I Like to Shuffle Along in My Shiny Shoes Beginning Reading
Lesson Plan Brittany Anne Hanie Rationale: In order to read and
spell words it is important that children can identify letters
and their phonemes. It has been shown that letter knowledge is
one of the best predictors of reading success. This letter will
introduce the letters s and h, the sound than corresponds with
these letters when combined (sh), and the mouth movements for
the combination of the two letters. Materials: Primary paper,
pencil, chart with "Shelby and Shawn like to shuffle in their
shiny shoes."; letterboxes for each student with small letters
needed for the lesson; One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (by:
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books, © 1960); dry/erase board; marker
1. “Today we are going to talk about the letters s and h. We are
going to practice these letters together. Who knows what sound s
makes? What about h? When we put those two letters together it
makes a sound that is a little bit different. This sound is
ssshhhh. Can eve