Shhh! Says Shelley the Fish
By:
Kiera Averett
Beginning
Reading
Rationale:
There are many steps in learning to read words.
The first step is vowels and the second step is digraphs.
Digraphs are two letters that represent one sound.
The purpose of this lesson is for children to identify the
letter combination sh.
Students will learn to read, spell, and hear words with the /sh/
vocal gesture. They will learn by
practicing the tongue tickler, playing a listening game, participating
in the letterbox lesson, and completing a worksheet.
Materials:
Book: A Crash in the Shed
SPLASH!
Worksheet
Pencils
Chart
paper with tongue tickler and picture(with a fish on it)
Letter
squares(d,i,s,h,o,t,p,r,a,b,u)
Primary
paper
Procedure:
1.Hello
everyone! Today we are going to learn
about digraphs.
Digraphs are two letters that are put together to make one sound.
We will learn about two of these letters.
2.The
two letters we are going to learn are s and h.
So when your teacher asks you to be quiet, what does she usually
do?
(Can someone show me?) Good!
She puts one finger on her mouth and says ���Shhh���.
Say that with me, shhh.
Great job! Now what is your mouth doing
when you make the /sh/ sound?
That���s right, your lips poke out and air slips out between your teeth.
It���s like making a fish face.
Everyone try saying /sh/ one more time.
Great!
3.Now
we are going to practice saying a tongue tickler.
(Show the chart paper with the tongue tickler and fish:
Shelley the fish makes a wish for shiny sea shells).
Say it with me this time.
Good, now whenever you hear /sh/, I want you to put your finger over
your mouth and say shhh.
4.Now
we are going to practice writing the letters that make /sh/.
(Have primary paper and pencils out.)
Remember we use two letters to make /sh/.
They are s and h. (Model).
Now I want you to make four of your best
s���s and four of your best
h���s.
Now we are going to put these two letters together to make /sh/.
(Model).
I want you to practice writing s and h four times.
5.We
are going to play a fun listening game with words.
I am going to say some words and I want you to tell me which
word you hear /sh/ in. Do you hear /sh/ in
she or me, dish or pan, crash or stop, shoe or sock, shout or yell.
6.Let���s
try to spell some words with the /sh/ sound.
Everyone get your letterboxes out.
I want you to make your boxes so that there are three boxes
showing.
If I were going to spell the word wish, I would do it like this:
/w/ /i/ /wi/ /wish/���yes wish!
Spell the words as I say them.
Spell the words as I say them.
(3 phoneme words: dish, shot, ship)
Now make four boxes. (4 phoneme words: trash, brush).
The letters needed for each student
are (d,i,s,h,o,t,p,r,a,b,u).
(Then I will have index cards with all the words on them.)
Now I want you to read the words on the cards to me.
Very good!
7.
Now, I want you to practice reading this book.
The book is called The Crash in the Shed.
(Give booktalk)
Booktalk:
Jan and Tim are friends.
They did not know whether they wanted to fish or look for shells so
they decided to do both. They walked to
the shed to get their supplies and all of a sudden CRASH!
What causes the crash? What is
going to happen next? In order to find
out, you will have to read the book.
I will walk around to monitor the students.
Assessment:
Each
student will complete a worksheet by coloring all the words that begin
and end with /sh/. I will assess by
checking their /sh/ worksheet.
References:
SPLASH! Worksheet
http://www.free-phonics-worksheets.com/html/phonics_worksheet_v1-31.html
A
Crash in the Shed-Geri Murray
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/bookindex.html
Leah
Impastato-Shhh���Says Sheila the Short Librarian
<http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/solutions/impastatobr.htm>
Shelley
Steiner- Shhh��� I see a Fish!
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/projects/steinerbr.html