Clicking C
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Emergent Literacy Design
Rationale: This lesson will help children identify /k/, a sound represented by the letter C. This lesson will teach students how to recognize /k/ in spoken words by learning meaningful sound analogies such as a clicking camera for the letter symbol C. Students will practice finding /k/ in different words that I have provided, and comprehend phoneme awareness with /k/ through phonetic cue reading by distinguishing rhyming words from beginning letters.
Materials:
Book: Dr Seuss's ABC's, primary paper, pencil a picture showing "Callie's camera can click," drawing paper with crayons and markers, and flashcards reading: CAB, CAN, CAT, CAR,COME, and COUCH, and an assessment worksheet identifying pictures with /k/ (URL below).
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Procedures
1. Say: Our written language is a secret code. Sometimes it can be difficult, because we are learning what letters stand for, which can get confusing, especially with how the mouth moves when we say words. Today we're going to work on spotting the mouth move /k/. We spell /k/ with letter C. The /k/ sound sounds like camera is clicking.
2. Say: I am going to pretend to click my camera, /k/, /k/, /k/. [Pantomime clicking the camera] Can you try clicking your camera with me? /k/ /k/ /k/. Notice your tongue is at the back of your mouth (by your throat) with your mouth slightly parted. When we say /k/, we push air out of our mouths.
3. Say: Now, I am going to show you how to find /k/ in the word cat. I'm going to stretch the word catout in super slow and you listen for my clicking camera taking a picture. Cccc-aaaa-t. Slower: Cccc- aaaa- t. There it was! I felt my tongue slide down and air push out of my mouth. Clicking /k/ as in cat.
4. Say: Let's try a tongue tickler. Today is a special day. Today is Callie’s sixth birthday. Callie got a new camera for her birthday. Callie is so excited to click some picture of her friends Carlos and Carol. Here’s our tongue tickler: “Callie’s camera can click.” Let’s say it three times together. Now when you say it again, I want you to really stretch the /k/ at the beginning of the words. "Ccccallie’s cccamera cccan ccclick." Try it again, and this time break it off the word: "/k/ allie's /k/ amera /k/ an /k/ lick.”
5. Say: Okay, now we are going to work on some spelling! Here is some paper and a pencil. We use letter C to spell /k/. A capital C kind of looks like a sideways cup. Cup your hand and see if you see the letter C. Let's practice writing the lowercase letter c. Start just below the rooftop. Start to make a little curve in the air, then straighten it out all the way down then curve it back up at the sidewalk. After I put a star on it, I want you to make nine more just like it.
6. Say: I am going to say two words one has the /c/ sound and the other does not. You tell me which word you hear the sound /k/ in. Do you hear /k/ in cup or glass? cat or dog? can or pan? Say: Let's see if you can spot the mouth move /k/ in some words. Click your camera if you hear /k/: The, dog, and, cat, can, cuddle, on, the, couch
7. Say: "Now we are going look at an alphabet book. One of my favorite authors is Dr. Seuss! Let’s look at Dr. Seuss’s ABC’s. Dr. Seuss tells us about two crazy creatures and a camel on the ceiling. " Read page 3, drawing out /k/ sound. Say: Can anyone think of other words with /k/. Does anyone have a silly made up a creature name like ccc-eee-d-eee-r, or Crazy- candy- counter for the main characters in our story? Let’s write our silly names on the board. (Use invented spelling and draw a picture of their silly creature. Display their work.)
8. Show CAN and model how to decide if it is can or pan: The C tells me it’s the /k/ sound and I know to click my camera and move my tongue from the back of my mouth down and push the air out. So, this word is ccc-a-n,can. Try some more: CAT: cat or rat? CAR: car or far? COME: come or from? COW: cow or brow?
9. Assessment worksheet: Students can color the pictures that begin with the letter C. Have the students individually come up to you and read the phonetic cue words from step #8.
References:
http://jullianeford.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/an_camera_flash_cartoon.gif
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Assessment Worksheet:
Alphabet Picture Coloring worksheet C
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