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Lesson 39 the letter w

Reading EggsLesson sequence

TEACHContent and skills

PRACTISEChildren will:

APPLY

Hear:Animated Lesson

Introduce the sound /w/. identify /w/ sound in isolation. Worksheet 1Phonemic awareness

Write:Dot-to-Dot

Reinforce correct letter formation of lower case w.

write the letter w. Worksheet 2Handwriting

Find:Letter Grid, Mark Your Letter, Trains

Recognise w in upper and lower case.

locate lower case w and capital W.

Worksheet 3Initial sounds

Vocabulary:Blend a Word, Letter Book, Rhyming Squares, Label It, Rumble Jumble

Build vocabulary skills:Blend and recognise words. Identify rhyming words. Unjumble letters for a given word.

blend sounds to read words. Match pictures to words. Find images of rhyming words. Write a word from jumbled letters.

Worksheet 4Check

Read:Book

Read aloud book. listen, follow the reading and read along.

Reading Eggs Alphabet book w

Learning objectives

Children will:

• identify the sound w.• identify words that contain w.• recognise and write w and W.

Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions

Sound and letter knowledge

ACELA1439 listen to the sounds a student hears in the word, and write letters to represent those sounds; identify rhyme and syllables in spoken words; identify and manipulate sounds (phonemes) in spoken words

ACELA1440 identify familiar and recurring letters and the use of upper and lower case in written texts

Creating texts

ACELY1653 follow clear demonstrations of how to construct each letter, learn to construct lower case letters

Expressing and developing ideas

ACELA1758 recognise the most common sound made by each letter of the alphabet, including consonants and short vowel sounds; write consonant-vowel-consonant words by writing letters to represent the sounds in the spoken words

Vocabulary words

wet, wing, web, whale, worm, water, windmill, wax, whistle, wand, woman

ESL/ELL

Many students who speak another language will confuse the sounds /w/ and /v/, as well as the graphemes w and v because w is uncommon in their home language. Give them lots of practise writing the letter, as well as identifying it in speech. Use pairs of words to differentiate: wet and vet, went and vent and so on.

Extra assistance

To help with pronunciation show students how to form the letters w and v. W is formed with lips rounded in a pout then relaxed. V is formed with top teeth resting on bottom lip then pulling away.

Classroom activities

Which Hat?

Place three hats on the floor with the labels w, v and f. Discuss the sounds. Have a pile of objects or pictures of objects that start with w, v and f. Each student chooses one and works out which hat it must go in. Discuss their choice with the class.

Flashcard Snap

Have two sets of cards for the letters of the alphabet. Shuffle and deal between two players. Keep cards face down. Players take turns to put a card from their pile onto a central pile, sounding out the letter they turn over. If the two cards on top are the same, the players shout SNAP! The first to do so takes the central pile. Play continues until one player runs out of cards.

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Phonemic awarenessLesson 39 • Worksheet 1Ww

2 JointhewthingstoWheelywhale.

3 Colourthewwhales.

1Matcheachlettertoapicture.

w

w

s

r

w

wt

wv

mw

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Lesson 39 • Worksheet 2

Handwriting

Name

1DrawwavesforWheelywhale.

2Trace.

Ww

Circleyourbest

letter.

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Initial soundsLesson 39 • Worksheet 3Ww1 Addwandthensaytheword.

2 Drawsomewhiskersonthewolf.

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in

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hale

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w

Awolfwithwhiskers.

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Lesson 39 • Worksheet 4

Check

Name Ww

hale

1 Traceandwrite.

2 CircleeveryW. Circleeveryw.

WA

T

vWW

HI

EW

wu

w

vww

no

wr

3 Colourthewordsinthewebthatbeginwithw.

Howmany?____ Howmany?____

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Activity 4Draw the weather today. Is it windy? Is it wet?

I know words that start with w.

Activity 3Find the answer.Which w word is made by a spider?Which w word would you find in the garden?Which w word would you find in the sea?I know words that start with w.

Activity 2Make a w with your fingers for each w word.I counted ____ w words.

Activity 1Draw a worm each time you read the book.I read w _____ times!

the letter w

w Draw Trace Writewhale

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web•

worm•

whistle

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wand•

windmill

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woman• •

LESSON 39

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