This is a 4 day phonics lesson unit I used for first grade during my student teaching experience.

Monday
Objective: SWBAT understand there can be more than 5 sounds in one syllable. Activity: Students will participate in class discussion, tap out and build words, and practice trick words. Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes) CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words Lesson: Echo: Glued sounds and /dr/ and /ch/ sounds. last week we learned a special kind of syllablewho remembers? closed syllables are a type of syllable but what is a syllable? Review syllable (write their definition of ONE syllable on poster paper) One syllable sounds really short and simple, But you know how Batman and Spiderman pretend to be ordinary everyday peoplewell these teeny-tiny one syllables can be tricking you as well. Some syllables have A LOT of sounds in only one little poof of air Write clump on poster paper. (tap out sounds and clap out syllable, they build on their own boards) Under it write 1. 5 sounds 2. one syllable Now, I dont eat chicken or red meat, but I do eat eggs and fish. one of my favorite kind of seafood is: Write the word Shrimp on the board. Clap out syllables Tap out sounds (5) They build as well. Write the same under. That one little poof of air is making our mouths say A LOT of sounds. Draw a spiderman symbol on the poster **do a firework clap.

Tuesday
Objective:

SWBAT understand words with one syllable can have a lot of sounds made from blends and digraphs.
Activity:

Students will participate in class discussion and marking their blends, digraphs, and syllables. Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.B Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.A Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
Lesson:

Echo: Connect to our long names/ nick names. Vowels have nicknames too. Their full name is A, the nickname for A is /a/. Go over long and short vowel sounds. Review of digraph and blends. What is each and an example. (Write on a plain white sheet of paper) Yesterday we learned Revisit the poster. Why these one syllable can be fooling. (you think it would be short but there are so many soundsonly one poof of air.) Well theres something more I noticed about these words that is special Lets look at Clump first. (See if kids can see the blend, and not only one but TWO of them in the beginning and end.) Mark the blends accordingly. Add a 3. under clump.. it has two blends. Now lets look at Shrimp See if they notice it has a digraph and blend but highlight the digraph and how it is special because it blends with an /r/ sound. Mark the words ** So not only do these short little syllables have 5 sounds they also are made of blends, digraphs, and possibly even both like in /shr/. Attach whitepaper on side of poster, draw a spider. highlight that although it is only one syllable, it is still powerful. Have students return to their seats, with a poem. Have them mark all the blends and digraphs. Debrief by sharing some words they found.

Wednesday
Objective: SWBAT understand one syllables can also have glued sounds. Activity:

Students will participate in class discussion, and marking their own glued sounds. Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes) Lesson: Echo: /tr/ and /ch/ (relate to /dr/) Review glued sounds. (green and purple plain white sheet of paper.) What are glued sounds? Example. Review all glued sounds. What have we been learning about these tricky one syllables? Highlight multiple sounds, blends, and digraphs. Lets look at the word, Longer How many syllables is it? two. Discuss here, how we look at each SYLLABLE, and NOT each word. 1. glued sound mark accordingly attach white sheet of glued sounds. add a hulk symbol, highlight how one syllables can be more powerful than we think, by having our mouths say: a lot of sounds blend together consonants, glue three consonant sounds, or saying A LOT of sounds in one poof of air. Hunt for glued sounds around class. Mark them. Debrief by sharing words.

Thursday
Objective: SWBAT identify blends, digraphs, and glued sounds in ONLY one syllables. Activity: Students will search for only one syllable words with blends, digraphs, and glued sounds in books and participate in class discussion. Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.D Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).

Lesson: Echo: -Glued sounds -Digraphs

-Blends

Review poster. What is a syllable- a poof of air. clap out some names in the class. How can some syllables be really powerful? a lot of sounds -blends -clumps -diagraph -glued sounds Today you have to be detectives (go over what a detective does) Today you are going to find those ONE-syllables that are trying to fool you in your books. Remind them of longer on the poster. NOT THE WHOLE WORDjust ONE syllable at a time. Dismiss by row and give sheet, share words at end.