Rationale: This lesson will teach children about the correspondence i=/i/. Students will learn to recognize spelling and read words containing the spelling i=/i/.
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Materials:
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Picture of the woman wiping sticky things off her hands
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Letterbox
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Letter manipulatives
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A list of i=/i/ words
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Decodable text: Liz Is Six
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Assessment worksheet
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Procedures:
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Say: “In order to become expert readers, we need to learn the code that helps us to pronounce words. We have already learned how to read words like mat and man that have the short a in them, and today we are going to learn to read words with an icky sticky i. Have you ever spilled something on your hands, like a sugary drink, and then your hands got really sticky? Well this lady for sure has! (show image). Watch my mouth as I make our “I” sound again. Ready? I-i-I see how my mouth is open, my lips pulled back to almost a smile and my tongue is pressed back against my teeth. Turn to a partner and make the icky sticky i-i-I sound.
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Say: “Before we can read words, we have to be able to recognize what they sound like. Let’s see if you can find the icky sticky sound in this tongue tickler. “Vicky tricked her sister to lick the sticky candy” Now let’s slow things down. Everytime you hear that icky “I” sound I want you to shake your hands like this (perform motion) and try to get that sticky “I” off your hands. “V-i-i-i-cky tr-i-icked si-i-i-ster to l-i-i-ick the st-i-i-icky candy.”
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Say: Good work! Now I’m going to read you some words. Perform our icky sticky hand shake if you hear a word with our icky sticky I sound in it. Do you hear i=/i/ in stink or stunk? Do you hear i=/i/ in sled or slide?
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Say: Now that we can recognize the sound, let’s practice spelling it. Let’s practice with an easy word like, Pig. P-I-G (sound out those letters). I can hear three different sounds in that word, so I know I’m going to have three different boxes (pull out the letterbox as you speak and set up three boxes). P-I-G (sound out the letters again). I can her my icky sticky I sound in the middle, so I’m going to find my “I” and place it in the middle box. Now I go back to the beginning with my p-p-p sound. (place a p in the first box). Now this says P-I my last sound I’m missing is “G.” (Find the g and place it in the last box). Now I have P-I-G. Let’s see if you can practice words with icky sticky in them. (You read the i=/i/ words of the paper, such as; thin, hit, brick, slid, grill, trick, drink, and stink. Scaffold as needed).
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Say: “Now that we can recognize the sound icky sticky I makes and recognize its spelling, it’s time to hear it in a story! Let’s read our book, Liz is Six. This is a story of a little girl named Liz. It’s her birthday and get gets a brand new baseball mit as a gift. Liz is a special girl who has lots of animals as her best friends. They all get together to play baseball to celebrate Liz’s birthday. Let’s read the story to find out who wins the game!
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Say: “Now there’s only one more activity I have for us to do. I’m going to pass out these worksheets, and I want you all to do your very best on them! All you have to do is circle the words that have our icky sticky I in them. For some of the words there are pictures, and for some it’s just the word!
Resources:
The icky sticky drink
Beginning Reading
Katie Wickes