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Target Words:

Bob
slob
job
glob
gob

Materials:

Stuffed animal dog or dog graphic (see below)
Sign that says "Slob" (see below)
Brown paper (some of it ripped up into small pieces)

State and model the objective
Tell the children that they will read a story about a dog named Bob, who is a slob and hear and say words that rhyme with Bob, such as glob, gob, job, and slob.

Practice the skill within an activity

Bob the slob
- Read the story (see below) about Bob the slob to the children and have them do the corresponding actions.
- Read the story again, but this time, have the children pretend to wag their tails every time they hear a word ending in –ob.
- Ask the children to take turns saying a word they heard in the activity that rhymes with Bob.

Say:	Suggested Actions:
I have a dog named Bob.	Show your pet dog.
Bob is a slob of a dog.	Have a child put a sign that says, "slob" on the dog.
Bog played in a glob of dirt.	Have the children sprinkle brown colored paper all around the dog.
Then Bob played in a gob of mud.	Have the children crumple brown paper together as a gob and sprinkle it around the dog.
Now we have to clean up Bob the slob!	Have the children begin to clean up the mess.
It is a job to clean up after Bob.	Continue cleaning.
What a job!	Throw the paper in the trash and act exhausted.
Do you want a job to clean up after Bob?	Wait for the childrens' responses.

Apply the skill

Practice blending and segmenting sounds in words
- March and say the sounds in words
  - Tell the children that they will practice saying words that rhyme with Bob in fun ways.
  - Have the children march and say the beginning and ending sounds of the word Bob:
    - Segment sounds: say /B/ (march right), say /ob/ (march left)
    - Blend sounds: jump with both feet and say Bob to blend the sounds into a word.
    - Repeat with other words that rhyme with Bob (e.g., slob, glob, job, gob, etc.)
- Tap out sounds in words
  - Have the children blend individuals sounds into words by tapping their head (beginning), and toes (end) then clap to say the whole word (e.g. /B/ tap head, /ob/ tap toes = Bob clap hands)
    - /gl/ /ob/ = glob
    - /g/ /ob/ = gob
    - /j/ /ob/ = job
    - /sl/ /ob/ = slob
  - Have the children identify the onset (beginning sound) and rime (the vowel and ending sounds) of words by tapping their head (onset) and their toes (rime) (e.g. Bob = /B/ tap head, /ob/ tap toes). Point out that all of the words have the -ob sound at the end.
    - glob = /gl/ /ob/
    - gob = /g/ /ob/
    - job = /j/ /ob/
    - slob = /sl/ /ob/

Objective

Recognize words that rhyme with Bob (e.g., "Do slob and Bob rhyme?") and produce rhyme words (e.g., "Think of a word that rhymes with Bob.").

Materials

Pieces of brown paper
Dog graphic (see below)

Activity:

Write the word “slob” on the dog graphic (see below).
Tell your child that the dog's name is Bob and that Bob is a “slob of a dog” (i.e., he loves to make a mess).
Let your child tear up pieces of brown paper and place them on Bob the dog.
Explain that Bob played in a glob of dirt and now he needs to be cleaned.
Clean Bob with your child by picking the brown pieces of paper off of him while chanting, “Bob the Slob! Clean up Bob!"
Chant the phrase, What a job!” when you and your child have finished cleaning Bob.
Let your child decorate Bob the dog by using black and brown crayons to make him a slob.

bob the slob

Bob the Slob

Objective

Lesson Plan

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