ESSENTIAL

LEARNINGS

OUTCOMES

What will the students know or be able to do at the end of the lesson?

ASSESSMENT

How will the students demonstrate that they have accomplished the desired outcome?

STRATEGIES

In what activities will the students be engaged to accomplish the desired outcome?

3 HOTS QUESTIONS

e.g. one should be on knowledge, one on application, and one on synthesis or evaluation.

Mon

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Phonics:  Children will identify capital C, D and lowercase c, d.

Children will distinguish and match letters.

- Direct observation of letter recognition.

-  Results of activity sheet.

- Morning Message

-Model and describe letters Cc, Dd.

- Make waxy letters with crayons and black tempera paint.

- After the paint dries, have children trace Cc, and Dd.

-  Match letters on smartboard.

-  Complete activity sheet, match and underline letters.

-  Identify letters C, and D on the word wall.

-  What two ways can you show letters C and D.

-  Trace and write letters Cc and Dd.

Tues

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Phonemic Awareness:  Children will listen for words with the /c/ sound.

Children will identify pictures with /c/ sound.

-  Direct Observation of listening game.

-  Assess if children can identify pictures with the /c/ sound.

- Morning Message

- Model and identify letter C and its sound.

- Play listening game.  Have children clap when they hear a word with the beginning sound /c/.

- Use pictures to identify /c/ sound.

-  Tell the sound for the letter C.

-  Pick a picture that begins with the /c/ sound.

-  Draw a picture of something that begins with the /c/ sound.

Wed

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Children will recognize rhyming words.

Children will learn nursery rhyme “Pat-a-Cake.”

- Direct observation as children recite and pantomime rhyme.

- Assess the children as they trace the letters.

- Morning Message

- Read aloud rhyme.

- Pantomime the action.

- Model and Explain how rhyming words have the same sound at the end of a word.

- Model by using rhyming words from rhyme.

-  Have children create nonsense words that rhyme with “pat.”

- Activity: Make pretend cakes with playdough and decorate them with the first letter of their names.

-  Make additional letters to spell three-letter words that rhyme.

- Recite the rhyme with a partner.

- Tell rhyming words from Pat-a-Cake.

- Which words in Pat-a-cake begin with the /c/ sound.

Thurs

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Phonemic Awareness:  Children will listen for words with the /d/ sound.

Children will identify pictures with /d/ sound.

-  Direct Observation of listening game.

-  Assess if children can identify pictures with the /d/ sound.

- Morning Message

- Model and identify letter D and its sound.

- Play listening game.  Have children clap when they hear a word with the beginning sound /d/.

- Use pictures to identify /d/ sound.

-  Tell the sound for the letter D.

-  Pick a picture that begins with the /d/ sound.

-  Draw a picture of something that begins with the /d/ sound.

Fri

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Children will recognize rhyming words.  

Children will learn nursery rhyme “Hey, Diddle, Diddle.”

- Direct observation as children recite rhyme.

- Assess if children can identify rhyming words.

- Morning Message

- Read Aloud rhyme

- Children will recite rhyme.

- Identify make-believe events in rhyme.

- Identify rhyming words from rhyme.

-  Have children create nonsense rhyming words.

- Discuss changing appearance of the moon.

- Draw on chart paper a full moon, half moon, and a crescent moon.

- Activity: Make a mobile of the cow jumping over the moon with moon shapes.

- Recite the rhyme with a small group.

- Create a new word that rhymes with diddle, and fiddle.

- What other position words can you use to describe the cow jumping over the room? Ex: The cow is jumping next to the moon; or around the moon and so on.

School Grade Weighting Scale:

Tests and Quizzes (50%):

Classwork/ Participation (20%):

Homework (15%):

Projects/ Portfolios (15%):

Use of Technology:

__*__ Smartboard

____ Student Response System