Letter Factory

Objectives: ELA.K.2H isolate the initial sound in one-syllable spoken words. ELA.K.2F blend spoken onsets and rimes to form simple words (e.g., onset/c/ and rime/at/ make cat).

Materials: Paper, pencils, Leappad Ultra, Letter Factory Game, Chart paper, Markers, Beginning Sounds Worksheet, Centers Worksheet

Procedures: We will begin our day with our morning message, in our morning message the students will fill in blanks including beginning and ending sounds, as well as rhyming words and math and science problems. Afterwards I will show students a list of CVC words such as pot, cat, sit, rap, and tip; we will then discuss how beginning sounds are the first sound you hear in the word. We will then stretch the word pot to begin with, we will then stretch it holding on to the first sound. We will then look at the word pot and identify that the beginning sounds is /p/. We will then repeat these steps for the next four words. I will then give each student a beginning sounds worksheet with pictures of different things and together we will identify the picture, stretch the word, then say the word again holding on to the first sound. After we identify what letter the picture starts with and write our answer on the worksheet. I will then allow each student to play the Letter Factory Game on their Leappad Ultra for independent practice with beginning sounds.

Check For Understanding: The students will look at pictures and match the picture to the letter that it begins with.