Iggy the Iguana is
Itchy!
Emergent Literacy Design
Rationale: To be able to read
successfully
children must be phonemically aware. This means they must be able to
recognize
phonemes in spoken words. Each phoneme has a distinct sound that helps
children
decode words. Students must also be aware of their corresponding
graphemes in
written words. Short vowels are the most important letters that
children must
know. The phoneme /i/ can be tricky for children. When a student is
learning
the phoneme /i/, there are many activities that can help the process
including:
gestures, identifying words that contain short i, , and working on
handwriting.
Materials:
“Tin Man Fix-It”
Large paper with letter i,
picture of iguana, and tongue tickler: Iggy
the Iguana is itching his itchy skin.
List of phoneme identities
to test: twig or branch, frown or grin, catch
or kick, pink or blue, lift or drop, stand or sit.
Primary paper
Pencils
Short i picture worksheet:
The students will circle all the pictures that
have short /i/ sounds in them. (Enchanted
Learning).
Procedures:
1.
First I will explain to the students that we are learning the letter i
today. I will show the students what the
i looks like on a piece of paper. Under the letter i is a picture of an
iguana.
I will say “Does everyone see this iguana? This is Iggy. Iggy has very
scaly rough
skin so he is always itchy. When Iggy the Iguana feels really itchy he
scratches is body and says /i/. Can everyone scratch their body and say
/i/
like Iggy. Now I am going to show you what your mouth should look like
when you
say /i/. Your mouth should be opened slightly and your tongue is
lowered. Do
you know what Iggy and itchy start with? They both start with the
letter i
which makes the sound /i/. So today we are going use the letter i a
lot, and
whenever you hear that /i/ sound I want you to scratch yourselves like
poor
Iggy.”
2. Now
I will show you how to find the /i/ sound in a word. Under the
picture of Iggy will be a tongue tickler. Iggy the Iguana is itching
his icky
skin. I will say the tongue tickler once and then I will stretch it
out. I-i-i-i-g-g-y
the i-i-i-g-u-a-a-n-a i-i-i-s i-i-t-c-h-i-n-g h-i-i-s i-i-i-t-c-h-y
s-k-i-i-i-n. Do you hear that /i/ sound? Then I will ask the students
to say it
with me while scratching. “Is anyone itchy?” I will ask them if they
hear the
/i/. They will know they heard the /i/ sound if they were super itchy.I
will
then ask them to point to the words that have the /i/ sound.
3. ”Now
I am going to say 2 words to you and you are going to tell me
which word has the /i/ sound in it? Can everybody say /i/ with me and
scratch
their arms? Great!”
Do you hear /i/ in…
Twig or branch
Frown or grin
Catch or kick
Pink of blue
Lift or drop
Stand or sit
4. Now I want everyone to take out their primary paper and
pencils. I will
model for you first how to write the letter i. Now I want you to try
and write
5 perfect i’s.
5. Now I will read to the
students “Tin Many Fix-It.” I will give the
students a short book talk first to engage the students. “Tim the tin
man is
working with his best friend Jim in the garden. They are planting
flower. Have
any of you ever planted flowers? Well while Tim and Jim are almost
finished
with their garden a boy named Sid comes flying towards them on a
skateboard!
Before Jim and Tim could get out of the way, BAM! Sid hit Tim the tin
man! Do
you think Tim will be ok? Do you think they will ever finish the
garden? We
will have to read it to find out.” We
will then read the book. Before I start reading I will remind the
students that
every time they hear the /i/ sound to scratch their bodies because that
/i/
sounds makes them so itchy!
6.
Now I will give each student a worksheet with pictures on it. They will
circle al the pictures that make the short /i/ sound.
Assessment:
I will be able to assess each child
from the worksheet. If they circled all the words that have a short /i/
sound
in them I will know that they grasped the lesson and understand /i/.
Resources:
Cushman, Sheila. “Tin Man Fix It.”
Educational Insights. Carson, CA: 1990
Maggie Saye, Itchy Izzie’s
Igloo http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/odysseys/sayeel.html
Enchanted Learning. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/alphabet/circlethemewords/shorti/First
School.
Jessie Wiggins. “Icky,
Icky, Sticky!” http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/odysseys/wigginsel.html
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