Lesson · Kindergarten · English Language Arts
Words Are Made of Letters, With Spaces Between
- Kindergarten
- English Language Arts
- 59 s
- British Columbia
- BCK-EN-08
A short sentence about a running dog starts with all its letters squished together. The viewer counts the four spoken words and the three letters in "dog". Then spaces open between the words, and each word we say is matched to one word we see.
Concept: Words are made of letters, with spaces between words
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In one sentence
The question this lesson answers
Look, here is a picture of my dog.
Can you read the words about my dog?
Transcript
What the lesson says
Look, here is a picture of my dog.
Can you read the words about my dog?
Oh no, the letters are all squished together!
It says, my dog can run.
We said four words: one, two, three, four.
Each word is made of letters.
The word dog has three letters: one, two, three.
We leave a space between words.
Now we can see where each word is.
Point and say each word: my, dog, can, run.
Each word we say matches one word we see.
Words are made of letters, with spaces between words.
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Kindergarten
English Language Arts, Language features, structures, and conventions: concepts of printBCK-EN-08
Previous: Left to Right, Top to BottomNext: The Alphabet: 26 Letters, Big and Small
The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.
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