Today is Saturday, December 15th, 2018.

It's cold with no snow and light winds.

We learned about letter M.

Q: Can you find some words that contain letter m at the beginning?
=Can you find some words that start with letter m?
=can you find some words that begin with letter m?

A: Matthew, Megan, Missouri, monkeys, my contain letter m at the beginning.
=Matthew, Megan, Missouri, monkeys,my start with letter m .
=Matthew, Megan, Missouri, monkeys,my begin with letter m .

Q: Where is sound /m/ in the word "Matthew/Megan/Missouri/monkeys/my"?

A: Sound /m/ is at the beginning.

Q: Can you think about some words that contain the sound /m/ at the beginning?

A: Monkey, my, Megan, Mary, Melody, Mother, moon, milk, mom contain the sound /m/ at the beginning.

Q: Can you think about some words that contain the sound /m/ in the middle?

A: Animal, camel, flamingo, Simon, small, Jimmy, Amy contain the sound /m/ in the middle.

Q: Can you think about some words that contain the sound /m/ at the end?

A:  Mom, dime, ham, jam, name, dream, stem, team, time, home contain the sound /m/ at the beginning.

Then we read a story.

Q: What's the title of the story?

A: The title of the story is Dog Food.

Q: Who is the author of the story?

A: The author of the story is Katrina Thomas.

Q: Who is the illustrator of the story?

A: The illustrator of the story is Cherry Johnson.

Q: What do Rex and Tom do?

A: Rex and Tom jog and hop.

Q: Who has a box?

A: Mom has a box.

Q: Where can Tom put the dog food?

A: Tom can  put the dog food in the box.

Q: How can Rex get the food?

A: He will hit the box.

Q: What will happen to the box?

A: The wax will mix in it.

Q: What does Rex have?

A: Rex has the box.

Q: What happened to the dog?

A: The box fell down and wax mixed in it.

He can not have the dog food.

本课教学目标：

1. 强化字母M的发音，以及字母和发音在单词中的不同位置（at the beginning, in the middle, at the end)

2. 积累更多以含有M的发音（beginning, middle, end的单词。

3. 理解故事Dog Food, 按照事件发生的顺序，能够预测故事的结局。

课后：

复习字母M，听一听字母M的故事。