Your answers should begin with the "M m" sound.a. Which words in these sentences begin with the "M m" sound? Melissa put money in her piggy bank.In each group, which words begin with the "M m" sound? Which word has a different sound at the beginning? What sound does it begin with?mail, milk, book.Sensory Exploration of Letters (sandpaper letters, felt letters, magnetic letters, sand, clay etc,).Name Games: "Who has this Letter in their Name?"( use pictures).Font Sorts and Matching Capital and Lowercase letters.Word identification: What is this word, map?.Reading pseudowords: What is this word, mip?.Manipulating letter-sound correspondences in words: What word would you have if you change the /n/ in /nap/ to /l/?.Segmenting: What sounds do you hear in this word?.
Soundblending: Blend the sounds of these letters to make a word /mmmmmaaaaaappp/.Letter-sound associations: What is the sound of this letter?.Use a distributed review cycle to build retention: NKNKKNNKKKKN (New Sound, Known Sound) Letter-Sound CorrespondencesInstructional Design ConsiderationsĮxamples of Tasks Illustrating Alphabetic Understanding Build learned letters into new, more complex letter configurations. (b & d) Introduce common letters early to allow students to form as many words as possible. Practice letters that sound and look familiar. Introduce continuous sounds early on (IE. Distribute the cards randomly whenever you repeat this activity so that no child is always A or always Z. Each child stand up when her/his letter is sung. Display any that are left over on the board ledge… Sing the alphabet song slowly. Pass out your laminated alphabet cards-one per child.Letter-Sound Correspondences Alphabet Games For example when using the 'short a' sound, sing "A, ba, ca, da, _, fa, …" and so on. Another variation would be to sing a short vowel with each consonant, asking children to not sing the other vowels when they come to them.Demonstrate singing the sounds that the letters make instead of singing the names of the letters.
Letter-Sound Correspondences The Alphabet Song Variations: tell the children to watch you and stop singing whenever you stop moving the pointer.sing the alphabet backwards sometimes.