Sample Script_Pre-K Phonics with Bookman part 3
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Pre-K Phonics with Bookman: the sound /s/ and the letter S.
Part 3: Phonics
Live action video. Announcer voiceover begins with footage of Bookman flying to his Book Fort.
ANNOUNCER (VO):
Let’s go now to Bookman in the book fort!
BOOKMAN: wearing dish gloves, spraying / scrubbing wall while singing to himself
Cleaning the book fort / making it look pretty / for all my friends who—[Sees CAM 1] Oh! Hey guys!
I was just cleaning—[slips dramatically, falls, shoots up] Aw man! [picks up soap] I just slipped on
this soap! [CAM 2, holds up soap] [Tosses soap, takes off gloves, CAM 1] Hey, listen: I /s/ /s/
SLIPPED on some /s/ /s/ SOAP! Do you hear the sound /s/ at the beginning of SLIPPED and SOAP?
That’s the sound we’ve been talking about! And you know the letter that stands for the sound /s/:
[holds up card] The letter S.
[CAM 2] Make the sound /s/ with me! Keep saying /ssss/ for as long as I hold up this card. [shows
card twice for varying lengths, then CAM 1] Now for a really long one! [Runs out of breath] Phew!
And what letter stands for /s/? [holds up card] S! [CAM 2] Let’s see some pictures of things that
start with the letter S! [Turn to CAM 2, screen splits into windows]
You hear the sound /s/ at the beginning of words like SALT, /s/, SALT. And SEAHORSE, /s/,
SEAHORSE. You also hear it in the word SOCK, /s/, SOCK—SALT, SEAHORSE, and SOCK all start
with the letter S! [Full screen BM, CAM 1] Now you’re going to find things that start with the letter S
on your own. While you do, I’ll finish my cleaning!
Advance to phonics interactive
Ss – Point and Click
Possible pictures: sock, soap, sandwich, saw, seahorse, seal, sun, soup, sailboat, sink, soccer ball
Slide #1 images: Sock, star, Butterfly
Intro: [walks in/out] Look at each picture and say what it is out loud. If it begins with the sound /s/ ,
click on it!
Sock Feedback: [up from bottom, has a sock ‘puppet’ on hand] Right! SOCK begins with S! [to
hand] Don’t you Mr. /s/, Sock? [sock talking] Yesssss, I do, Bookmani!
Scissors Feedback: [doorbell/door gfx, BM singing] Twinkle, twinkle little star…Yep, STAR begins
with the letter S. /s/, STAR.
Butterfly Feedback: [sparkle in] Oops - that’s a BUTTERFLY. It doesn’t begin with the letter S.
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Auto advance to Slide #2. Images: Sun, seal, Pot
VO intro: Click on the pictures of words that begin with S!
Sun Feedback: [slides in from left wearing sunglasses] Yup! /s/, SUN. Sun starts with S! [slides out]
Seesaw Feedback: [up from bottom] Good job! /s/, Seal. Seal begins with S! [glance at image,
does seal imitation] Aaark! Aaark!
Pot Feedback: [sparkles in] Nope, that’s a POT. It doesn’t begin with the letter S.
Auto advance to Slide #3. Images: Soap, Sandwich, Leaf
VO intro: Click on the pictures of words that begin with S!
Soap Feedback: [slides in from left] Yup! SOAP, /s/. SOAP begins with the letter S!
Sandwich Feedback: [Pop in and out] You betcha! Sandwich begins with the sound /s/ and the
letter S.
Leaf Feedback: [comes up from bottom] Nope! LEAF doesn’t begin with the sound /s/.
Auto advance back to the book fort.
Closing
Back to Book Fort
BOOKMAN: sweeping, whistling. Then sees CAM 1
Hey! What do you think? Pretty clean, huh? [Looks at book pile] Uh, I haven’t gotten to that corner
yet. [CAM 2] Nice job picking out things that start with S! We’re at the end of our lesson now. [CAM
1] Keep watching out for the letter S—it’s all over the place! It’s on Road signs, on cereal boxes,
and of course… [Grabs a few books, CAM 2] in BOOKS! When you see an S, let out your very best
/sssssss/! Ssssso long!
