Lesson 24: r /r/ part 1

Use only previously taught letters and sounds during review before New Concept. Have paper, a marker, and letter tiles ready. Say sounds where slashes appear. For sentence dictation, keep the goose slide showing, read the sentence aloud, and reveal the next slide only after writing.

Slide 1 — Welcome to Lesson 24

SAY
Today we’ll practice our sounds and learn r. Then we’ll read words and sentences together.

LISTEN FOR
Gets ready.

PARENT TIP
Have the known letter tiles and r ready. Introduce r when you reach the New Concept section.

Slide 2 — Blending Practice

SAY
Listen to my sounds. Put them together to tell me the whole word.

LISTEN FOR
Let your child settle into the next activity.

Slide 3 — Listen and blend

SAY
What word is /ă/ /t/? Now /s/ /ă/ /t/. Now /s/ /ĭ/ /p/. Now /p/ /ă/ /t/.

LISTEN FOR
at; sat; sip; pat.

PARENT TIP
Parent-supplied prompts for the ear picture. These words use letters already taught. Do not introduce r during this review.

Slide 4 — Segmenting Practice

SAY
Now listen to a whole word and tell me each sound you hear.

LISTEN FOR
Let your child settle into the next activity.

Slide 5 — Listen and segment

SAY
Say sip. Tell me its sounds. Now do sap. Now do mat.

LISTEN FOR
sip: /s/ /ĭ/ /p/; sap: /s/ /ă/ /p/; mat: /m/ /ă/ /t/.

PARENT TIP
Parent-supplied prompts for the ear picture. Tap one finger per sound. These three words each have three sounds.

Slide 6 — Visual Drill

SAY
Tell me the sound of each letter as it appears.

LISTEN FOR
Let your child settle into the next activity.

Slide 7 — Visual drill a

SAY
What sound does this letter spell?

LISTEN FOR
/ă/

PARENT TIP
Ask for the sound rather than the letter name. Model once if needed.

Slide 8 — Visual drill g

SAY
What sound does this letter spell?

LISTEN FOR
/g/

PARENT TIP
Ask for the sound rather than the letter name. Model once if needed.

Slide 9 — Visual drill e

SAY
What sound does this letter spell?

LISTEN FOR
/ĕ/

PARENT TIP
Ask for the sound rather than the letter name. Model once if needed.

Slide 10 — Visual drill k

SAY
What sound does this letter spell?

LISTEN FOR
/k/

PARENT TIP
Ask for the sound rather than the letter name. Model once if needed.

Slide 11 — Visual drill h

SAY
What sound does this letter spell?

LISTEN FOR
/h/

PARENT TIP
Ask for the sound rather than the letter name. Model once if needed.

Slide 12 — Auditory Drill

SAY
Listen, say the sound back, and write the letter that spells it.

LISTEN FOR
Let your child settle into the next activity.

Slide 13 — Listen and write three letters

SAY
Listen to my sound. Say it back, then write the letter that spells it.

LISTEN FOR
/t/ → t; /s/ → s; /p/ → p

PARENT TIP
Give only three sounds, one at a time, in this order: /t/, /s/, /p/. Keep the answer slide hidden until your child has written the letters.

Slide 14 — Check your three letters

SAY
Let’s check your writing. Point to each letter and tell me its sound. Watch how the letter is made, then try it once more.

LISTEN FOR
t, s, p

PARENT TIP
These are the three letters shown. Pause or replay the formation animations as needed.

Slide 15 — Word Building

SAY
Let’s use our known letters to build and read.

LISTEN FOR
Let your child settle into the next activity.

Slide 16 — Get the letter tiles ready

SAY
Put your letter tiles where you can reach them. I’ll say a word. You’ll say the sounds, choose the letters, and read the word you built.

LISTEN FOR
Gets the known letters ready.

PARENT TIP
The board picture is a cue to use your own tiles or letter cards. Use the letters your child has learned; the decorative letters in the picture are not the word list.

Slide 17 — Build words with tiles

SAY
I’ll say a word. Say each sound, choose the letters, and read the word you built. Our review words are hat, hen, hip.

