Snug House, Bug House

*After reading the story, the children will be asked to make a

connection between the text and their experience by drawing a

picture of where they live. Then, they will share what they drew

using descriptive words and complete sentences, e.g.: "I live

in a blue wooden house." "I live in a tall apartment building, etc."

Making connections between text and the child's real life

experience teaches how to extend thinking skills.

Lesson 2/2:

*The children will begin their day by placing their name under the

correct number that represents how many syllables are in their

name. They will then rapidly name rhyming toys with two

ending patterns together as a group. The teachers will then

mix up the toys with different ending patterns, and the children

will take turns naming the toys and sorting them into the

containers.

*We will read Snug House Bug House, a rhyming book,

by Susan Schade and Jon Buller. The authors use many verbs

and adjectives about how the bugs think, plan and draw a bug

house out of a discarded tennis ball. The children will repeat the

script while looking at the pictures. The target speech sound of

"g" in the final position of words will be modeled throughout the

session. It is a "back scraper" sound and the visual cue is

touching underneith the chin with the hand to feel the tongue

and throat move down.

*After reading the story, the children will complete a Rhyme -

Away Story. A picture of a house and a surrounding yard will

be drawn on a dry erase board. The students will fill in the

missing rhymes, then erase the corresponding portions of the

picture. For example, the story begins as,

"Just for fun, erase the (sun.)"

"If you can count to three, erase the (tree.)"

"If you can count to four, erase the (door.)"

or

*One child will act out a verb from the book and the other children

will take turns guessing the word. The child that describes the word

will have a pair of glasses with a slot on the top so that he/she will

see the verb card and the other students will not see it.