Rational: This lesson will help children identify /b/, the phoneme represented by b. The students will be able to recognize /b/ in written and spoken words. Students often get confused with /d/ so we will spend extra time focusing on /b/ to make sure students are not confused. Students will learn to recognize /b/ words, practice writing /b/ on paper.

 

Materials:

-primary paper

-chart with tongue tickler

-“The Beresteins’ B Book” by Stan and Jan Berenstain

-Printed out objects (bread, bear, bicycle, donut, dog, bee, boat, kite, apple, frog, butterfly, hat)

-Worksheet with objects

-pencils

-poster

 

Procedures:

1. Today we are going to learn how to recognize the /b/ sound.

 

2. Repeat after me, blowing bubbles. What does blowing bubbles have in common? That’s right, the sound /b/. Today we are going to focus on the /b/ sound. Let’s make the /b/ sound together.

 

3. Now let’s try a tongue twister. Show the students the chart with the tongue twister on it and say it together. The buzzing bumble bee Blake buzzed into the blue bay. Repeat once more.

 

4. Next, we will practice writing the letter. I will demonstrate how to write lowercase b. I will have the students get out primary paper. I will explain to start at the roof, draw a line down, bbounce up, and then go around. Let’s try again. Now let’s fill up the rest of the line. After we have practiced lowercase b, we will move on to B. First you go straight down the sidewalk; around for his big chest, and around for his big tummy. Awesome, let’s try it again. Now finish filling in the rest of the line.

 

5. Let’s look at some more words that have /b/ sound in them. We will practice finding /b/ words while we play a picture game. I will have a bag of pictures of things that have the letter b and some that don’t (bread, bear, bicycle, donut, dog, bee, boat, kite, apple, frog, butterfly, hat). The students will go through picking out the objects, saying what they are, and finding out if it has the sound /b/ in it or not.

 

6. Next, we are going to read “The Berenstains’ B Book.” Book talk. The book is about three different animals on a fun adventure! They do fun things like play with bubbles, and ride bikes. Something happens when they are on an adventure. We will have to read to find out what happens!

 

Assessment: I will assess the students by letting them color in on a worksheet the objects that have the letter/sound /b/ in it. The worksheet will have pictures of a frog, butterfly, beach, bee, boat, donut). This is a good way to check to see the understanding of the students.

 

 

References:

 

KallieBasden https://kab0077.wixsite.com/kalliebasdenslessons/emergent-literacy

Casey Walker http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/adventures/walkerel.htm

Virginia Collins http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/voyages/collinsel.html

Murray, Bruce. Teaching Letter Recognition