Students read and spell words. This lesson focuses on the short o sound and formation of the letter. Some words that are used are mop, pot, dog, log, and sock. They write the letter and name pictures with the sound by circling the...

Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and decoding activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words they read.

Students create an awareness of how music creates a setting in a story or legend. They identify the instrumentation, dynamics and tempo used to create various settings for a musical story. They perform rhythmic patterns from listening...