Lesson Plan

Fun With the Short U Sound

Your students will have fun identifying pictures, reading, and grouping words with the initial and medial short 'u' sound.

Grade:

First Grade

View aligned standards

RF.1.2.a

RF.1.2.c

Get ready to have some fun with the short “u” sound in this lesson plan designed for first grade learners. First, children explore how the short “u” sound can appear at either the beginning of a word (such as “umbrella”) or the middle of a word (such as “bus”). Then learners will practice reading various short “u” words, matching them to their corresponding pictures, and identifying where in the word they hear the “u” sound. This letter-sound relationship is further explored as children complete two colorful worksheets featuring the short “u” sound.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to isolate the short 'u' sound.
Students will be able to identify words with the initial and medial short 'u' sound.

Introduction

(5 minutes)

Ask your students to say how many vowels there are in the alphabet.
Tell students to name the vowels.
Tell students that today we're going to learn about one of those five vowels.
Tell students that the vowel we will learn about today is 'u'.
Make the sound of the short 'u'.
Explain to students that that is the short sound of the vowel 'u'.
Say the sound of short 'u' three times and have your students repeat.
Have your students recite the following chant: "The 'u' says /u/; the 'u' says /u/; every letter makes a sound; the 'u' say /u/".