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Rationale: This lesson will teach children to identify with the phoneme /r/, represented by R. Students will use the growling representation when presented with the symbol R. Students will be asked to read words with the letter r, find /r/ in those particular words, and complete two worksheets.

 

Materials: Primary paper and pencil; chart with the tongue twister; cards with FAR, RAT, RAIN, ROAD, TRAP, and STAR, use those words and determine rhyming ability by sounding out letter in word, “The Dinosaur who Lost his Roar” by Russell Punter, two worksheets; one for coloring and one for matching r to the correct words.

 

Procedures: The letter R is a really fun letter to speak. Today we are going to figure out specifically what we do with our mouths as we say the letter R.

 

1. The letter r sounds like a dinosaur growling so when we hear the letter R we are going to growl like a dinosaur

2. Let’s pretend we are a dinosaur /r/, /r/, /r/, [hands up growling like a dinosaur]. Do you notice how your lips protrude and your tongue moves from the top of your mouth to the bottom?

3. Let me show you how to find the letter R in CAR. I’m going to really sound out car slow so that you can listen for the growl in car. Ccc-aaa-rrr. Slower: Ccc-aaa-rrrrrr. Did you hear it? I feel my growl getting stronger and stronger.

4. Tongue Twister: Randy the Raptor Roars When It Rains. Randy is a Raptor who is very afraid of the rain. He gets scared and Roars every time it gets cloudy outside. Okay, let’s say it three times together. Now when we say it lets stretch the R our at the beginning of every word. “Rrrrandy the rrrrraptor rrrroars when it rrrrrains.” Try it again and this time break the R away from the rest of the word. /r/andy the /r/aptor /r/oars when it /r/ain.

5. Everyone take out your primary paper and pencils. We use the letter R to represent /r/. Capital R looks like a dinosaur with his neck bent down like the picture above. Now let’s draw a lowercase r. Start at the fence and go all the way back up to the sidewalk and curve around the fence. Okay everyone, start drawing your r’s, I am going to be walking around to see your progress.

6. Okay now we are going to see how well you can hear the letter R in specific words. Call on the students and ask them how they knew. Do you hear the /r/ sound in… jar or stop? rope or tape? bear or cat? friend or foe? four or five? When you try to figure out which words r is in pay attention to your mouth movements to help you figure out.

7. We are going to read “The Dinosaur who Lost his Roar” by Russell Punter. The book we are going to read is about a dinosaur who lost his roar. Where do you think it went? Hmm let’s read t see if he gets it back. Now let’s get out your drawing paper. I want you to make your own dinosaur in the shape of an R and color him/her however you want. I want you to name your dinosaur a name that begins with an r. I am going to put your artwork all down the hallway.

8. Now we are going to look at our words on the flashcards. Ill model how to determine if the word is RAT or SAT by looking at the first letter. Now you try some: RAIN or PAIN? TRAP or MAP? FAR or BAR?

9. Assessment: Worksheet 1: hidden image worksheet. Students are to color the lower-case r’s a certain color and the upper-case r’s another color and see what the picture reveals. Worksheet 2: draw a line from the R’s to the words that begin with R.

 

 

 

References:

Kid Zone Worksheet

http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/r-color1.htm

http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/r-begins1.htm

 

“The Dinosaur Who Lost His Roar” (read aloud)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIaobGxp7D8

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The Reading Genie: Dr. Murray

http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/fluency.html

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Caroline Colley: Vaccum with Virginia

https://mcc0052.wixsite.com/mysite/emergent-literacy-1

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