Lesson 25 the letter j

Learning objectives ESL/ELL

Children will: Students who speak Spanish may pronounce the
• identify the sound j. sound /j/ as /y/, saying yam instead of jam. Give them
• identify words that contain j. opportunities to hear the difference. Ask students to
• recognize and write j and J. raise their hand when they hear a /j/ sound. Then say
various words, enunciating clearly: juice, yellow, jelly,
Common Core State Standards yard, and so on.
Reading Extra assistance
Print Concepts:
For practice with pronunciation, give the students
RF.K.1.B Recognize that spoken words are represented
in written language by specific sequences of letters. tongue twisters to try:
RF.K.1.D Recognize and name all upper- and Jack jumped the jar of jellybeans.
lowercase letters of the alphabet. The jar of jam was juggled jealously.
Phonics and Word Recognition:
RF.K.3.A Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one
Classroom activities
letter-sound correspondences by producing the Collage
primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds Provide the students with a piece of paper that has a
for each consonant.
large j in the middle:
Language
• trace over the j with a pencil.
Conventions of Standard English:
• find things starting with j in an old magazine, cut
L.K.1.A Print many upper- and lowercase letters.
out and glue around the j on the paper to create
L.K.2.C Write a letter or letters for most consonant
a collage.
and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
Find the Letter
Sight words Give each student 3 cards with the letters j, d and v.
see, you, the, can Say a word and ask students to listen to the initial
sound. They should hold up the card which makes
Vocabulary words that initial sound. Use clear, easily recognizable
jeep, jewel, jet, jelly, jug, jungle, jacket, jam, jar, words such as:
jeans, jellybeans, juice, jump, juggle jam dog van jump duck vet

Reading Eggs TEACH PRACTICE APPLY

Lesson sequence Content and skills Children will:
Hear: Introduce the sound /j/ through identify and read /j/ sound in Worksheet 1
Animated Lesson words and the song Jazzy J. isolation and in words. Phonemic awareness

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

Dot-to-Dot formation of lowercase j. Handwriting
Find: Recognize j in upper- and locate lowercase j and capital Worksheet 3
Letter Grid, Frog Hops, lowercase. Identify a given word. J. Find the given word in a Initial sounds
Golden Goose, Fishing Boats group. Match word to picture.
Vocabulary: Build vocabulary skills: match words and pictures. Worksheet 4
Letter Book, Label It, Missing Match pictures to words. Choose the correct initial letter Check
Sound Identify the correct onset letter to match the word to the
to complete the word. picture.
Read: Read aloud book. listen, follow the reading and Reading Eggs Alphabet book
Book read along. j

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Lesson 25 • Worksheet 1
Name

Phonemic awareness

1 Color the pictures that begin with j.

2 Match each letter to a picture.

j
b
j
c
i
3 Circle every J. Circle every j.

J I J G C j j j g j
J L Y J J i y j j b
How many? ____ How many? ____
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Name

Handwriting
Jj
Lesson 25 • Worksheet 2
1 Trace the
dotted lines.

2 Trace and write.

Circle
your best
letter.

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Lesson 25 • Worksheet 3
Name

Initial sounds

1 Add j and read the word.

j et eans

ar ug

ellybeans uggle

ewel ump
2 How many types of jam can you name?

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Name

Check
Jj
Lesson 25 • Worksheet 4
1 Circle the beginning sound.

p d j v z d

h r v f m n
2 Trace each letter and match to a picture.

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LESSON 25 the letter j

jjj
j Draw Trace Write
jet

jjj
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jacket

jjj
• •
jeans

jjj
•
jar

jjj
•
jam

jjj
•
jump

jjj
•
juggle
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Activity 1 Activity 2
Write a j each time you read the book. Clap each j word as you read.
I read j _____ times!
I counted _____ j words.
Activity 3
Find the answer. Activity 4
Which j word can you eat? Find two things that start
Which j words can you wear? with j in the pantry.
Which j word can you travel in? I can read the letter j!
I know words that start with j.
Able to read independently
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Needs assistance to read