Climbing Cat's Word Adventure: A Structured Literacy Lesson with Superspace
Learning Objectives:
Students will identify and articulate individual phonemes in simple CVC words (ex: cat, mat, sat).
Students will connect sounds to graphemes using felt letters (explicit phoneme-grapheme correspondence).
Students will blend sounds orally to form simple words.
Students will engage in sensory-rich, vertical play that supports fine motor skills, balance, and focus.
Students will demonstrate comprehension by sequencing story events and illustrating them.
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Foundational Reading Skills
Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
HOW DOES THIS LESSON ADDRESS THE STANDARD?
Students handle and name felt letters while tracing them with their fingers, promoting recognition of letter shapes and names through tactile engagement.
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Reading Literature
With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
HOW DOES THIS LESSON ADDRESS THE STANDARD?
Students retell the unfolding story (cat climbs, meets animals) through drawing, labeling, and oral recall, sequencing events with teacher support.
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Phonological Awareness
Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (CVC) words.
HOW DOES THIS LESSON ADDRESS THE STANDARD?
Students segment words like cat, bat, and rat into individual sounds using movement and rhythm, directly supporting phoneme isolation and pronunciation.
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Phonological Awareness
Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
HOW DOES THIS LESSON ADDRESS THE STANDARD?
Children blend and segment CVC words orally, using both auditory (clapping, repeating) and kinesthetic (moving felt markers) strategies.
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Reading Literature
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
HOW DOES THIS LESSON ADDRESS THE STANDARD?
The guided storytelling involves identifying the central character (cat), the sequence of events, and associated action words, fostering comprehension of basic narrative structure.
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Phonics and Word Recognition
Demonstrate basic knowledge of letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound for each consonant.
HOW DOES THIS LESSON ADDRESS THE STANDARD?
Students connect each felt letter to its sound during word building (e.g., C says /k/), reinforcing phonics knowledge in a structured, multi-sensory context.
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Phonological Awareness
Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
HOW DOES THIS LESSON ADDRESS THE STANDARD?
Students substitute initial consonants to form new words (e.g., cat ? bat ? mat), supporting phoneme manipulation as part of decoding practice.
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Speaking and Listening
Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
HOW DOES THIS LESSON ADDRESS THE STANDARD?
Students orally present their stories to the class, using props and constructed settings to support storytelling and speaking skills.
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