- labeled picture of a van
MA Standards:
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).
Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.2.c: Identify the initial sound of a spoken word and, with guidance and support, generate several other words that have the same initial sound.
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.
Literacy Knowledge/Phonological Awareness: Identifies and discriminates between sounds and phonemes in language, such as attention to beginning and ending sounds of words and recognition that different words begin or end with the same sound.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 7: Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 8: Listen to, identify, and manipulate language sounds to develop auditory discrimination and phonemic awareness.
Watch Together: “Words Beginning with ‘v’” (BTL clip)
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ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing, Phonological Awareness (Beginning Sounds), Vocabulary
Hold up a picture of a van, point to the word, and have children say the word with you: Van. Say, The word van begins with the /v/ sound. Repeat the word, emphasizing the beginning /v/ sound. Tell children they are going to watch a video, and have them listen for more words that begin with the /v/ sound.
Play the Between the Lions video “Words Beginning with ‘v’” for children. Talk about the /v/ words. Say the following words/phrases and have children repeat them: violin, vest, vacuum cleaner, vase, volcano, and video games. Ask, Did you hear the /v/ sound at the beginning of each word/phrase?
Play the video again and have children repeat the words with the children on the video. Then invite children to name other words that begin with /v/.
Educator Tip: Guided and independent Letter, Sound, and Word practice continues to take place in center activities. It is helpful to set up the literacy center immediately after the direct instruction and repeat instruction before children work in the literacy center identifying letters.
Adaptation: If children have difficulty thinking of other words that start with /v/, allow them to look at ABC books for ideas.
