5. Lesson Plans for Teaching Articulation with Sound-Letter Correspondence
Articulation Skill Explainer
Introducing the Letter 'b'
This lesson plan includes warm-up phonemic awareness activities and all the steps needed to introduce a new letter. A good resource for kindergarten teachers or anyone working on new sounds with early readers.
This lesson plan includes warm-up phonemic awareness activities and all the steps needed to introduce a new letter. A good resource for kindergarten teachers or anyone working on new sounds with early readers.
Lesson Template for Introducing a New Letter
Each time you introduce a new letter, you'll need to write a lesson plan. Use this template to make sure you don't miss any steps.
Each time you introduce a new letter, you'll need to write a lesson plan. Use this template to make sure you don't miss any steps.
Teacher Tip
Discussing Articulation During Spelling
One of the biggest benefits of introducing the articulatory features to all students is for error correction during spelling. For example, if a student spells the word lab as lap, this interaction could happen:
“Look at your great work. Listen as I read what you wrote and let’s compare. You wrote lap. Let’s tap all the sounds in lap together: /l/, /ă/, /p/, lap. The word we are spelling together is lab. Let’s tap lab together: /l/, /ă/, /b/, lab. Lap and lab are similar. The only difference is the ending sounds, /p/ and /b/. Those are consonant pairs: /p/ is voiceless and /b/ is voiced. That is such a smart mistake! Those are tricky!”
Discussing Articulation During Spelling
One of the biggest benefits of introducing the articulatory features to all students is for error correction during spelling. For example, if a student spells the word lab as lap, this interaction could happen:
“Look at your great work. Listen as I read what you wrote and let’s compare. You wrote lap. Let’s tap all the sounds in lap together: /l/, /ă/, /p/, lap. The word we are spelling together is lab. Let’s tap lab together: /l/, /ă/, /b/, lab. Lap and lab are similar. The only difference is the ending sounds, /p/ and /b/. Those are consonant pairs: /p/ is voiceless and /b/ is voiced. That is such a smart mistake! Those are tricky!”
