Making Words

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Grade Level

• Elementary School

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Subject

• Special Education

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Length of Time

• 30 To 45 Minutes

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Description

• This lesson is on learning new words. Students will come up with letters by using two letters. For example, _____ an = Tan. They will put one or two letters in blank to make new words.

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Goals

• Students will learn:
  
  * To make new words from given letters

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Materials Needed

• * You can teach this lesson by using the whiteboard/chalk board that you have available in your classroom
  
  * Whiteboard Markers or chalk
  
  * Eraser for whiteboard or for chalk
  
  * Worksheet for students
  
  

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Procedure

• This lesson is on teaching students words by using simple words or letters and adding to them.
  
  Example: _____ and
  
  You would write that on the board. Students would think of a letter or two that would go in the blank.
  Here are some words they could come up with
  
  Sand
  Band
  Land
  Hand
  
  Another example: _____ an
  
  Tan
  Ban
  Can
  Man
  Dan
  Fan
  Van
  
  You can teach words this way by using any kind of combination. You can put the blank before and after the letters.
  
  Here's another example: ____ an _____
  
  Sandy
  Candy
  Land
  Dandy
  Mandy
  Cane
  Vane
  
  This example shows the (an) in each word. Using this method helps students learn words quicker. They can see a pattern, and it helps them to spell words easier.
  
  Worksheet
  
  Fill in the blanks with letters to make words.
  
  1. ____ er
  
  2. _____ er
  
  3. _____ er
  
  4. _____ an
  
  5. _____ an
  
  6. _____ en
  
  7. _____ en
  
  9. _____ en
  
  10. ____ en
  
  
  The answers will vary. The words need to make sense.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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Grading

• Youu can grade the students on how will they did on their worksheet and participation in class.
  
  You need to go slow enough so that they understand the concept.
  
  The purpose of this lesson is to help students develop new words by using the same two letters in each word. This helps students read and to spell these words since they are similar.

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