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LITERACY HOUR LESSON USING THE LOOK-AND-SAY APPROACH

SUBJECT: Language Arts


TOPIC: Short Vowel Sounds
CLASS: Grade 1
TIME: 1 hour
OBJECTIVES/LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students should be able to:
1. Identify words containing the short vowel sounds of “a”
2. Read a short passage with words containing the vowel sound “a” with over 90%
accuracy.
3. Write Sentences using words with short vowel sounds “a”
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Students know that the vowel sound “a”
CONTENT: A short vowel sound is one in which the name of the vowel is not heard, and is
usually represented by a single letter. It's important to note that the pronunciation of short vowels
can vary depending on the word.
STRATEGIES & SKILLS: Tapping prior knowledge, making connections, sounding out words
using phonics, using context clues; modeling; peer collaboration; Think-pair-share
MATERIALS: A story with short vowel sounds, flash cards, individual letter cards, short
assessment passage with long and short vowel sounds; bat; bag; mat.

LESSON DEVELOPMENT:
A. OPENING
Step 1: Read Aloud: The teacher will expressively read a short story that has words with short
vowel sounds:
B. READING & RESPONDING
Step 2: Introducing Vocabulary:
 The teacher will ask students to talk about any sound they may have been able to identify
from listening to the short passage read.
 The teacher will introduce vocabulary from the story on flashcards by showing students
the words with the short vowel sound “a”, and having them call the words.
 The teacher will use the words in sentences and then ask students to use the words in
their own sentences.

Step 3: Teaching a Reading Strategy: The teacher will teach the reading strategy called
“Group Letters That Make Sounds Together.” Students will be encouraged to be flexible about
vowel sounds – try one, then another – until they read a word that sounds like a word they have
heard or that makes sense in the sentence.

TRICKY VOWELS: THESE VOWELS CAN MAKE MORE THAN ONE SOUND
(Teach the sound: synthetic)
a alarm acorn

Step 4: Reading the Selection:


 Students and teacher will read the passage, using the reading strategy just
learned.
Step 5: Discussion/Responding:
 Ask students the following questions to get them to give their opinions about the
story
1. Did you like the story?
2. What did you like about it?
3. Have you ever owned a cat?
4. What do you think about cats?
C.TEACHING WRITING SKILLS (Process Approach to Writing: prewriting; drafting;
revising; editing; and publishing.)
1. Prewriting (THINK): The teacher will have these three items at the front of the class: a
bat, a bag, and a mat. The teacher models by picking up the bag and the bat and placing
them on the mat. Students are given time to think of a sentence that matches the teacher’s
action or they can think about their own sentence using the items. (The word wall with
sight words is there for guidance).
2. Drafting (WRITE): The teacher will ask the students to write the sentence they thought
of using the three items.
3. Revising (MAKE IT BETTER): The teacher will place students in pairs and give them
an opportunity to share their sentences with each other. Ideas will be shared to make their
sentences better through the application of peer assessment.
4. Proofreading/editing (MAKE IT CORRECT): Students will edit their work and make
the necessary corrections.
5. Publishing (SHARE): Show and tell: Students will “show” their sentences through
actions. The students that are seated will be given the opportunity to guess the
sentence. The presenter will write their sentence on the board.
Step 6: Word Works: (Awareness & Auditory Discrimination): The teacher will say to
students, “Today you will learn to spell and read the words with the short vowel sound.” The
teacher will review the principle: A short vowel sound is one in which the name of the vowel is
not heard.

Let students then give their own examples of words that have short vowel sounds. (Teach the
sound: analytic)
Step 7: (Segmentation): The teacher will say to the students, “In some words such as “cap,” you
can hear /a/ in the middle, while in others such as “at”, you hear it at the beginning. The teacher
then asks students to listen to some words and say if they hear the particular vowel sound at the
beginning, middle, or end.
Step 8: (Association & Visual Discrimination): The teacher tells students that they are now
going to look for the letters we pronounce as short vowel “a” sound. Students review the short
vowel sound of “a”.
Step 9: (Reading): The teacher will say to the students: “Now, let’s read some words using the
short vowel sound of the letter “a”. The teacher will print a one-syllable word such as “bat” on
the board. The teacher will remind students that they already know the sounds “b” and “t” and
will model sequential decoding, saying the sounds together, and quickly moving her hand along
the/m/a/t/. The teacher will then write several words on the board and ask students to decode
them sequentially. The teacher will invite students to make oral sentences with the words they
have decoded. The teacher will also write some of the oral sentences on the board and students
can read the sentences from the board.

D. TEACHING COMPONENTS OF LANGUAGE ARTS


Step 11: Spelling: The teacher says to students, “Let us learn to spell words with short vowel
sounds “a”. The teacher will write the letters representing the sounds as she slowly says the word
“cat.” The teacher will then remind the students that they already know the sounds of the letters
“c” and “t.” The teacher will model spelling a few more words with the short vowel sound
“a”. Then, on paper, students will write the letters for each word that is said: fan, mat, rat, ran,
bat, sat, fat

E. EXTENDING
Step 12: Independent Writing:
 Students will write two sentences in their journals containing words with the short
vowel sound of “a” using phonetic skills.
CLOSURE: Students will review the short vowel sound by completing a worksheet:

STUDENTS’ ASSESSMENT: The teacher will assess students’ spelling of the given words and
assess their ability to independently read this short passage:

TEACHER EVALUATION: The teacher will assess the students at the end of the lesson.

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