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MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation: Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Watch Together: “Vowelles and Johnny Consonanti: ‘u’ from ‘up’” (BTL clip)
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ELA Focus Skills: Letter Recognition, Phonological Awareness (Beginning Sounds), Word Recognition
Tell children that they are going to watch the Between the Lions video clip “Vowelles and Johnny Consonanti: ‘u’ from ‘up’” about the word up. Ask, What letter sound does the word up begin with?
- Show the video clip.
- Help children understand that the singers use the sound of the word up to make music.
- Play the video again and invite children to sing along with the Vowelles as they sing the word up.
