The Choo
Choo Train
Beginning Reading
Rationale: In order for children to
read and spell words they need to understand that letters stand for
phonemes and spellings map out the phonemes in spoken words. A
way to help children understand this is by practicing correspondences,
which is made of a grapheme and a phoneme. In this lesson the
students will learn the digraph /ch/. The purpose of this lesson is to
teach children how to identify the correspondence /ch/ in
written and spoken words.
Materials:
Marker Board
Markers
Elkonian Boxes
Letter tiles: a, c(2), h, I, k, l, n, r, s, t, u, w
Worksheet with /ch/ words and pictures to match each
word
Train Song by Ziefert, Harriet, 2000
Procedures:
1. Begin the lesson by explaining that not only do
individual letters make sounds, but also sometimes two letters can be
combined to make one sound. Today we are going to learn about the
/ch/ sound in written and spoken words. Ask students if they can think
of any words with the /ch/ sound in it. Record the student���s answers.
If students are having trouble understanding at first tell them and
word with the /ch/ sound to get them started such as change.
2. Have you ever heard a train come roaring down the
train tracks? It makes a /ch/ sound. This is the sound that
we will be finding today in words. Let's see if you can hear it
when I say the word "chair". Ch, Ch, Chhhhair. Yes, I
heard! Did you hear the train sound /ch/, too?
3. Write the following sentence on the board. The
Choo Choo Train Went Chasing Down the Long Stretch of Tracks. Have a
student identify where the /ch/ sounds are in the sentence by
underlining all of the /ch/ phonemes.
4. Explain that
the /ch/ phoneme is combined with c and h to make
the /ch/ sound. Have students repeat the sentence over and over
until they become faster and faster at it.
5. Next, have students work on a letterbox lesson
using the phoneme /ch/. Ask the students if we should put the c and h
in two different boxes or in one box together. Explain that sense the c
and h make up one sound they should be placed in the same box.
6. Draw Elkonian boxes on the board and have students
take out their letters and letterboxes. Have students work in groups of
two during the lesson. Call out the words using each word in a
sentence. Have students tell which letters went into each box and if
they had any letters that were pairs. As students tell you which
letters they chose to go into each box, fill in the Elkonian boxes
drawn on the board.
Be sure to tell students how many boxes they will be
using for each word!
Word list
3 phonemes: such, chain, chair, and
chick
Assessment: Have children complete
worksheet matching /ch/ phonemes with pictures. Students should track
the word and draw a line from the word to the correct picture.
References:
The Choo
Choo Train by Misti Willoughby
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/openings/willoughbybr.html
Assessment Worksheet: http://www.funfonix.com/worksheets/book2_page12.php
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