Up goes the Umbrella
in
a Thunderstorm
aldriar@auburn.edu
Beginning Reading
Rationale:
The
understanding of letters and the phoneme correspondence is the perfect
beginning to a lifelong relationship with reading. This is why children
must
come to understand this relationship. To introduce this idea to
students, begin
with the short vowels and then work your way to other letters. This
lesson will
finish the short vowels, by using the short u. The lesson will
help
students identify the phoneme /u/ in spoken and written words. They
will be
able to recognize /u/ in spoken words by learning a corresponding hand
gesture
that goes along with the phoneme. A picture to represent the phoneme
will also
be introduced to the students. The students will also practice finding
the /u/
in their reading text.
Materials:
1.)
Picture of an umbrella
2.) Poster
board with "During the thunderstorm the
umbrella must go up."
3.) Letter
boxes and letters b, c, d, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s,
t, u, k. Word lists: 3-{cup, duck} 4-{plug, dump, thump} 5{crunch,
scrub}.
4.)
Fuzz and the Buzz Phonics Readers
5.) Sheets
of paper with large print words. These words are
pseudowords like: funch, tule, fuver.
6.)Worksheet
with pictures of object with /u/ in them. For
example, a sun, a man running, an umbrella, or a hamburger or hotdog
bun.
Procedures:
1.) Review
the letters previously studied. "Today we
will learn about the letter U, but first, who can tell me the short
vowels and
their phonemes that we have studied?"
2.) After
reviewing the letter learned, introduce the lesson
by explaining that we are going to learn about the short vowel u=/u/.
Write u
in capital and lower case.
3.)
Introduce the letter and Sound. "This letter is the
U. I have written it two ways, in upper and lower case. The u makes a
very
interesting sound. It makes the /u/ sound, like you're putting up an
umbrella.
Let's practice the sound while doing the hand gesture." For the hand
gesture put one hand on the bottom of an invisible umbrella. Now move
the other
hand up, like you are putting the invisible umbrella up.
4.) "Does
everyone have the hand gesture down. Great! Let's
try the tongue twister now. During the thunderstorm the umbrella must
go up!
Let's say it three times to practice and make sure we have it. Great
job at
pronouncing those U's everyone! Now let's try it with the hand gesture
and make
sure to stretch out those U's. During the thuuunderstorm them
uuumbrella muuust
go uuup! Very good everyone."
5.) "Now I
am going to show you how to find the short
/u/ in a spoken word. I am going to find /u/ in thunder. I am going to
stretch
out thuuunder, thunder. Now let's stretch out a word together. Let's
say the
word shudder, Shuuudder. Good job everyone."
6.) Pass
out letters and letter boxes. "I'm going to
show you how to use these letters and letter boxes. First, I am going
to use it
to map out the phonemes in spoken words and I will begin with three. To
start
with, fold out three letter boxes. Remember each phoneme goes in one
box. I'll
show you how. The first word we will map out is cup. So, I'm going to
begin by
saying c-u-p. I hear the /u/ sound. So, I will put the u in the second
box, and
I hear the /c/ in the first. To finish the word I hear /p/; I'll put a
p in the
last box." Continue to map out the phonemes with the provided list.
Provide each child with a list of words or write it on the board.
7.) "You
are all doing so well I think you can find /u/
in words in a book. Now you are going to read Fuzz and the
Buzz. In this story Fuzz runs around in the hot sun. He
plays around trees with bees in it and he gets into trouble. To see how
he gets
out of it we'll have to finish reading it. Pass out books and have
students
read silently, "when you're finished shut your book."
8.) "Now I
want you to read these funny words on these
pieces of paper. I want you to do your best and read them." Show them
the
pseudowords.
9.) For
assessment, I am going to pass out a worksheet that
has pictures that when you describe them the word has the/u/ in it.
References:
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/twisters.html