Chim Chimney!
Beginning Reading
By: Morgan Warner
Rational:
The phoneme /ch/ is seen very often in the English Language. It is important
students know they must master this awareness in order to become fluent readers,
and especially if they like cheese or chipmunks. In terms of the oral sound and
the written digraph, the combining letters “C and H” are explored extensively
through this lesson, and assessed at the end. Choosing this phoneme will not
cheat students of their uncharted potential as new readers.
Materials:
- Picture of an Eel
- Tongue Twister (“Chuck chooses to chew chocolate chewing gum.”)
- 12 Note Cards (use the marker to write the words
chair, rabbit, cat, tech, hat, book,
cheese, church, hand, rice, cherry,
and pillow on the front for the
student to
read.)
- Marker
- Lined paper
- 2 Pencils
- Copy of the “Chim Chimney Song” (#7)
- The Children’s Book “Chika Chika Boom Boom”
- Assessment sheet (used for recording the reading from Chika Chika Boom Boom
book and can be formatted to fit the teacher’s stipulations.)
Procedure:
1) Introduction: Introduce the lesson by showing the student a picture of
someone sneezing. Explain, “When someone sneezes, they make the same sound that
C and H make when they are put together. The “ch” in a word sounds like /ch/.”
Then give an overview of the lesson by stating, “We will learn the sound /ch/ by
reading words, writing words, and singing.”
2) Explain how to make the ch sound with you mouth. Say, “The /ch/ sound is made
when you place your tongue in the roof of your mouth, purse your lips out and
open, then blow through your teeth as your tongue falls.” Have them say a few
until they all have the hang of it.
3) Give the copy of the tongue twister to the student and read it to him, read
it together, and then have him read it on his own. “Chuck chooses to chew
chocolate chewing gum.”
4) Have note cards with different words on them, and have the student read the
words and see which ones have the /ch/ phoneme. Hold them in your hands and
change the cards after he or she reads and decides. Help the student when he or
she gets the word incorrect. If the student is a struggling reader, then read
the word for the student and they can choose if the word has the /ch/ sound in
it or not.
5) Use the lined paper to draw ‘ch’ letters, lowercase, twelve times. Then write
both together and say “cccccchhhhhh” after completing each one. With struggling
students be sure to write some first and then the child will be able to copy.
6) Assess the student by having them come up to the teacher’s desk during
centers time or individual study and have them all read the book
Chika Chika Boom Boom. Give a book
talk stating, “Chika Chika Boom Boom is all about letters, and sometimes how
letters can come to life. Check out what happens in this story.” Check to make
sure the /ch/ is made correctly and in the appropriate places. Also note the
phonemes each student is dealing with so the next lesson will meet their
individual needs. Use a rubric that follows your teaching style and goes along
with other classroom assessments on reading.
7) OPTIONAL: Use the song “Chim Chimney” from
Marry Poppins for extra practice at
any point during the lesson.
Reference
Website for song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK9yGHlq27g&feature=related
Website for a similar lesson:
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/persp/rickardel.html