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Why I Love Y
Miss Palomine tells the student that Socrates does not like the yellow yarn his mom was going to use to knit a hat for him. Miss Palomine then talks about the differences between the uppercase -Y and lowercase -y. She and the student...
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Zany Zach Zebra
Miss Palomine introduces Zach Zebra and the uppercase -Z and lowercase -z, as well as the /z/ sound. She shows the Zz Card and plays the Zach Zebra music video. She and the student then try to find each uppercase -Z and lowercase -z in...
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Zach Zebra Zigzagged to the Zoo
Miss Palomine tells the student that she wanted to go to the zoo with Zach Zebra, but she couldn’t keep up with all his zigzagging. Miss Palomine then talks about the differences in the uppercase -Z and lowercase -z. She and the student...
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I Can’t Stop Thinking about the Letter Z
Miss Palomine begins by saying that she can’t stop thinking about the letter -Z. We see pictures of all the each -Z she’s seen during the day. She then shows the Zz card. She and the student then identify words that start with the letter...
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A through L
Miss Palomine reviews the letters from Aa to Zz. She shows the letter characters associated with each letter, shows the uppercase and lowercase version of each letter and describes the sound(s) each letter makes.
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Common Letter Sounds
Using the poem ”Peter Piper,” Miss Palomine introduces the student to the concept of common letter sounds. She gives an example of a common letter among words by going through the poem and identifying the -p words and their corresponding...
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Sounding Out Words
Miss Palomine demonstrates to the student how to figure out words by using the letter sound relationships of the letters in the words and then putting those letter sounds together.
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Amazing Adam Apple
Miss Palomine talks about the uppercase -A and both the long /ā/ and short /ă/ sounds. She uses the Adam Apple music video to show more examples of the uppercase -A and both sounds.
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Return to the R Farm
Miss Palomine explains to the student that Rudy Rooster wants to go back to the ”R Farm” to visit his old friends. She then asks the student to think of some ”R” animals that we might find on the “R Farm.”
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Buying S Items at the Grocery
Miss Palomine finds herself shopping at “Alphabet Groceries,” the store that stocks all its products alphabetically. She moves to the “S aisle” and plays a game with the student, asking him whether or not certain items belong in the “S...
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I Dream of the Letter T
Miss Palomine describes a dream she had in which she found herself in a video game. The object was to find doors that had pictures of animals that begin with the letter -T. With every door that opened, she was able to move up to the next...
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Blending Letter Sounds
Miss Palomine begins by blending coffee, cream, and sugar. She explains that we can also blend letter sounds. She then shows the student several three-letter words and asks him to pronounce the words. He then identifies pictures from...
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Writing the Letter V
Miss Palomine introduces Valerie Violin. She then talks about how writing Valerie’s -V with straight lines is different from writing Unity’s -U with just one, curvy line. She and the student review the lined paper and then they practice...
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Xavier X-ray Follows Ethan Eel
We find Miss Palomine at the exit of Alphabet Groceries. This begins a discussion of words that have an -X sound at the beginning, but that start with -E and then -X. She shows the Xx letter card, plays the Xavier X-ray music video, and...
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What's Your Favorite Animal
Miss Palomine brings back some pictures she took at the zoo. She shows the student the pictures, identifies each animal and the letter that each animal starts with. She then talks about her favorite animal. She tells the student to think...
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Xtra Special Writing
Miss Palomine talks about playing Tic-tac-toe with Socrates. As she was writing the letter -X, she thought about how much fun it was. She and the student review the lined paper and they then practice tracing and writing the uppercase -X...
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M through Z
Miss Palomine reviews the letters from Mm to Zz. She shows the letter characters associated with each letter, shows the uppercase and lowercase version of each letter and describes the sound(s) each letter makes.
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The Letters of My Name
Miss Palomine reviews her first, middle and last names. She then identifies all the letters in her names, which are uppercase and which are lowercase and what the letters look like and sound like. She then encourages the student to...
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The Letter Sounds of My Name
Miss Palomine reviews her first, middle, and last names. She then explains to the student that each of the letters in her name makes a sound. Together, those sounds say her name. She then uses her first name as an example, identifies the...
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Words around My Home
Using simple objects around the house, Miss Palomine and the student sound out simple words, identify the letters in those words, and then practice writing the words on elementary lined paper.
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Seeing and Saying Same Sounds
Miss Palomine reviews the concept of common letter sounds. She and the student then look and listen for common letter sounds in a few sentences Miss Palomine uses as examples.
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Listening for Letter Sounds
Miss Palomine returns from the beach. She and the student look at pictures and listen for the beginning sounds of words that match the pictures that are shown.
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Letter Sounds in the Middle and End of Words
Miss Palomine and the student look at pictures and listen for the middle letter sounds and ending letter sounds of words that match the pictures that are shown.
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Lost at Lemon Lake
Where is Lemon Lake? Miss Palomine needs help as she searches for the missing Lemon Lake. Miss Palomine will start a the road sign as she and the student search for words that begin with the letter -L.