Shave with the letter /v/
Emergent Literacy Design
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Rationale: This lesson will help children identify /v/, the phoneme represented by V. Students will learn to recognize /v/ in spoken words by learning a sound analogy (shaving face) and the letter symbol V, practice finding /v/ in words, and apply phoneme awareness with /v/ in phonetic cue reading by distinguishing rhyming words from beginning letters.
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Materials:
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Primary paper and pencil
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chart with "Vito’s veracity vibes very valiantly"
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drawing paper and crayons
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word cards with VICE, TOUCH, FEVER, TALL, VENT, and SING
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assessment worksheet writing the letter v and identifying pictures with /v/ (URL below).
Procedures:
1. We are going to learn how to say the letter /v/. We spell /v/ with letter V. V looks like 2 razor blades, and /v/ sounds like you are shaving.
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2. Let's pretend to shave our face, /v/, /v/, /v/. [Act like shaving face] Make sure to be biting bottom lip when saying /v/. When we say /v/, we blow air through our top teeth.
3. Let me show you how to find /v/ in the word vest. I will say the word slow. Vvv-e-e-est. Slower: Vvv-e-e-e-sss-t. Where was the letter /v/? I feel my teeth bite my bottom lip and blow air. Shaving /v/ is in vest at the beginning.
4. Let’s look at the chart. Vito has veracity, being truthful. He is happy and is chill. He is determined to have a good time. Here’s our tickler: "Vito’s veracity vibes very valiantly." Where are the letters /v/? Let’s stetch out the letter /v/ to see where they are. "Vvvito's vvveracity vvvibes vvvery vvvaliantly." Try it again, and break the word into sections with v by itself: "/v/ ito’s /v/ eracity /v/ ibes /v/ ery /v/ aliantly.
5. Let’s write the letter v! We use letter V to spell /v/. Capital V looks like 2 razor blades. Let's write the lowercase letter v. Start by drawing a slanted line. Then draw another slanted line connected at the bottom to it.
6. Let’s see if you can hear the letter v when I say it. Raise hand if you know it. Do you hear /v/ in lucid or vivid? veteran or young? active or lazy? nerve or bone? vicious or calm? Say: Let's see if you can spot the mouth move /v/ in some words. Shave your face if you hear /v/: tea, veto, yell, vouch, sat, run, seed, vase, vie, game.
7. Let’s learn about the letter v! Where did the letter come from? Let’s watch a video about /v/ to know more! (below next to alphabet song)
8. Show VAN and model how to decide if it is van or pan: The V tells me to shave my face, /v/, so this word is vvv-an, van. You try some: VOW: vow or cow? TREE: tree or vain? VET: vet or pet? VIEW: view or pew? SEAT: seat or vlog?
9. For assessment, distribute the worksheet. Students color the pictures that begin with V. Give 5 minutes for students to work on it. Then split them up in groups to discuss answers. Then come together as a class.
Assessment worksheet: Easy Peasy Learners, Letter V Worksheet https://easypeasylearners.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Letter-V-Worksheet-Set.pdf (PAGE 1 and 2)
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Alphabet song: Iken Edu, Alphabet Songs- Story of letter V for nursey kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP3YiHuG_l0
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Reference: Audrey, Emergent Literacy Design https://sites.google.com/site/ctrd3710site/home/emergent-literacy-design
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