Beginning Reading
Rationale: Beginning readers need to be aware of the different phonemes in words, and also the sounds that those phonemes make. Vowels have proven to be tough for children to recognize because they can sound more than one way. This lesson is geared toward the short vowel o. This lesson will teach children how to use and recognize short o through letterbox lessons, tongue ticklers and actual reading.
Materials:
Chart paper with
chant (Oscar had an operation in October)
Books:
A Frog in
the Bog-
Karma Wilson; Aladdin Paperbacks; New York NY, 2003
Doc in
the Fog-
Shelia Cushman; Educational Insights, Carson CA, 1990 (enough for each
student.
Lowercase letter box
letters for each student (f, o, g, d, t, h, p, l, s (2), c,
r, n)
Letterboxes for each
student
Short
O worksheet
Procedure:
1.
We all know that each
letter of the alphabet is very special, and that each letter has its
own sound. Today we are going to learn about the letter O
and how our mouth moves when we say it.
2.
When you go to the doctor
for a check-up does he make you stick out your tongue? What does he
make you say when you stick it out? Can we all act like we are at the
doctor and make the /o/ sound? This is the sound that letter O makes.
3.
Let's try a tongue tickler
together. Listen as I say it out loud to you (point to each word as you
say it)
Oscar had an operation in October. I heard a couple of
doctor O's in there. Let's say it together and make
our Doctor
O motion each time we hear it. Awesome! This time we
are going to stretch each doctor
O out. Remember out doctor motion--here we go OOOscar
had an oooperation in OOOctober. Great Job Guys!
4.
Now we are going to
practice hearing "doctor O" in different words. I'm
going to say two words and you are going to tell me which one has the
"doctor O". If I said do you hear /o/ in dog
or
cat the answer would be
DOG, because we hear the "doctor
O" sound.
5.
You try some this time. Do
you hear "doctor O" in:
Stick or
Log?
Fog or
Mist?
Drop or
Pick?
Cold or
Hot?
Broom or
Mop?
6.
Can everybody get out
their letterboxes and the letters I set out for you? We are going to
practice spelling and reading some different words. I am going to show
you how to do this. I am going to lay out five letterboxes for all of
the sounds in my word. When I say
frost I hear our "doctor
O" sound right in the middle. I also hear the sounds
/f/, /r/, /o/, /s/, /t/. Since I hear the /f/ sound first it goes in my
first box. The /r/ sound comes next so it goes in the second box. Next
I hear my "doctor O" sound so I put it in the third
box. I hear the /s/ sound next. That means it goes in my fourth box.
Finally I hear the /t/ sound and I put it in my last box. Let's sound
out this word together.
7.
Now it is your turn to use
your letterboxes. Let's try it together. Letterbox words: 3 {fog, dot,
hop}, 4{lost, Cross}, 5{strong}. ( use same procedure as above)
8.
We are going to read a
book together that has the "doctor O" sound in it. Our
book is called A Frog in the Bog. Did you hear any
"doctor O" sounds in the title? This is a story about
a frog that eats and eats and eats. He keeps growing and growing as he
eats and eats. Let's read to find out just how big the frog gets.
9.
Now we are going to
practice reading some words. I am going to write a word on the board
and you are going to help me figure out what the word is. Our first
word is:
stop. Can we sound that out together? Ssstooop. Great
job. Our next word is:
cod. Show me how you know what this word is?
10.
I want everyone to help me
read a book. We are going to read this book together and decided if we
hear the "doctor O" sound in some of the words. The
name of our book is Doc in the Fog. Did you hear
"doctor O" in any of those words? This story is about
a wizard named doc who can turn a mop into lots of different things.
Let's read to find out what all he turns the mop into.
11.
Finally give the students
a short o worksheet where they have to match words
like dog,
pot, and
sock to the corresponding pictures.
While they are working on this call up individual students and
do a running record of the student reading Doc in the Fog.
Resources:
A Frog in
the Bog by
Karma Wilson; Aladdin Paperbacks, New York NY, 2003
Doc in
the Fog by
Shelia Cushman; Educational Insights, Carson CA, 1990
Letterbox Materials/
how to's:
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/letbox.html
Short
O worksheet:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/alphabet/matchwordsandpix/shorto/
"Open Your Mouth
Wide--/ o-o-o/" by Caroline Yow:
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/projects/yowbr.html