Groovy Goat with G
Rationale: This lesson will help students identify /g/, the phoneme represented by G. Being able to identify G will allow the student to recognize it in the English language and expand on their vocabulary. They will be able to have a much more enjoyable reading experience as well. After this lesson, the student will be able to identify the letter G by sight as well as by sound.
Materials:
Flashcards: GAME, GALAXY, GEAR, GHOST, GIGGLE, GRANDPA
Primary Paper: enough for every kid to have two.
Pencils for everyone
Markers, crayons, colored pencils
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Worksheets: enough for class.
Whiteboard and dry erase marker
Procedure:
Say Introduction: Today we will be talking about the letter G. Who here has heard of a goat, golf, glitter, or the color green? Well if you have then you have heard the sound that the letter G makes! Even though you have heard of the letter, you might not know what the letter looks like. Today we are going to learn how to identify the /g/ sound but also what G looks like.
Say: I want everyone to pretend like they are an angry dog. What do they sound like when they are mad? (GRRRRR) (demonstrate if they don’t know) The first sound they make is /g/.
Say: What we are going to do now, is I am going to say a word and when you hear the /g/ sound I want you to sound like an angry dog again! Slowly say: w-iii-ggg-ll-e. When I say “wiggle” my mouth makes the same shape as it does when I first start to sound like an angry dog. I’m going to hold up some words on flash cards. If you hear the /g/ sound I want you to sound like an angry dog. If you don’t hear the /g/ sound, I want to you to whimper like a sad dog. (Give an example of what to do, then go through the flash cards)
Say: Now it’s time for a tongue tickler! Repeat after me: “Gary the groovy goat got glasses.” Alright everyone, say it three times together! Next, I want you to say it again but when you come across the /g/ sound, I want you to stretch it out. “GGGary the gggroovy gggoat gggot ggglasses.” This last time we are going to break the letter off of the word: “/g/ ary the /g/ roovy /g/ oat /g/ ot /g/ lasses.”
Say: I want everyone to get out their primary paper and a pencil. We are going to practice writing the letter G/g. (Write out on the board a big G and a little g. Have the students do so as well. Tell them to repeat 5-8 times both letters.)
(Grab Three Billy Goats Gruff that you placed off to the side) Say: Today we are going to read Three Billy Goats Gruff. Before I give you a little information on this book, anytime you hear /g/ I want everyone to sound like an angry dog again!! So, this book is about three billy goats who are all trying to get over a bridge and into the wonderful green pasture, but they run into a problem on the way! Let’s read so we can find out what happens!
To finish the lesson, student will receive a worksheet that I handout to them. They will draw a line to the pictures that start with the letter g. After they have completed the worksheet correctly they will color the pictures of the things that start with the letter g.
References:
Guide -
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/cultivations.html
Assessment -
http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/g-begins1.htm
Three Billy Goats Gruff by Stephen Carpenter
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