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LESSON PLAN
for Lesson 4
Consonant Mm

Materials
Lesson plan and
teaching materials

To view the teaching materials, click on "Lesson plan and teaching materials." Then scroll to the end of the lesson to find the following materials:

  • Mm sound/symbol card
  • Letter cards
  • Teacher decodable word cards
  • Student decodable word cards
  • High-frequency word cards
  • Phonemic awareness worksheet
  • Phonics worksheet
  • Practice sheet
  • Workmat

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Melvyn the Magician

A Nap and a Map
Text Type: Fiction Word Count: 33
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Background

Most often the /m/ sound in the initial, medial, and final positions is made by the consonant m represented in words such as map, mother, ham, and number. The use of the consonant m is very consistent because it makes only this one sound. However, when m is doubled in a word, such as hammer, one m is silent. There are other spellings of the /m/ sound--for example, mn in hymn and mb in lamb.