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Um, yum
Rationale
This lesson will teach the short vowel correspondence u=/u/ by showing children how to recognize, spell and read words that contain this correspondence. A meaningful representation they will use to help them remember it is “um, yum!” Children will learn to read and spell words containing the short vowel correspondence u=/u/ through a letterbox lesson. To reinforce the understanding of this correspondence, we will read decodable text that contains the short vowel correspondence u=/u/.
Materials:
Tom and Jerry gif; slide with the tongue tickler “Rusty stood under the ugly umbrella”, cover-up critter, primary paper and pencils, letter boxes for each student, letter manipulatives for each child and letter manipulatives and letter box for teacher, letters: u, n, t, t, r, d, s, c, c, g, h,; list of spelling words: nut, bunt, trust, crunch, snug on whiteboard to read, decodable text: Lad and His Pals from Amazon (link in references), and assessment worksheet.
Procedures:
1. Say: We have a secret code. We must know how our mouth moves for each letter to crack it. Today we're going to see how our mouth moves for /u/. The letter u makes the sound /u/. When you pronounce the letter /u/, I want you to try a cookie, be shocked by how good it is and say “um, yum!” You try.
2. Say: Now we are about to learn about how to spell /u/, first let’s listen for it in some words. Let’s try a tongue tickler. I want you to practice saying /u/ and hearing /u/ in a word. When I say /u/, my mouth opens and my tongue stays on the bottom of my mouth. Listen to me say the tongue tickler and you repeat it. “Rusty stood under the ugly umbrella”. Now I want you to repeat after me as I say it twice. Do you hear the /u/ sound? I hear /u/ in Rusty, under, ugly, and umbrella. Can you give me some words that have /u/ in them? Now let’s say the tongue tickler one more time, but this time let’s stretch out the /u/ sound. “Ruuuuusty stood uuuuunder the uuuuugly uuuuuumbrella”
3. Say: Now we are going to look at the spelling of /u/. When spelling /u/, you use the letter u. Let’s spell cup, like what we drink out of . First, we need to know how many phonemes are in the word, so that we can spell it in letterboxes. Let’s count the phonemes: /c/u/p/. We need 3 boxes. I heard ccc so I will start with c, then I hear the /u/ and then the p at the end.
4. Say: Now, I want you to spell some words with the letter boxes. We can start out with two boxes for the word nut, like a squirrel chewing on a nut. What should go in the first box? (Respond to children as they answer.) What should go in the second box? And the third? Alright, next word. For the next word we need four letterboxes. Again let’s break up the sounds we hear to determine how many boxes we need. Here is the word: bunt, like I burned the ball (let child spell). B-U-N-T. Next, a word with four boxes: snug, I was as snug as a bug in a rug. (after some time, check work with teacher’s). Now the next word: trust, like I trust my friends. (Check work) Let’s try one with five phoneme boxes: crunch, like I heard the crunch of the leaves. (check work). Let’s try a review word like crash, like we crashed the car. For this word we need four boxes. What should go in the first box? (Respond to children as they answer.) What should go in the second box? The third? And the fourth? That’s exactly right. C-R-A-SH.
5. Say: Now I want you to read through the words you have spelled. First let’s start with a harder word, crunch. Let’s use our cover up critter to read this word. C-R-U-N-CH. Now I can read it, cccrrruuunnnccchhh, crunch. Now you try! (Let each student try)
6. Say: You have a great job reading and spelling correspondence /u/. Let’s read A Bump in the Mud. Jan and Tim see a pig rolling around in the mud and they decide to join him. They get very dirty as the pig trips them up. What will happen next? Are they okay? We will have to keep reading to find out.
7. Say: Wasn’t that a great story? This book was about Jan and Tim who play in the mud with their piggy friend Slim. They get very dirty. What happens? They wash off in the tub, that is right. I want you to show me what you have learned. On the worksheet, you will cut out the short /u/ words and glue them to the correct picture.
References:
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Published lesson:
Creepy, Creaky E! By Kendall Mckone
https://kendallmckone1.wixsite.com/educationalportfolio/beginning-reading
https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/phonics-long-short-u/short-u-words-cutglue.pdf
Lad and His Pals
https://www.amazon.com/Bruce-A.-Murray/e/B07VH5LHWG?ref_=pe_1724030_132998060
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