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Browsing
Box-
Computer Center-
Overhead Activities-
ABC-
| Alphabet
Charts |
**Do a choral reading.
**Read only the letters.
**Read only the words.
**Read only the vowels/consonants.
**Read only the pictures.
**Cover some letters with post its and ask for
predictions, then remove the stickers.
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| Alphabet
Books |
**Use magnetic letters to make words
associated with each letter, then check words using the book.
**Children make their own alphabet books reflecting
themes.
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| Individual
Letter Books |
**Make letter books using stamps,
stickers, magazine pictures. |
| Making
Words |
**Use different kinds of letters
to make:
Words from a set of letters (c n t a p).
Words with the same first letter.
Words with the same final letter.
Words with some of the same letters.
Words with a letter cluster at the beginning/end.
Words in a category or theme. (colors, animals,
names)
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Sort and Label
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Children sort groups of words and
identify their commonalities |
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Word Ladders
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The child begins with a word she
knows, then adds and removes letters to make a "ladder"
of words Example: do, dog, dig,
digging or net, nest, next etc. |
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Letter Sorting
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Students sort letters according to
letter, color, shape of the letter, upper/lower case, etc. |
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Letter Collage
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Use magazines, newspapers, catalogs,
ads, etc. Make a class book of all of the letters as an extension
and put it in the library center. |
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Word Wall Extension
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Replicate words from the word wall
using a variety of materials.
Locate high frequency words in shared or guided
reading books and form them using manipulative letters.
Check the words and then record on paper.
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Browsing Box Extension
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Choose 5 known words from a book in
the browsing box. Write each of them on a small piece of paper
and arrange in alphabetical order |
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Picture-Word Match
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Use pictures or actual objects to match
to words written on index cards. This would be fun to do with
the kids' pictures and names at the beginning of the year. |
Listening-
1. Allow students to record themselves reading. For timid students,
use a "microphone" or have the listening/recording center in
a private area.
2. Since children enjoy listening to people whose voices they recognize,
ask principals, other teachers, school personnel, or parents to tape a
selection for your listening center.
3. Print the lyrics of a favorite song or poem on sentence strips.
After the children listen to a recording of the song on tape, have them
put the lines of the song in order in a pocket chart. As an extension,
students may make a "song book" by writing the words to the
song, one line per page and illustrate the book. The book may then
be used in a book bag for home reading or in the library center.
Art-
Writing
& Publishing-
Read Around
the Room-
Write Around the Room-
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