LISTEN FOR
hat: /h/ /ă/ /t/; hen: /h/ /ĕ/ /n/; hip: /h/ /ĭ/ /p/.

PARENT TIP
Use only letters and sounds from earlier lessons. Keep today’s new concept out of this review; introduce it in the New Concept section.

Slide 18 — New Concept

SAY
Now we are going to learn a new letter.

LISTEN FOR
Let your child settle into the next activity.

Slide 19 — Meet r

SAY
This is uppercase R and lowercase r. The letter r spells /r/. Say the sound with me.

LISTEN FOR
/r/

PARENT TIP
Point to both letter forms in the supplied paired-letter image. The animated formation practice comes later in this lesson.

Slide 20 — Find different forms of r

SAY
These letters look a little different, but they are all r. Can you find a capital one? Can you find a lowercase one? They can all spell /r/.

LISTEN FOR
Points to uppercase and lowercase forms; says /r/.

PARENT TIP
Use this as letter recognition practice. There is no need to name every font or trace every example.

Slide 21 — R is a Consonant

SAY
Look at the mouth picture for /r/. Say it with me: /r/.

LISTEN FOR
Says /r/ while watching the mouth picture.

PARENT TIP
The icon shows that /r/ is a voiced sound. Have your child touch their throat: there is a buzz. Keep the tongue pulled back so /r/ does not sound like /w/, and say just /r/ without adding an uh sound.

Slide 22 — Beginning sound

SAY
Ring starts with /r/. Say the first sound with me.

LISTEN FOR
Says /r/ for ring.

PARENT TIP
Point to the r at the start of the word.

Slide 23 — Blend the sounds

SAY
Point to each letter and say its sound: /r/ /ĭ/ /p/. Now blend them together and read the word.

LISTEN FOR
rip

PARENT TIP
Slide your finger under the letters from left to right as your child says each sound.

Slide 24 — Write lowercase r

SAY
Watch how to write small r. Line down from the middle. Back up, little curve over. Now you try. Say /r/ each time you write it.

LISTEN FOR
Writes r and says /r/.

PARENT TIP
Have your child say the sound each time they write the letter.

Slide 25 — Write uppercase R

SAY
Watch how to write big R. Line down. Back up, curve to the middle, slant down. Now you try.

LISTEN FOR
Writes R and says /r/.

PARENT TIP
Let your child trace in the air first if that helps.

Slide 26 — Reading

SAY
Now we are going to read some sentences.

LISTEN FOR
Let your child settle into the next activity.

Slide 27 — Sentence 1

SAY
Read this sentence. Sound out any word you need to.

LISTEN FOR
The rug is red.

PARENT TIP
Point to each word as your child reads. The is a heart word. Celebrate the effort.

Slide 28 — Sentence 2

SAY
Read this sentence. Sound out any word you need to.

LISTEN FOR
Rob ran fast to the raft.

PARENT TIP
Rob starts with a capital letter because it is a name. To and the are heart words. Celebrate the effort.

Slide 29 — Sentence dictation — listen and write

SAY
Listen to this sentence: He can rest on the rug. Say the whole sentence back to me. Now write it.

LISTEN FOR
He can rest on the rug.

PARENT TIP
Do not show the sentence before dictating it. Keep the goose-writing cue on screen. Say the sentence twice at a natural pace. Let your child repeat it, write it, and reread their own writing. Check the new concept, capitals, spaces, and punctuation. Then go to the NEXT slide to reveal the sentence and check together.

Slide 30 — Sentence reveal and check

SAY
Now let’s check the sentence you wrote. Read your writing, then compare it with this sentence.

LISTEN FOR
He can rest on the rug.

PARENT TIP
This is the first time your child sees the complete dictation sentence. Check the new concept, capitals, spaces, and punctuation. Help with previously taught heart words as needed.

Slide 31 — Good Bye

SAY
Great job today! We learned the letter r and the sound /r/.

LISTEN FOR
Says /r/ when shown r.

PARENT TIP
Celebrate the effort. Keep practice short and positive.

Slide 32 — Copyright

SAY
This slide is for the teacher or parent. There is nothing to read aloud.

LISTEN FOR
Nothing for your child to do here.