Aaaa-Aaaa-Apple!
Rationale: A key component to
children’s success in reading is
phoneme awareness. In order for a child to become phonemically
aware,
they must first recognize short vowel sounds and learn to decode
unfamiliar
words.
Materials: Primary paper, tongue
twister on chart paper (Apples fall
in Adam’s hat on a path), picture page containing words such as dog,
fat,
mad, apple, pig, sit, hat, hen, frog, cat, hand and mat,
a dry erase marker, and A Cat Nap by Educational Insights.
Procedures:
1.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER EATEN SOMETHING
THAT IT ROUND AND RED AND GROWS ON A TREE? WHAT IS THAT THING
CALLED? THAT’S RIGHT—AN APPLE! ALMOST EVERYONE HAS EATEN AN
APPLE
RIGHT? TODAY WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE /a/ SOUND, LIKE WE
HEAR AT
THE BEGINNING OF /a/a/a/PPLE.
2.
I HAVE A TONGUE TWISTER WRITTEN ON THIS
CHART THAT HAS A LOT OF WORDS WITH THE /a/ SOUND IN IT. WHEN I
POINT TO
THE WORDS, I WANT YOU TO TRY TO HELP ME READ IT OUT LOUD.
READY?
(Read tongue twister as a group) APPLES FALL IN ADAM’S
3.
I will then give a short lesson on the
proper way to write an “a”. The children will write the letter on
their
primary paper while I am demonstrating it on the board.
4.
YOU GUYS ARE REALLY SMART! NOW I AM
GOING TO READ A REALLY GOOD BOOK TO YOU AND I WANT YOU TO LISTEN AND
LOOK FOR
THE /a/ SOUND IN THE WORDS. THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT A CAT. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A CAT. THIS
CAT IN THE BOOK LIKES TO TAKE NAPS—DO ANY OF YOU LIKE TO TAKE
NAPS? WELL,
THIS CAT TAKES A NAP AND WAKES UP SOMEWHERE NEW! WHERE DO YOU
THINK HE
IS? HOW DID HE GET THERE? LET’S READ TO FIND OUT! (I
will put
all students with a partner so that they can read the book aloud
together)
5.
Afterwards, I will give each student
a picture page containing pictures and the name of the object
underneath the
drawing. EVERYONE LOOK AT YOUR PICTURE PAGE. THERE ARE SOME
OBJECTS
ON THIS PAGE THAT HAVE THE /a/ SOUND IT THEM. WHEN YOU SEE THOSE
WORDS, I
WANT YOU TO CIRCLE THEM. ANY WORDS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE /a/ SOUND
PUT AN
“X” THROUGH THEM. DOES ANY ONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
Assessment:
I
will listen as the students are reading
together and assist them as needed. This will give me an
assessment of
each student’s decoding skills and comprehension of today’s
lesson. I
will then collect the picture pages as a tool of assessment as well.
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