Uhh--I Need an Umbrella!!
Beginning
Reading
Rationale: Before becoming skillful
readers, children must understand the relationship between graphemes
and their phonemes. This lesson will help children understand the
correspondence u = /u/ by
saying the sound /u/,
focusing on what moves the mouth makes when saying the sound, spelling
and reading words with u=/u/ using a letterbox lesson and reading a new
book.
Materials:
White board and marker
Chart paper with tongue
tickler:
Uncle Plum left his Umbrella Under the rug.
Assessment: worksheet with
picture illustrating correspondence u = /u/ (linked below)
List of the following
read-aloud words: up, down, skunk, snake, brush, comb, shut, open
List of letterbox words:
3: bug, cub, puff, bun,
not (review)
4: plug, grin
(review),
hunt, bump, shop (review)
5: truck
Letterboxes for each student
Letter tiles (one set for
each student): b, c, f, g, h, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s,
t, u, y
Copy of "Fuzz and the
Buzz" for each student, and one for teacher (Phonics Reader, 1990)
Procedure:
Good morning class! Today
we will be learning about the letter /u/ and the sound it makes. The
letter u makes the sound uhhh
"Do you know how your mouth
and lips move when saying different words? When we say /uh/ our mouth
is barely open and our tongue is lowered inside our mouth." Let's
practice this. You can also remember the /u/ sound placing your finger
up to your chin as if you were in deep thought with your mouth still
barely open.
Practice that sound with me
uhhhh. Make sure to put your finger to your chin like this!
(Demonstrate again). Let's try one more time uhhh. Great job!
(Hold up chart paper with
tongue twister) Now class, I am going to tell you a funny sentence that
can help us remember the sound that /u/ makes. I'll say it
first: "Uncle Plumm left his Umbrella Under the rug".
Now, I am going to slow it down and I want you to listen for the uhhh
sound okay? : uuuuuncle Pluuuuum left his uuuuumbrella uuuuunder the
ruuuuug. Could you hear the uhhh sounds that time? Now, say
it with me slowly and when you hear the uhhh sound. Remember to
put your finger to your chin when you hear the uhhh sound!
Uuuuncle Pluuuum left his uuuumbrella uuuunder the ruuuug. Great
job! Let's break off the uhhh sound in each of these words:
/u/-ncle, p-l-/u/-m, /u/-mbrella, /u/-nder, r-/u/-g. Very good
class!
Now class, I need you all
to listen very closely! I am going to say pairs of words and I
want you to tell me which word has the /u/ in it: up or down,
snake or skunk, brush or comb, shut or open. Very good
class!
Letterbox lesson time
since we now know what the
sound /u/ makes! I am going to pass out your letterboxes and letter
tiles. Do not start working until I tell you to. Now, watch
me spell the word run. (Model how to spell "trust"[t],
[r], [u], [s], [t] by placing one phoneme in each box on the letterbox
drawn on the white board. (Should have five boxes drawn out on the
board). Tell students the appropriate number of boxes to lie out
as you tell them each of the words to spell). Ok, now I want you
to spell these words: puff, bun, cub, not, plug, grin, hunt, shop,
bump, truck (Say one word at a time and walk around to check the
students' progress). Every one did a great job spelling these
words!
Now, I am going to write
each of these words on the board and I want you to read them out
loud. (Write one word at a time on the white board and have the
students read the words aloud as a class).
To get some more practice
with the letter /u/, we are going to read the book "Fuzz and the
Buzz." This book is about a bear named Fuzz. Fuzz likes
to be outside and he especially likes to shake the trees. But he
forgets that there are other animals that live in the trees. When
he shakes one tree an animal gets upset and lets Fuzz know. What
kind of animal do you think this could be? You will have to read
to find out! (Pass out books to the students and let them know they can
raise their hands if they need help).
Assessment:
To assess the children's learning of the letter
u and its phoneme, students will complete an activity sheet with
pictures. The pictures will be of some objects that have the letter u
such as sun, nut, and rug. The students will complete the sheet
individually and by writing the letter u in the words and then drawing
a line to the corresponding picture. This will help me better
understand which children know the letter u and its correspondence, and
which children may need more practice
Resources:
Bragg, Allison: Uhh, But My
Umbrella!
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/solutions/braggbr.htm
Worksheet:
http://www.etap.org/demo/langart1/lak3l1_3w5.pdf