning sound
of the object or picture. End this activity by sharing a special treat.
Give
every child an M&M candy. Tell the children to hold it in their
hand until
you give a signal. Ask the children to tell you what letter is on the
candy.
Once they have responded tell them to place it in their mouths and make
the
sound of M.
- For homework, I will give students a sheet with many
different pictures on it. They will have to circle the pictures that
begin with
an M.
Adams, Marilyn. Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning
about Print - A
Summary.
Christine
Lenoir, July 6,1999
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