Lesson Plan:
Using Music to Build Phonemic Awareness
Grade 1: Language Arts
Laura Woodall and Brenda Ziembroski
Objective: Children will be introduced to the short vowel 'a'.
Materials: Chart paper with lyrics to Miss Mary Mack written on it.
Overhead projector and marker.
One blank transparency. Miss Mary Mack book and tape cassette.
Procedure:
1. Begin by playing the tape as you invite the children to join you on
the carpet, or as you are getting ready to begin this activity.
2. When the tape is finished, rewind it and say to the children, "We're going
to go back to the beginning of the song. I want you to listen for a special
sound we call 'short a.' It sounds like 'a'" (Demonstrate the 'short a'
sound.)
3. Play the beginning of the tape and stop after the first pause in the music.
Say "Did you hear the sound 'a?'" (Make the 'short a' sound.) "What words
did you hear in that song with a short 'a' sound?" List their ideas on the
overhead.
4. Display a chart paper with the lyrics to Miss Mary Mack. Say, "Can you
sing along with me? Use the chart paper to recite and read the poem
several times, without the tape.
5. Demonstrate hand clapping motions as you sing Miss Mary Mack. Invite
the children to join along with you.
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
All down her back, back, back
6. After several repetitions of the song, invite the children to help you
brainstorm a list of more words with the short 'a' sound.
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