- gourd (if possible a real one, otherwise use a picture)
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: “Word Morph: gold–goose–gourd” (BTL clip)
ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing and Listening, Phonological Awareness (Alliteration) (Beginning Sounds)
Tell children they are going to watch the video clip Between the Lions “Word morph: gold–goose–gourd.” Hold up and explain that a gourd is a type of round fruit that is like a pumpkin. View the video once without pausing.
Replay the video and have children repeat the words along with the narrator. After viewing, invite children to repeat the following tongue twister, emphasizing the initial /g/ sounds:
Gus gets gourds from the garden.
Educator Tip: Guided and independent letter, sound, and word practice continues to take place in center activities. If desired, you can set up the literacy center immediately after the direct instruction and repeat instruction before children work in the literacy center identifying letters.
