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Name Game
Student select a name card from the envelope and class will then sound out the name of the child on the card. They then will spell out the child's name chanting "Give me an A...", "Give me an N...", etc. The teacher then says, "What does...
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Name Clothesline Graph
Student matches the initial letter of his/her name with the corresponding letter on the clothesline. They then participate in the classroom discussions by offering information relevant to the topic and answering or asking questions...
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Juggling Bugs
Students examine the letter 'u'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They say tongue twisters with the /u/ sound in them. They listen to...
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Icky-Icky Sticky!
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They identify names of items with the short /i/ sound in them and...
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No Title
Learners are introduced to and practice with the letter "A" in beginning short sound words through various experiences involving many of their senses. They interact with flash cards that contain the letter "A" sound including animals,...
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Printing Practice F f
In this printing practice worksheet, students follow the dotted lines to trace 6 upper case F's and 7 lower case f's. They trace upper case F's at the beginning of four words that correspond to pictures of a fish, flower, flag, and film.
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Teaching Strategies: The Word Wall: A Tool for Beginning Readers and Writers
Students participate in various activities through the school week involving the high-frequency words on their word wall in order to increase familiarity with reading and spelling the selected words. In this word wall lesson, students...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Z: Learning About the Alphabet Book Genre
Contains plans for at least seven 20- to 30-minute sessions about alphabet books. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Busterfield Library a Z
This video segment from Between the Lions uses an alphabet song to review the ABCs, matching each letter with the name of a character from the show.
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Pbs Learning Media: Animal Alphabet: Graphic Organizers (Spanish)
Los animales a veces comparten caracteristicas similares. Tambien son unicos. Usando los herramientos, puede explorar los animales del PBS Kids Animal Alphabet y otros.
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Pbs Learning Media: Animal Alphabet: Graphic Organizers (English)
Animals sometimes share similar characteristics. They also are unique. Using this set of tools, you can explore the animals from the PBS Kids Animal Alphabet series and others.
Success Link
Success Link: Hands on Alphabet
A lesson plan that incorporates different learning styles for teaching the letters of the alphabet.
Other
Esl Kid Stuff: Teaching the Alphabet
Dynamic classroom activities for teaching the alphabet -- includes a few classic methods and some great new ideas. All are hands-on; many are group or team oriented.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: Alphabet Fun
The alphabet song in ebook form. Includes spoken narration in 16 additional languages with singing and text in English.
National Museums Liverpool
Walker Art Gallery: Big Art Alphabet
Learn your alphabet by finding objects in famous works of art.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Dot's Spot
Explore vocabulary words, the alphabet, and music alongside Del, Dot, and Dee through media, lesson plans, and graphic organizers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Super Why!: Lesson Plan: Lesson 209: Princess Gwennie Saves the Day
For this lesson, students will identify lowercase letters of the alphabet, specifically: h, a, r, p.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Purple Primate
This printable consonant letter activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Learners will look at a picture with multiple words and then identify each word that start with /g/. An answer key...
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Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street
Do you know how to get to Sesame Street? This collection is designed to engage preschoolers in everyday learning by teaching core skills in Math, Literacy, STEM, and Social and Emotional Development. Here you'll find hundreds of videos,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Alphabet Organizer
An online resource for a variety of tools and topics concerning student knowledge and learning of the English alphabet. Includes lesson plan links, online tools, interactive games, and more.
TES Global
Blendspace: Alphabet
A fourteen-part learning module can be used while teaching and reviewing the alphabet. Links include videos, songs, and visuals that will support multiple learning styles of students who are learning the alphabet.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: The Alphabetic Principle
What are predictor's for a child's success in reading? Use this site to learn more how the knowledge of the alphabet and shapes is a factor for reading success.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Alphabet Shopping
Young children love to help with grown-up tasks so they'll really enjoy making this alphabetical shopping list, in this activity from Arthur.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: The Alphabetic Principle
Children's knowledge of letter names and shapes is a strong predictor of their success in learning to read. Knowing letter names is strongly related to children's ability to remember the forms of written words and their ability to treat...