Read, Read, Read!

Get your students ready for reading using this fun phonemic awareness lesson plan focused on the letter M!

Need extra help for EL students? Try the Starting to Read pre-lesson.

Grades:

Pre-K

Kindergarten

View aligned standards

RF.K.3.a

Need extra help for EL students? Try the Starting to Read pre-lesson.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify the m sound phonetically and written as the letter M. Students will be able to choose objects that start with the m sound.

Introduction

(2 minutes)

Call students together.
Display the cover of the text Millie Waits for the Mail to the class. Ask the students to identify the animals in the picture (cow, chickens).
Say, “Today we are going to read a book about a cow named Millie. What sound do you hear in the beginning of her name? Let’s all say it together: mmm, Millie. This is the sound the letter M makes.”

Beginning

Preview the read-aloud by going on a picture walk.
Provide visuals of different farm animals and share their names in both English and student home language (L1) if possible.

Intermediate

Provide students visuals of different farm animals and have them pair share with a peer what they notice about the animals.