Chugga Chugga Choo Choo!
Emergent Literacy
Rationale:
This lesson will help children identify
the digraph /ch/. Students will learn to
recognize /ch/ in spoken words by learning a meaningful representation,
a pumping motion with their arm while making the /ch/ sound.
The children will also find /ch/ in words by reading as well as
writing.
Procedures:
1. Say: Today we are going to learn
about the sound /ch/. We spell /ch/ with
the letters C and
H.
Alone, the letters make two different sounds, but when you put
them next to each other they make one sound together.
We are going to learn how to make the sound out loud, and how to
write the sound in words.
2. First, let's
learn how to say the /ch/ sound. Everyone
bite your teeth together and bring your tongue to the roof of your
mouth.
Let's all try it together.
When I think of the sound /ch/, I think of a train.
Why do you think I do that?
Because trains make /ch/ sounds.
Have you ever heard a train go chugga chugga choo choo? Can you make those sounds with me? Do you know what the trains drivers do when
they blow the loud train horns?
They pump their arms like this.
Can you try that with me?
Now let's add the train noises.
3. Let's try a
tongue twister. First I will say it, and
then I want you to try. "Charlie chose to
chew cheese on the beach."
Now let's all say it one more time together, and this time, we're going
to stretch the /ch/ sound out in the words.
"Chhharlie chhhose to chhhew chhheese on the beachhh."
4. Now we are going
to practice writing ch on our paper in lowercase letters.
Let's start with the letter C, it starts at the
fence then curves around to the sidewalk.
Alright, now let's do the letter H, start at
the rooftop and draw a straight line all the way down to the sidewalk.
Then, we'll draw a hump to the right that connects to the
straight line and goes up to the fence and then back down to the
sidewalk.
Great job, now I want you to draw nine more /ch/'s for me.
5. Let's look at a
book together. Every time you hear the
/ch/ sound, I want you to move your arms like a train driver.
6. We're going to
finish our lesson today with a booklet. I
want you to write the words of the picture on the page in the blanks
and color the pictures. I will assess the
student's knowledge by seeing if they write ch correctly for
the words on the pages.
Reference:
-Leach, Lauren. Let's
Chug with CH Summer 2009.
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/solutions/leachel.html
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-Assessment booklet:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/books/abc/chwords2/