The Hungry
Half-brother of Harry the Hippo
Rationale:
In this lesson,
students will learn how to recognize h in spoken language. They will
learn a
letter symbol, a picture, a sound, and a gesture to go along with the
lesson.
They will also learn how their mouth moves while making the sound h.
All of
these things will help them remember and learn the h. It is just as
important
to learn one phoneme as it is the next, but this lesson will focus on
getting
our students to understand h.
Materials:
primary paper, pencil,
popsicle sticks, picture of items laying around or in a bag, but have a
worksheet with pictures of a hat, ham, house, ball, stick, bike, hair,
horse,
picture of a man breathing on glasses to clean them, site words
starting with
h, with the word on the other side; The
Hungry Hippo; Poster drawn with the phrase "The Hungry Hippo's, Harry,
and
his half-brother, Henry hurried back to Harry's House because Henry was
Hungry" There should be a drawing of the two running back to the house
to
make the poster more appealing to the children. Horton Hatches the Egg
by Dr
seuss, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
Procedure:
Explain that all have
their own mouth movements when spoken, which is a phoneme. Today we are
going
to learn that the letter h makes the /h/ sound. First ask them if they
ever
seen their parent/guardian breathe on their glasses before cleaning
them off. Did
you hear the /h/ sound? I want everybody to tell me what Santa Clause
says when
he comes to town,"ho,ho,ho,"/ What kind of mouth movement did you
make? I felt my jaw move down. Now everyone take out a piece of paper,
and hold
it up in front of your mouth and simply breather. Did the paper move?
Just a
little right, that all it takes to produce the h sound.
I am now going to read
the phrase that I cam u with to help you guys learn h. Let's all pay
close attention
while I read aloud. "The Hungry Hippo's..Harry, and his half-brother,
Henry, hurried back to Harry's House because Henry was Hungry." Did you
hear the /h/ sound in any of those words? Now let's all try saying this
tongue
twisting phrase together and listen for the /h/ sound. Good Job Boys
and Girls.
Now split the class up
in two. One side will say The Hungry Hippo, and his half-brother,
hurried back.
The other side will say Harry, Henry, to Harry's House. Then they will
all
shout HENRY WAS HUNGRY!. The object of this activity is to get all the
children
involved with expression and the use of the h=h phoneme. This will be
fun.
All the children to stand up, group themselves, and shout.
Now we are going to
try and write the letter h. everyone take out your primary writing
paper. Watch
as I show you how to write the letter h. Now take out you pencil. We
are going
to start at the very top of the street and draw a line straight down to
the
bottom of the hill. Then we are going to start half-way up the hill and
simply
curve out and down back to the bottom of the hill. We are not
connecting at the
bottom of the hill that would make what letter? Small b. Now you all
may try
and write the letter h. I will come around to help you if needed, just
raise
your hand. I would like for you to write two rows of the letter h. Then
repeat
out loud Santa Clause says "ho, ho, ho".
Now I am going to show
you some sight words, hat, ham, stick, bike, etc. I want you to raise
your hand
when you hear the h sound. For example; hat, what sound did you hear?
H, right.
Now I will show you some pictures, after you figure out what is on the
picture
and the word, I want you to raise our hand if the h sound is in that
word. Now
I am going to read Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr Seuss, and the Very
Hungry
Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Do you hear an h sound in the title. Now I
am
passing out Popsicle sticks, I want you to raise your stick every time
you hear
the h sound. Assessment: To assess the children, I will ask them to
place and x
over each item of the picture of items that does not have the h sound
starting
the word. I will remind them that the word must begin with the h and
have the h
sound.
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