Huffing H
Beginning Literacy
Rationale:
In order for children to
learn how to read and spell words, they must first be able to
understand
phonemic awareness. To make each phoneme memorable, we teach
phonemes one
at a time. Students need the alphabetic insight that letters
stand for
phonemes and spellings map out phonemes in spoken words. This
lesson focuses
on the /h/ sound made by the letter h. The student
will learn by seeing a picture with the /h/ sound that has
the
letter h too. Then we will do several activities to find
the /h/
sound.
Materials:
Picture
with the /h/ sound wolf huffing, primary paper, pencils, worksheets for
assessment that has children circle words with the /h/ sound, and The
Three
Little Pigs book by Paul Galdone.
Published by Clarion Books; Reprint edition (April 23, 1984).
Procedure:
Explain to students that our
language is made up of many interesting sounds. Continue by
saying that
each letter has one or more sounds for us to learn. I would say,
"Today, we are going to learn about the /h/ sound made by the letter h.
It is usually a quiet sound, but today we will be able to master this
sound.".
Have you heard the story about the
wolf and the three little pigs? The wolf
huuuuffs and
huuuuuffs (draw out the /h/ sound to demonstrate the mouth placement
for the
children) to blow the pigs' houses down. (Then I will hold
up the
picture.) Let's all pretend that we are the big bad wolf trying
to
huuuuuf the pigs' house down by drawing out the /h/ sound. So
take a big
breath and get ready to use the /h/ sound.
"Let's try huffing
the following tongue twister; I'll say it first while you listen.
Herald
helps holding his ham. Good listening. Now, let's all
try. Very good. This time,
let's draw out our /h/ sound by
acting like the wolf. Hhhhherald hhhhhelps
hhhhholding
hhhhhis hhhhham. Great job sounding
out that
tongue twister".
(Pass out primary paper and have
students pull out a pencil) "Since we have mastered the sound
/h/,
let's spell words with the letter h together. Everyone
watch
me. First, start at the rooftop and come all the way down and
hump over
landing on the sidewalk. Now I would like you to practice writing
one
letter h on your primary paper. After I put one sticker
on your
page, please continue by writing two lines of h's.
Remember to
sound out /h/ quietly as you write down your h's on the page.
Great job writing you h's!
Let's put on our thinking caps and listen for the /h/ sound. I'll
show
you how I would find the /h/ sound in the word home. I would
sound it out
slowly like h-h-h-h-home. Yes, I did hear the /h/ sound in
home.
Now it's your turn. Put your
hands around your mouth (like you're huffing
a house
down or calling someone from far away) when you hear the /h/
sound. Hard...card...last...fast...huff...puff...shh.
Good job finding the /h/ sound.
Book talk for The Three Little
Pigs would be me saying, "As you
know,
there are three little pigs that start building houses. Some of
the pigs
are lazy and do not spend time building a quality house. A hungry
wolf
comes and wants to huff the pigs' house down so he could eat
them. Let's
see who comes on top at the end of the book". Remind the students
to
put their hands around your mouth when they hear the /h/ sound.
I will assess the students
understanding of the /h/ sound by asking them to complete a
worksheet.
They will circle the pictures that have the /h/ sound on the first
page.
Then, the students will practice writing the letter h ten times
on the
second page. Finally the students will circle the words with the
letter h
on the last page.
References:
Hurry Hurry! by
Amy Berger http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/odysseys/bergerel.html.
The Cat in the Hat by Carlie
Larson http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/odysseys/larsonel.html.
Baaa Baaa Black Sheep Have
you any Wool? By Audrey
Stockdale http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/odysseys/stockdaleel.html.
Galdone, Paul. The
Three Little Pigs. Clarion
Books; Reprint edition (April 23, 1984).