Sample Preschool Small Group Lesson Plan Objective

 

Sample   P reschool   S mall   G roup   L esson   P lan    

 

Objective:  

To   p rovide   s mall   g roup   l esson   o n   t he   p honological   a wareness   s kill   o f   i dentifying   i nitial   c onsonant  

sounds   i n   w ords    

 

Pre-­‐K   G uideline:     I II.B.7.   C hild   c an   p roduce   a   w ord   t hat   b egins   w ith   t he   s ame   s ound   a s   a   g iven   p air   o f  

Words.    

 

Materials:  

1. Pictures   o f   p airs   o f   w ords   t hat   s tart   w ith   s ame   s ound   ( Note:     n ot   c ards   w ith   w ords;   p ictures   o nly)  

2. A   s mall   b all  

3. Note-­‐taking   s ystem   f or   r ecording   c hild   p erformance   n otes  

 

Lesson:   I dentifying   r hymes  

1. Quickly   r eview   l istening   t o   s ounds   ( animal   s ounds   a nd   t hen   l etter   s ounds).  

2. Explain   t hat   w ords   m ay   s tart   w ith   t he   s ame   s ound   o r   d ifferent   s ounds.  

3. Give   a   f ew   e xamples:   c at/car,   b oat/bug.  

4. Give   a   f ew   n on-­‐examples:     f ish/door,   m at/rock.  

5. Play   a   g ame   t o   h elp   c hildren   p ractice   d iscriminating   b etween   w ords   t hat   d o/don’t   s tart   w ith   t he  

same   s ound.   H old   u p   a   p air   o f   p ictures.   S ay   t he   n ame   o f   e ach   p icture,   e mphasizing   t he   f irst   s ound  

in   e ach   w ord.   A sk   c hildren   t o   t ell   i f   w ords   s tart   w ith   t he   s ame   o r   d ifferent   s ounds.   A fter   d eciding  

whether   f irst   s ounds   a re   t he   s ame   o r   d ifferent,   h ave   a ll   c hildren   p ractice   s aying   t he   f irst   s ounds  

of   e ach   w ord.   C ontinue   p icking   p airs   o f   p ictures,   a lternating   r andomly   b etween   p airs   t hat   m atch  

or   d on’t   m atch   i n   i nitial   s ounds.   H ave   m ore   t han   2   p ictures   p er   s ound   t o   v ary   p airs.  

Word   p ictures   f or   l esson:     c at/cake/coat,   p ot/pie/pig,   d og/door/duck,   b all/bike/bowl,  

tiger/tape/turtle,   m oon/mouse/monkey,   s un/sock/soap    

 

Step   D own:   I dentifying   i nitial   s ounds  

1. Use   i ndividual   p ictures   t o   a sk   c hildren   t o   i dentify   t he   f irst   s ound   o f   a   w ord,   e .g.,   ( picture   o f   f an)  

”This   i s   a   f fffffan.   W hat   s ound   d oes   ‘ fan’   s tart   w ith?”    

Step   U p:   M atching     i nitial   s ounds  

1. Have   c hildren   p lay   a   g ame   b y   d istributing   1   p icture   p er   p air   o r   m atching   i nitial   s ound   p ictures,  

laying   t he   o thers   o ut   o n   t he   t able.     T aking   t urns,   a sk   a   c hild   t o   f ind   t he   p icture   t hat   s tarts   w ith   t he  

same   s ound   a s   t he   p icture   o n   h is/her   c ard.     N ote:     Y ou   m ay   n eed   t o   d ecrease   t he   n umber   o f  

possible   c hoices   f or   c hildren   s truggling   w ith   t his   s kill   ( i.e.,   h aving   o nly   4   c hoices   i nstead   o f   a ll   8 ).  

2. Play   “ Catch   a   W ord”:     S ay   a   t arget   w ord   ( or   o ne   w ord   f rom   t he   p airs   a bove),   a nd   t hen   t hrow   o r  

roll   t he   b all   t o   a   c hild.     T he   c hild   n eeds   t o   c reate   o ne   w ord   w ith   t he   s ame   s tarting   s ound   a s   t he  

target   w ord   a nd   t hen   t hrow   o r   r oll   t he   b all   b ack   t o   t he   t eacher.  

3. Variation:     T he   c hild   p asses   t he   b all   t o   a nother   c hild   w ho   a lso   h as   t o   c reate   a     w ord   w ith   t he   s ame  

initial   s ound   a s   t he   t arget   w ord.   C ontinue   t he   a ctivity   t o   s ee   h ow   m any   w ords   y ou   c an   l ist   t hat  

start   w ith   t he   s ame   s ound   a s   t he   t arget   w ord  

 

Notes/Comments:   Y ou   m ay   h elp   c hildren   c ome   u p   w ith   a   w ord   b y   g iving   c lues,   e .g.,   “ I’m   t hinking  

of   s omething   t hat   s tarts   w ith   ‘ sssss,’   a nd   i t   s hines   i n   t he   s ky   d uring   t he   d aytime.”  

Group:     T he   a bove   l esson   p lan   m ay   c hange   a ccording   t o   t he   g rouping   o f   c hildren   b elow.  

Group   1 :     M aria,   R oland,   S helby  

Group   2 :     A lex,   H anna,   K endall  

Group   3 :     M addie,   E ric,   L ucas  

Group   4 :     H ope,   G ustavo,   B rady