rain can be a pain

Rain Can Be a Pain

Rain Can Be a Pain
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Objective

Read and write long-a words with the ai spelling.

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Lesson Plan

Target Words:

  • rain
  • pail
  • pain
  • wait
  • wail
  • stair
  • drain

Materials:

  • Bucket
  • Word cards*
  • It is Raining target text*

*Items included below.

State the Objective

Tell the children that they will pretend to play in the rain and that they will read and write long-a words with the ai spelling, such as rain, pail, pain, wait, wail, stair, and drain.

Literacy Activities

Introduce target words

  • Display a list of long-a target words.
  • Read the words with the children.

Play in the rain

  • Read the It is Raining target text (see below) with the children.
  • Have the children write long-a target words (e.g., rain, pail, pain, wait, wail, stair, drain) on pieces of paper.
  • Have the children crumple the pieces of paper into small balls and fill a bucket with them.
  • Tell the children to throw the fake water droplets into the air and pretend it’s raining.
  • Help the children write a sentence about rain (e.g., it is raining; too much rain can be a pain; drops of rain fill our pail).

Read and write long-a words

  • Have the children take turns reading the long-a word cards (see below) aloud.
  • Have the children write long-a words from dictation (e.g., rain, pail, pain, wait, wail, stair, drain).

Contrast the number of letters and sounds

  • List long-a target words (e.g., rain, pail, pain, wait, wail, stair, drain).
  • Remind the children that the ai in words like rain, pail, and wait makes the long-a sound.
  • Write a long-a word (e.g., rain) and ask:
    • How many letters does it have? (e.g., four: r + a + i + n)
    • How many sounds does it have? (e.g., three: r + ā + n)
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Standards

SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.

http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/