Mmmm... Morgan Made a Milkshake
Emergent Literacy Design
Rationale:
For children to achieve phonics, reading and spelling, they must first
understand the different phonemes. Children need to learn to recognize the
phoneme sounds by matching the 26 letters in our alphabet to the vocal gestures
we speak. The students will learn that m
stands for /m/. During this lesson, students will practice identifying /m/
orally and the letter m in print. The
will be given practice and will also be assessed individually to make sure they
understand the concept.
Materials:
-Primary paper and pencil
-The saying, “Morgan Makes a Milkshake every Monday” written on chart paper with
a picture of a milkshake
-Worksheet with pictures of items (man, pig, meal, egg, dog, cat, mat, mint)
-enough for each student
-The book: Muhammad’s Monday
Procedures:
1. Explain to the students that our written language is tricky and can be
difficult to learn, but we will have fun learning the different sounds that
represent the letters. “Today, we will learn how to make the sound that
represents the letter m. We will also
learn how to write uppercase and lowercase
m. After we get practice with this,
we will read a book and find out what items on a page have the ‘mmm’ sound in
them.”
2. Ask students: “Have you ever eaten something that tasted very good, and you
say, ‘mmm, that was good’. I love
chocolate chip cookies and always say, ‘mmm’ when I eat them. Let’s practice
making the /m/ sound by pretending we are eating our favorite foods. Everyone
say, ‘mmm, that was good’, while rubbing our bellies. Can anyone tell me what
letter the ‘mmm’ sound represents? M,
that is right!”
3. (Take out chart with tongue twister):“ Morgan makes a milkshake every
Monday.” Now everyone say it together two times. This time while we read it
aloud, we will put emphasis on the /m/. Say it like this, “Mmmorgan mmmakes a
mmmilkshake every Mmmonday.” Now let’s try it again and this time we will break
the /m/ off from the rest of the words. “/m/organ /m/akes a /m/ilkshake every
/m/onday.”
4. (Have students take out primary paper and pencil): Let’s write the letter
m. I am going to show you how to
write both uppercase and lowercase m.
I will demonstrate how to write the letter on the chart first. To make an
upper-case m, start at the rooftop and go straight down to the sidewalk, go back
up to the rooftop where you started, down to the fence, back up to the rooftop,
and down to the sidewalk again. Now, you try writing it on your lined paper. I
will be walking around to make sure everyone’s
M looks
okay. Now I will show you the lower-case m. Start at the fence, go down to the
sidewalk, back up to the fence where you started, make 2 humps going halfway
down between the fence and the sidewalk, and back down to the sidewalk. Now you
try writing it. Great job!
5. “I am going to read some words aloud, and I want you to tell me if you hear
the ‘mmm’ sound in the word. I will
model one for you first. Dog; do we hear the ‘mmm’ sound in dog? No, we do not!
What about man; do you hear the ‘mmm’ sound in man? Yes, that’s right! Fat; do
you hear the ‘mmm’ sound in fat? No, you are right. Milk; do you hear the ‘mmm’
sound in milk? Yes, that’s right! Sock; do you hear the ‘mmm’ sound in sock? No!
Mom; do you hear the ‘mmm’ sound in mom? Yes! Mine; do you hear the ‘mmm’ sound
in mine? Yes! Great job!”
6. Introduce the book Muhammad’s Monday.
“This is Muhammad. He and his mom are spending a Monday together. Let’s see what
happens on Monday.” Read Muhammad’s
Monday. Have a discussion about the story and the “mmm” sound. Read the
story again, and have the students rub their tummies when they hear the letter
m. Write the words on the chart and
read each aloud.
7. For assessment, give each student a sheet of pictures of different items on
it (Example: man, pig, meal, egg, dog, cat, mat, mint). Have the class identify
and name each picture. Students will circle the pictures with /m/.
References:
-Klingel, Cynthia and Noyed, Robert B.
Muhammad’s Monday.
Chanhassen, MN: Child's World, 2004. 24
pages.
-Miranda, Jenn. Patti the Pig Pops
Popcorn.
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/persp/mirandael.html