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Emergent Literacy Design

By: Hannah Hardin

 Cade Clicks his Camera to capture his cat Cassie

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    Rationale: 

 This lesson will help children identify with the phoneme /k/, a sound that is represented by the letter C. Going through the lesson will enable students to recognize the phoneme /k/ in spoken words by learning a meaningful representation (Cade clicks his camera to capture his cat Cassie), practice finding /k/ in a word, and learning a tongue tickler filled with /k/. Students will also learn to distinguish the letter C in phonetic cue reading by distinguishing rhyming words from beginning letters. 

 

   Materials:

  • Picture of the camera being clicked

  • Chart with tongue tickler: Cade clicks his camera to capture his cat Cassie

  • Primary paper

  • Pencils

  • Word Cards with COW, CAME, CRICK, CLACK, COT

  • Assessment worksheet: Circle the Sounds of C

  • Book: Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type By Doreen Cronin

 

   Procedures:

  1. Say “Our written language is a secret code. It can be tricky at times because we may not know what letters stand for. Today we are going to work on spotting the mouth move with /k/. When we spell /k/ we spell it with the letter C or K. Like when you see a camera, it may click to take a picture, that's a good example of how we hear the /k/ sound. 

  2. Say: " Now, let’s pretend to click a camera by saying click". Wait for students to do it. Now say: "When we say /k/, we click at the back of our throat, like a camera". 

  3. Say: "Now I am going to show you how to find /k/ in the word COW. I will stretch the word out slowly and I want you to listen for the click sound in cc-ow. I can feel my mouth making a click in the back of my throat when I say that word. Now, I want everyone to pick a partner (Wait for students to choose who they want to pair up with). Say: "I want both of you to close your eyes and say, Cade clicks his camera. Everyone can open their eyes now. You and your partner should take turns saying Cade clicks his camera, and while one of you is saying it, I want the other to look and see what shape your partner’s mouth makes. Think about how our mouths make a sharp click sound at the back of the throat when you say /k/. 

  4. Say: "Now let’s try the tongue tickler that is on the poster: Cade clicks his camera to capture his cat Cassie. Let’s say it together. Now stretch out the /k/ at the beginning of every word that starts with a C. Ccccade ccclicks his cccamera to cccapture his cccat Cccassie. Now this time, we are going to break it off at the beginning of the word: /c/ade /c/licks his/c/amera to /c/apture his /c/at /c/assie."

  5. Now, pass out primary paper and a pencil to each individual student. Say: "We will use the letter C to spell /k/. Let’s start with writing a capital C first. I will do an example on the board and I want you to follow along. First, we will start by drawing a curve to the left and down in almost a circular motion. Once you hit the bottom of the line, curve back up just a little bit." After this is modeled in front of the class, the students will be asked to write it ten times. As the students are writing, monitor the class and walk around observing their progress to see if any of the students are having trouble writing it. If so, provide feedback and guidance to the ones who have not yet grasped it. Then, call students individually to read phonetic cue words to observe their understanding of the /k/ sound.   

  6. Say: "I’m going to say two words and I want you raise your hand if you can tell me which one you hear the /k/ sound in. Here's the first one: Do you hear /k/ in mat or cat? Mit or Click? Can or ran? Fat or cow? Now, let’s see if you can make the /k/ motion to help us remember the sound. Click your fingers like you would if you were taking a picture on a camera." Have the students practice demonstrating this motion. Say: "Since you all know how to do the /k/ motion, we are going to practice using it. I am going to read some words, and if the words start with a C, I want you to act like you're taking a picture with your clicking camera. Cast, Fast, More, Click, Can, Sing, Cling. Zing. Sad. Cat. 

  7. Say: "Now, we’re going to look at a book called Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type, to help us have more practice with this sound. The story is about a man named Farmer Brown who has many animals on his farm, including a lot of cows. One day, he finds a note in the barn written to him. Who do you think wrote him this note? The cows? How did they type it? Does a typing machine make a clicking sound like a camera? Let's read to find out! 

  8. For assessment, do worksheet. 

 

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