Miss Lindsey's

 

Materials:

• Picture of the Letter L

  • https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-illustration-little-boy-licking-lollipop-cartoon-illustration-his-tongue-very-large-luckily-image49971045

• Chart with tongue tickler “Leo licked the lemon lollipop by the lake.”

• Primary Paper (1 piece per student)

• Pencils (1 pencil per student)

• Word Cards with LAW, LAMP, LEND, and LAP

• Assessment Worksheet

  • http://twistynoodle.com/fill-in-the-missing-letter-l-worksheet/

• Book: Lil, Sal, and Bill by Veronica Angel

 

Procedures:

1. Say: Our written language is a secret code. It can be tricky at times because we may not know what letters stand for- the mouth moves as we say words. Today we are going to work on spotting the mouth move /l/. When we spell /l/ we spell it with the letter L. L looks a man sitting down, with his back straight and tall.

2. Now let’s practice making the noise you make when you lick a lollipop - /l/, /l/, /l/. The /l/ sound is made by placing the tip of your tongue just behind your front teeth. That small bump or ridge behind your teeth is the place they should try to hit. Also, it is important to use your voice to make the sound and allow the air to pass around your tongue and out through their mouth. Every time we make the /l/ sound we are going to make a licking motion with a lollipop in your hand.

3. Now I am going to show you how to find /l/ in the word law. I will stretch the word out slowly and I want you to listen for my licking lolli sound. lllllll-aaaa-www. I will try it slower: lllllllllll-aaaaaaa-wwwwww. I could feel my tongue touching my teeth at the beginning of the word.

4. Say: let’s try the tongue tickler that is on the poster: “Leo licked the lemon lollipop by the lake.” Let’s say it together. Now stretch out the /l/ at the beginning of every word. “Lllllleo lllllllicked the llllllemon lllllllollipop by the llllllake.” This time we are going to break it off in the beginning of the word: “/L/eo /l/icked the /l/emon /l/ollipop by the /l/ake”.

5. I am going to saw two words to you and I want you to tell me which one you hear /l/ in. Do you hear /l/ in lit or pit? lot or pot? lack or sack? Now let’s see if you can recognize the motion of /l/. When you see /l/ make your licking lollipop motion, if you do not hear /l/ then put your hands in your lap: lay, lap, bing, pump, lick, feed, lach.

6. Pass out primary paper and a pencil to the students. “We use L to spell /l/. Let’s practice writing a capital l. First, you will draw a line from the rooftop to the sidewalk then a little to the right of where you just stopped.” I will then model this on a whiteboard and ask them to write uppercase L, ten times. While they are doing this, I will walk around to see if any are having trouble with it. Once they are finished I will say “now let’s try a lowercase l. To make a lowercase l all you need to do is make a like from the roof to the sidewalk!” I will model this again on the whiteboard. “Now let’s practice the lowercase l ten times.” I will walk around again to see if anyone needs any help.

7. We are going to read our letter /l/ book, Lil, Sal, and Bill. Book talk: “ Lil, Sal, and Bill are best friends. Lil and Sal like to play with balls. They love them so much, but when it’s time to clean up they have trouble putting them away. They cannot put the lid on the bin! What will they do? Can their other friend Bill help out? Let’s read the rest of the book to find out!”

8. Show LEND and show the students how to decide if it is lend or bend: The L tells me to make my licking lolli sound; /l/, /l/, /l/. So this word is lllll-end, lend. Now I want you to try some: LAW: saw or law? LAMP: lamp or damp? LAP: rap or lap?

9. To assess the students on l=/l/, I will pass out the worksheet. Have the students color each picture of the object that begins with l. Then have students write L in front of the words that have an L in the beginning. Walk around and help the students who have not grasped l=/l/. Call students individually to read the phonetic cue words from step #8.

 

References:

https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-illustration-little-boy-licking-lollipop-cartoon-illustration-his-tongue-very-large-luckily-image49971045

 

https://www.themeasuredmom.com/letter-l/

 

https://www.speechbuddy.com/blog/speech-therapy-techniques/teach-your-child-to-say-the-l-sound/

 

http://twistynoodle.com/fill-in-the-missing-letter-l-worksheet/

 

 

Adapted from Morgan Tedder's "Silly, slithering snakes"

http://morgan12bhs.wixsite.com/misstedder/emergent-literacy

 

 

Angel, V., & Volke, F. (n.d.). Lil, Sal, and Bill. Retrieved from https://www.readinga-z.com/book/decodable.php?id=23

 

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