Building Skills
Phonological Awareness
Sound Segmentation
Consonant /r/ and /l/ sounds as in Harry, horrible, terrible, Harriet, parrot, Ella, Polly, and Milly
Give children two sets of cards, one red and one blue. Explain that they are going to be listening for the /r/ and the /l/ sounds. When they hear the /r/ sound, they should hold up the red card; when they hear the /l/ sound, they should hold up the blue card.
Slowly say each word, stretching it out. (Harry, horrible, terrible, Harriet, parrot, Ella, Polly, Milly)
When children hear the /r/ and /l/ sounds, tell them to hold up the card that represents the correct sound.
Phonics
Consonant Blends
Reread the story. Ask children to listen carefully for the word with a gr sound. Write the words groaning and groaned on the chalkboard or chart paper. Underline the letters gr in each word. Explain to children that these letters stand for the /gr/ sound. Point out that often when g and another consonant appear together in a word, the sounds that both letters stand for are blended together. Provide other examples, like grab, grade, grain, grape, groan, grandma. Blend the consonants in each word aloud as you run your finger under each letter. Ask one of the children to underline the letters gr. Point to each of these clusters and have children say the sounds that the letters stand for. Continue by having children generate a list of words containing these sounds. List the words on the chalkboard or chart paper.
Word Work
High Utility Words
Help children write five sentences using the target high utility words. Have them make the sentences about themselves. For example: They said he should go to the library. She said he and I could go to the store. We were late for the movie.
When you have finished writing sentences on the chalkboard or chart paper, ask for volunteers to underline each of the high utility words in each of the sentences.
Capitalization
Point out how the animals’ names are capitalized in the story. Point out that the first letter of a name is always capitalized; the first letter of the first word in a sentence is always capitalized. Identify the difference between uppercase and lowercase letters. Have children write their own names using different art media such as glue, string, or sand. They can highlight the capital letters with special colors, ink, or other materials.
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