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Click Your Camera with C

Anne Lupo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rationale: This lesson will help children identify /k/, the phoneme represented by C.  Students will learn to recognize /k/ in spoken words by learning a sound analogy (clicking a camera) and the letter symbol C, practice finding /k/ in words, and apply phoneme awareness with /k/ in phonetic cue reading by distinguishing rhyming words from beginning letters.

Materials: Dr. Seuss’s ABC book, primary paper, and pencil; a picture chart showing “Conner’s camera can click"; drawing paper and crayons; word cards with CAN, CAT, CAME, COUGH, COACH, and CAKE; assessment worksheet identifying pictures with /k/ (URL below)     

 

Procedures:

1. Say: Our written language is a secret code. The tricky part is learning what letters stand for—the mouth moves we make as we say words. Today we are going to work on spotting the mouth move /k/. We spell /k/ with the letter C. The /k/ sounds like someone clicking their camera.

 

2. Say: Let us pretend to click our camera, /k/, /k/, /k/. [Pantomime clicking camera] Notice your tongue is at the back of your mouth (by your throat) with your mouth slightly open. When we say /k/, we push air out of our mouths. Can you try clicking your camera now? /k/, /k/, /k/.

 

3.Say: Now I am going to show you how to find /k/ in the word can. I am going to stretch can out in super slow motion and you listen for my clicking camera. Ccccc-aaaaa-n. Slower: Cccc-aaaaa-n. There it was! I felt my tongue slide down and air push out of my mouth. Clicking /k/ is in can.

 

4. Say: Let us try a tongue tickler [on chart]. Conner got a new camera for Christmas. He wants to practice taking pictures of his sisters Camryn and Cassidy. Here is our tickler: "Conner’s camera can click." Everybody say it three times together. Now say it again, and this time, stretch the /k/ at the beginning of the words. "Cccconer’s ccccamera cccan ccclick." Try it again, and this time break it off the word: "/k/ onner's /k/ amera /k/ an /c/ lick.

 

5. [Have students take out primary paper and pencil] Say: "We will use the letter C to spell /k/. Let’s start with writing a capital C first. I will do an example on the board and I want you to follow along. First, we will start by drawing a curve to the left and down in almost a circular motion. Once you hit the bottom of the line, curve back up just a little bit." After this is modeled in front of the class, the students will be asked to write it ten times. As the students are writing, monitor the class and walk around observing their progress to see if any of the students are having trouble writing it. If so, provide feedback and guidance to the ones who have not yet grasped it. Then, call students individually to read phonetic cue words to observe their understanding of the /k/ sound.   

 

6. Call on students to answer and tell how they knew: Do you hear /k/ in can or ban? cat or rat? candy or sweets? Cup or glass? Puddle or cuddle? Say: Let us see if you can spot the mouth move /k/ in some words. Click your camera if you hear /k/: The, cup, fell, off, the, counter, and the cat, licked, up, the, chocolate, milk.

 

7. Say: "Let us look at an alphabet book. Dr. Seuss tells us about two crazy creatures and a camel on a ceiling.” Read page 3. Drawing out /k/ sound. Say: Can anyone think of other words with /k/. Does anyone have a silly made-up creature name? Let us write our silly names on the board. Have them draw a picture of their creature and display it. 

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8. Show CAT and model how to decide if it is cat or pat: The C tells me to click my camera, /k/, so this word is kkk-a-t, cat. You try some: CAN: can or pan? COME: come or from? CUP: cup or up? CANDY: dandy or candy? COFFEE: toffee or coffee?

 

9. For assessment, distribute the worksheet. Students color the pictures that begin with C and they practice writing upper and lower case c. Call students individually to come to your desk and read the phonetic cue words from step #8

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Reference: 

Lesson Designs: Hannah Hardens, Cade clicks his camera to capture his cat Cassie,  https://hanhardin1020.wixsite.com/readinglessondesigns/emergent-literacy-design

Link to Dr. Suess ABC book: https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Seusss-ABC-Amazing-Alphabet/dp/0679882812

Assessment worksheet: https://free4classrooms.com/free-beginning-sounds-worksheet-letter-c/

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