/I/ /I/ Matey!
Beginning Reading Design
By Tyler Felmet
Rationale: This lesson teaches children about the long vowel correspondence i_e=/I/. Children must learn to decode (to recognize spelling maps as pronunciations of words) to learn to read. In this lesson, children will learn to recognize, spell, and read words containing the spelling i_e. They will learn a meaningful representation of a pirate saying, “Aye Aye Matey!” They will spell and read words in a letterbox lesson, and they will read a decodable text with the correspondence i_e=/I/.
Materials: Graphic image of a pirate with an eye patch, digital Elkonin boxes (for modeling), individual Elkonin letterboxes, letter tiles and smartboard letters: i, e, l, n, b, k, s, t ,m ,d, p, c, k, r, list of spelling words: 2 phonemes: it/3 phonemes: line, bike, sit/4 phonemes: smile, slide/5 phonemes: stripe/6 phonemes: script/Pseudoword: krite, decodable text Kite Day at Pine Lake, and assessment worksheet.
Procedures:
1. Say: Today, we are going to continue learning the secret code of spelling and pronouncing words. We’ve learned that the letter i can say /i/, but i can also say /I/. When there is a silent e at the end of the word, i says its name, /I/. The sound /I/ makes me think of a pirate. Cover your eyes like you’re wearing an eyepatch and say, “Aye Aye Matey!”
2. Say: Let’s practice listening for /I/ is some words. I’ll go first, then you’ll try. When I hear i say its name, I’m going to put on my eyepatch like pirates do. The first word is like. LIIIke. [Cover one eye] I hear that pirate sound! What about in lick? Liiick. Hmm.. No pirates there. Now you guys try it. I’m going to say a few words. If you hear the sound /I/, then put your eyepatch on and say, “AYE AYE MATEY!” hike, hit, pile, fill, strike.
3. Say: Now, let’s work on spelling words with i_e. Let me show you all how to spell the word stripe. “The tiger has black stripes.” First, I need to know how many phonemes are in stripe. I’ll stretch out the word and count. /s/ /t/ /r/ /I/ /p/. I counted 5 phonemes. I heard that pirate saying /I/ towards the end of the word, so I’m going to put it in the 4th box. The silent e goes outside of the 5th box. The first sound I heard was /s/, so I’ll put an s in the first box. Then, I hear /t/, so t goes after s. I also hear /r/, so there’s an r in the third box. We already have /I/ in the 4th box. There’s one more sound at the very end. /p/, so I need a p in the last box. Now, I’ll show you how to read this i_e word. I’ll start with the vowel. i_e= I. Now I’ll add the beginning. s-t-r-i_e. /strI/. Now, I’ll add the last sound, /strI-p/. Stripe!
4. Say: Now it’s your turn to spell words in letterboxes. We’ll start with 2 letterboxes for the word it. Like a spoiled child screaming, “I want it!” The second word is line, and you’ll need 3 letter boxes. “Stand quietly in line.” This is an i_e word. Listen for the pirate saying /I/, and don’t forget your silent e that goes outside the last letterbox. [Provide sentences for the rest of the words: bike, sit, smile, slide, stripe, script. Walk around the room and help students who might be having trouble.]
5. Say: Now, I'll show you how to read an i_e word. Let's look at the word bride. I'll start my looking at my vowel, i_e which says /I/. Then I'll add on the first part of that word, b and r say /br/. If I put that with the vowel, I have /brI/. Now I just have to add the end of the word. d says /d/. /brId/ Bride! Let’s read the words you all spelled. Everyone say them together. [Show the list of spelling words (it, line, bike, sit, smile, slide, stripe, script) and the pseudoword: krite.]
6. Say: Great job spelling and reading those i_e words! Now, let’s read a book called Nate's Bike Ride. Nate was lazy and did not want to go on a hike or ride bikes with Tim. Tim came up with a secret plan to get Nate off the couch. Will his plan work? Will Nate get up and do something fun with Tim? Let's find out! Find a partner to read with. You’ll each take turns reading a page, then we will reread the whole story together.
7. Say: Today, we have listened for the /I/ sound in words, spelled and read i_e words, and we read a fun story about friends riding bikes together. Now, I want you to work individually on this Long I mystery worksheet. You are going to read each sentence and write the i_e word that solves the mystery on the line.
Resources:
Assessment worksheet: Long I mysteries
Geri Murray, Oh, I Didn’t Know: https://murraba.wixsite.com/readinglessons/beginning-reading
"Nate's Bike Ride" from Murray, Bruce A., et al. Fun and Games with Lad and Slim. Geniebooks, 2019.
