Reading And Other Activities With Mrs. Bowes-Wellington

  TOPIC : Letter Sound /Rr/ OBJECTIVES: 1. For students to readily identify letter "r"  and associate same with the sound. 2. Tell the location (i.e. beginning, middle, end) of the /r/ sound in a number of one syllable or two syllable words 3. Learn and practise mouth formations for different sounds of the alphabet (r) 4. Learn and use basic sight words 5. Blend phonemes to form new words CONTENT : The letter is a letter in the alphabet. It is a consonant. These are some sight words with initial letter "r" : round ,rabbit, rain , ring. These are some sight words with final 'r' : her, over, chair, car, door, letter, paper ENGAGE: Students will listen to the song in the video clip below, then recall some of the events that took place in the song. Some of these will be written on c/board. Teacher will underscore the "r" words in the phrases. Video clip 1 Make the sounds highlighted in the song. (Rah, Ray, Rooo). Name the letter that makes the sound....

  TOPIC : Letter Sound "Hh" OBJECTIVES: 1. Identify sight words beginning with letter "h". 2. Associate the letter "h' with the sound. 3. Form the letter 'Hh" legibly in their books (upper, lower case) 4. Readily identify CVC words with initial sound /h/ 5. Substitute vowels to form new words with initial sound /h/ CONTENT : The letter "Hh" is the eight letter of the alphabet. It is a consonant. These are some sight words that begin with the letter "h": had, has, her, him, his, how, home, horse, hill, head, hand ENGAGE: Review letter sounds done so far. /s/, /a/, /t/, /i/, /p/, /i/,/n/,/c/, /k/, /e/ Students will review some of the sight words looked at in previous lessons. Eg.  had, has, her, his, how . They will pronounce the words while stressing the initial sound /h/. Teacher will ask students what they notice about the initial sound in all words. They will tell which letter makes the sound. Make the sound again, while payi...

  TOPIC : Letter "Ee" Short sound OBJECTIVES: 1. Learn and practise mouth formation for different sounds of the alphabet 2. Identify letter "e" and associate with sound  3. Identify words with letter sound "e". 4. Identify position of sound (initial, ending) CONTENT : The letter "Ee" is the fifth letter of the alphabet. It is a special letter. It is the second vowel. It has a long sound and a short sound. It is an unusual letter because it starts in the middle. Examine the common "e" below. ENGAGE: Revise sounds already learnt. /s/a/t/i/p/n/c/k/ Listen to the video clip below to learn about letter "e" Video clip 1 Students will make the sound of the short /Ee/, while paying attention to mouth formation. Pronounce the words highlighted in the clip, stressing the short sound /e/. EXPLORE: Segment the letters below to pronounce the words below. Eg. e/gg/. Listen to the video clip below to inspect how the letter "Ee" is ...

  TOPIC : Letters "C" and "K", sound /CK/ OBJECTIVES: 1. For students to readily identify letters "c" and 'k' and associate same with the sound. 2. Tell the location (i.e. beginning, middle, end) of the "ck" sound in a number of one syllable or two syllable words 3. Learn and practise mouth formations for different sounds of the alphabet (ck) 4. Learn and use basic sight words 5. Blend phonemes to form new words CONTENT : Letters "C" and "K" are letters of the alphabet. They are both consonants. The two letters make the same sound. When they go together in a word, the sound is made just once. Eg, l/u/ck. ENGAGE: Teacher will review letter sounds dealt with so far . /s/, /a/, /t/, /i/, /p/, /n/ Students will watch the video clip below, and participate in a discussion as the video is paused at intervals. Video 1   They will click their fingers above their heads saying the /ck/, /ck/, /ck/ sound. (While paying attention t...

