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Lesson Plan
Short a - Select the short a sentence with picture matching
Kindergarten (K) - ELA
LEARNING TARGET
- Students will be able to recognize and differentiate between long and short "a" sounds in words.
- Students will be able to associate short "a" sounds with common graphemes.
- Students will be able to match sentences with short "a" sounds to corresponding pictures.
LEARNING PROGRESSION
PREREQUISITE SKILL
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EXTENSION SKILL
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DURATION
- Introduction (5 minutes)
- Instruction (10 minutes)
- Guided Practice (15 minutes)
- Independent Practice (15 minutes)
- Exit Card Formative Assessment (5 minutes)
- Closure (5 minutes)
MATERIALS
- Short "a" sound sentence cards
- Picture cards
- Whiteboard and markers
VOCABULARY
- Graphemes
- Short "a" sound
- Long "a" sound
- Phonics
TEACHING RESOURCES
CENTERS & TASK CARDS
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IEP GOAL WORKBOOKS
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WORKSHEET PACKS
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5 AND 1 INTERVENTIONS
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GAMES
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ACTIVITIES
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LESSON INSTRUCTION
INTRODUCTION
- Explain to children that short 'a' sounds can be found in many words.
- Display picture cards of a cat and a hat. Say, "Listen, cat, hat. I hear the short 'a' sound in both cat and hat."
INSTRUCTION
- Show children additional examples of short 'a' words, such as "bat," "jam," and "sad."
- Introduce the concept of matching sentences with pictures. Display a sentence card with a short 'a' word (e.g., "The cat sat on the mat.") and a matching picture card.
GUIDED PRACTICE
- Divide the students into small groups and provide each group with a set of short 'a' sentence cards and matching picture cards.
- Instruct the students to work together to match each sentence card with its corresponding picture card.
- Circulate around the room to provide support and guidance as needed.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
- Instruct students to work independently to match short 'a' sentence cards with their corresponding picture cards.
- Monitor students' progress and provide support as needed.
HOMEWORK
- Assign students to create their own short 'a' sentences and draw a matching picture.
- Encourage students to bring their sentences and pictures to share with the class during the next lesson.
EXIT TICKET
- Provide each student with a whiteboard and marker.
- Instruct students to write a short 'a' sentence and draw a small picture to match.
ASSESSMENT
- Formative assessments will be conducted during the lesson to monitor students' understanding of short 'a' sounds and their ability to match sentences with pictures.
- The exit ticket and progress monitoring assessments will be used to determine students' mastery of identifying short 'a' sounds and matching sentences with pictures.
CLOSURE
- Review the short 'a' sound and its presence in various words.
- Ask students to share one sentence they matched with a picture during the lesson.
EXTENSION
- Students can practice matching sentences with pictures for other vowel sounds.
- Students can create their own picture cards and write sentences to match.
INTERVENTION
- For students who struggle with reading, sentence cards can be read aloud by the teacher or a peer.
- For students who need extra support, provide sentence cards with fewer words or focus on simpler short 'a' words.
VIDEOS
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TEACHING TIPS
- Use visual aids such as flashcards to reinforce short 'a' sounds in words.
- Encourage students to sound out words aloud to practice hearing and recognizing the short 'a' sound.
- Provide positive reinforcement and praise when students correctly identify short 'a' sounds and match sentences to pictures.
STUDENT MISCONCEPTIONS
- Students may confuse short 'a' sounds with other short vowel sounds (e.g., short 'e' or short 'o').
- Students may struggle with reading sentences, so ensure they are given age-appropriate sentences to match with pictures.
- Students may focus more on the pictures than the words, so remind them to pay attention to the short 'a' sounds in the sentences.
STANDARD
Common Core Standard:
RF.K.3.B - Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
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