Pick a Picture
Pick a Picture
Rationale: To learn to recognize words with /a/ in spoken words.
This lesson will help children become aware of the /a/ (short a) and
practice
applying /a/ phoneme in spoken sounds. Lesson allows for students
to use their own creativity while helping them learn the short vowel
/a/.
Materials: Drawing paper, pencil, five picture cards with pictures of a hat, rat, cat, pig, and dog on each one, crayons or markers, and Pat’s Jam (educational insight, 1990).
Procedure:
1. Introduce lesson by explaining the short /a/ sound. “Have
you ever heard a baby cry really loud? A crying baby opens
his/her
mouth all the way and says /a/. Well, this is the same sound the
short vowel a makes in words. Let’s make the crying baby sound
together
(have student make the /a/ sound along with you).
2. Ask the student the following: He’s the last on the list.
Now say /a/, do you hear /a/ in last or list? How about on
Halloween
bring a big bag? Now say /a/, do you hear /a/ in big or bag?
3. Explain the next part of the lesson by saying: Now I’m going to
show you some pictures and I want you to tell me which picture says the
/a/ sound. Show child cards one at a time and ask them to tell
you
what the pictures are on the cards. After child has seen all 5 cards
place
them in front of child and ask child to find the pictures with the /a/
sound in the spoken words.
4. Now let’s make our own pictures with /a/ sound. Use the paper
and crayons and think of your own pictures to make.
5. To conclude the lesson have student read Pat’s Jam.
Cindy Bagwell, 1st/2nd grade, Yarbrough Elementary School, Auburn, Al, 2001.