  TOPIC :  Letter "Nn" OBJECTIVES: 1. Learn and practise mouth formation for different sounds of the alphabet ("n") 2. Blend phonemes to form words 3. Substitute consonant sounds in words with similar rhymes to derive new words  4. Learn and use basic sight words CONTENT : Letter "Nn" is a letter of the alphabet. It is a consonant. ENGAGE: Students will review letter sounds dealt with so far. /s/, /a/, /t/, /i/, /p/ Students will orally complete the matching game below orally. Students will be asked to call the words again with the help of the teacher. They will be asked to stress the initial sound heard as the words are called.  Identify the letter that makes the sound. "n" Pay attention to mouth formation as the letter sound is stressed. EXPLORE: Watch video clip to lean more about letter "n", and learn words with initial and final sound. Video clip 1 Pronounce the new words from the clip, by blending phonemes. Continue to blend phene...

  TOPIC : Letter "P p" OBJECTIVES: 1. For students to readily identify letter "P" and associate it with its sound. 2. Tell the location (i.e. beginning, middle, end) of the "P" sound in a number of one syllable words 3. Learn and practise mouth formations for different sounds of the alphabet (P) 4. Learn and use basic sight words 5. Blend phonemes to form new words CONTENT : The letter 'P p" is  a letter of the alphabet. It is a consonant.  ENGAGE: Revise letter sounds done so far, /s/, /a/, /t/, /i/ students will be asked to look at the pictures below and name them. As they are called, teacher will write down the one that begin with letter "p" on the chalkboard. Students will then be asked to called the ones on the boards again.. They will make the dominant sound heard. /p/. Tell which letter makes that sound. Write the letter in the air and in their books. Pay attention to mouth formation when sounding letter "p". EXPLORE: Ap...

  TOPIC : Letter "I i" OBJECTIVES: 1. Learn and practise mouth formation for different sounds of the alphabet ("i") 2. Blend phonemes to form words 3. Substitute consonant sounds in words with similar rhymes to derive new words  4. Learn and use basic sight words CONTENT : The letter "I i" is a letter in the alphabet. It is another of the special letters. It is the third of the five vowels. It has a long sound and a short sound. ENGAGE: Teacher will revise  sounds learnt in previous lessons. (/s/, /a/ and /t/). Listen to short video below with letter "i" song.  Video 1-short sound "i". Teacher will have students making the sound by wiggling their fingers on the end of their nose like whiskers, while saying "i,i,i') EXPLORE: Further discuss the contents of the video. ie. where the Sound /i/ is heard, whether initial or middle.  Switch consonants to form new words to make word families. Eg /p/ig/, /d/ig/, /l/id/, /h/id/,  Watch...

  TOPIC : Letter Sound "Tt"  OBJECTIVES: 1. Learn and practise mouth formation for different sounds of the alphabet 2. Identify letter "t" and associate with sound  3. Identify words with letter sound "t". 4. Identify position of sound (initial, ending) CONTENT : The letter "T" is a letter in the alphabet. It is a consonant.  ENGAGE: Look at all the pictures as teacher points at them. Name them orally. Students will be told to tell what they noticed about the words as they are called again. Teacher will write the words on the board and have students repeating them, while stressing the initial sound. (Expected answer- T sound heard) They will make the sound again, paying attention to lip formation. Tell which letter of the alphabet makes that sound. EXPLORE: Listen to youtube video to learn more about letter "Tt". (Upper case, Lower case, sound, etc.) Video Clip   Identify the position of the "Tt" sound words heard in the video...

TOPIC : Letter "Aa" OBJECTIVES: 1. Learn and practise mouth formation for different sounds of the alphabet 2. Identify letter "a" and associate with sound (Short sound a) 3. Identify words with letter sound "a". CONTENT : The letter "Aa" is a special letter. It is a vowel. It is the first of five vowels. It has two sounds. Long "a" and short "a". ENGAGE : Listen to the video clip below and then name the letter of the alphabet in question. Video clip 1 Examine the chart below and identify the "a"s  by circling them. EXPLORE: Students will make the sound of letter "a", then write it in the air, then on paper. Pay attention to mouth formation. Examine the worksheet below, make the sound in their minds, then take turn in identifying pictures which contain the beginning sound "a" Oral Activity. Supply other words with the "a" sound. EXPLAIN: Identify the letter "a" among a group of ...