1. Stick To It Unit 5 Lesson 5

2. Unit 5 Objectives Students will produce rhymes. Students will identify syllables in words. Students will locate and blend the final consonant sounds /m/ and /s/. Students will review the names of the letters of the alphabet. Students will begin to attain mastery in attaching the /a/ sound to the letter As.

3. Warming Up Use one or both of warm-ups Find the Rhyme. Display the Big Book, Pickled Peppers, open to the poem “By Myself” Asks students to say other words that rhyme with twin and chin (bin, fin grin, kin, pin, tin, win). Say the following sets of words: joys boilboys songlong sing breadpieseyes browngownblue

4. Warming Up Use one or both of warm-ups Review Syllables. Compound Words Picture Cards (Sample: cook, book; cat, fish; eye, ball; horse, shoe; sun, flower; yard, sticks; bed, post. Ask students to say each picture name, then say them together: cookbook Students should tell how the meaning of the word is different from the meaning of each separate word, cook and book. Repeat with other Picture Cards to make compound words.

5. Phonemic Awareness Oral Blending Final Consonant Isolation Final Sounds Asks students to listen to the final sound in each set. kissgasmiss rimstemfarm Puppet: I’m thinking of something that ends with /m/. It rhymes with gum. It makes music. What is it? Students: /m/, m Teacher: What was the puppet thing of? Students: A drum! Continue… hamdressstormbus

6. Alphabetic Principle Alphabet Review Alphabet Flash Cards & Alphabet Song & Cheer The Sound of Aa Reviewing Aa I’m Pam the lamb, I am. This is how I tell the farmer where I am: /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/. I’m Pam the lamb, I am. This is how I tell my friends where I am: /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/.

7. Listening for /a/ at the Beginning of words. Students give a thumbs up for the word that they hear the initial sound of /a/. atif ofamovenax Inasafterevenunderit anoldeggaddactanswer askantillendappleup

8. Linking the Sound to the Letter Spelling and Writing Aa Invite students to write the letter in the air. Sounds and Letters Sounds and Letters Skills Workbook pages 66-67.

9. Investigating Concepts Beyond the Text Objectives: Students will listen attentively to follow diretions for completing a unit project. Students will generate questions to get information about perseverance. Students will use materials from the school library and computer resources to gather information about perseverance. Read a book form the Leveled Classroom Library. Students will draw a picture and write a story about times in school that they have used perseverance.