TITLE : The Vowel Slide

SUBMITTED BY : Janice Harrison

SUBJECT AREA CONTENT : Language Arts

GRADE LEVEL : K-1

OBJECTIVES :

Students will learn that every word must have a vowel.

Students will also learn how to blend three letters into a word.

PROCEDURES:

Ask the students to name the vowel letters. (a,e,i,o,u) Ask students if they have ever felt afraid to go down a sliding board. Tell them that all the vowels are afraid to go down the slide alone. Well, along come two friends. (Pick two consonants that you have studied.) For example, c and t come along and decide to help a go down the slide. C tells a that they will go up the slide together. T waits at the bottom of the slide to catch them. As c and a go up the slide they say their sound /ca/ /ca/ /ca/ as they go up each step on the slide. Draw out the sound as they slide down and add the t sound as t catches them. Someone is sure to yell out "CAT!!!" Pick new letters and repeat the story.

MATERIALS :

Draw a large slide on the chalkboard.

Also needed, alphabet cards, large enough for the group to see easily.

Other Reinforcement Resources:

  Lesson Plans :

ESL Teacher Connection - provides an open forum in which teachers of English as a Second Language can share their own successful class activities and lesson plans with other teachers.

TESL : Teaching English as a Second Language - lesson plans and other resources for the busy ESL/EFL teacher.

AskERIC Lesson Plans

Language Learning Software/Educational Software :

Deixis Software - interactive mutimedia software for learning English as a second or foreign language.
Kids Domain - contains many educational software which can be downloaded.