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ONLINE SUMMER TUTORING
BOUNCE THE BALL WITH B
EMERGENT LITERACY DESIGN
BY: MAEKZNIE JONES
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Rational:
This lesson plan will help children identify the letter b, a sound or phoneme represented by the letter b. Students will learn to recognize the letter b in spoken words by learning a sound analogy. The sound analogy I will introduce to the student is: bouncing a basketball. Once the sound analogy is learned students will learn the letter symbol b, practice finding b in words, and apply phoneme awareness with b in phonetic cue reading by distinguishing rhyming words.
Materials:
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Primary paper
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Pencils (more than one in case one breaks)
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Chart with: “Ben blew big blue bubbles”
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Word cards with the words: BALL, BILL, BEAR, CAT, BLUE, DOG, BUG
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Blank paper and crayons/markers
Procedures:
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Say: Our written language is a secret code. It can be tricky to learn what letters stand for and how to say them. Each letter or word requires the mouth to move in a certain way. So today, I am going to teach you how your mouth moves when you say the letter b.
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You spell b with the letter b. And b looks like a line with a basketball at the bottom of it, and /b/ sounds like a basketball bouncing.
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Let’s pretend you have a basketball and you are bouncing the basketball. When the ball bounces, it says: /b/, /b/, /b/ (gesture: act like you bouncing a ball while saying /b/)
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Now when you say /b/ notice how your mouth moves. Your lips start closed then when you say /b/, your mouth opens almost like a ball when you let the sound and air out.
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Now let me show you how to find the letter /b/ in the word bugs. I am going to stretch out the word bugs very slow and I want you to listen for the basketball bouncing or the buzzing bee /b/, /b/. Bbb-u-u-g-g-s okay let’s try it a little bit more slowly bbbb-u-u-u-g-g-g-s-s. Awesome Job! My lips where pushed together then opened like a ball to push the air out and say /b/. B as in bugs
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Let’s now try a tongue tickler! (on chart: “Ben blew big blue bubbles”) Ben’s mom bought him colorful bubbles for his birthday. So now that Ben has bubbles and can have fun outside. I want you to now say our tongue tickler: “Ben blew big blue bubbles.” Now this time when you say it stretch the /b/ out in the words. Bbbben bbbblew bbbig bbblue bbbubbles. Now when you say it say the letter /b/ then the rest of the word, “/b/ en /b/ lew /b/ ig /b/ lue b/ ubbles.
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Let’s play a game! I am going to say two different words and I want you to tell which word you hear your bouncing ball /b/ in. Do you hear /b/ in: Bunny or Puppy? Soccer or baseball? Hi or Bye? Bean or Meat? Now I want you to bounce your basketball every time you here the letter /b/ in this sentence: Beth bought brownies for her son Ben and Blake.
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Take out your crayons and a blank sheet of paper. I want you to now draw a basketball. I also want you to draw other things that start with the letter B. I will also ask them to come up with a fun name for their basketball team. Then I will ask them to get their primary paper and pencils out, to practice writing the letter B. Start at the roof and go all the way down to the floor. Then draw two basketballs stacked on top of each other.
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Show the word Bugs on a card and I will model how to tell if that word is “bugs” or “hugs” Remember the B says /b/, /b/, /b/ like a bouncing ball or buzzing bee and the B has two basketballs stacked onto of each other so this word is Bugs. Now you try: BEE: Bee or Tree? BUM: Sum or Bum? BIKE: like or bike? BLUE: Red or Blue? Then have students read words off cards: BALL, BILL, BEAR, CAT, BLUE, DOG, BUG
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Now let’s read a story! We are going to read Ben and the Bun. This story is about a little boy named Ben. And when Ben woke up from his nap he was hungry. His stomach growled and growleddd he wanted a snack. Ben spots a bun. Yum! But, the bun is on the top shelf and Ben cannot reach the bun, so Ben is now sad. Ben’s mom sees that he is sad, so let’s start reading to see if mom helps Ben get the bun for a snack.
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For assessment: pass out worksheet. Students will circle every picture that starts with the letter b and will trace the message out on the bottom of the worksheet.
References:
Lindsey Cleary
https://lindseykcleary.wixsite.com/lkc0029/emergent-literacy
The Reading Genie, Bruce Murray
http://wp.auburn.edu/rdggenie/
Ben Blew
http://www.sweetrhymes.com/tongue-twisters/alphabetical-collection-of-tongue-twisters/
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