The
Bumble Bee
Emergent Literacy
Rationale:
To learn to read and spell
words, children need the alphabetic insight that letters stand for
phonemes and
spelling map out the phonemes in spoken words. Before children can
match
letters to phonemes, they have to recognize phonemes in spoken word
contexts.
There are many consonants that children have to learn. This lesson will
help
children identify /b/. It often gets confused with /d/ a lot so we are
going to
focus on /b/ to make sure a child can tell the difference between the
two. They
will recognize /b/ in spoken words, a letter symbol, and then practice
finding
/b/ in words.
Materials:
primary paper and a pencil;
picture of a bumble bee; note cards with these words, one on each card:
bumble,
bee, bubble, blue, umbrella, basket, tremble, Bobby; Tongue twister on
chart, "Bobby
the buzzing bee buzzed around the blue basket; piece of white copy
paper and
markers. Book: The Honey Bee and the
Robber by Eric Carle, 1981/
Procedures:
1.
Today
we are going to learn how to recognize the /b/ sound.
2.
Repeat after me, buzzing bee. What does buzzing and bee have in common?
That's
right, the sound /b/. Today we are going to focus on the /b/ sound.
Let's make
the /b/ sound together.
3. Now
let's try a tongue twister. Show the child the chart with the tongue
twister on
it and say it together. Bobby the buzzing bee buzzed around the blue
basket. Repeat
once more. Lastly let's say it together and drag out the /b/ sound.
4.
Lets
look at some more words that have the /b/ sound in them. Show he/she
the note
cards and practice saying the words together and practice finding the
/b/ sound
in each word. Example: The first card has bumble on it. Let's say
bumble
together. Bumble. Do you hear bumble? I hear /b/ more than once bum-bled.
5.
Now take
out the primary paper and a pencil. Let's practice making the letter b.
Start
out at the rooftop and make a straight line down to the sidewalk. Pick
up
pencil and start at the fence and make a å¸ circle and
connect it with
the line
at the sidewalk.
6.
Now
let's see if you can detect the /b/ sound in a few spoken words. Do you
hear
the /b/ sound in?
blue
or
red
rub
or
tall
small
or
big
7.
I am
going to read The Honey Bee and the
Robber by Eric Carle, 1981.
8.
I
will assess the student by letting him/her draw four different things
that have
the /b/ sound. One must be thought up on their own. He can use three
words we
have already talked about such as bee.
References:
*Kendra
Haywood. Sheep on a Ship. http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/voyages/haywoodel.html