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Hip-Hop
Students practice letter recognition. They say tongue-twisters with the practiced sound. Students read a book about the sound. Using laminated picture cards, students pant when they see a word with the sound.
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Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Students recognize the grapheme g in its upper and lower case form. They produce the corresponding sound for the letter g. Students go over what shape your mouth makes and how the back of your throat moves when making the sound for g.
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"Poppy P"
Students engage in a lesson of emerging literacy that focuses on phonemic awareness. The phoneme for the letter "p" is chosen for the lesson and students must acquire the skill of letter recognition also.
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Beginning Reading
Learners explore the various sounds that make up written words. They investigate the /o/ sound by creating a meaningful representation. Students spell and read words that contain the /o/ sound. They recite tongue twisters.
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Icky, Sticky!!
Students participate in an emerging literacy instructional activity that focuses on the skill of phonemic awareness. The phoneme of choice is the letter "i". Students need to recognize the letter in correlation to its sound.
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"Aaaaaaa...a Fast Crab! "
Students participate in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on the skill of phonemic awareness. The phoneme chosen is the letter "a". They need to correlate the sound to the letter.
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The B Beat
Learners recognize letter b in print and respective phoneme /b/ in spoken words, such as tongue twisters. Students then listen for phoneme in spoken words, and practice writing letter b.
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Emergent Literacy
Students practice speaking and spelling words, and recognize and demonstrate understanding of sounds (phonemes) that each letter contains. Students focus specifically on letter S and its sound.
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The Cat in the Hat
First graders participate in an emergent literacy lesson plan to gain skills essential for the beginning reader. They practice the phoneme of the day or letter "A". The sound and recognition of the letter is the focus of the lesson plan.
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Baaa Baaa Black Sheep have you any Wool?
Students participate in a discussion covering the concept of phonemic awareness. They practice how letters make sounds that are combined to form written and spoken words. The teacher instructs the class by modeling the correct way to...
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Sneezing to learn about /a/.
Young scholars practice the phoneme /a/ through a series of activities. They Students listen to a decodable book, "Ants In A Can." They answer comprehension questions. Young scholars identify visual representations of the grapheme "Aa."
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Mmmmmm Mmmmmm Yum!
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness. The importance of the letter to sound relationship is stressed in the lesson. The letter "m" is the target phoneme for students to master.
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Sizzling Sausage
Learners explore the sounds of the alphabet. They practice making the /s/ sound. Students repeat tongue twisters. They write words with the /s/ sound. Learners read a book about sounds and their spellings.
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Our Glittery Growing Garden!
Learners answer a series of questions about the letter G. They practice the sound that G makes and trace a letter G. They decorate their letter G with glue and glitter. They listen to a story about Plainting a Rainbow.
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Icky, Icky, Sticky!
Learners explore phonemes in spoken words as well as their corresponding graphemes in written words. They practice the short vowels /i/ and /e/. Students perform activities to practice sounds. They identify pictures with a particular...
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I Dunno!
Students explore the sounds of letters in the alphabet. Using phonetic activities, they practice the /u/ sound. Students say tongue twisters. they match pictures to the /u/ sound.
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Buzzing Bees
First graders engage in a lesson on phonemic awareness. They practice skills that are considered essential for good reading to occur. The skills of letter recognition and corresponding the letter to its phoneme are taught.
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Grandpa Ed
Students engage in an emergent literacy instructional activity that focuses on phonemic awareness. For practice they become more comfortable with a short vowel phoneme, which can often be the most difficult to identify, by learning it in...
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The Door is Creaky E
Students observe the prop of a door to demonstrate the sound of the phonemic sound of the letter "e". Then they drill and practice the sound with the teacher. The essential importance of the skill of phonemic awareness is stressed in the...
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Iiizzy is Iiicky Sticky!
Students answer a series of questions about the different sounds that the letter I makes. They observe a picture about a girl and the letter I. They practice a tongue twister with the different sounds of I. They practice writing the...
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Wash Your Hands...they are icky sticky!
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness and they practice corresponding the letter "i" to its long or short sound. This type of recognition has been found to be essential to reading development.
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"An Icky Sticky Mess"
Students practice a hand motion to help them remember the short vowel sound of I. They answer a variety of questions focusing on the vowel sound. They repeat a tongue twister with the repetitive sound of I. They practice writing the...
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The Squeaky Creaky Elevator
Learners engage in an emergent literacy lesson in order to help develop the skills of letter recognition and corresponding sound of the phoneme. This is done with the use of a tongue twister using the phoneme of the letter "e".
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U-u-under The U-u-umbrella!
Students practice using phonemes because they need to be able to recognize that phonemes and letters correspond with each other in order to become a proficient reader. The practice is done using the letter "u".