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Kindergarten Language Arts

Language Arts  TEKS   NEISD Technology Standards
K.5G Understand that spoken words are understand that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters

N1

Log on to the network using personal username by the end of the first semester. Students may use index cards or labels containing username.

K.6D Identify and isolate the initial and final sound of a spoken word N2 Log off of the network.
K.7A Name and identify each letter of the alphabet G1 Open teacher-created template and complete activity.
K.7B Understand that written words are composed of letters that represent sounds    
K.7C Learn and apply letter-sound correspondences of a
set of consonants and vowels to begin to read
   

Lesson Title:  Letter/Sound Recognition

Software Application(s):  Kidspiration

Directions:

(Before doing this activity in the lab, share this activity with your students in the classroom using your multimedia computer which is connected to the TV.)

1. Have the students open up Kidspiration. On the opening page, students will click on the Reading/Writing button and choose the second picture named Alphabet Examples. 

2. Have students click on the green guy on the menu bar and add their name. 

3. Students click and drag pictures from the symbol palette to match the sounds of each letter. (The students can use the blue arrows to move between symbol categories.)
Be sure to have the students drag the pictures to the right of the letter so that they will have room to label it.

4. Have students label the picture by clicking on the box under the picture when it is highlighted and typing.

5. When finished, students may print their work.

This activity will take approximately 2 computer lab times.