Tape and Large letters for teacher use
Letterboxes for each student
Individual bags with lowercase letters: a, c, e, h, i, I, m, n, o p, t, u
Broadway Chicken by Jean-Luc Fromental
Poster with "Chirping Chickens chatter while chomping on cherries"
2. Start the letterbox lesson. NOW WE ARE GOING TO USE THE LETTERBOXES. Pass out letterboxes and letters to whole class while giving instructions. Use the large letterbox and letters to place on the board as a demonstration. EACH BOX STANDS FOR ONE SOUND. DOES /ch/ HAVE ONE SOUND? Yes. SO LETS PUT THE C AND THE H IN ONE BOX TOGETHER. OK, LETS SPELL chop. PLEASE CHOP THE CARROTS. /ch/ /o/ /p/ WHAT SOUND GOES IN THE SECOND BOX?…THRID BOX? GOOD – WE HAVE SPELLED CHOP. HOW MANY SOUNDS DID WE HEAR IN CHOP? 3! VERY GOOD!
3. The students will continue with the
letterbox lesson. They will need 3 boxes
for the first few words. SPELL inch
IN YOUR BOXES. Walk around because some
students will need more help than others. Continue
the process with – chat, much (3), lunch, chest, champ
(4). GREAT JOB! Read
Broadway Chicken aloud with a big book.
4. Reread the book and have children look
for words with /ch/ in them. They
should pick one word we found in the story and write it in a sentence. They should read their sentence to a neighbor.
5. Assessment: As a whole group, the students will listen to a word I say out loud. If they hear the /ch/ sound in it, they should give a thumbs up, if they do not hear the /ch/ sound, they should give a thumbs down.
Baker, Joanie. "Chirping
Murray, B.A. and Lesniak, T. (1999).
Letterbox Lesson: A Hands-on Approach for
Teaching Decoding. The Reading
Teacher. Ps. 644-650.
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