Uhh, But My
Umbrella!
By: Allison Bragg
Beginning Reading
Rationale: Before becoming skillful readers, children
must understand the relationship between graphemes and their phonemes.
This lesson will help children understand the correspondence u =
/u/.
Materials:
White board and marker
� poster with tongue tickler: Uncle Ulmer left his Umbrella Under the
rug.
Assessment: 8� x 11 sheet with picture illustrating correspondence u =
/u/ (linked below)
List of the following read-aloud words: trunk, twig, skunk, snake,
brush, comb, shut, open
List of letterbox words:
3: run, cub, puff, yum, not (review)
4: plug, grin (review), chug, bump, shop (review)
5: trunk
Letterboxes for each student
Letter tiles (one set for each student): b, c, f, g, h, i, k, l, m, n,
o, p, r, s, t, u, y
Copy of "Fuzz and the Buzz" for each student, and one for teacher
(Phonics Reader, 1990)
Procedure:
Today, class, we
are going to learn about the letter u and the sound it makes.
The letter u makes the sound uhhh (Put finger up to chin as if
you were in deep thought). Practice that
sound with me uhhhh. Make sure to put your
finger to your chin like this! (Demonstrate again).
Here is a picture that can help us remember the sound uhhh that
the u makes. Let's try one more time uhhh.
Great job!
(Hold up poster
with tongue twister) Now class, I am going to tell you a funny sentence
that can help us remember the sound that u makes.
I'll say it first: Uncle Ulmer left his
Umbrella Under the rug. Now, I am going to
slow it down and I want you to listen for the uhhh sound: uuuuuncle
uuuuulmer left his uuuuumbrella uuuuunder the ruuuuug.
Could you hear the uhhh sounds that time?
Now, say it with me slowly and when you hear the uhhh sound.
Remember to put your finger to your chin when you hear the uhhh
sound!
Uuuuncle uuuulmer left his uuuumbrella uuuunder the ruuuug.
Great job! Let's break off the uhhh
sound in each of these words: /u/-ncle, /u/-ulmer, /u/-mbrella,
/u/-nder, r-/u/-g. Very good class!
Now, I need you to
listen very closely! I am going to say
pairs of words and I want you to tell me which word has the /u/ in it:
trunk or twig, snake or skunk, brush or comb, shut or open.
Very good class! You must have your
listening ears on today!
Since we now know
what the sound u makes, let's practice spelling some words in our
letterboxes.
I am going to pass out your letterboxes and letter tiles.
Do not start working until I tell you to.
Now, watch me spell the word run.
(Model how to spell "run" by placing one phoneme in each box on
the letterbox drawn on the white board.
Tell student the appropriate number of boxes to lay out as you tell
them each of the words to spell). Ok, now
I want you to spelling these words: puff, yum, cub, not, plug, grin,
chug, bump, shop, trunk (Say one word at a time and walk around to
check the students' progress).
Every one did a great job spelling these words!
Now, I am going to
write each of these words on the board and I want you to read them out
loud.
(Write one word at a time on the white board and have the
students read the words aloud as a class).
To get some more
practice with the letter u we are going to read the book "Fuzz and the
Buzz."
This book is about a bear named Fuzz.
Fuzz likes to be outside and he especially likes to shake the
trees.
But he forgets that there are other animals that live in the
trees.
When he shakes one tree an animal gets upset and lets Fuzz know.
What kind of animal do you think this could be?
You will have to read to find out! (Pass out books to the
students and let them know they can raise their hands if they need
help).
Assessment:
As students are
doing the activities described above, I will be observing them as a
means of informal assessment. For a more
formal assessment, students will complete an activity sheet.
The worksheet has 10 different words that contain "u," and have
various missing letters for the students to fill in.
There are also pictures that they can color after completing the
words.
Resources:
Montgomery, Morgan:
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/sightings/montgomerybr.html
Guyton, Katie:
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/sightings/guytonbr.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/alphabet/missingletter/shortu/