Rationale- The objective of this
lesson is to have the students capable of identifying the letter Bb in
spoken
and written language. But first, they must be able to recognize the
letter Bb,
before being able to connect them with the phoneme. By having
meaningful
representation, a boy bouncing a ball and letter symbols available, the
students will be able to accomplish the goal.
Materials-
Handouts of cartoon picture of a boy bouncing a ball, letter Bb written on primary paper or markers for writing Bb on board, primary paper, pencil, Zaner-Bloser directions for printing letters, glue, tape, crayons, print out of tongue twister (Betty’s book was believed to be by the brownies.), Book “I Like Bugs- The Sound of B” list of previous student’s names (Bert, Britney, Blakely, Scott, Bailey, Bret, Megan, Ben, Katie), and popsicle sticks.
Procedures-
1.
Pass out the handout with the boy bouncing a ball.
Ask the students: “What is the child doing” (bouncing)? “That is right
bouncing. Bouncing starts with the letter B and it makes the /b/ sound.” The
teacher will hold her hand out in front like she is bouncing a ball by
motioning her hand up and down. The teacher will model the /b/
sound, with hand
motions, and then have the students repeat the sound also with hand
motions.
2.
The teacher will say, “notice how your ‘lips start out
together, then they open and a puff of air comes out,”’ and then the
teacher
will demonstrate. Have the students practice this mouth movement.
Teacher asks
the student to say a tongue twister: “Betty’s book was believed to be
by the
brownies”. After they say it once, do it again, but this time
exaggerate the
/b/ sound in each word that corresponds. “B-b-b-b-b-betty’s
b-b-b-b-book was
b-b-b-b-believed to b-b-b-b-be b-b-b-b-b-by the
b-b-b-b-b-brownies”. “Great Job!” Ask the
students to make up their own tongue twister and share it with the
class;
reiterate the importance of the /b/
sound. Have the student repeat a few of the
tongue twisters while exaggerating the /b/ sound.
3.
By calling on one student at a time, have each student
answer the following questions. “Do you hear the /b/ sound in black or stack?”
In bag or that? In shoe or boot? In boy or girl? In bake or make? The teacher
is going to say some names of her previous students if the names have
the /b/ sound,
then students will move their hand like they were bouncing a ball. If
the names
do not have the /b/ sound, the
students will make a motion like they dropped
their ball. Bert, Britney, Blakely, Scott (dropped ball), Bailey,
Brett, Megan
(dropped ball), Ben, Katie (dropped ball).
4.“It
is time to write the letter Bb.” Have students take
out primary paper and pencil. The letters “B” and “b” are used to make
the /b/
sound. To make the capital/large “B”, start at the rooftop and come
down to the
sidewalk. Then move back up to the rooftop and go around for his big
chest, and
around for his big tummy. Model this a few times for the students. For
the
lowercase/small “b”, start at the roof; go down, b-b-bounce up to the
fence and
around back to the sidewalk. Model this, also. Have the students
practice “B/b”
one time and raise their hand when complete. This gives the teacher the
opportunity to do an informal assessment of the children’s
comprehension thus
far. After work has been checked, have the students practice an entire
row of
“B/b’s”.
5.
While students are writing their B’s, teacher needs to
place these words on the board in (bake,
sit, bright, look, and bent).
Have the
children identify (orally) if these words are bake or take, sit or bit, bright
or might, look or book, and bent or sent. This is also another informal
assessment.
6.
“We are going to make something (aid) that will help you
always remember that Bb says /b/.”
Have the students take their handout of the
boy bouncing a ball and color this picture. Then cut him out. The
teacher will
hand out Popsicle sticks to each student. The students can either glue
or tape
the cut out to the Popsicle stick.
7.
After the construction of the aid, the teacher will read
“I Like Bugs: The Sound of B.”
During the book, the students will listen to the
words carefully and every time a word with the /b/ sound is made they have to
make their aids bounce their ball. If there is no /b/ sounds, their aids should
be still.
The students will be assessed informally throughout the lesson as noted in the previous section. These assessments include constructing new tongue twister (with emphasis on /b/), identifying phonemes in spoken words, correctly writing capital/lower case B/b’s, and successfully completing phonetic cueing applications. The final assessment will be during the book, they will have to point out the words and make the b=/b/ sound. They will identify the words that the teacher wrote on the board orally when the teacher asks if the word if one word or another.
References-
Cartoon
boy bouncing a ball-
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1129818/2/istockphoto_1129818_cartoon_boy_basketball_vector.jpg
Basic
Components of a Phoneme Awareness Lesson: http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/componentsPA.html
Zaner-Bloser
directions for printing letters: http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/letters.html
Mouth
Moves and Gestures for Phonemes: http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/mouthmoves.html
Bouncing Around with B- Bridgett
Wilson Reading Genie
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/voyages/wilsonel.html
“I Like Bugs- The Sound of B” Alice K.
Flanagan. Children’s
World (Oct. 1999)