Unit Topic or Theme: Spelling

Grade: Kindergarten

Lesson Topic or Theme: Spelling words with lowercase letters.

 

Lesson Objectives:

1. Students will be able to recognize lowercase letters in the alphabet.

2. Students will be able to use them in short words.

3. Students will be able to sound out the letters and short words.

4. Students will be able to write lowercase letters and short words.

5. Students will be able to work with guided internet sources for additional help learning.

 

Instructional Technique: Individual work

 

Instructional Materials:

- Puppy Letters PBS Kids website online (http://pbskids.org/clifford/games/index_puppyletters.html )

- Computers

- Handout

- Headphones

- Pencil

 

Theoretical Perspective: This information is important for the students to learn because it helps with letter recognition, sounding out words, and spelling.

 

Procedure:

A. In order to introduce this subject to the students, they will be completing a tracing worksheet the night before using the lowercase alphabet

B. Step-by-step

1. Students will be asked to complete an alphabet lowercase tracing worksheet the night before

2. Each student will be given a computer and a pair of headphones

3. During the day of the lesson, students will be asked to sign into the computer and to click on the Internet explorer “Puppy Letters” icon or the bookmark.

4. The teacher will demonstrate how to find the icon or bookmark by using the projector at the front of the class. 

5. Students will start out by clicking on level “Easy”

6. When the first word shows up, students can click on Emily Elizabeth, in the left hand corner of the activity, for her to read the word aloud to them

7. Next students will drag the letters from the alphabet shown, for each word to the correct spot until the word is complete

8.After the complete each would they will then find that word on their worksheet and then trace it

9.They will then continue this process with the rest of the 20 words

10.If students would like they can then try the activity in the “Hard” level 

C. In order to close out this subject to student, they will end the activity with tracing the words from the Puppy Letters online activity in lowercase letters.

D. There are no adaptations for different learners, but in this activity students will work individually and be able to complete the activity at their own pace. This will help any students who don’t learn at the same pace as other students, or have difficulty with letters, words, or writing, be able to complete the activity without stress of falling behind.

E. There will be no homework following this activity, because we feel that the worksheet that was completed during the activity covered the material for this lesson

 

Evaluation:

A.

Students will be able to recognize lowercase letters in the alphabet.

-Once both worksheets are complete students will have had much experience recognizing and writing lowercase letters

Students will be able to use them in short words.

-Once Emily Elizabeth pronounces each word and students drag the letters to spell out each of the small words, they will start to recognize how a small amount of letters can be combine to spell out simple words. 

Students will be able to sound out the letters and short words.

-when the student is able to sound out each letter of the simple words on their own, the teacher will then know that the student is able to sound out each letter

Students will be able to write lowercase letters and short words.

-After completion of this activity students will hand in their completed worksheets, to be checked by the teacher for completion.

Students will be able to work with guided internet sources for additional help learning.

- The teacher will be able to know that students are able to efficiently use the internet sources if they are able to get to the website successfully on their own without help.

B.

 Students may get distracted by being on the computer and forget to stay on task, hopefully the handouts will be able to guide the students to stay on task.

 

 

1. The objectives are written in behavioral and measurable terms.                         1 2 3 4 5 6

          The activity asks the students to independently use a computer activity to work on letter recognition and spelling without the input of the teacher to complete it.  The teacher will be able to measure the effectiveness of this activity and how much the students know by collecting and grading the handout that accompanies the activity.

 

 2. The objectives match the learning opportunities provided in the lesson.         1 2 3 4 5 6

          The objectives match the learning opportunities provided in the lesson by allowing the students to use the internet activity to practice lowercase letter recognition and use these letters in short words.  The activity also helps students to sound out these letters to form words by hearing it said to them and then reading it on their own.  The students are given a handout to complete as they go through the internet activity which helps reinforce their skills in writing.  This activity will also strengthen their abilities to work with computers and while having the help of a teacher there if necessary.

 

3. Student assessment is directly linked to the stated objectives.                           1 2 3 4 5 6

* below, please list each objective and highlight the corresponding assessment.

 

●      Students will be able to recognize lowercase letters in the alphabet.

-Once both worksheets are complete students will have had much experience recognizing and writing lowercase letters.

●      Students will be able to use them in short words.

-Once Emily Elizabeth pronounces each word and students drag the letters to spell out each of the small words, they will start to recognize how a small amount of letters can be combine to spell out simple words. 

●      Students will be able to sound out the letters and short words.

-when the student is able to sound out each letter of the simple words on their own, the teacher will then know that the student is able to sound out each letter

●      Students will be able to write lowercase letters and short words.

-After completion of this activity students will hand in their completed worksheets, to be checked by the teacher for completion.

●      Students will be able to work with guided internet sources for additional help learning.

- The teacher will be able to know that students are able to efficiently use the internet sources if they are able to get to the website successfully on their own without help.

 

4. The instructional sequence is detailed enough for a substitute                           1 2 3 4 5 6

 teacher to follow.

 

 The instructional sequence is detailed enough for a substitute teacher to follow because the homework will have already be given, the website is bookmarked and is saved as an icon on the desktop of the computer so it will be easy to access, and the worksheets for during the activity will only need to be passed out.

 

5. The technology-based tools (web based, software, hardware)                            1 2 3 4 5 6

 contribute to student learning in ways that could not be easily

duplicated without their use.

* As part of your response please describe some of the dynamic qualities of the tool utilized.

 

          The major portion of this lesson utilizes the online website. Without this online portion this lesson would be primarily worksheet based and less interactive. This interactive website is very helpful for students learning. The website includes a picture of the word, uses it in a sentence, and will read the sentence aloud to you. Depending on the level, the word could even be written out in the background for you to drag the correct letters on top of. This website is very colorful and child friendly. The way this lesson is set up would be impossible to do without the use of technology.

 

6. The lesson is unique and engaging.                                                                       1 2 3 4 5 6

* As part of your response please highlight what you feel is most creative about your lesson.

 

This lesson is unique in the way that it involves both an online interactive portion and a written hands-on portion. Not only are the students learning the sounds of the letters and how they make up words, but also students are learning how to trace these letters on the worksheet following this activity. This is important in order to actually know how to physically write these words. The online portion of this website makes it more engaging and fun for the students. Not only are there colorful pictures and animations, it is characters they know and love, such as Clifford and Emily Elizabeth.

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