Kindergarten lesson plans for identifying middle vowel sounds in CVC words

📚 Kindergarten Lesson Plan: Middle Vowel Sounds in CVC Words

This lesson plan focuses on helping kindergarten students identify and pronounce the middle vowel sounds in CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. It incorporates various engaging activities to cater to different learning styles.

🎯 Objectives

• 👂 Auditory Discrimination: Students will be able to distinguish different vowel sounds in spoken CVC words.
• 👁️ Visual Recognition: Students will be able to identify the correct vowel when presented with written CVC words.
• 🗣️ Pronunciation: Students will be able to correctly pronounce CVC words with different middle vowel sounds.

🍎 Materials

• 🖼️ Flashcards: CVC word flashcards (e.g., cat, bed, pig, hot, cup).
• 📝 Worksheets: Worksheets with CVC words and blanks for middle vowels.
• 🎲 Dice: Dice with vowels (a, e, i, o, u) on each side.
• 🖍️ Markers/Crayons: For completing worksheets.
• 🔊 Audio Player: With recordings of CVC words.

🔥 Warm-up (5 minutes)

• 🗣️ Sound Review: Quickly review the sounds of each vowel (a, e, i, o, u).
• 🎤 Chant: Do a simple vowel sound chant (e.g., "A says /ă/, E says /ĕ/...").

✏️ Main Instruction (20 minutes)

• 🗣️ Introduction: Explain what CVC words are and emphasize the importance of the middle vowel sound.
• 👂 Auditory Activity:
  • 🔊 Play recordings of CVC words and have students identify the middle vowel sound.
  • 🖐️ Use hand signals (e.g., raising one finger for /ă/, two for /ĕ/, etc.) to indicate the vowel sound.
• 👁️ Visual Activity:
  • 🖼️ Show CVC word flashcards and have students say the word aloud, emphasizing the middle vowel.
  • ✍️ Have students write the missing middle vowel on worksheets.
• 🎲 Interactive Game:
  • 🎲 Divide students into small groups.
  • 🎲 Have each group roll the vowel dice and then think of a CVC word with that middle vowel sound.
  • 🏆 Award points for correct answers.

📝 Assessment (10 minutes)

• ✍️ Worksheet Activity: Distribute a worksheet with pictures of CVC words and have students fill in the missing middle vowel.
• 🗣️ Verbal Assessment: Call out CVC words and have students verbally identify the middle vowel sound.