Explicit Phonics Lesson
Short ŭ
Day 1
Objective: Sound and blend words using the short ŭ.
Review
What
is the short sound of a? / ă/ as in apple. (Have letter card Aa visible) What is the hand sign that we have used for /ă/? Wait for a response: holding an
apple.
What is the short sound of i? /ĭ/
as is in itch (Have letter card Ii
visible.) Use the hand signal of scratching the
left arm with the right hand for itch.
What is the short sound of o? /ŏ/
as in octopus (Have letter card Oo
visible) Use the hand signal for octopus.
What is the short sound of e? /ĕ/
as in edge (Have letter card Ee
visible.) Rub the finger on the edge of the table or desk.
Today we are going to work with the short u sound, /ŭ / as in up. The hand signal for the short ŭ
sound is putting your thumb up from your fist and raising your fist up. Say
that sound with me. /ŭ/ Let’s think of some other words that begin with the /ŭ/ sound. umbrella, under, until, umpire, us, ugly, etc.
PA (oral)
Listen to
these words and see if you can hear the /ŭ/ sound or not. If you hear the /ŭ/ sound
in the word, I want you to give me a thumbs up. If you don’t hear /ŭ/ in the
word, give me a thumbs down. So if I say pup,
/p/ /ŭ/ /p/, you would give me a thumbs up because the /ŭ/ sound is in the word
pup. If I say pat, /p/ /a/ /t/, you would give me a thumbs down because you do
not hear/ŭ/ in the word pat.
must jump cup cap dust hunt
hat hut run mud mad tuck
Decoding
Use the decoding procedure used in
previous lessons. Take time to talk
about the meanings of words that might be unknown.
rub duck truck mud
rust bulb gum bus
tusk pump plump dull
Be sure to stress vocabulary. Some clues might be:
1. something to chew gum
2. gently move something across another thing rub
3. a water fowl duck
4. An iron nail will ______ in water. rust
5. antonym for
shiny dull
6. We need to
change the light ____. bulb
7. synonym for fat plump
8. a large vehicle
used to carry people bus
9. a large animal tooth that sticks out of its
mouth tusk
10. water mixed
with dirt mud
11. I will ____
the gas for you. pump
When there is only one word left (truck), have the buddies read the last word. Each
buddy then uses the word in a sentence, telling their buddy.
Decodable Text
Practice reading words in text using
the decoding practice page.
Day 2
Review
What are
the names of the vowels? (a,
e, i, o, u, and sometimes y)
What is
the sound of short a? /ă/ short i? /ĭ/ short o? /ŏ/ short e? /ĕ/
What is
the sound of short u? /ŭ/
What is
the hand sign and key word we use to remember the sound of short u?
(Key
word: up Hand sign: thumb lifted
up.)
Name
some words that begin with the short u sound.
PA
I am going to
say some words with the short u sound. I want you to tell me if the sound is at
the beginning or in the middle of the word. If I say nut, you would tell me the /ŭ/ sound is in the middle of the word.
If I say us, you would tell me the /ŭ/
sound is at the beginning of the word. Be
sure your Buddy agrees with you before you raise your hand to give me your
answer. Segment words if needed.
unless hunt stuck fudge upper crust
stub umpire under just undo trust
Decoding: Use the same procedure that was used on Day
1.
tug bump stuck club
luck thud bluff plug
skull pulp stun bunk
1. group of people who have the same interests club
2. good fortune luck
3. Synonym for
pull tug
4. Antonym for
loose stuck
5. The bones in
your head that protect your brain skull
6. The end of an
electrical cord plug
7. Noise made when something is dropped softly thud
8. Synonym for shock stun
9. What you call a single bed over another bed bunk
10. Try to fool
someone by saying something that
is not true bluff
11. The part of the fruit that floats in the
juice pulp
Have
the students read the last word, bump, to their partner. Then each makes up a sentence
using the word. Have them go for 7-Up sentences (7 or more words in the
sentence.)
Decodable Text
Use short u phrases to practice reading. The first time through have them
follow as you read. The second time have them chorally read with you. Then the
Buddies can take turns reading to each other.
Day 3
Review
What is
the key word and hand sign for short u? (up;
thumb lifting up.)Give me some words that have the
short u sound.
Encoding: Dictation
Use the dictation procedure.
1. /ŭ/ u
/th/ th /ôl/ all /k/ ck /ĕ/ e
2. nut net not
3. must just
trust
4. pumpkin handcuff
You must trust Gus not to run.
Decodable Text:
Practice reading the short u phrases as it was done on Day 2.
Day 4
Review
Have the class decode 5 or 6 short ĕ
words on the board or on flashcards.
Word
Building
or Word Chaining: Use
as much as you feel is appropriate.
us duck must
bus yuck bust
but tuck rust
nut truck trust
hut struck thrust
hunt stuck thus
runt suck this
run sunk his
sun bunk hit
stun bun hat
spun fun that
Decodable Text
Use short u sentences to practice
reading in context. Follow the format of the phrase reading.
Day 5
Review
The sound of short
ŭ is _____.
The key word for
short ŭ is _______.
The hand signal
for short ŭ is ________.
/ŭ/ is the sound
of what letter? u
(Repeat changing ă
to ĭ, ŏ, and ĕ)
Encoding/Dictation
1. /ŏ/ o /ĭ/ i /th/ th / ŭ / u /ĕ/ e
2. jump
thump bump
3. tug dug drug
4. bedbug bathtub
He dug a pit and will jump in it.
Decodable Text
Use short u
sentences to practice reading with a
buddy.
Decoding
Practice
|
rub tub mug cuff drum
dull hump blunt stun
plus
|
pup
is up
cup on pup
must get up
bug in the
tub
1.
Trust
us to hunt him up.
2.
Set
the cup and mug on the shelf.
3.
The
cub had a small nut.
4.
We will hunt the skunk.
5.
Gus will dump the dust.
6.
The math club is not dull.
Short u Phrases
1. hug a bug
2. jump in the mud
3.
hunt
for nuts
4.
rub
the cup
5. in a tall mug
6. scrub the tub
7. his fan club
8.
pass
the buck
9. the dump truck
10. jump and run
11. run and jump
12. brush the dust
13. run from a skunk
14. bug in a rug
15. a stick of gum
16. crush the plums
17. a plump bun
18. fun in the sun
19.
jump the stump
20.
rush to the bus
Short u Sentences
1.
Do
not fuss at Gus.
2.
That
trunk has a lot of rust.
3.
I
must scrub the tub.
4.
The
truck is stuck in the mud.
5.
The
bug will hug the cub.
6.
A bus will bump the truck.
7.
That
duck dug in the mud.
8.
The smug bug got on a bus
9. He sat up as the sun came up.
10. At dusk he must hush.
11. That skunk stunk!
12. The stuff in the mug smells bad.
13. He
calls his bluff.
14. Gus
dumps the buns on us.
15. It is
bad to yell, “Shut up!”
16. It is
fun to run and jump.
17. The
sum of six plus ten is 16.
18. Just do not get stuck.
