Reading simple words can be a lot of work for young learners, but by adding in a cooperative game, everyone wins in this fun filled lesson. Students will be filled with pride as they master how to isolate sounds.
Students will be able to isolate and pronounce initial, medial, and final sounds by using a method of stretching out words.
The adjustment to the whole group lesson is a modification to differentiate for children who are English learners.
EL adjustments
Introduction
(5 minutes)
Call students together.
Tell students to jump up into the air if the answer to a question is yes. Ask students, "Who likes to play games? Who thinks that they have really good hearing? Who would like to improve their spelling?"
After building up a lot of excitement with questions like these, explain to students that today they will be playing a new game that will require them to listen and stretch out words.
Beginning
Provide student-friendly definitions of the words "game" and "stretch."
Intermediate
Review the letters and letter sounds of the alphabet by singing the alphabet song or using a class alphabet chart.