Ldc-12 Language Development Essay

Class: Pre-Kindergarten (4-Year Old Classroom)

Unit: Language Development (Alphabet Word and Picture Match)

Teacher: Ms. Zarie Baker

Objectives:

1. Students will follow simple multistep directions with visual cues if needed. LDC-1m

2. Students will talk to themselves and others about what they are “working on,” what they are doing, routines, and events of the day. LDC-5d

3.With prompting and support, students will use books and other media that communicate information to learn about the world by looking at pictures, asking questions, and talking about the information. LDC-9j

4. Students will associate sounds with the letters at the beginning of some words, such as awareness that two words begin with the same letter and the same sound. LDC-12i

LDC-9: Children comprehend and use information presented in books and other print media. LDC-12: Children begin to develop knowledge of the alphabet and the alphabetic principle.

Materials:

Alphabet Picture Board

Word Cutouts

Duration: 10 minutes lesson on language development (15 minutes for children to complete match board

Anticipatory Set:

Hi class, today’s lesson is all about language development. How many of you know what language development is? Raise your hand to answer.

(Allow children to answer.)

It’s how we speak.

Good answer, it does relate to how we speak. Can anyone tell me how speech is created?

No, I don’t know.

Speech is created when we combined letters and sounds to make words. We then create sentences with the words and that’s how we communicate with one another.

Teaching Input:

The teacher will provide information through lecture and by demonstration.

(Alphabet Matching Activity)

Today we are going to do to an activity using our alphabet. Who can recite their ABCs?

(Hold your hands in the air to prompt children to do the same.)

Allow children to answer.

I can!

As a group, let’s say our ABCs. Altogether

Step 3: Each student takes turns matching one word with the correct picture on the chart.

Step 4: Repeat step 3 until the chart is complete.

Step 5: Review chart with the teacher after completion to make sure the words and pictures are correctly match.

Step 6: Aloud say each word with the picture.

The teacher will repeat the steps with the second group of children.

Closure:

The teacher will briefly review the lesson by going over all key points about language development.

Independent Practice:

This activity will be done in class at the writing center. There will be 3 students and 1 teacher in the center. Only 1 student will be allowed to match each word with a picture. The other 2 students will stand on opposite sides of the student awaiting their turn. The rest of the class will be interacting in other learning centers.

Modifications:

Child with Dyslexia - The teacher will assist the child in identifying each letter on the alphabet chart focusing more on letters that they struggle with. Instead of 3 students in a group, the group could be reduced to 2 for more student-teacher interaction. The student will try to complete the chart with the assistance from the teacher, when