Parker VanDurand's Lessons
Yay, I Made Long A!
Rationale: This lesson will help students know /a_e/, the phoneme represented by A. Students will be able to recognize /a_e/ in speech and be able to read it. Working with letter boxes will allow the students to see each sound and then decode words with that sound in the book.
Materials:
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Pencil and paper
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Chart with Jake can make a cake at the lake
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The picture of Kermit saying yay
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Cover-up critter
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Elkonin boxes
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Decodable book Jane and Babe
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Letter tiles with j, a, k, e, t, m, c, l, p, and v
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List of the words Jake, tame, lace, late, pane, and cave
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Assessment worksheet identifying pictures with /a_e /
Procedures:
1. Say: It is hard learning different sounds. We know that little a makes /a/, but with our silent e, we make the tall /A/. Today we're going to work on learning this sound. To help me, I think of Yay, I used e to make long A!
2. Say: I know that at the end of long A, I make a small smile with my mouth. If we read long A, we need to listen and look for the sound and mouth movement. See how when I say cake it sounds right! I hear long A and make the right mouth movements. When I say Pack, though, it’s not the same.
3. Let me show you how to spell /A/. Remember our helper /e/? All of our words will have her at the end and she stays outside of our letter boxes because she is our silent e. Let’s try spelling bake like when you bake a cake. We need to stretch out the word to find the sounds. //b//,//A//,//k//. This means we need three boxes.
4. Say: Now I’m going to have you spell some words in letterboxes. You’ll start out with 3 for Jake like a friend named Jake. What should go in the first box? (Respond to children’s answers). What goes in the second box? What about silent e, did you remember to put it outside the boxes? I’ll check your spelling. (Check work). You’ll need three letterboxes for the next word. Listen for the beginning sound that goes in the first box. Then listen for /A/ and don’t forget to put the helper silent e at the end, outside the boxes. The word is tame like a calm lion is tame. Watch how I spell it in my letterboxes on the board: t – a – m – e and see if you’ve spelled it the same way. Try spelling lace. Lace is a type of fabric for clothes. (Have volunteer spell it in the letterbox on the front board for children to check their work. Repeat this step for each new word.) Next word. Listen to see if this word has /A/ in it before you spell it. The next word is late, like when you’re late to school.
5. Say: Now I am going to let you read the words you’ve spelled, but first I’ll show you how I would read a hard word. (Display poster with Jake on the top and model reading the word.) See, there’s our helper e on the end. That’s how we know to make our vowel tall! There’s the vowel /A/. It must say /A/. I’m going to use a cover-up to get the first part. (Uncover and blend sequentially before the vowel, then blend with the vowel.) /J/ /j/ + /a/ = /JA/. So I have our long A and all I need is our /k/ and helper /e/ to spell Jake. Now it’s your turn, everyone together. (Have children read words together. Afterwards, call on students to read one word on the list until everyone has had a turn.)
6. Say: Great job working with tall A and silent E! Now we are going to read a book called Jane and Babe. This is a story about a girl named Jane who takes care of a Lion named Babe. Can Jane do this herself? Let’s get partners and take turns reading each page to see what happens! (Children pair up and take turns reading alternate pages. After individual paired reading, the class rereads Jane and Babe aloud together, and stops between page turns to discuss the plot.)
7. Say: That was a good book. Jane and Babe ended up being great friends didn’t they? Before we finish up with our lesson about one way to spell /A/ = a_e, I want to see how you can solve a reading problem. On this worksheet, we have some words missing. You need use the pictures at the end of the sentences to figure out which word from the box to use! (Teacher will collect these assessments at the end).
Worksheet:
http://www.miss-kindergarten.com/2014/03/super-cvce-practice-that-tricky-magic-e.html
Reference: Jamia Griffith. "AYYY With A". https://jaimagriffith.wixsite.com/jaima-griffith/beginning-reading-design
Book: Cushman, Sheila. Jane and Babe. 1990. Educational Insights. Book.
