Letter"S"

Author:CharlyHolik
Datecreated:02/06/20179:04PMCSTDatemodified:02/07/201710:53PMCST

VITALINFORMATION
Date TaughtonWednesday,February8,2017

Subject(s) LanguageArts(English),Reading

Topic/UnitofStudy&Time TheAlphabet:"S"week
Allotment

Grade/Level Kindergarten

Standards(TEKS) TXTexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills(TEKS)(2012)
Chapter:Chapter110.EnglishLanguageArtsandReading
Subchapter:Elementary
Grade/Course:Kindergarten
Standard:
(3)Reading/BeginningReadingSkills/Phonics.Studentsusetherelationshipsbetweenlettersandsounds,spelling
patterns,andmorphologicalanalysistodecodewrittenEnglish.Studentsareexpectedto:
StudentExpectation:
(A)identifythecommonsoundsthatlettersrepresent

StudentExpectation:
(B)useknowledgeoflettersoundrelationshipstodecoderegularwordsintextandindependentofcontent(e.g.,
VC,CVC,CCVC,andCVCCwords)

Standard:
(17)OralandWrittenConventions/Handwriting,Capitalization,andPunctuation.Studentswritelegiblyanduse
appropriatecapitalizationandpunctuationconventionsintheircompositions.Studentsareexpectedto:
StudentExpectation:
(A)formupperandlowercaseletterslegiblyusingthebasicconventionsofprint(lefttorightandtoptobottom
progression)

Objective ThestudentwillformtheupperandlowercaseD'Nealian"S"lettercorrectly.

Thestudentwillidentifywordsthatbeginswiththeletter"S."

Thestudentwillreadregular,shortwordsthatbeginwith"S."

Summary Thelessonwillfocusonteachingtheletter"s"anditsphoneme.Studentswillpracticewritingtheletterthrougha
varietyofactivities.First,studentswillparticipateinan"Ihave,Whohas"Swordsgame.Thisgamewillalsoallow
studentstospeakandreadwordsthatbeginwiththeletter"s."Next,studentswillquicklyreviewhowtowritethe
letterthroughabriefskywritingactivityasaclass.Then,theclasswillbreakintoministationsforfourminutes.(Iwill
describethestationsbelow.)Next,studentswillreturntotheirdesksandbeginahandwritinghandout/assessment.
Afterthehandout,wewillreviewgoodhandwritingandwordsthatbeginwiththeletter"s"ontheSmartBoard.

IMPLEMENTATION
BackgroundKnowledge HandwritingatWallElementaryistaughtusingD'Nealianstyleprint.

Materials Forteachers:

Technology(SmartBoardandDocumentCamera)

Forstudents:

teachermade"Ihave,Whohas"swordsgamecards
handwritinghandout
pencilsanderasers

Forministations:

Station1:ChalkboardPainting:4chalkboards,4cupsofwater,3paintbrushes,4piecesofsidewalkchalk,"s"outline
sheetandtissues
Station2:StoneWriting:bucketofstonesand4copiesofeach"s"handout
Station3:SlimeWriting:4gallonZiplocbagsfilledwithtemperapaint,4Qtips,painter'stape,and"s"outline
sheet
Station4:PlayDoughWriting:4containersofPlayDough,4orangesticks,and4copiesofeach"s"handout

Introduction Iwilldismissstudentsfromourmorningmeeting(calendartime)andwewillbeginthelessonwithawholeclassgameof
"Ihave,Whohas"swords.Theclasslovestoplay"Ihave,Whohas"anditisagreatwaytogetthemmovingaround,
workingtogether,andreadingandsayingwordsthatbeginwith"s."

Procedure 1.Followingtheintroductiongame,studentswillstandbehindtheirdesksandwewillreviewhowtowritea"s"correctly
byskywritingaltogether.

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 2.Then,studentswillsitattheirdesksasIreviewthedirectionsforeachstation.

3.Iwillbreakstudentsintotheircolorgroupsforthethirdrotationofstations.(WestartedthesestationsonMonday
androtatetoanewcentereveryday.)

4.Afterworkingintheirstationsfor4minutes,studentswillpickuptheirstationsandreturntotheirdesks.

5.Studentswillfindahandwritingsheetontheirdeskandbeginworkingonit.

Closure Finally,afterstudentsfinishthehandout,wewillbrieflyreviewtheletter"s"anditssoundusingtheSmartBoard.Iwill
writetheupperandlowercaseletter"s"ontheboardandhavethestudentstellmeifitiscorrectorincorrect.Ifitis
incorrect,Iwillaskstudentstotellmewhyitisnotcorrect.Iwillalsoopenupapowerpointwithpicturesandshort
words.Theclasswilltellmewhateachpictureorwordisandthenifitbeginswiththeletter"s."

ASSESSMENTAndEXTENSIONACTIVITY
Assessment/Rubrics Iwilluseobservationstoassesstheprocessandperformanceofthestudentsastheyworkthroughthegame,stations,
andthereview.Iwillalsolookoverthehandoutafterthelessontochecktheirhandwriting.Ifnecessary,Iwillpull
studentstoreteachhandwritingtheletter"s"andcorrecttheirincorrectletterslaterintheday.

ExtensionActivity
Forstudentswhoaredonewiththehandwritinghandoutbeforetheirpeers,Iwillaskthemtoturnovertheir
paperandtrytospellanddrawsome"S"words.
Iftheentireclassfinishesthehandoutaheadoftimewewillplaya"GuessWhat?"game.InthegameIhavethe
studentssitquietlyonthematasIgivethemhintsaboutthewordIamthinkingabout.Studentswillstartby
knowingthewordbeginswith"S"andIwillgivehintsuntilsomeoneguessesthewordcorrectly.

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