Rationale:
Letter
recognition is very important for children to learn to read and
write. The goal of this lesson is for students to be able to
recognize the letters B and b in print, recognize the sound
made by
/b/, and practice writing B
and b in upper and lowercase
letters.
Materials:
1. Large-font typed copy of tongue twister:
“Biscuit's big bath brush broke.”
2. Bathtime for Biscuit book by Alyssa Satin
Capucilli.
3. Primary writing paper
4. Pencils
5. White board
6. White board marker
7. Picture of Biscuit the dog.
8. Worksheet
9. Crayons
10. Cards with pictures of objects that start with B and some that do not start with B (such as ball & toy, bone
& treat, bubble & water, bath & shower).
Procedures:
1. Introduce lesson by going through and recognizing
letters in the alphabet and explaining that without the alphabet, we
wouldn’t be able to read or write what we are feeling or ideas that we
have. “Today we’re going to learn about the letter b. Can
you point out the letter b to me in the alphabet? Let’s go
through all of the other letters, just to make sure we have it
down-pat. Good job! Do you know what all of these letters
together are called? Right, the alphabet. Without the
alphabet, we wouldn’t be able to write down our feelings or thoughts or
ideas, and without that, we wouldn’t be able to read, either!”
2. “Okay, now we’re going to go through and look at
the letters that we already know. After I write the letter on the
board, I want you to say the SOUND that the letter makes. Good
job! Now, what is a word that starts with this letter (point to
each letter, one-by-one)? Great job with coming up with those
words!”
3. “Today, we are going to learn about the letter b
and Biscuit is going to help us with this.” (Show picture of Biscuit in
the bubble bath). Let’s see what our mouth does when we make the
/b/ sound like in bubble.
Do your lips press together and release
quickly? Good job! That’s the /b/ sound!”
4. “Now, let’s listen for some /b/ sounds in these
word pairs. I will read you two words, and you have to listen
very carefully and tell me which one of the two words has the /b/ sound
in it. BBBBBall or TTTTTToy? Did you hear the
/b/? I
think I heard it in ball,
what do you think? Now, how about you
try some? Bubble or Water? Bone or Treat? Bath or
Shower? Banana or Apple? Bread or Cracker?”
5. “Now we’re going to look at a tongue twister.
[Show print out]. I will say the tongue twister once, and then I
want you to say it back to me. Okay, here we go. Biscuit's
big bath brush broke. Now it’s your turn. Good
job!
Let’s say it together! Did you notice the /b/ sounds??”
6. “Okay, everybody get out a piece of paper that has
the big lines on it and a pencil. We are going to talk about how
to write the letter B in
uppercase and lowercase letters. To
make a capital, or uppercase, B,
you will first start at the rooftop
and go straight down the sidewalk, around for his big chest, and around
for his big tummy. Good job! Now, for a lowercase b we will
start at the rooftop, and go down, b-b-bounce
up and around. Great job!”
7. “Now we are going to look at some pictures, and I
want you to tell me if the picture starts with a b or a different
letter. If it starts with a different letter, I want you to tell
me what letter it starts with.” [show picture of the words that we went
over earlier in the lesson.. Bubble & water, bone, bath,
shower, banana, apple, bread, etc.]
8. “Today we’re going to read a book called Bathtime
for Biscuit and it’s written by Alyssa Satin Capucilli.
This book
is about a dog named Biscuit who gets really dirty by rolling around in
a garden and in the mud and by the end of the day, he is so filthy that
his family has no choice but to give him a bath.”
9. “You all did a wonderful job today! I am so
proud of you for being such great listeners! Now we’re going to
do a quick little activity.” I will pass out worksheets with
pictures of objects that start with b
and some that do not.
Students will be instructed to color (in any color that they want,
however they want) the pictures, and ONLY THE PICTURES, that start with
the letter “b” and then write an uppercase and a lowercase B or b
next to the picture that they colored.
References
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin. Bathtime for Biscuit. Harper
Collins Children’s Books, 1-32.
Murray, Bruce. The Reading Genie. http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/
Staley, Craig T. The Tongue Twister Database. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8136/tonguetwisters.html
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