- small bag
- objects that begin with the /j/ sound; a few objects that begin with other letter sounds
- sound
MA Standards:
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:
Language Development/Receptive Language Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
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 8 Listen to, identify, and manipulate language sounds to develop auditory discrimination and phonemic awareness.
Learn About Letter Sounds Together: Bag of Sounds (/j/)
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ELA Focus Skills: Phonological Awareness (Beginning Sounds)
Show children a bag filled with objects that begin with the /j/ sound. Ask a child to pull an object from the bag and name it. Repeat the word, emphasizing the beginning /j/ sound. Ask, What sound does the word jug begin with? Repeat the process with the other objects.
As an alternative you may include in the bag objects that begin with different sounds children have learned during the year so far. After children name the object, ask, Does cat begin with the /j/ sound? What sound does it begin with?
English Language Learners: If English Language Learners are having trouble with the /j/ sound, partner them with native English speakers and have them practice together saying the words jug, jolly, and jelly.