Word Families
Building Skills in Letter-Sounds (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 1: Beginning LiteracyAges:
4-8
Grade Range:
K 1st 2ndFood Groups:
Primary: Letter-Sounds & Phonics, Phonemic Awareness Secondary: Spelling & Word Study, Vocabulary
Transcript
Teacher: Okay boys and girls, today we're going to introduce a new word family, and that word family is ''at''. Can everyone say that for me? Teacher and Students: At. Teacher: Very good. Give me a rhyming word for the word ''at''. [Student's Name]? Student: Chat. Teacher: Chat. Very good. [Student's Name]? Student: Cat. Teacher: Cat. Very good. One more [Student's Name]. Student: Fat. Teacher: Fat. Very good. We're going to listen to a rhyme this morning. And it is called Rat-a-tat-Cat. Can everyone say that? Teacher and Students: Rat-a-tat-Cat. Teacher: Very good. Recording: There was a cat named Rat-a-tat, who sat upon a hat hat hat. Rat-a rat-a tat tat tat sat upon a hat hat hat, and now that hat is flat flat flat. Teacher: Very good. Can you all sing along with it? Student: Yes. Teacher: You ready? Teacher and Students: There was a cat named Rat-a-tat, who sat upon a hat hat hat. Rat-a rat-a tat tat tat sat upon a hat hat hat, and now that hat is flat flat flat. Teacher: Very good. Now we're going to create a word family house, okay? And we have already talked about the word family ''at'', okay? You're going to give me some words that I can put into my house, because I want a lot of great words in my house, okay? Here we go. Give me one word [Student's Name]. Student: Mat. Teacher: Mat. One more [Student's Name]. Student: Cat. Teacher: Cat. Let's spell it. Teacher and Students: C-A-T. Cat. Teacher: Let's say these words that we have in our word family house. Teacher and Students: Mat, slat, cat flat, that. Teacher: Very good.
Related References
Activity Objective
The goal of Word Families: Building Skills in Letter-Sounds (Virtual Tour) is to teach the relationships between spoken sounds and written letters through rhyming, song and word families.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- Use pictures and actions to reinforce word meaning.
- Sing other songs and identify the rhyming words.
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