Puppets and Singing – YES!

Singing and Puppets!

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More Phonemic Awareness in Lessons (part 2)

1.  Students clap the number of syllables in their first name when their name is called in attendance.  (Debbie – 2 claps) (Deb – 1 clap) (Elizabeth – 4 claps)

2.  Students clap the number of syllables in their last name when their name is called in attendance. (Renner – 2 claps) (Smith – 1 clap)

3. Introduce the /__/ sound.  Repeat for another sound.  Compare the 2 sounds.  Who has the /__/ in their name?  Who does not have /__/ in the their name?

4. Have the child sing the song (or another song that has rhymes in it), “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”  Identify the words that rhyme.  Talk about why the words rhyme.

Ashleigh Sang in Honor’s Choir

These are the girls from South Haven that sang.  There were lots of boys too (not pictured here).  The music was awesome.  The South Haven Music program is well developed and deep.  My daughter is the blonde and in dressed in blue.

Houghton Mifflin songs

Houghton Mifflin introduces the letters with an animal. They have songs that support the students’ learning.

A teacher I know is supporting the students’ learning by putting clipart with the words.

The same teacher decided to make up her own “MMMMMMMM” poem/song.

Word Wall Words Singing High Frequency Words

Songs that help teach words

Here are a few songs/chants I have added to my collection:

1. (tune-”If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you think you know this word raise your hand(2x)
If you think you know this word that you just heard,
If you think you know this word raise your hand.
(supply a word stretching it out ex: c-a-t)

2. (“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”)
Listen. listen to my word
Tell me all the sounds you heard: /Cat/ (say this slowly and wait a moment)
/c/ is one sound, /a/ is two/t/ is last in /cat/ it’s true!
(at the end sing):
Thanks for listening to my words
and telling me the sounds you heard!

3. (tune: “Jimmy Cracked Corn and I Don’t Care”)
Who has a /d/ word to share with us?
Who has a /d/ word to share with us?
Who has a /d/ word to share with us?
It must start with the /d/ sound!
(call on children to supply word and class sings this together)
Dog is a word that starts with /d/
Dog is a word that starts with /d/
Dog is a word that starts with /d/
Dog starts with the /d/ sound.

4. (tune: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”)
What’s the sound that starts these words:
Turtle, time, and teeth?
(wait for a response from the children)
/t/ is the sound that starts these words:
turtle, time, and teeth.
With a /t/, /t/ here, and a /t/, /t/ there,
Here a /t/, there a /t/, everywhere a /t/, /t/.
/t/ is the sound that starts these words: Turtle, time, and teeth!
You all did great now clap your hands!
(clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)-you can use beginning sounds, medial sounds, or final sounds

5. (“Skip to my Lou”)
Silly Willy, who should I choose? (repeat 3x)
I choose_____________________.
(Terry, berry) – continue the song using students names

6. (“Have You Ever Seen a Lassie”)
Did you ever see a cat, a cat, a cat,
Did you ever see a cat sit on a rat? r-at, c-at r-at, c-at,
Did you ever see a cat sit on a rat?
-repeat the verse using other animal rhyming words

7. (“If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If your name begins with /m/, stand up,
If your name begins with /m/, stand up,
If your name begins with /m/, stand up and take a bow,
If your name begins with /m/, stand up.
-you can also use this with pictures
“If your picture begins with /s/, stand up”, etc.

8. (“A Hunting We Will Go”)
A searching we will go, a searching we will go,
We’ll find a /h/ and add a /orse/,And now we have a horse!

9. (chant)It begins with /t/,
And it ends with /im/.
Put them toghter,
And they say _______.
(Tim)

10. (“The Wheels on the Bus”)
The sounds in the word go /c/ /a/ /t/;
/c/ /a/ /t/; /c/ /a/ /t/.
The sounds in the word go /c/ /a/ /t/,
Can you guess the word?

Reading Strategies Song (I’m a Little Teacup song)

Reading Strategies include fix-it strategies. This is a wonderful example and poster of how to explain this to first graders. This is simply one example of wonderful posts on Timmon’s Times site. This is the Timmon’s poster. I posted it here to encourage you again to go to her site and see what she is writing about. It is awesome!
reading strategies link to song and wonderful post

Where is Letter?… (Sing to the tune Where is Thumbkin?…)

Every child has a letter card that is large enough to hold up and show the other students. All the children are sitting in a circle on the rug.

The teacher sings:

Where is letter (a)?
Where is letter (a)?

The student with letter sings:

Here it is.
Here it is.

Teacher sings:

Tell me what the sound is.
Tell me what the sound is.

(All children sing)

/a/ /a/ /a/
/a/ /a/ /a/

Continue through the alphabet