Class Alphabet Book

A Motivating Way to Learn Letter-Sounds

Stage of Literacy Development:

Stage 0: Foundation for Literacy
Stage 1: Beginning Literacy

Ages:

3-6

Grade Range:

PreK K

Food Groups:

Primary:
Letter-Sound Correspondences, Oral Language
Secondary:
Motivation for Literacy

Transcript

Teacher: Okay, boys and girls, today we have a special book for you. Guess whats inside. Who can guess whats inside this book? 

Students: Me. 

Teacher: [Students Name], what do you think is inside, what do you think this book is about? 

Student: A, B, Cs. 

Teacher: Your A B Cs. And theres something special inside this book. Lets see whats inside this book. Oh, my goodness. These are our friends pictures. And the letter represents...

Student: A 

Teacher:  The letter A, very nice. The letter A represents our friends in our book. But you know instead of saying the name of the letter, were going to say the sounds of the letters of our friends names. Okay, you ready? You ready to help me? 

All: /a/ for Angie, Arelis, and Amanda. /b/ for bat, /c/ for Christian, wearing a purple hat, /m/ for Melanie and Mario and Ms. Menendez. /n/ for nurse, /y/ for yak, looking at you, /z/ for zoo, the last letter for you. 

Teacher: Very nice, children. Pat yourself on the back for doing an A-okay job.

Related References

Activity Objective

- Using photos of students from your class is a great way to make them feel engaged in the activity. Your students will be really excited to see their photo as part of the book.
- You can take your own photos of students holding a letter or you can ask them to bring in a photo that you can photocopy (depending on your schools resources).

Quick Tips

Additional Comments:

- Using photos of students from your class is a great way to make them feel engaged in the activity. Your students will be really excited to see their photo as part of the book.
- You can take your own photos of students holding a letter or you can ask them to bring in a photo that you can photocopy (depending on your school's resources).