The Letter "X"
by Nina Vuong
Duration: 30 minutes
Grade: Kindergarten
Subject Area: Language Arts
Objectives
By the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:
Recognize and trace the letter “X”
Recognize the sound “X” in a word (beginning, middle, end)
Find words with the letter “X”
Pre-school Competencies
Competency 1
To perform sensorimotor actions effectively in different contexts
Competency 4
To communicate using the resources of language
Cross-curricular competencies
Competency 1: To use information
Group size & Materials
Whole group
Marker, chart paper and story book
Professional Competencies
Competency 2
To communicate clearly in the language of instruction, both orally and in writing, using correct grammar, in various contexts related to teaching.
Introduction (5 mins)
Prior to this lesson, the students have discovered the letter X with the “Jolly Phonics” program. They also worked on a worksheet.
Revisit what students remember from the last lesson:
What was the new letter that you worked on last time?
What were the words starting with the letter X?
X-ray and xylophone
What were you doing when you sang the letter X song?
Taking an X-ray picture
Do you remember what an X-ray machine does?
I will now introduce the story to the students.
Development (20 mins)
Students will now listen carefully to the story.
Say: “Boys and girls, I was preparing this lesson to teach you about the letter X, but I couldn’t find words starting with the letter X.”
Say that you found a story about the letter X and need their help to find words with the X sound.
To be able to help, they need to listen very carefully and identify the words in their head.
At the end of the story, we will identify and write the words with the X sound on the chart paper:
X-ray, xylophone, exciting, examine, exactly, excellent, etc.
They can also think about words ending with X, such as box, ox, fox, etc.
If you have students who have the “X” sound in their names: Alexi and Alexandra. Ask students who are they.
As students identify the words, repeat the words all together.
Closure activity (5 mins)
Now that they have identified all the words, make them move!
First, ask the students to trace an X in the air by using their fingers. Then, ask:
How can you represent the letter X using your fingers/arms/whole body?
They will now play a little game. They have to represent an “X” as you say “finger”, “arms” or “body”. As students become more and more comfortable, they will have to perform faster the different ways.
Assessment
While completing the chart paper, are students able to identify words with the X sound? Are they able to identify if it is at the beginning, middle or end?
Are students able to trace the letter X with their fingers?
Adaptation
Since the lesson requires students to be sitting and listening, the closure activity and the chart paper activity can be switched if students need to move a bit.
To print the lesson, click on the link below:
Duration: 30 minutes
Grade: Kindergarten
Subject Area: Language Arts
Objectives
By the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:
Recognize and trace the letter “X”
Recognize the sound “X” in a word (beginning, middle, end)
Find words with the letter “X”
Pre-school Competencies
Competency 1
To perform sensorimotor actions effectively in different contexts
Competency 4
To communicate using the resources of language
Cross-curricular competencies
Competency 1: To use information
Group size & Materials
Whole group
Marker, chart paper and story book
Professional Competencies
Competency 2
To communicate clearly in the language of instruction, both orally and in writing, using correct grammar, in various contexts related to teaching.
Introduction (5 mins)
Prior to this lesson, the students have discovered the letter X with the “Jolly Phonics” program. They also worked on a worksheet.
Revisit what students remember from the last lesson:
What was the new letter that you worked on last time?
What were the words starting with the letter X?
X-ray and xylophone
What were you doing when you sang the letter X song?
Taking an X-ray picture
Do you remember what an X-ray machine does?
I will now introduce the story to the students.
Development (20 mins)
Students will now listen carefully to the story.
Say: “Boys and girls, I was preparing this lesson to teach you about the letter X, but I couldn’t find words starting with the letter X.”
Say that you found a story about the letter X and need their help to find words with the X sound.
To be able to help, they need to listen very carefully and identify the words in their head.
At the end of the story, we will identify and write the words with the X sound on the chart paper:
X-ray, xylophone, exciting, examine, exactly, excellent, etc.
They can also think about words ending with X, such as box, ox, fox, etc.
If you have students who have the “X” sound in their names: Alexi and Alexandra. Ask students who are they.
As students identify the words, repeat the words all together.
Closure activity (5 mins)
Now that they have identified all the words, make them move!
First, ask the students to trace an X in the air by using their fingers. Then, ask:
How can you represent the letter X using your fingers/arms/whole body?
They will now play a little game. They have to represent an “X” as you say “finger”, “arms” or “body”. As students become more and more comfortable, they will have to perform faster the different ways.
Assessment
While completing the chart paper, are students able to identify words with the X sound? Are they able to identify if it is at the beginning, middle or end?
Are students able to trace the letter X with their fingers?
Adaptation
Since the lesson requires students to be sitting and listening, the closure activity and the chart paper activity can be switched if students need to move a bit.
To print the lesson, click on the link below:
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