Kindergarten Integrated Lesson Plan: Sound Connection

Title: Sound Connection

Grade/Learner Analysis:

Kindergarten students. Varied experience and levels in phonemic awareness. Special needs addressed on individual basis with additional supports when necessary.

Lesson Topic:

Use of music to help letter recognition and the sounds they make.

Rationale for Lesson:

For successful learning to occur students must first have phonemic awareness establishing a connection between a letter and the sound it makes. This is crucial for a solid foundation, which is important for a student's reading ability.

Connection to Standards and Curriculum:

(Tennessee State Standards for Kindergarten)

Reading

K.1.05 Develop and use decoding strategies.

a. Recognize and name all upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

General Music

K. 1.1 Develop skill in singing simple songs.

Course/Subject:

Reading/Language Arts/Literature

Music

Approximate Time Required:

Thirty minutes

Main Purpose of this Lesson:

Help students recognize letters and make a connection between the letters and the sounds they make.

Behavior Objectives:

The learners will each receive an index card with a capital letter on it.

The teacher will begin singing the song (words attached) and the student holding the letter named will stand and place the letter in the basket.

Content Outline:

Gaining Attention:

*Teacher will begin making letter sounds.

*Do you know what I am doing?

*I am making a phoneme, which is simply a sound that a letter makes.

*Can everyone say phoneme?

Informing Learner of Objective:

*We are going to play a game and sing a song about letters and their sounds.

* By the end, everyone will recognize their letter and may be able to connect some letters to their sounds.

Stimulating Recall:

*Have you ever sung any songs about the alphabet before?

Describing Material:

*Sing the song once through so the students become familiar with it.

*Pass out the index cards, giving students that are gifted more than one card.

*Model through singing and standing when singing about the letter teacher is holding.

Eliciting Desired Behavior:

*Give students an opportunity to look at their letter.

*Sing the song, calling each letter.

*Students at-risk may receive extra help by the teacher writing their letter on a dry-erase board while singing the song, so they make the connection between the written letter, the letter's name and the letter's sound. If a student does not recognize their letter by its name, other students will be asked to help during the song.

Provide Feedback:

*Review the process with the entire class, asking which letters seem to give the class trouble. Pull those letters out of the basket and display them while singing the song again.

Assessing the Behavior:

*Assess the students' phonemic awareness and letter recognition while conducting the activity.

Procedures and Activities:

Lecture

Modeling

Student-Centered activity

Review of activity

Instructional Aides and Resources:

Index cards with capital letters on each one

Dry-erase board and marker

Basket

Assessment/Evaluation:

Teacher observation of completion of activity.

Student participation.

Lyrics to Song: (sung to tune "Farmer in the Dell")

The "A" says AAA. (short a sound)

The "A" says AAA. (short a sound)

Every letter makes a sound,

The "A" says AAA. (short a sound)

*After "A" is sung with the short A sound, it can be sung with the long A sound, and then explained to the students that some letters make more than one sound.

**This same activity can be completed with lower case letters on index cards.