1. Phonemic Awareness
Christy Jorgensen
ELED 3040
Fall 2013

2. Lesson Overview
Subject: Phonemic Awareness – Initial Sounds
Grade 1
Teacher Objective: TWW will distinguish words that
have the same initial target sound in a set of spoken
words.
Student Objective: TLW orally match initial target
sounds of letter /t/ with 90% accuracy.

3. Review
TTW will lead class in reviewing “Act Out the
Alphabet” song to refresh memory of the sounds
each letter in the alphabet makes.

4. Overview
Purpose/Importance: To prepare students for phonics, reading,
and writing with the hope of creating life-long readers and
writers.
Continuity:
– Past – Students worked on learning the sounds each letter in the alphabet
makes.
– Present – Students will distinguish and emphasis the initial sound the letter
/t/makes.
– Future – Students will begin to recognize middle and ending sounds.
• Objective: The learner will begin to recognize which words have
the same beginning sound from a set of spoken words.

5. •HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=NTAMLA25G70
Motivation –
•Watch video of the “Letter T”.
• Repeat video and have students sing along. Students will stress
the letter /t/ sound.

6. PROCEDURES
TTW be introducing the “T” Sound train on the board with the cars
in a line. TWW show and place the picture cards on the board and
have students repeat the names of each card, stressing the initial
sound. TTW have students come to the board, selecting an object,
naming the object and say the initial sound. TLW determine if initial
sound matches the /t/ target sound. If it matches, TLW place object
on a train car. If object does not match, TLW will place card on
platform. Repeat until all students have had a turn.

7. SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY
TTW have students break into pairs to play “Go Fish” game. Give
each group a set of “Go Fish” game picture cards. Mix picture cards
and separate into three equal stacks. Each student gets one stack
and the rest go into the pond. TTW model the game by playing
along with one student. TTW asks student “Do you have a picture
that begins with /t/? TLW will say yes and give the correct picture
card or will say “Go fish for a match!”. TTW select from the pond if
necessary. TLWs will continue game until all cards are matched.

8. CLOSURE
TTW asks students to look around the room for objects in the
classroom that begin with the letter /t/ sound.
“What things do you see in our classroom that begins with the /t/
sound?”
“Can you name the sound some other objects in the classroom
begin with? How about my desk? Can you guess what letter “desk”
begins with?”

9. Homework – Students will make a letter “T” collage of pictures
from magazines of five items that begin with the letter “T”.
Early Finishers – Complete
attached worksheet focusing on
beginning sounds of letter “T” and
writing upper and lowercase letter
“T”.
Enrichment - Student will sort
picture cards from “Go Fish”
according to final sound.
Remediation – Later in the day,
remediation students will repeat “T”
Sound Train activity in small group
setting with paraprofessional
• Reading Disability – TTW help
students to say and listen to each
card, giving special attention to
beginning sound. TWW will work
with student on “Go Fish” game.
• ELA – Assist ELA students in
pronouncing the picture words
clearly. Have them listen to the word
and beginning sound, as they also
attend to how their lips and tongue
are working as the word is
pronounced. Should pronunciations
of some words be difficult for
student, accept approximations.