Letter R sound
Intern: Radwa Abdul Fattah Abu Zed
Mentor Teacher: Habiba Boshnaq
Grade Level: Grade one
Date: 23/11/2008
# of Students: 20 - 24
Time Frame: 55 minutes
Qatar Curriculum Standard
1- 3.3 Distinguish between letter names and letter sounds (phonemes), using the letter names to talk
about the spellings of words and the phonemes to read and spell words.
Instructional Objective: (Measurable)
By the end of this lesson student will be able to:
- Recognize letter r correctly.
- Pronounce letter r with 95% accuracy.
- Write letter r with 90% accuracy.
- Give a word starts with letter r.
Materials:
Puppet “Rooster”
Simple story “Reggie Rooster”
Flashcards of the words “red, rocket, rooster, rainbow and radio”
Flashcards of the pictures “red, rocket, rooster, rainbow and radio”
Six groups of magnetic letters “R, O, B AND G”
Colored sand in a plat (one for each group)
Glue (6)
Scissors (25)
Six boxes of color pencils.
Real objects that start with the letter R “rose, ruler, red paper, rectangle, rabbit puppet” in
a bag
Reggie Rooster song on a CD
Reggie Rooster Tune: Hush Little Baby
Reggie has a rocket that is red
Reggie keeps it right beside his bed
Reggie likes to listen to rock ‘n roll
Reggie plays it on his radio.
Worksheet #1 (25 copies)
Worksheet #2 (25 copies)
Worksheet #3 (25 copies)
Resources:
- CD Houghton Mifflin Reading level K trace 3.
- Houghton Mifflin Reading level K book (the book has no page numbers)
- Get the worksheets from
1- Internet websites:
Worksheet #1 from www.BiginningReading.com
Worksheet #1 from www.kidzone.ws
2- Worksheet #2 from VIVA EARLY SKILL BOOKS Letters& Their Sounds (page #43)
TEACHING PROCEDURE
Activating Prior Knowledge / Focus:
Tell the students, "Do you remember yesterday when we talked about the letter d sound? Who
can give me a word starts with letter d?" The students will give examples.
The teacher will say, "Today we have a new letter that came with our guest today. It is my
friend, Reggie. Reggie say hello to my class."
Reggie will show a picture of his room and tell the student about it.
The picture has some objects that start with the letter r (rooster, red, rocket, rainbow and radio)
Teacher Strategies:
1- The teacher will ask the students to listen carefully to Reggie because his going to
repeat many times the sound of our letter today.
Reggie will show the students the picture. Say to them look this is my room I have a red
rocket. Then ask the children "what do I have?" They repeat after him rooster, red, rocket,
rainbow and radio. And so on for every word in his picture.
2- The teacher will ask the students what Reggie has in his room and put a flashcard for
each word they give me on the board.
3- The teacher will bring real objects starts with letter R in a bag.
4- Ask students to pick up an object from a bag and tell me what it is and if it is starts with
letter r or not.
5- Show the students letter r big and small.
6- Say letter r sound and students repeat.
7- Give the students magnetic letters and ask them to pick up the letter r.
8- Divide the students to 6 groups; each 3 groups will have the same activity
9- Activity number 1: students will sort some words starting with the letter r to start with
big letter R and small letter r.
10- Activity number 2: students will sort some pictures to start with r and does not start
with letter r
11- Show student how to write the letter r on the white board then ask them to write it on
the colored sand I give to them.
12- Give to the students the worksheet number 1 to color the picture that starts with letter r
sound.
13- Give to the students the worksheet number 2 to "choose the three pictures that have the
beginning sound of R. cut and paste them into the boxes. Color the letter."
Student Activities:
- Students should listen to Reggie story to find out what is the sound of our letter
today.
- The students should repeat after Reggie the words begin with letter r sound.
- The students should answer teacher’s questions about the picture.
- The students should say the name of each object they pick up from the bag.
- The students should rebate after the teacher the letter r sound.
- The students should pick up letter r from other letters.
- The students should attention to teacher direction when he explains the activities for
them.
- The students should work cooperatively to sort some words starts with the letter r to start
with the big letter R and the small letter r
- The students should work cooperatively to sort some pictures to start with r and does not
start with letter r.
- The students should write the letter r on the colored sand.
- The students should individually coloring worksheet 1
- The students should individually doing worksheet 2
Modifications / Differentiation
Students who make slower progress will: have more explanation and assistance in Arabic
directions.
Students who progress further will: have worksheet # 3
Lesson Extension:
Students will collect pictures at home that start with the letter r sound and stick on sheet at the
beginning of next lesson and review the letter r sound
Closure:
Teacher will ask students what they learned today, the new words
Sing a song with teacher to our friend Reggie rooster before leave us “play a CD”
Assessment:
- Correct the mistakes during the activities when the students say a wrong sound for
letter R the teacher will explain for them individually.
- Help student to sort the words and the pictures by explain for them individually.
Reflection is done after teaching the lesson:
Reflective Evaluation of Lesson:
Worksheet #1
Worksheet #2
Worksheet #3