Hop to the Sound

Phoneme Awareness Procedure 1. Tell children that you are going to say some words and their task is to determine whether they hear a target vowel sound in the middle of the word . Provide several examples . 2. Sing the lyrics on the next page to the tune of “Skip to My Lou .” The melody can be found on the internet . Alternatively, you can chant the lyrics . Prompt children to sing the first three lines with you . 3. After singing, say several words . Tell children to hop if the word contains the medial vowel you identified . 4. Repeat the song with additional words . 5. Use different targets with different verses as appropriate . Differentiate or Extend ▲ Stretch the medial sound if children need support . Vowels are continuants and can be stretched without distortion . ▲ Use the activity to target initial or final sounds . Letter Connection ▲ Display the letter corresponding to the target vowel sound . Hold it up when the word contains the target sound and children hop . Face it away from the children when the target vowel is not heard and children remain still . Hop to the Sound Objective Students will identify medial phonemes in words . Overview The teacher asks children to hop when they hear a target sound in the medial position in a word . The teacher provides words after singing new lyrics to “Skip to My Lou” with the children . Materials letter cards (optional) School-Home Connection Provide children with a list of words, clearly labeling those that do and those that do not have the target vowel sound in the medial position . Ask them to teach their families the song . Adults should say the words on the list, and everyone hops when a word contains the vowel sound . Encourage families to add more words to the list, and share them with the class . sample sample 186

Phoneme Awareness

Sample Words Target Medial Vowel

Words with the Target Medial Vowel (underlined) and Words Without

/ă/ bat, cat, run, ship, man, swim, nap, hand, chin, dog, mail, dad /ā/ list, rain, mail, sand, book, home, cane, fade, shape, mom, tame /ĕ/ nest, fox, rest, mess, red, bath, men, look, green, wet, stop, red /ē/ seed, toad, feet, bus, leash, heat, dog, run, mean, seat, jump /ĭ/ ran, dog, big, mist, pig, cat, fit, mitt, house, box, door, fish /ī/ hop, fight, sit, hide, hum, ride, drip, book, dig, bite, fine, not /ŏ/ hot, book, wag, mop, bed, pop, kid, job, van, web, fox, lock /ō/ nod, pig, pan, bone, road, ran, soap, home, phone, hen, goat /ŭ/ bug, boat, tough, rough, shake, sat, cut, duck, ham, desk /oo/ moon, hot, ride, gone, spoon, tap, cool, hoot, lute, soap, stoop Additional words are provided in Lists E, G, H, and I in the Word Lists section in the Appendix. Hop to the Sound (cont.)

Hop to the Sound

Hop, hop, hop to the sound. Hop, hop, hop to the sound. Hop, hop, hop to the sound. Hop when you hear the /ī/ sound.

Teacher says: Lime! (children hop) Kite! (children hop) Cat! (children remain still) Night! (children hop) sample Frog! (children remain still)