Popping with the Letter P!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rationale: This lesson plan will help students identify /p/, Students will learn how to identify the letter and sound /p/ in spoken words by learning a meaningful representation, finding /p/ in words, and apply phoneme awareness with /p/ in phonetic cue reading.

Materials: primary paper and pencil; chart with “Peppa Pig Pops the Pretty Pink Piece of gum!”; drawing paper and crayons; “Pinkalicious and the Perfect Present” (Kann, Victoria 2014), assessment worksheet identifying objects with /p/, note cars with the words PIG, PARTY, TRACE, CAMP,PLACE,PRINCESS,TIGER, PUPPY.

 

Procedures:

1. Say: Our written language is a secret code. The tricky part is learning what letters stand for. The mouth moves as we say our words. In this lesson, we are going to learn to spot the mouth move with /p/. We spell /p/ with the letter P! /p/ sounds like when we pop a bubble with bubble gum!

 

2.  Say: We are going to pretend we are popping a bubble /p/ /p/ /p/. It sounds like a popping noise! When we make the /p/ sound our lips press together and pop open!

 

3. Say: We are going to find the /p/ in a new word. “Rope”. Let’s say it slowly so we can find the /p/ rrrrr-ooo--ppp-ee. I felt my lips pop! Did you hear it? Where is the /p/ sound?

 

4. Let’s try a tongue twister (on chart). “Peppa Pig Pops the Pretty Pink Piece of gum!”. Now say it again, but this time let’s stretch out the /p/ sound. “Ppppeppppa Pppig Pppoppps the ppppretty pppink pppiece of gum!” Now let’s say it again, but this time break off the /p/ in the word.  /P/e/p/p/a /P/ig /P/ops the /P/retty /P/ink /P/iece of gum!

 

5. Take out primary paper and pencils. “We use the letter P to make to /p/ sound!” We are going to start by making a lowercase p! So start making a circle between the fence and the sidewalk. Then we are going to bring a straight line from the top of the circle to the bottom of the ditch. Once I have checked yours I want you to draw nine more!

 

6. Call on students to answer what words they heard the /p/ sound in. “Do you hear /p/ in pen or ten? Pink or Red? Stay or Play? What words make your mouth pop and make the /p/ sound? Pop your bubbles when you hear the /p/ sound!

 

7. “Let’s look at a fun book, Pinkalicious and the Perfect Present”. This is a book about a girl who has the most perfect present but you will have to read it to find out what the present is! Everytime you hear /p/ in the book, make the popping gesture with your hands. Then you can draw your own perfect present!

 

8. Show the card PIG and model how to decide if it is pig or fig. The P tells me to make the popping noise! So this word id pppig. You try! PIE: pie or lie?

 

Assessment: distribute the worksheet. Students will color in pictures that start with the letter P. The students will discuss at their tables the pictures they colored in and where the /p/ is in the word. The teacher will walk around and check that they got them right and go over any they didn’t.

 

Resources:

Dr. Bruce Murray, Making Site Words

Molly Kubicki, Pop a Bubble with P

https://mollykubicki.wixsite.com/mysite-2/emergent-literacy-design

Kayla Moulton, Popping Popcorn with the letter P

https://moultonkaylae.wixsite.com/mysite/emergent-literacy-design

 

Assessment Worksheet: https://twistynoodle.com/circle-the-words-that-start-with-the-letter-p-coloring-page/