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Pre-K Phonics with Bookman: the sound /s/ and the letter S.
Part 1: Phonemic Awareness for the sound /s/
Live action video. Announcer voiceover begins with stock footage of Bookman ying to his
Book Fort.
ANNOUNCER (VO):
Welcome to today’s lesson with your favorite super-reader, Bookman! Let’s join him now in
the Book Fort—his secret, hidden home tucked high in the tallest of trees.
Cut briey to full screen “BOOM!” “CRASH!” GFX and SFX to indicate Bookman has
crashed into his home.
BOOKMAN: stumbling in, arms feeling in front of him
I can’t see! Can’t see! Sun! So! Bright—
[Collides with stack of books. Shakes out head, sees that he’s on camera]
Oop! Oh! Hey! The sun got in my eyes while I was ying. I couldn’t see to land!
Speaking of the sun, do you hear the sound /s/ at the beginning of the word SSSSUN?
Listen: /s/, SUN.
Say that sound with me on three. One, two, three! /s/! Again! /s/! Now three times in a
row!
You hear the sound /s/ at the beginning of words like SOCK, /s/, SOCK. And SOUP, /s/,
SOUP. And can you hear the /s/ sound at the beginning of SEAL? /s/, SEAL!
And speaking of seals, let me introduce you to a special seal friend of mine!
[cut to image of Simon Seal, BM in VO]
This is Simon. He has the sound /s/ at the beginning of his name! /s/ Simon, /s/ Seal.
Simon Seal!
[Cut to BM in BF, he now has ukulele]
I have a /s/, song about Simon Seal. Listen closely for all the words that start with the /s/
sound!
To the tune of the Muin Man
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Simon Seal was swimming, swimming, /s/ /s/ /s/!
Simon Seal was swimming, swimming in the sea.
[Spoken] Let’s sing about something Simon saw in the sea! Like a /s/ sailor /s/ sailing!
Simon saw a sailor, sailor, /s/ /s/ /s/
Simon saw a sailor, sailing in the sea.
[Spoken] Now he saw a /s/ seagull /s/ soaring in the sky!
Simon saw a seagull, seagull, /s/ /s/ /s/!
Simon saw a seagull soaring in the sky!
[Spoken] Last one! Let’s sing that that seagull saw Simon!
That seagull saw Simon, Simon, /s/ /s/ /s/!
That seagull saw Simon… [can’t think of a good next line, drifts o as he ponders]
[Spoken] uh… hm. What would they have done when they saw each other? … Oo! I got it!
[Sings] And they both said… Hellooooooo! [strums nal chord wildly]
[applause sfx] Hey! Thanks! I’m sssssso glad you liked it! Let’s check out another picture
of Simon Seal before we nish up this part of today’s lesson!
Advance to Phonemic Awareness Image Hunt.
Interactive: Phonemic Awareness Image Hunt for /s/
This is an image with 6-8 targets. A HELP button highlights the clickable areas for students
needing help. A DONE button allows students to move ahead. Clicking all the targets will
also move the student ahead.
Image: Simon Seal is on a beach building a sandcastle. A snail is sitting on a sandwich
nearby. The sun is shining, and there’s a sailboat out on the ocean. A starsh is on the
beach somewhere.
BOOKMAN (VO):
All right! Click on the things in this picture that begin with the sound /s/. If you need help,
click the HELP button. When you’re done, click the DONE button.
[Audio after HELP button] Click on these things with the sound /s/.
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[Audio when complete] You found them all! Now let’s see the letter that stands for that
sound /s/ - the letter S!
[Follow with the letter recognition segment.]
Part 2: Letter Recognition for Ss
This section uses full screen GFX with Voiceover narration. Contains two Point and Click
mini-interactives
Script – VO
Screen
The letter ‘S’!
Say the name of this letter with me – ‘S’
Now say it in your [loudly] loudest voice – S!
Now say it in your [softly] softest voice - S
This is capital S. Let’s take a closer look.
Fanfare
Curtains open to reveal ‘S’
Silhouette appears with mega phone
Silhouette appears with nger to lips
Transition to next slide
Capital ‘S’ is tall and curvy – it’s squiggly
like a snake!
There’s a curve at the top… then a curve
the other way – the letter S!
‘S’ on screen
Trace letter along with VO
Can you nd that letter? Click on all the
apples with capital S.
[VO says ‘S’ on each clicked ‘S’]
Mini-activity - apples
3 ‘S’s, plus 1 ‘F’ and 1 ‘L’
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You got it! Now here’s lowercase ‘s’.
Lowercase ‘s’ has the same shape, but it’s
smaller – like a baby snake!
There’s a curve here… then a curve the
other way. Lowercase ‘s’!
‘s’ on screen
Trace as above along with VO
Now you nd that letter. Click on all the
apples with lowercase ‘s’.
Nice work!
Mini-activity - apples
3 ‘s’s plus 1 ‘h’ and 1 ‘c’
Transition back to live action video with Bookman in his book fort.
BOOKMAN: digging in the toy box
Hey! Remember when I crashed at the beginning of our lesson because the /s/ sun was too
bright? Well, I think I have a pair of /s/, /s/, sunglasses in here—Oo! [puts on giant glasses]
Haha! Perfect! And oh-so fashionable!! You might even say they’re /s/, /s/ sssstupendous!
We’ll talk about more about the sound /s/ soon! I’ll see you in a little while!
Standard GFX Bookman logo outro.
