Tap the Tambourine for “T”
Emergent Literacy Design
Rationale:
This lesson teaches students to recognize /t/, the phoneme represented
by
T.
Before students can read, they must be able to recognize letters and their
corresponding phonemes that comprise pronunciations. Students will learn how to
recognize words with the t=/t/. They will learn a meaningful representation
(tapping a tambourine ‘t,t,t’), recognize the letter in words, and write the
grapheme
T.
Materials:
Graphic image of tambourine, tongue tickler
“Terry tapped his tambourine two times”,
One Tiny Turtle
by Nicola Davies and Jane Chapman, primary paper, pencils, word cards:
TAN, TIP, CAT, TEN, TOP, TACK, TOON,
assessment worksheet (link below)
Procedures:
1.
Say: Writing is a way we can represent our language. In order to read
it, we must understand how to make the sounds that the letters represent. Our
mouth uses our lips and tongue to make that sound.
2.
Say: Today we are going to learn
T
[Write T on board],
and that letter sounds like /t/. When I say /t/, I can almost hear a
someone tapping o
n a tambourine [show graphic image]. Lets pretend
to tap a tambourine. [Do gesture] “T,t,t”. Now, lets do it again and notice what
your mouth is doing to make that sound. “T,t,t”.
How would you describe what your mouth is doing? You
aren’t using your lips, but your tongue is touching the back of your teeth. It
is almost as if your tongue is your hand and your teeth are the tambourine.
3.
Say: Now, let me show you how we can listen and find the /t/ in a word.
I’m going to find it in the word ‘Tape’. When I say the word ‘tape’, I will be
listening for /t/ and seeing if my tongue taps on my teeth. ‘Ttt-ape’. I heard
it at the beginning. Listen again. ‘Ttt-ape’. Now I want you to say the word
just as I did. ‘Tttt-ape’. Great job!
4.
Say: Let me show you a tongue tickler. Listen
closely. “Terry tapped his tambourine two times.” This time I want you to repeat
it after I say it. “Terry tapped his tambourine two times.” You sounded great!
Now, we’re going to say it slowly, and when you hear the letter
T,
/t/, I want you to tap on your tambourine! Lets try it. “Ttterry tttapped his
tttambourine tttwo tttimes.” Great! Now let’s break the /t/ off the beginning of
the words. Listen to me first. /t/-erry /t/-apped his /t/-ambourine /t/-wo /t/-imes.
Now all together. “/t/-erry /t/-apped his /t/-ambourine /t/-wo /t/-imes.” Good
job!
5.
Say: Now I am going to say some words and you are going to tap your
tambourine when you hear the /t/. Do you hear /t/ in tan or can? pip or tip? tab
or cab? hen or ten? mop or top? tack or sack? toon or moon? You did a great job!
6.
[Students will use their primary paper] Say: Now we
are going to learn and practice writing the letter
T.
[Have primary paper on projector or written on
board and show students the roof, fence, sidewalk, ditch] To write capital T, we
draw a line across the roof, then we go to the middle and draw a line straight
down to the side walk. Lower case t look like a cross. Let’s draw a line from
right under the roof to the sidewalk, then we’ll go across it on the fence. Now
I want you to practice drawing both capital and lowercase t. Once you have one
of each, I will come check it. After I check it I want you to draw 5 more of
each.
7.
[Read
One Tiny Turtle
]
Say:
Now we are going to read a story about turtles. This story is about the life of
a turtle. It hatches from its egg and then it is all on its own in the world.
When you hear /t/ during reading, I want you to silently tap your tambourines!
After the story, you will write one fact you learned about turtles and draw a
picture of your fact in your journals.
8. Assessment: I will go around to individual students and have them read the word cards (TAN, TIP, CAT, TEN, TOP, TACK, TOON) and assess them by asking "Is this TAN or FAN? Students will complete worksheet where they will match images to their corresponding words that being with the letter T as I assess individual students
Resources:
Davies, Nicola. One Tiny Turtle. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2001. Print. http://www.worldcat.org/title/one-tiny-turtle/oclc/45486815
"Match the Words to the Pictures: T." Enchanted Learning. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sep 2012. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/alphabet/matchwordsandpix/t.shtml