Emergent Literacy
Design: Precious Pigs
By: Brigette
Marsden
Rationale: Letter
recognition is extremely important for
beginning readers to master. According
to studies, letter recognition is one of the greatest predictors for
reading
success because the children recognize the letters with fluency and
ease (
Materials:
-poster board with an upper and lower case p on it and a picture of a pink pig.
-the tongue twister "Precious pigs perform with pink pancakes" on a poster
-lined chart paper and black marker
-pictures of items that begin with p (pig, pancake, pole, purse)
-pictures of items that do not begin with p (house, dog, cat)
-Book "If You Give a Pig a Pancake" by Laura Numeroff
-Harper
Collins Publishing, 1998
-primary paper for students, enough for one sheet each
Procedure:
1. Introduce lesson by explaining that we will be learning about the letter p. I will hold up the poster board with the p and pig on it. Today we are going to learn about the letter p and the sound that it makes. Does anyone already know what sound the letter p makes? That is great, it makes a /p/ sound. (Make sound) The p sound is in a lot of different words, like pencil, pen, person, and pig. Now lets say some of these words together. What is your mouth doing as you say the /p/ sound? When I say the /p/ sound my mouth purses together and then pops open letting a rush of breath come out. Is that what happens to you too? Now lets try together to make the /p/ sound and see what our mouths do. Good job, I think we have got that down.
2.
Now,
I am going to bring out the tongue twister and we are
going to practice the tongue twister. Okay, I have made up a tongue twister that
has a lot words that begin with the letter /p/.
I am going to say it first and then we will all say it together. Say the tongue twister: precious pigs
perform with pink pancakes. Now
lets slowly say it together...great job!!
Okay, lets say it a bit faster. That
gets tough. Now, I want to
stretch out the /p/ sound in each of these words. Really
emphasize the p.
3.
Next, the students will be able to practice writing the
letter p. I am so proud of how
well you all have done in making the /p/
sound. Now we are going to learn how to
write the letter p so that we can know how to write the letter and make
its
sound. I am going to model first and
then have them follow what I did. This
is how to make thelowercase letter p, you
start at the fence and then
draw and line straight down past the sidewalk into the ditch. Now, come up and put his head on the fence
and chin on the sidewalk. Good job! Allow
them to practice making the letter p along a line of primary paper. Now
we are going to do the uppercase P. Model the upper case p and have them practice. I
am so proud of how well each of you have done in making the letter p on
your
paper.
4. After we finish writing the letter p on our paper, I am going to see if they can find the letter p in a few words. Now that we know how to write the letter p and we know how to make its sound, I am going to show you two pictures at a time and one picture is a word that has the letter p in it and one does not. I am going to ask you if you hear the /p/ sound in this word or the other. Okay, do you hear the /p/ in pig or horse? Purse or bag? Pencil or marker? Paper or book? Great job! I am so proud of how well you are each doing at finding the /p/ sound in words. I will make sure that the students are understanding the lesson and this assessment will help me to determine if they are understanding the lesson and have learned the letter /p/.
5. Then, we are going to read the book If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff. Booktalk: This is a story about a little boy who gives a pig a pancake. Well, if you give a pig a pancake, then they need all sorts of other items. How does the little boy get the pig to stop asking for other things? Well, lets read to find out. Also, I want you to listen for the p sounds in this book. Already in the title there are some p sounds. When you hear a p sound raise your hands and then we will slowly say the word making sure that our mouths are moving the right way. Ready? Now I will read the story.
6. Last, the students will get their sheet of primary paper out and they will write their own story using words that contain the letter p. They will be encouraged to use invented spellings and they may illustrate if they wish. Now, I want you to write your own story using the letter p. You may write it about any topic you wish. I am excited to read your stories. Then we will share them with the class during our shared reading time. By allowing them to share their stories, it makes the writing task authentic giving them a reason to put thought into it.
Assessment:
The students will be given a worksheet with pictures of items that begin with the letter p. Also, there will be items that do not begin with the letter p. They are to color only the items that begin with the letter p.
References:
Murray, Bruce. The
ReadingGenie
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/
Murray, Bruce.
"Example of Emergent Literacy Design: Sound the Foghorn".
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/connect/murrayel.html
Thornton, BeLinda. Pigs Love
Pink Pancakes.
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/odysseys/thorntonel.html