Lesson 21 the letter v

Learning objectives ESL/ELL

Children will: Students who speak Spanish may pronounce /v/
identify the sound v. with a /b/ sound. Give them opportunities to hear
the difference. Ask students to raise their hand
identify words that contain v.
when they hear a /v/ sound. Then say various words,
recognise and write v and V.
enunciating clearly: van, ban, vegemite, bellow,
Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions vegetable, boat, and so on.

Sound and letter knowledge Extra assistance

ACELA1439 identify and manipulate sounds Students learning a second language need to
(phonemes) in spoken words practise. Choral responses, where groups of students
ACELA1440 identify familiar and recurring letters and recite the same word, phrase, sentence or sound, are
the use of upper and lower case in written texts an effective tool to build familiarity with new sounds
Creating texts and vocabulary. Have the students repeat /v/ words
after you to practise pronunciation.
ACELY1653 follow clear demonstrations of how to
construct each letter, learn to construct lower case Classroom activities
letters
Buzzy Bee
Expressing and developing ideas
Sit in a circle. Everyone says, Buzzy Bee, Buzzy Bee,
ACELA1758 recognise the most common sound
what have you got in your hive for me? Something
made by each letter of the alphabet, including
beginning with v! Then students take turns around
consonants and short vowel sounds
the circle naming something that begins with the
Sight words sound /v/.
Bingo!
see, the
Give students a laminated board with 10 squares
Vocabulary words on it. Ask them to write a letter in each square from
van, vegetable, vet, violin, vase, vulture, volcano, the list v, b, f, p (use whiteboard markers). Hold up
vest pictures of items starting with v, b, f, p and say the
name of the item in the picture. Students put a cross
on that initial letter on their board. First one to 10
calls out bingo and wins!

Reading Eggs TEACH PRACTISE APPLY

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

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

Dot-to-Dot
Find:
Letter Grid, Leaping Penguins,
Letter Lights, Golden Goose
Vocabulary:
Blend a Word, Letter Book,
Label It, Sound Streamers
formation of lower case v. Handwriting
Recognise v in both upper locate lower case v and Worksheet 3
and lower case. Identify key capital V. Find the given word Initial sounds
vocabulary. in a group.
Build vocabulary skills: blend and read key Worksheet 4
Blend, read and recognise vocabulary and match to Check
words. Match pictures to their pictures. Match pictures to
initial letter and to words. their initial letter.

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

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Name

Phonemic awareness

v
Lesson 21 Worksheet 1

Colour the pictures that start with v.

v
v
v
v
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Name

Handwriting
Lesson 21 Worksheet 2
1 Trace each birds beak.

2 Trace and write.

Circle
your best
letter.

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Name

Initial sounds
Lesson 21 Worksheet 3

1 Add v and read the word.

v et olcano

iolin an

ase egetables

ulture est
2 How many vegetables can you name?

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Name

Check
Lesson 21 Worksheet 4

1 Circle every V. Circle every v.

V V U T E v v z v v
L W V V T n v w t v
How many? ____ How many? ____
2 Which words have a v in them?

3 Match each letter to a picture.

v
p
v
a
v
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v
vvv
Draw Trace Write
violin

vvv

van

vvv

vegetables

vvv

vest

vvv

vet

vvv

vase

vvv

vulture

Activity 1 Activity 2
Write a v each time you read the book. Clap each v word as you read.
I read v _____ times!

I counted _____ v words.

Activity 3
Which v word can you drive?
Which v word can you wear?
Which v word can you play?
Which v word can you eat?
I know words that start with v.
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Activity 4
Draw two v words you
might find at the zoo.
I can read the letter v!
Able to read independently
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Needs assistance to read