Counting Words
Developing Concepts of Print
Ages:
4-6
Grade Range:
PreK K 1stFood Groups:
Primary: Concepts of Print
Secondary: Motivation for Literacy
Transcript
Teacher: Today, were going to look at our morning message. [Teachers name]s message is to you. So help me with the reading of the words. Here we go. Teacher and Students: Dear Friends, Today is Thursday. We will visit the gym. Teacher: Weve been learning about words, and we know that when letters are put together, they make up words. So, Im going to call upon a friend to come on up, and that friend is going to circle all the words they find in the first sentence. Teacher: [Students Name], come on up. How many words do you count in the first sentence? Lets count them. Teacher and Students: One, two, three. Teacher: Im going to get you to write that number right there. Thank you, can you make the number three with me? Teacher: Now Im looking for another friend to come on up, and that person is going to circle how many words they see in the second sentence. [Students Name], you come on up. Teacher: Well can you count with me how many words in that sentence? And lets help [Students Name], here we go. Teacher and Students: One, two, three, four, five. Teacher: Which sentence do you think has more words? The first sentence that has three, or the second sentence that has five? Teacher: [Students Name], which number is greater? Three or five? Student: Five. Teacher: Five, so which sentence has more words, the first or the second? Student: The second. Teacher: The second sentence. Can we give our friend thumbs up?
Activity Objective
The goal of Counting Words: Developing Concepts of Print is to help students develop an understanding that printed words are language written down and that each sentence is made up of words, printed left to right and top to bottom on the page.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- The interactive whiteboard provides a highly motivating way for the whole class to share in the experience of reading a morning message with the teacher and then circling and counting the words in each of the sentences.
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