Lesson 2 the letter s

Learning objectives
Children will:
• identify the sound s.
• identify words that begin with s.
• recognize and write s and S.
Common Core State Standards
Reading
Print Concepts:
RF.K.1.B Recognize that spoken words are
represented in written language by specific
sequences of letters.
RF.K.1.D Recognize and name all upper- and
lowercase letters of the alphabet.
Phonics and Word Recognition:
RF.K.3.A Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-
one letter-sound correspondences by producing
the primary sound or many of the most frequent
sounds for each consonant.
Language
Conventions of Standard English:
L.K.1.A Print many upper- and lowercase letters.
L.K.2.C Write a letter or letters for most consonant
and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
Vocabulary words
sock, seven, sat, sing, soap, see, six, seed, sandwich,
spaghetti, spoon, stand, stamp, snail, sun,
strawberry, snake, sleep, slip, ship, saw, said
ESL/ELL
In Spanish, s is always preceded or followed by a
vowel, so some students may put an /e/ sound at the
front of words starting with an s blend, eg stomp
may become es-tomp. They will need to practice
correct pronunciation of English s blend words.
Extra assistance
The sounds for s and z can be confusing as they
sound similar as well as looking very similar. Give
students opportunities to differentiate between the
two aurally.
Classroom activities
Decorate the Letters
Provide the students with a piece of paper that has
many different forms of the letter s on it – some
dotted, some in bubble writing, some solid letters, a
couple of capitals.
• trace over the dotted letters with different
colored pencils, textas or crayons
• glue collage materials such as paper bits, leaves or
wool to the solid letters
• color in the bubble letters with dots, stripes or
shapes
Which Hat?
Place two hats on the floor with the labels m and s.
Discuss the sounds. Have a pile of objects or pictures
of objects that start with m and s. Each student
chooses one and works out which hat it must go in.
Discuss their choice with the class.

Reading Eggs TEACH PRACTICE APPLY

Lesson sequence Content and skills Children will:
Hear: Introduce the sound /s/ identify and read /s/ sound Worksheet 1
Animated Lesson through words and the in isolation and as an initial Phonemic awareness
song Sam’s Scare. sound in words.

Write: Reinforce correct letter write the letter s. Worksheet 2

Dot-to-Dot formation of lowercase. Handwriting

Find: Recognize s in different fonts locate lowercase s and Worksheet 3

Letter Grid, Birds and Mark in both upper- and lowercase. uppercase/capital S. Initial sounds
Your Letter

Vocabulary: Build vocabulary skills: understand key vocabulary Worksheet 4

Letter Book and Label It Match pictures to spoken and and apply it in reading. Check
written words.

Read: Read aloud book. listen, follow the reading and Reading Eggs Alphabet book
Book read along. s

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Name

Phonemic awareness

s
Lesson 2 • Worksheet 1

Circle the thing in each row that begins with s. Color them.

s
s
s
s
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Name

Handwriting
Lesson 2 • Worksheet 2

1 Follow Sunny snail’s trails.

snake
2 Trace and write.

Circle
your best
letter.

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Name

Initial sounds
Lesson 2 • Worksheet 3

1 Add s. Read the word. Hello I’m

Sam!

s un ock

ix andwich

nake nail

tar poon
2 Draw six socks.

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Name

Check
Lesson 2 • Worksheet 4
1 Color things that begin with s.

2 Circle every S. Circle every s.

S C t C S s s d c s
T S G S U a r b s y
How many? ____ How many? ____

s
3 Write the letter s.

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s ss
s Draw Trace Write
spoon

s ss
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sun

s ss
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snail

s ss
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sock

s ss
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snake

s ss
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six

s ss
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star
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Activity 1 Activity 2
Write an s each time you read the book. Draw an s with your finger
each time you hear the letter.
I read s _____ times!
I counted _____ s words.

Activity 3 Activity 4
Draw something you can eat that Make the letter s using playdough.
starts with s.
I can read the letter s!
I know words that start with s.
Able to read independently
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Needs assistance to read