Peanut
and
Emergent Literacy
Rational: Letter recognition is one of the most important steps toward children learning to successfully read and write. The goal of this lesson is to teach the students to recognize the letter p in print and the phoneme /p/ in spoken words. Another goal for this lesson is for the students to recognize both upper and lower case P, and to successfully participate in the mouth movement involved with P.
Materials:
1. Large picture of Peanut and
2. Poster board with tongue twister: “Peanut please pass the pink
pitcher to
3. Primary Writing Paper
4. Pencils (for students)
5. Dry erase marker
6. Dry erase board
7. Peanut and
8. Picture cards with words that begin with p
and words that do not begin with p. (Ex. Prince and
Queen)
9. Worksheet for assessment with pictures of words beginning with
p and pictures of those not beginning with p. (Ex. Pea, moon, pear, dog)
Procedure:
1. The teacher introduces the lesson by explaining that language
is like a secret code and that we all must first learn to recognize
what each letter stands for.
2. First, we will review the letter we have already learned. “I
am going to write a letter on the board and when I snap my finger I
want you all to make the sound that each letter creates.” Have
the students give examples of words that start with each of these
letters. “Great job class, I loved the way everyone participated and
came up with their own words for these sounds.”
3. Tell the students, “Today we are going to talk about
the letter p and the sound
that it makes.” Show the students the chart with the letter p
written on it. Now ask the
students what their mouth does while we make the /p/ sound.
4. Let the students practice the /p/ sound until everyone has got
it down. Next, ask a student to tell you the movements their mouth
makes as they pronounce the sound.
5. “Okay now I am going to pronounce two words. You will
choose which word in the pair has the /p/ sound. Let’s try one
together. Does pen or mat have the /p/ sound? P-e-n, m-a-t, I hear /p/
in pen. Do you all agree? Now give the students the opportunity to
answer the questions.
6. Bring out poster with the Tongue Twister on it. State the
expectations: "Now we are going to practice a tongue twister using the
/p/ sound. I am going to say it first and then we will say it
together." When reading the tongue twister
say it with much expression and encourage students to do the same.
"Listen, Peanut please
pass the pink pitcher to
7. Next, the students will practice writing the letter p. Students now should take
out primary paper and pencil and model what you do. "First,
I am going to model it then I want you to try. To write a p put your pencil on the fence, go
straight down to the ditch, come up and put his chin on the sidewalk.
Now let me see you try on your paper." Allow them to
practice making the letter p
along a line of primary paper.
8. At this point, I will have students listen as I read the story
“Peanut
and
9. “Everybody did a great job!” For
assessment, I am going to pass out the worksheet with pictures on it.
The students will circle the picture with the /p/ sound.
Harrington,
Meagan. "P is for
Popcorn". http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/encounters/harringtonel.html
Dotlich,
Rebecca. Peanut and Pearl's Picnic
Advewnture. (2006). Harper Collins.