- x-ray
- xylophone
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.2 Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Alphabet Knowledge Recognizes that the letters of the alphabet are a special category of visual graphics that can be individually named.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 7 Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
Watch Together: “Reginald Monkey: x, x-ray, xylophone” (BTL clip)
ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing, Active Listening, Phonological Awareness (Beginning, Ending Sounds)
Show the Between the Lions video clip “Reginald Monkey: x, x-ray, xylophone” to children. Introduce the video by saying, There are not many words that begin with the letter “Xx,” but many words have the letter “Xx” in them. Tell children that in the video, a monkey reads a very short poem about two words that begin with “Xx”: x-ray and xylophone.
After children watch the video, review the different /x/ letter sounds with them.
- Write the two words on chart paper and underline the letter “x” in each.
- Point to the “x” in x-ray and say, In this word, the “x” has the same sound as its name: /x/. Say the word with me: x-ray.
- Point to the “x” in xylophone and say, In this word, the “x” has a /z/ sound. Say it with me, xylophone. Emphasize the /z/ sound.
