Randy Rabbit’s rock
It’s important for young students to understand the importance of reading. Students need to learn to read to know street signs, fill out medical forms correctly, complete job applications and overall be able to succeed in life. Be aware that each student has their own paste and learns at their own level. Don’t be frustrated when one student is excelling and another student is significantly behind. Each student will move at their own no matter how frustrated you get so it’s important to keep calm and treat each child as an individual rather than as a group.
The goal of this exercise is to help young students understand the letter R. It is important for students to pronounce /r/ and understand when it is used. This lesson plan will keep children understand the letter R from many different perspectives. This lesson plan can aid students in using these productive exercises to master /r/.
Materials
-Primary paper
-Pencils
-Papers with tongue twister “Randy rabbit rules the rock on Rich River Road”
-White board and dry erase markers
-Worksheet with 10 words and matching pictures with /r/ sounds and 5 words and matching pictures without the /r/ sound
-The book “Rattletrap car”
-Notecards with the words: Run, Rock, Star, Radio, Read, Cry
Procedure:
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Say: “Reading is very important, it helps adults and even kids read signs like if the ice cream store is open or not and read books about your favorite animal. People read everyday as soon as they learn to read. And once you know how to read you can practice anyway, like in a car or at a store or even in your own bedroom”
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“In order to read you must understand the letters in the alphabet, so today we will be learning the letter R which makes an /r/ sound.”
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Write a big letter R on the board.
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“ The letter R is just one of the many letters in the alphabet.”
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“The letter R is in many words and is used all the time. What are some words that have the letter R, which makes the /r/ sound?”
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Let students answer and if they can not think of anything help them out, like use the word ‘rain’- ask students “what happens when its stormy and cloudy, what falls from the sky?”
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Use about 3 words and write those words on the board. Make the letter R in the word a little bigger and underline it.
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“Now were going to practice making the letter R’s sound which is /r/. As a class everyone say /r/.”
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Say it about 4 to 5 times as a class, if students are struggling take a few more seconds saying the sound.
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“The letter R makes a super similar sound to a dog or a puppy when they are playing, so if you forget what sound the letter R makes remember what a puppy says which is “/rrrrr/.”
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Giving students real life examples can help them practice and understand the sound a little easier.
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Go over the sound a dog makes a few times to help students understand, they may giggle or get to involved in the activity but just make sure they are practicing and making the sound correctly.
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“Now were going to go over a tongue twister to help you practice the /r/ sound.”
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Pass out the paper with the tongue twister
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“Randy rabbit rules the rock on Rich River Road”
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Write the tongue twister on the board and break up the sentence by words. Focus on emphasizing the /r/ sound and circle or underline the letter R when you come across it.
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“Now I want you to try, as a class we can read out own papers and try to find the /r/ sounds. Remember the sound the letter R makes?”
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Give them about two more tries making the /r/ sound as a class with you.
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Go over the tongue twister two to three times depending on how well the students are grasping it. You may have to remind them the sound the letter R makes in between each try.
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“Now were going to find the letter R, which makes the /r/ sound in a few words that you see all the time.
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Use the note cards with the words written on them to draw the student’s attention to the specific word at hand. Have the students say the word and then write the word down on the primary paper with their pencils. Once they have written in down go around and ask them to say the word on the paper, make sure the word is written correctly. After you have went around ask students to circle the letter R and say what sound it makes. Make sure the correct letter is circled. Have them do this for every word, it may take a while so you don’t have to walk around for every word.
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Example for the word ‘Rock’
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“Our first word is ‘Rock’, I want you to write the word rock on the paper in front of you.” Hold the card up and write it on the board. Walk around and make sure they are writing it correctly and ask each student to read the word on their paper (“Can you please read to me what word you are writing?”)
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“Now circle the letter R in the word, if you can not find the letter R in the world raise your hand” (answer raised hands if there are any, if there are more than 5 go over it on the board with the example you wrote on the board.)
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Since their primary paper is out…
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Now write the letter r on the board.
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“The letter r is a line with a little curve on top, like half of the letter m or an upside down umbrella handle.”
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Slowly write the letter on the board a few times explaining what you are doing.
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“Now I want you to try and write the letter r.” Ask the students to write the letter R 5 times.
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“Now say the sound the letter R makes, which is /r/. And write the letter R on your paper 5 times while you practice the /r/ sound. If you forget what sound the letter R makes remember what a puppy or a dog says, which is /rrrr/.” Go around and help/ check the student’s work.
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Read the book “Rattletrap car”
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“In this book Junie and Jakie and the baby want to rid in their dad’s rattletrap car but their dad doesn’t think the car is fast or strong enough to take them but dad try’s anyway. Let’s see is the family is able to use the car or if something happens.”
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Pass out the worksheet with the words and images.
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“Now on the paper I am passing out I want you to ONLY circle the words with the letter R. If the word does not have a letter R, do not circle it. And only color the pictures that the word has an R. For example, the first word and picture is a “Car”- does the word car have an r?”
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Make sure students understand the word car does have an R and make sure they understand the directions. Go over the /r/ sound two or three more times before starting the activity.
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Books to practice the letter r
Anna G, Letter r Book, October 2014
https://www.themeasuredmom.com/letter-r-books/
To return to application
http://wp.auburn.edu/rdggenie/home/classroom/applications/
