Emergent Literacy Design
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Rationale: This lesson focuses on the recognition and understanding of the phoneme /b/. The goal is that children will be able to identify the /b/ phoneme in spoken and written words. This lesson will teach by meaningful representation and the letter symbol. The students will work with different activities to work on finding the b phoneme in words.
Materials: pencil, primary writing paper, one printout of the sentence: “Betsy bounced her ball before breakfast.”, one printout of letter b with basketball, one copy of David McPhail’s A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy, plain paper, crayons, classroom set of “Find the B words” page
Procedures:
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Introduction- “Our language is like a secret code… we have to learn what letters make certain sounds. The shape of our mouth helps us form these sounds! Today we are going to learn how to make the /b/ sound and find the letter ‘b’ in words! Listen to this little tongue tickler tale that is filled with b’s! ‘Betsy bounced her ball before breakfast. Betsy’s brother broke her ball by banging it with a brick. The ball popped! Betsy’s brother got in big trouble for his behavior.’ Did you hear all those b’s? Tune in as we explore how to find these b’s in even more words.”
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“Have you ever played with a bouncy ball or a basketball? Every time you drop it, it bounces!” *Use hand to mimic bouncing a ball and make the /b/ sound with each ‘bounce’* “Join with me now and let’s bounce our pretend balls and make the /b/ sound!” *class will copy teacher* “What did your mouth do when you made the /b/ sound? … Your lips came all the way together and then opened to make the sound as a little bit of air came out, that’s right!”
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“Let’s try to find /b/ in some words now! B-ou-n-ce. Did you hear it at the beginning? Repeat after me: bbb-ounce. But, the /b/ can be anywhere in the word. Do you hear it in cob? ccc-o-bbb. There it is! Did you hear the bouncy b at the end? Repeat after me. Cob. Did you feel your lips touch when you made the bouncy b?”
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“Now we get to look at a tongue tickler! It’s a sentence with lots of the /b/ sounds we just practiced! I’m going to read it to you and then I want you to repeat after me. *hold up printout* “Betsy bounced her ball before breakfast. Let’s say it together! … Now we are going to say it again but we are going to stretch the /b/ at the beginning of the words! Bbb-etsy bbb-ounced her bbb-all bbb-efore bbb-reakfast. We are going to say it one more time, but now we are going to break the bouncy b off of the word! /B/-etsy /b/-ounced her /b/-all /b/-efore /b/-reakfast .”
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“Take out a pencil and some primary writing paper. We are going to learn how to write the letter b that makes the /b/ sound. The letter b looks like a ball bouncing!” *hold up b printout* “The ball drops all the way down, bounces up, and comes back down! Pick up your pencil and start at the roof. Draw a line straight down to the ground. Now, make a circle by going back up over the line, to the fence, and then down to the ground again! You made a b! I’m going to come around and look at them. If I give you a basketball sticker, make the b 9 more times! Remember, this letter b makes the /b/ sound just like a ball bouncing!”
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“Now we are going to listen closely for the bouncy b in some words! I will call on one of you at a time so get ready! Do you hear /b/ in boy or girl? Goat or boat? Bark or meow? Rob or rot? Great job! Next, we are going to use our pretend balls again! Listen closely for the /b/ sound in these words. I’m going to say words slowly, and if you hear the /b/ sound, bounce your ball! Betsy. And. Bill. Bounced. Their. Balls. Before. They. Bought. Corncobs.”
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*get A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy and hold it up* “Now we get to read a story! Three best friends do activities together, but each one has to things a little differently! You will hear lots of /b/ sounds in this story! Like we just did, remember to bounce your ball when you hear the /b/!” *read story* “Now take out your paper and crayons! Draw your favorite scene from the story that had the /b/ sound in it! Was it the bear eating from a bucket? The boy sleeping in the bed? The bug eating from a bottle cap? Write the sentence (using invented spelling) below you art work! I’m going to hang them up!”
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(for assessment) “Now I’m going to pass out a worksheet! There are pictures on it. Some pictures start with the letter b. If they do, circle the picture!”
References: Assessment page - http://twistynoodle.com/circle-the-words-that-begin-with-b-coloring-page/
Book - McPhail, David M. “A bug, a bear, and a boy : McPhail, David M : Free Download & Streaming.” Internet Archive, New York : Scholastic, 1 Jan. 1998, archive.org/details/bugbearandboypai00mcph. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017.
Template - Murray, Bruce. Reading Genie Website.
http://www.auburn.edu/rdggenie/illum/grizzleel.html
Coleman, Caroline. Beating a Drum with B.
http://carolinecoleman199.wixsite.com/mysite/emergent-literacy
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Bouncy B's
