Rationale: 

• This lesson will help children identify /p/, the phoneme represented by P. Students will learn to recognize /p/ in spoken words by learning a sound analogy(popcorn popping) and the letter symbol P, practice finding /p/ in words, and apply phoneme awareness with /p/ in phonetic cue reading by distinguishing rhyming words from beginning letters. 

Materials: 

• Activity Worksheet: 

  • https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/phonics-beginningsounds/letter-p_WFMWZ.pdf?up=1466611200

• Colored Pencils or Crayons 

• Pencil 

• White Board 

• Dry Erase Marker 

• Picture of airpods 

• A

Procedures: 

1. Say “English language is a funny thing. There are may rules we cannot explain. The letter P is used in many words. It looks like an airpod if you look closely. When we say the letter P, like in the word popcorn our lips touch and we making a popping sound to say the letter P. Today we are going to work on learning to hear the sound of /p/ and 

2. Ask the classroom “what does the letter P sound like?” Write the letter P on the board to review or teach background knowledge. 

3. Say “Lets pretend we hear popcorn popping. Everyone say the word pop. Notice how your upper and lower lip touch each other and make a popping sound when pronouncing the word pop. It is from the letter P!” 

4. A fun thing to do is a tongue tickler. “Peter’s last name is Piper. Peter went picking. He went to find pickled peppers. Lets try our tongue ticker, Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Everyone try it three times. So many /p/ sounds!”

5. Now lets try an activity. “I am going to show you a list of words and ask you what they are by looking at the first letter. Ready?” Ask each word in t

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Pest

Rest or Pest? 

Race

Pace or Race? 

Pack

Rack or Pack? 

Rage

Page or Rage? 

1. Now look at the last letter and tell me what the word is? 

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Bleep

Blend or Bleep? 

Cap

Cat or Cap?

Limp

Lift or Limp?

Trip

Trop or Trip?

1. Students trace uppercase and lowercase P, then color the pictures that begin with P. Call on students individually to read the phonetic cue words from step 8.

   1. https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/phonics-beginningsounds/letter-p_WFMWZ.pdf?up=1466611200

   2. Link for activity/assessment sheet

Purpose of Activity: 

• The purpose of this activity is for students to understand how to pronounce /p/ and identify the letter in words. Students will be able to determine the letter P in the whole word by hearing the sound and looking at the visual. They will look at pictures and determine which ones start with the letter P and how to write the word on the worksheet given. 

Tongue Tickler: 

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 

Activity: 

Assessment: 

• Created own phonetic cue reading assessment 

• Worksheet 

Reference: 

• Lesson Plan Website

  • Ms. Hayes Peyton

  • Pop Pat’s Popcorn with “P”

  • https://hayespeyton1999.wixsite.com/mysite/emergent-literacy

• https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/phonics-beginningsounds/letter-p_WFMWZ.pdf?up=1466611200

  • Worksheet